100 seats. Scotland's political leaders, investors and housing decision makers in one room to shape the future of housing.

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

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