UKREiiF 2026 features an extensive programme of events. To help highlight our focus areas, our team has selected a concise list of the key sessions and events they’ll be attending across the three days.
Day 1: Tuesday 19th May
Julia’s Highlights:
9:30 – 10:30 | Glasgow: A City & Region Accelerating Transformational Delivery | SCAPE Public Sector Stage
14:00 – 15:00 | Scotland the Brave? – The Bold Approach Needed to Tackle the Housing Emergency | Shepherd & Wedderburn
18:00 – 19:00 | Tackling the Housing Crisis in the Age of Five Party Politics | Fringe – The Secret Bar, The Lost & Found Leeds Club
Matthew’s Highlights:
12:00 – 13:00 | Delivering Homes that Sustain Rural Communities | Dockside Pavilion
13:00 – 14:00 | Sector Meet Up: Residential & Housing | Tournament Gallery
14:00 – 15:00 | Delivering Scale, Building Trust: How Do We Do Both as the New Towns Agenda Accelerates Housing Delivery? | Rethinking Places Pavilion
15:45 – 17:15 | Turning 1.5M Homes Into Reality | Pagabo Local Growth Pavilion
17:00 – 21:30 | LRG & Freeths Drinks Reception | Fringe – The Head of Steam
Day 2: Wednesday 20th May
Julia’s Highlights:
9:30 – 10:30 | Viability and Sustainability in UK Office Sector: The Spaces Solution | Shepherd & Wedderburn
11:00 – 12:00 | Clearing the Grit: Streamlining the Planning System for Speed and Certainty | SCAPE Public Sector Stage
14:00 – 15:00 | Retail’s Place: A New Era for City Centres? | Pearl Suite
Matthew’s Highlights:
8:30 – 10:30 | Knights Development and Planning Breakfast Panel Event with Industry Leaders | Fringe – Knights
10:00 – 11:00 | Building Tomorrow: New Settlements For the Next Generation of Communities | York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
12:00 – 12:45 | Towards a Genuinely Plan-led System – The Future of Development Plans in England | LandTech
14:00 – 14:45 | Building Britain’s Future: The 1.5M Homes Roadmap | UK Government Knowledge Hub
Day 3: Thursday 21st May
Julia’s Highlights:
7:00 – 8:00 | Property Networking Run – Day Three | Fringe – Malmaison Leeds
10:30 – 11:30 | Water quality, flood risk management & development: can we have it all? | Tetra Tech
14:15 – 15:15 | Rethinking development: better social & affordable housing for delivery and demand | Public Private Partnerships Stage
Matthew’s Highlights:
9:00 – 9:45 | Networking Morning | Partnership Pavilion – Vistry – SNG – Nationwide Foundation
10:30 – 11:30 | The Future of Housing: Standing the Test of Time | Future Homes Pavilion