Can we reach a consensus on how many homes we need to be building? And, can we deliver them? With a housing backlog mounting, our speakers spell out their recommendations for a radical policy reset.
2024 Agenda
The challenges for the next government
9:05am
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Wish list for the next government
Freelance Business Consultant, Board member of Progress Ireland, former Chief Commercial Director & Acting CEO, Clúid Housing
President, The Irish Planning Institute, Director, Tom Phillips & Associates
Chair of The Housing Commission and former CEO of The Housing Agency
Head of Research, Savills
9:45am
SPOTLIGHT ON:
Apartment construction costs: Understanding the costs, improving viability and affordability
Ronan and Bryn discuss tackling the challenge of high construction costs in Dublin in particular, as a barrier to new housing supply
Director, Head of Cost Management, Turner & Townsend
Associate Professor of Economics, Trinity College Dublin
Commercial Outlook
10:05am
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Commercial real estate review and market outlook
- Sectors attracting investment – what finance is available, for what purpose and on what terms?
- Office market recovery: Is hybrid working is here to stay? What is the path forward?
- Purpose Built Student Accomodation & Build-To-Rent
Chair, Commercial Agency Committee, SCSI, Head of Property – Acquisitions, Assets & Estates, Tesco Ireland
Director of Research, BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland
Head of Research and Insights, Cushman and Wakefield
10:45am
Networking Morning Break & Exhibition Viewing
11:15am
SPOTLIGHT ON:
The revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
How will it transform our building stock?
Vice Chair of the Sustainability group, SCSI
11:30am
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Decarbonisation: What are the biggest challenges for the real estate sector?
- How to make decarbonisation more viable for businesses rather than a liability
- ESG and retrofit: The role of repurposing and regeneration to meet housing needs
- Stranded assets: Understanding and mitigating the risks and positioning assets for long-term sustainability and resilience
- Exploring the potential of technology to accelerate net zero buildings
Head of Business Supports in SEAI
Founder, Carrig Conservation
Director of Innovation, Irish Green Building Council
PropTech & Innovation
12:10pm
PROPTECH PITCH:
Driving digital transformation of the Irish property industry
How technology is revolutionising building design, construction processes, property management and more…
Our pitching competition will showcase 4 pre-selected startup businesses at the cutting edge of digital innovation who will pitch their businesses to our property expert panel. Our panel of pre-selected startups will battle it out on stage for a number of prizes including mentoring, promotional benefits and investor meetings.
Founder, MARC
Founder of Homely – reinventing home ownership
Strategic Communications & PR (MPRII) for the construction & property industries, Property District Ireland, Radio Host, iProperty Radio
1:00pm
Networking Lunch Break & Exhibition Viewing
Residential
2:05pm
SPOTLIGHT ON:
Co-Living: Time for a rethink?
Should co-living be accepted as a mainstream asset class? What effect would it have on diversity of product offering?
MD, Grayling Properties & Founding Partner, Lugas Capital
2:20pm
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Retirement Living
- Are we planning for older renters and buyers?
- What do buyers and renters really want?
- Are policymakers listening? What policy changes are needed to create retirement housing?
- Innovative funding solutions for delivering later living schemes
Director of Services for Housing Delivery and Regeneration, Cork City Council
Housing Policy Analyst & former Chair of Threshold
Managing Director and Founder, Arc Villages
CEO, Fold Housing
2:55pm
SPOTLIGHT ON:
PRS
A critique of the recently published Department of Housing’s review of the PRS
Lecturer in the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, and Director of the Equality Studies M.Sc., UCD
Residential Development Finance
3:10pm
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Development Finance: Outlook for the availability, composition and flow of finance for residential development
- Attracting private capital: How does the State ensure adequate funding from institutional investors to deliver the increased housing supply?
- What will happen to the cost of capital and will build costs decrease?
- Securing equity finance for SME builders
- Dealing with deterrents to investment
- Funding affordable and social housing
Group CEO, Elkstone
Managing Director, Greystar Ireland
Head of Investment, Activate Capital