Smart Buildings - Smart Infrastructure

Advances in smart building technology as well as smart electricity grids and other utilities promise a revolution in how physical infrastructure—from highways to electricity grids to homes and offices—function in the future. As of 2025, however, the progress towards implementing this technology remains limited. There is a vast stock of Grade B and C housing and office space in Europe and North America where basic energy efficiency and building automation remains non-existent. While investments in Grade A property are taking place, less than half contain even basic intelligent building sensoring and less than 10% can be considered as having integrated systems in place.

 

This track examines the rapid progress in property, building technology and infrastructure systems and the concept of the smart home, smart office and smart utility grid. It illustrates the changes taking place in terms of proptech, digital transformation, automation, Internet of Things, energy efficiency, energy storage and related technologies. It concludes by a review of investor activity in the sector.

 

Keynote Speech

10:00 – 10:30             

 

Session 1: Green Smart Buildings

10:30 – 12:00             

While Europe has taken the lead in the transition to Net Zero by 2050, the mission of adapting European office space and housing to this objective remains limited. This session will review state of the art in terms of intelligent buildings and smart automation, as well as the greening of buildings and homes. It will examine the potential costs and benefits in terms of capital expenditure and operating expenditure of smart automation and provide information on the ROI cases for this technology moving forward.

4 Speakers

 

First Break

12:00 – 12:30             

 

Session 2: Proptech and New Technologies 

12:30 – 14:00             

This session will examine the impact of new technologies on the property market and property sales. Four speakers will present on state of the art of (a) cybersecurity and building networks; (b) using virtual reality / augmented reality solutions for building design and promotion; (c) the use of smart contracts, and (d) the impact of AI and predictive analytics in the sector.  

4 Speakers

 

Second Break

14:00 – 14:30             

 

Session 3: Smart Infrastructure / Smart Cities

14:30 – 16:00

This session will examine the impact of smart infrastructure, energy balancing and energy demand and the concept of smart cities at the global level. Four speakers will cover subjects including (a) intelligent electricity grid and metering systems, including energy load balancing; (b) smart city design and infrastructure, including impact of 5G networks; (c) building out charging systems for all-electric or hybrid vehicles; (d) case studies and best practises from Europe and internationally.

4 Speakers

 

Third Break

16:00 – 16:30             

 

Session 4: Proptech & Infrastructure Investment

17:15 – 18:30            

This session will share the experience of four major investors in the building automation, property and smart infrastructure fields. This will include sharing investment priorities and theses in the sector; due diligence issues; investment plans; and other information.

4 Speakers