About the ULI Europe Conference
Europe’s competitiveness is at a turning point. While global rivals accelerate ahead in productivity, innovation, and strategic investment, Europe faces what many policymakers describe as an existential challenge to the long‑term sustainability of its economic model. Without decisive reform and coordinated action, the region risks prolonged stagnation — a concern already echoed across industries. According to the latest ULI PwC Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe report, economic growth now ranks as the sector’s single greatest concern over the next five years.
Against this backdrop, Europe’s built environment industry stands as an economic powerhouse hiding in plain sight. From defence‑related infrastructure to mobility systems, logistics capacity, and housing supply, investment priorities across the continent are being reshaped — and real estate sits at the centre of these shifts. High‑quality places are essential to productivity, talent attraction, innovation, and social resilience. Yet the industry’s critical role is too often overlooked in the broader debate on Europe’s economic future.
Our 2026 programme positions real estate firmly within the competitiveness agenda. Housing affordability, infrastructure modernisation, the energy transition, digital connectivity, and resilient supply chains are no longer parallel conversations — they are now defining pillars of Europe’s competitiveness. The growing convergence of real estate and infrastructure investment is expanding the opportunity landscape, with institutional capital increasingly aligned to long‑term societal value.
Strengthening Europe’s competitiveness will require a mindset shift, stronger cross‑sector cooperation, and a clear commitment to recognising real estate as a strategic enabler. Public–private partnerships will be essential to unlocking housing, delivering major regeneration, accelerating infrastructure, and realising long‑term urban and regional visions.
ULI Europe Conference 2026 will help advance this agenda by bringing together leaders from across the built environment, finance, government, and industry. The conference will serve as a platform to:
- Drive the conversations needed to shape Europe’s long‑term competitiveness
- Encourage collaboration across sectors and geographies
- Inspire collective action around innovation, sustainability, and societal value
- Champion real estate’s role in delivering Europe’s strategic priorities
Together, we can help shape a more prosperous, innovative, and resilient Europe — one investment, one partnership, and one place at a time.
LEARNING
Gain real insight into the forces shaping our market.
From assessing geopolitical risk to exploring how AI, energy innovation, and demographic trends are poised to drive growth, the conference cuts through the noise—providing a grounded, unfiltered understanding of what’s ahead.
“The sector must move from individual commitments to collective action,”
— Lisette van Doorn, ULI Europe CEO
CONVENING
Be in the room with the people who move the market.
The event gathers decision-makers redefining Europe’s next cycle: investors, lenders, and city leaders shifting real estate from short-term defensive moves to ambitious, long-term strategies. Delegates don’t just learn where the market is heading—they hear it directly from the leaders driving capital, shaping policy, and setting the agenda for the decade ahead.
BELONGING
To a trusted network driving better outcomes.
Pressure-test your strategy against real-time insight. With live polling, candid debates, and cross-sector workshops revealing exactly how the industry is thinking, reallocating capital, and responding to risk right now.
IMPACT
Move beyond theory.
Explore the living, evolving fabric of major European districts through site tours, forums, and Product Council meetings. Each visit offers a different lens on how cities are responding to climate transition, shifting demographics, new economic drivers, and the demand for more resilient mixed-use places.
“ULI members must lean into their role as urban stabilisers: places of safety, aspiration, and resilience.”
— Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist, Financial Times
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About the Urban Land Institute
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) is a non-profit research and education organisation supported by its members. Founded in Chicago in 1936, the institute now has over 48,000+ members in 80 countries worldwide, representing the entire spectrum of land use and real estate development disciplines, working in private enterprise and public service.
ULI has been active in Europe since the early 1990s and today we have over 5,000 members across 27 different countries. We have a particularly strong presence in the major European real estate markets of UK, Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands but are also active in emerging markets such as Poland. For more information, please visit europe.uli.org.
Contact ULI
For all queries relating to payments and cancellations and to request a receipt/invoice, please contact ULI at [email protected].
If you are interested in sponsoring the 2026 ULI Europe Conference, please contact Fiona Ribbins.
ULI’s communications department is ready to assist you with interview and research requests, press releases, media resources, and recent coverage of ULI. Get in touch with Tony Nokling to find out more.
For all other event enquiries please take a look at our helpful FAQ Document or contact the ULI Europe Events team at [email protected].
To become a member of the Urban Land Institute visit: www.uli.org/join-uli