Keynote speakers and panellists have been confirmed for this year’s Derby Property Summit – the real estate and regeneration insight seminar.
This year, the event, which focuses on property and investment plans and opportunities in Derby, will take place on Wednesday 2 July at Vaillant Live – the city centre’s new flagship venue for shows, events and conferences.
Backed by AtkinsRéalis and Compendium Living, the theme of this year’s summit – chaired once again by Declan Curry – will be the ‘Alchemy of Cities’.
John Forkin, managing director at Marketing Derby, said: “We are expecting to attract a broad regional delegation to this year’s Derby Property Summit, all keen to experience this new premier conferencing facility, while seeing first-hand the wider regeneration taking place in Becketwell.
“The Derby Property Summit comes on the back of a very fruitful UKREiiF for Team Derby where Derby’s pitch stood out amongst those competing for investment – and we are looking forward to welcoming the people we met in Leeds to witness for themselves the transformation of our city – and to join us on that journey.”
This year’s Derby Property Summit will feature a mix of respected keynote speakers, presentations and a panel discussion. Andrew Carter, chief executive of urban policy research unit Centre for Cities, will address this year’s summit – and there will be interviews with Paul Morris, development director at St James Securities and Tammy Whitaker, director of city growth at Derby City Council.
There will also be a panel discussion involving Karen Clark, director of operations at Ergo Advantage, Emma Davies, head of regeneration at AtkinsRéalis, Henrik Juhl Hansen, managing director (UK and Ireland) at Vaillant Group, Bruce Lister, managing director at Compendium Living and Lesley So, chief executive of OMOMO Korean Street Food and So Good Kombucha.
They will all contribute their thoughts and ideas to the central theme of this year’s summit – the ‘Alchemy of Cities’.
The vital role that cities play in promoting economic growth has never been more important. And yet, cities are complex systems where people, business and place interact in a built environment of the past, present and future.
Post-Covid, the regeneration of cities has become a key ingredient of growth, and the Derby Property Summit will explore challenges across the UK, with a focus on Derby’s emerging regeneration story.
