The UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum, also known as UKREiiF, is the UK's leading event within the real estate, property and infrastructure sectors. The event aims to connect people, places and businesses to drive sustainable and inclusive investment.
It brings together key decision makers from every area of the built environment and its focus on regeneration and driving development positively impacts communities, economic growth, and prosperity.
It’s a major 3-day event taking over the city of Leeds, featuring inspirational talks, high-level speakers and influential attendees, fringe events, and new business opportunities. This year’s UKREiiF is expected to host more than 16,000 delegates.
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) is once again taking a leading role at this year’s UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF). We are proud to be partner with ICE, RIBA, and RICS to co-host a series of events from our dedicated Built Environment Lounge, located at Boulevard Studio 2 inside the secure zone. When we are not holding events, RTPI members are welcome to use the lounge as a space to network, catch up with colleagues, or simply pause between sessions.
Our theme is “Collaborating for Growth” to promote the importance of the built environment coming together to deliver growth.
RTPI delegates will take part in panels throughout the week, to raise the profile of planning and the key role planners play in creating sustainable and vibrant communities. We will be engaging with Ministers, Mayors, central and local government officials, and experts in the sector to build support for planning. We will also be promoting and looking to gain support for RTPI’s legislative priorities for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
The events our delegates will be speaking at include the following:
Day 1
- RTPI President Helen Fadipe MBE at “Collaborating for Growth – UKREiiF Networking Breakfast” at Built Environment Lounge
- RTPI President Helen Fadipe MBE at “Mind the Gap: Skills, Housing, and the Path to Delivery” panel by Cratus and Clarion-Latimer and Kier
- RTPI Chief Executive Dr Victoria Hills at “Making Planning Positive for All” Panel session by Boyer Planning
- RTPI Director of Communications Simon Creer at “The £70BN Opportunity: A Business Led Solution to the Planning Crisis” panel session by British Chambers of Commerce and Purpose Union
- RTPI Head of Policy and Public Affairs Robbie Calvert at “Transforming Environmental Constraints to Planning Gain” panel by Tetra Tech
- RTPI Chief Executive Dr Victoria Hills at “UK Housing & Communities” Dinner by UKREiiF
- RTPI Head of Policy and Public Affairs Robbie Calvert at “UKREiiF 2025: Hustings - Delay, Delay, Delay - Whose Fault Is It Anyway?” panel by Tech Pavilion
Day 2
- RTPI President Helen Fadipe MBE at “Future placemaking - delivering 1.5 million homes” breakfast private roundtable at Built Environment Lounge
- RTPI Head of Policy and Public Affairs Robbie Calvert at “Rethinking the Blueprint: Delivering New Towns for the 21st Century” private roundtable by Deloitte
- RTPI Director of Scotland, Ireland & English Regions Dr Caroline Brown at “Exploring the current ongoing processes to bring forward strategic spatial planning for energy” Breakfast Roundtable by Town Legal and Third Revolution
- RTPI Chief Executive Dr Victoria Hills at “Greater Essex Rising: What opportunities will Devolution bring to the UK's 4th largest economic region and key growth hotspot?” by White Label Creative
- RTPI Chief Executive Dr Victoria Hills at “The Need for Speed – Accelerating Growth” Private Roundtable by ARUP
- RTPI Vice President Jan Bessell at “Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Housing Solutions” Lunch by West Midlands
- RTPI President Helen Fadipe MBE at “Collaborating to close the skills gap: building an inclusive workforce” Private Roundtable at Built Environment Lounge
- RTPI Vice President Jan Bessell at “Creating Happier, Healthier & Richer Places Benefits Commercial Returns, ESG & Communities.” Panel session by Landscape Institute
- RTPI Chief Executive Dr Victoria Hills at “How Do You Create the Best Small City in Europe?” Private Roundtable by UKREiiF
- RTPI President Helen Fadipe MBE at “National Planning Barometer 2025: What Do Planning Committees Think of Labour Planning Reforms?” panel by SEC Newgate
- RTPI Head of Policy and Public Affairs Robbie Calvert at “Planning for Employment Growth: The Devolution Agenda and the Future Review of the NPPF” Panel by Harworth and British Property Federation (BPF)
- RTPI Chief Executive Dr Victoria Hills at “A cross-nation vision - Creating prosperous resource-rich, purpose-led future communities” Private Roundtable by Grimshaw
- RTPI President Helen Fadipe MBE at “New Towns: Delivering High-Quality Places That Are Fit for the Future” Drinks Reception at Built Environment Lounge
Day 3
- RTPI Chief Executive Dr Victoria Hills at “Housing Recovery Breakfast” by Vistry Group
Members can easily navigate through the rest of the programme by following this link. If you are at UKREiiF and interested in joining any of the public events we are speaking at, please do so.
