This week, hundreds of senior professionals will convene in London to explore many of the critical industry concerns currently affecting real estate. This will include a focus on the geopolitical landscape, the impact of macroeconomics on investment strategy, and capital deployment trends including on alternatives, in a high-level agenda exploring the transformation, uncertainty and complexity the industry is experiencing.

The impact of shifting geopolitical dynamics on the global landscape with provide a major focus at ULI’s flagship members event, the ULI Europe Conference, in London (16-19 June) including with a top-level opening keynote from Bronwen Maddox of Chatham House. This focus reflects how international political instability ranked as the top European industry concern in the recent ULI PwC Emerging Trends in Real Estate Global Outlook 2025.

Keynote speakers will also include Daniel Lacalle, the economist and author, who will explore macroeconomic trends, and Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs correspondent on the FT, who will provide an inside view of current global events, in addition to dozens of expert speakers from right across property and the built environment presenting on stage.

The conference is set to welcome around 800 real estate leaders from across Europe and the world, gathering the whole industry together, from investors, asset managers and developers to architects and public officials, whose decisions affect hundreds of billions of euros in real estate.

Over four days, the programme will also explore areas including city leadership, urban innovation and development, creative and sustainable workplaces, decarbonisation, and affordable and sustainable housing, across panels and high-level topic led forums, including for Emerging Trends, C Change for Housing and C Change. Delegates will have the opportunity to gain significant insights from experts and navigate the current challenges, but also to find out more about the emerging opportunities as well as contribute to the discussion.

Additionally, some of London’s most creative and exciting development projects will be showcased at ULI Europe Conference, with special site tours to King’s Cross, Canary Wharf, Canada Water and Covent Garden being hosted as part of the programme.

The Innovation Village will also return to ULI Europe Conference, featuring urbantech and proptech startups and scaleups focused on developing scalable solutions to the industry’s most urgent challenges, from time and cost efficiency to biodiversity, sustainable materials, circularity and other areas. To date, confirmed exhibitors on the Innovation Village will include Optiml, Lux Wall, Silk Pay, dnergy, Cross-works, Saible and Spaceform.

Finally, additional highlights will include the annual ULI European Leadership Awards, 14 European Product Council meetings, and an extended programme of forums aimed at both our Young Leaders (under 35s) and NEXT (aged 35-45) members.

Beth Beeson, Vice President, ULI Europe, comments, “This year’s conference will address some of the industry’s biggest challenges, from the implications for European economic growth to the impacts of political instability and the actions needed to address the environmental challenge. However, there will also be a focus on the opportunities as well, including from current investment trends. Finally, we’ll explore the solutions to some of the big challenges our industry faces, whether from the conclusions of our industry experts, the collaborative sharing of expertise and knowledge from among our members, or through the great solutions found on the Innovation Village. We’re looking forward to welcoming our members to this year’s ULI Europe Conference.”

ULI Europe Conference is sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, Greystar, Hines, LaSalle, Breakthrough Energy, Colliers, Deka, pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, ECE, Gensler, PIMCO, Avison Young, CBRE Investment Management, EDGE, Immobel, IPUT Real Estate Dublin, KPF, and Revive. The Innovation Village is sponsored by Breakthrough Energy, Revive, and Eightyseven.

ULI Europe Conference will be held 16-19 June across various locations in London. The main day of the conference will take place on 18 June at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.

Visit https://europeconference.uli.org/ to register or for more information.

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About the Urban Land Institute

The Urban Land Institute is a non-profit education and research institute supported by its members. Its mission is to shape the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide. Established in 1936, the institute has over 48,000 members worldwide representing all aspects of land use and development disciplines.

ULI Europe has over 5,500 members across 15 National Council country networks