This year's agenda features content across six rooms, and covers a wide range of real estate and hospitality asset classes.
Main room
• 9:30 – welcome
• 9:40 - keynote speech
• 10:00 Panel: The development landscape - finance, investment and planning
• 10:40 Presentation: AI - what does it mean for the living and hospitality sectors?
• 11:20 Coffee break
• 11:50 Panel: The next government and the real estate industry’s wish list
• 12:30 Panel: road map to net zero in construction and operations
• 1:10 Lunch
• 2:30 Presentation: Building climate resilient cities
• 3:10 Tech focus - how technology is revolutionising building design, construction processes and property management
• 3:50 Coffee break
• 4:20 Branding and franchising - what is their place in the living sector?
• 5:00 Presentation: C40 - a blueprint for better cities
• 5:30 Closing keynote
• 5:50 Wrap up
Lethaby Room: BTR
• 10:05 Presentation: the state of the nation, BTR inventory, pipeline and market outlook
• 10:40 The evolution of SFR
• 11:20 Coffee break
• 11:55 Design and operations - adapting to the evolving needs of renters
• 12:30 The amenity arms race - have we declared a truce?
• 1:05 Lunch
• 2:30 The role of proptech in tenant screening, rent collection, smart home integration, and resident experience
• 3:05 SFR - refining the housebuilder/investor/operator relationship
• 3:45 Coffee break
• 4:20 Why doesn’t the government get BTR?
• 4:55 Open forum - ask the experts
Herschel Room: Coliving am, later living pm
• 10:05 The GLA guidance - what implications does it have for planning?
• 10:40 Building a scalable coliving platform: strategies for growth, brand differentiation, and operational efficiency
- Alex Gibbs, co-founder and director, Built Asset Management
• 11:20 Coffee break
• 11:55 Becoming an institutional asset class
• 12:30 Conversion opportunities - hotels and offices
• 1:05 Lunch
• 2:30 Traditional and innovative funding solutions for delivering later living schemes
• 3:05 What do later living buyers and renters really want?
• 3:45 Coffee break
• 4:20 Data-driven management and optimising resident experience
• 4:55 The future of intergenerational living
Voysey Room: PBSA
• 10:05 Presentation: The evolving student landscape: Changing demographics, international student growth, and the impact on accommodation needs
• 10:40 Showcase - three of the best PBSA development case studies
• 11:20 Coffee break
• 11:55 Catering to the specific needs of international students
• 12:30 Gen Z and Gen Alpha - are you ready?
• 1:05 Lunch
• 2:30 Investment, finance and planning
• 3:05 Going green: eco-friendly practices, energy efficiency, and responsible resource management in student housing
• 3:45 Coffee break
• 4:20 Building strong university partnerships: Strategies for collaboration between developers, operators, and universities
• 4:55 Open forum - ask the experts
Dickens Library: Hotels and hospitality, extended stay
• 10:05 Opportunities for growth in adaptive reuse
• 10:40 What does Gen Z want from hospitality?
• 11:20 Coffee break
• 11:55 Business travel and extended stay
• 12:30 Operational diversification - which other asset classes are hoteliers moving in to and why?
• 1:05 Lunch
• 2:30 Finance, refinancing and investment
• 3:05 Roadmapping for net zero by 2030
• 3:45 Coffee break
• 4:20 Next gen hotel tech
• 4:55 Market update (STR)
Emerson Room: Short-term rentals (am) Flex workspace/coworking (pm)
• 10:05 The legislative landscape: Advocating for proportionate STR regulations
• 10:40 Revolutionising the guest experience with innovative tech
• 11:20 Coffee break
• 11:55 Consolidation and investment prospects in the STR sector
• 12:30 Booking behaviour: What the data tells us
• 1:05 Lunch
• 2:30 Investment and finance for the workspace sector
• 3:05 Lease v management agreement?
• 3:45 Coffee break
• 4:20 The rise of the industry-specific workspace
- Jane Sartin, executive director, Flexible Space Association
• 4:55 The user perspective - blue chip and SME talk flex