What is gif, and what are their overall goals and achievements?  What is the value of data standards to the real estate sector?  What do we mean by data intelligence?  Why is document management still important?  How does gif work with other organisations to support the international nature of real estate?

Dominik Brunner, Dirk Rathlev, Fabian Sonnenburg, Marcelo Cajias, and Rolf Kollmannsperger speak with Andrew Knight as they discuss their work across data standards, document management, and data intelligence.

More information regarding the Tech Partner Programme and gif, Society of Property Researchers, Germany can be found here.

RICS Tech Partner discussion with gif, Society of Property Researchers, Germany

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