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The only leadership and investment event for urban innovators and investors at the cutting edge of contemporary hospitality, real estate and living

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Shareq Husain

Residently

Chief Operating Officer

Paul Rands

Future of Hospitality Institute

Managing Director

Jonny Wootten

Spike Global

Marketing Director

Alexander Robinson

STR

Senior Manager

Neil Davies

Neil Davies Architects

Principal

Bethany Walker

Styled

Head of interior design and project management

Dex Hunter-Torricke

Meta Oversight Board

Head of communications & public engagement

Michael Liverman

Lamington Group

Head of development

Dan James

The Eden Project

Development director

Sean Worker

T5 Strategies

Founder & Managing Director

Gillian Sloan

Loopliv Group

Co-founder and director

Nacho Rodriguez

Repeople

Founder

Dominic Sherry

Flying Butler

CEO, Flying Butler Apartments

Christine Young

Loopliv Group

Director and co-founder

Rohit Talwar

Fast Future

CEO

Matthias Huettebraeuker

Denizen

Hospitality Strategist & Executive Consultant/ Founding Partner

Angeliki Krania

Lamington Group

Sustainability Manager

Gillian Breen

Gleeds

Director

Peter Youngs

Knight Frank

Head of Seniors Housing Valuation and Advisory

Eloise Hanson

Boutique Hotel News

Editor

Jonathan Humphries

HoCoSo & Glion Institute of Higher Education

Chairman & Head of Development and Asset Management Specialisations

Dale Smith

SDDE Smith Group

Director

Leo Colgan

IMS

Co-founder and director

Martin Zdravkov

DWS

Lead portfolio manager

Elliot Gold

Work.Life

Co-founder

George Sell

International Hospitality Media

Editor In Chief

Katie Edgar

YOTEL

Director of Interior Design

Frederik Lerche-Lerchenborg

Lavanda

CEO

Sophie Goddard

Canary Wharf Group

Director of Sustainability

Leah Anathan

Mews

Chief marketing officer

Shobi Khan

Canary Wharf Group

CEO

Dimitris Manikis

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

President of EMEA

Amanda Cupples

Airbnb

General Manager UK & Northern Europe

Matthew Ede

Greystar Europe

Sr. Director Marketing & Sales

Valentina Shegoyan

REACH UK

Managing Partner

James Walsh

Studio Anyo

Founder

Rebecca Shafran

BNP Paribas Real Estate

Senior associate director

Rajesh Shah

Quintain

Executive commercial director

Alastair Mullens

Vertus

Managing Director

Mariya Tsvetkova

NREP

Investment manager

Ben Cross

General Projects

Development Director

Natalia Kolotneva

LaSalle Investment Management

Head of European living and hospitality

Neil Short

Staycity

Development Director

Will Rowson

Node

Senior Advisor, Node and ex-CEO, Global Student Accommodation (GSA)

Piers Brown

International Hospitality Media

CEO

Hilda Alidandratou

Enterprise Greece

Director, Investment Promotion - Tourisme, Real Estate & Creative Industries

Pedro Sousa

Brookfield

VP Portfolio Management

Rekha Toora

JLL

Senior vice president, Hotels capital markets

Celia Harrison

Bridges Fund Management

Investment Manager, Property Funds

Dan Batterton

LGIM Real Assets

Head of residential

Iain Murray

Cortland Consult

Senior Director BTR Consultancy (Europe)

Honor Barratt

Birchgrove

CEO

Brian Soss

Starwood Capital

Senior Vice President

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URBAN LIVING FESTIVAL 2023 connects the global community of contemporary hospitality and real estate 'urbanites' to collectively define the evolution of how and where we stay, live and work.

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URBAN LIVING FESTIVAL 2023 welcomes urban innovators and investors at the cutting edge of contemporary hospitality and real estate.

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URBAN LIVING FESTIVAL 2023 connects the global community of contemporary hospitality and real estate 'urbanites' to collectively define the evolution of how and where we stay, live and work.

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