About this Event
Overview:
Housing 2050 is a new conference for Scotland's housing sector, built around one simple idea: fewer people in the room means better conversations.
With capacity limited to just 100 delegates, Housing 2050 is a small, intimate gathering that puts the right people, senior decision makers, political leaders and sector stakeholders, in direct dialogue with one another. This isn't a conference where you sit in a crowd of a thousand. It's one where you get to speak, be heard and build the relationships that shape housing policy in Scotland.
With only 100 places available, Housing 2050 offers a genuinely different kind of access: direct engagement with the people setting housing policy in Scotland, in a room small enough to enable real conversations with key decision makers.
Who's speaking
- Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and Housing (keynote address)
- Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Willie Rennie MSP, Chief Whip and spokesperson for Transport, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Mark Griffin MSP, Scottish Labour
- Tim Eagle MSP, Scottish Conservatives
- Thomas Kerr MSP, Reform UK
- Senior figures from CBRE, Galliard Apsley Partnership, Financial Times, Hallam Land, Taylor Wimpey, Pegasus, SLR Consulting, Robertson Homes, Ediston, Glasgow City Council, East Lothian Council and North Lanarkshire Council
More speakers to be announced.
Programme
- 9:00am: Breakfast and registration
- 9:30am: Opening remarks from the chair, Barrie Cunning
- 9:40am: Address and Q&A with Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP
- 10:00am: Making it happen: the relationship between commercial viability and delivery
- 10:15am: From pensions to place: building a Scottish real estate fund with a social dividend
- 10:45am: Coffee break
- 11:00am: Planning Scotland's future: public service reform and the plan-led system, what comes next
- 11:45am: Coffee break
- 12:00pm: More homes, more choice: a multi-tenure approach to Scotland's housing crisis, with Labour, Reform and the Conservatives
- 12:30pm: Keynote address from Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP
- 1:00pm: Lunch
- 1:45pm: From challenge to opportunity: addressing Scotland's housing future
- 2:15pm: A Scottish investment first approach: unblocking investment for delivery and economic growth
- 3:00pm: Conference round up and closing remarks
- 3:30pm to 4:30pm: Post-conference drinks and networking
Running order and speakers are subject to change.
Strategic partner
Real Estate Scotland
Sponsors
CBRE, Pegasus Group, Galliard Apsley Partnership and SLR Consulting
Tickets
- Delegate ticket: £90 + VAT (£108 at checkout)
Venue
DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre, 34 Bread Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9AF
Event venue & nearby stays
DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre, 34 Bread Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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