EXPO REAL is the most important trade fair for the real estate industry and therefore offers a fully comprehensive overview of developments, topics, innovations and solutions in the real estate industry.
Holland Metropole will be attending the 2026 exhibition together with 40 partners (G5 cities, developers, investors, architects, advisors).
Location Holland Metropole stand: Hall A2, stand 130.
From 19.30 Partnerdinner, Hotel Mio, Sendlinger Strasse 46, Munich. Informal walking dinner.
10.00 – 10.50 City Centre Futures. Rotterdam’s Chantal Zeegers, in charge of housing and development, joins the forum to discuss the new role of city centres. Location: Decarb Arena, Hall A3
11.00 – 11.50 Mobilising global pension capital for Europe’s housing transition. Dutch housing minister Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan, who is working to attract international investors to the Netherlands, is among the panellists. Location: Exhibitor Stage, Hall A2
12.00-12.50 Student housing. Utrecht’s urban development chief Linda Voortman is part of a panel sharing experiences with purpose-built studentaccommodation. Location: Decarb Arena, Hall A3
14.00 – 14.50 Capital in search of stability. Dick Gort, chief executive of a.s.r. real assets, joins a discussion on which European markets currently offer the best outlook. Location: Exhibitor Stage, Hall A2
14.00 – 14.50 Technology and data centres. Eindhoven’s head of development Stijn Steenbakkers is among the line-up to talk about tech real estate. Location: Decarb Arena, Hall A3
17.00 – 17.50 Heat and cooling cities. This key session on dealing with climate change includes Alexander Scholtes, in charge of spatial planning and construction in Amsterdam. Location: Decarb Arena, Hall A3
From 16.00 Networking drinks at the Holland Metropole stand. Location: Hall A2, stand 130
20.00 – Utrecht dinner by BPD, De advocaten van Van Riet and City of Utrecht (invitation only)
10.00 – 10.50 New ways of living. Bouwinvest CEO Mark Siezen and The Hague’s social housing chief Kavish Partiman are part of the panel looking at changing demand for more specialised housing. Location: Decarb Arena, Hall A3
12.30 – 13.15 The case for investing in Dutch residential. Presentation of new research on financing Dutch residential real estate, followed by panel discussion featuring Thomas Heijdendael, co-founder, Finance Ideas and Mark Siezen, CEO, Bouwinvest. Location: Real Asset Media, Insight Stage, Hall A1, stand 132
From 16.00 Networking drinks at the Holland Metropole stand. Location: Hall A2, stand 130
19.30 – 23.00 Das Neue Ratskeller Metropole dinner, by Fakton, Capital Fit, AM, The Hague, Rotterdam. New location: Der Spöckmeier, Marienplatz, München (invitation only)
Doors open to exhibitors at 7:30am
The EXPO REAL fairgrounds are directly connected from the Hauptbahnhof-station to the subway stop Messestadt West on the U2 subway line. The EXPO REAL entrance ticket entitles you to use public transportation to and from Messe München (MVV ticket for zones M-6) on October 5-7 , only valid in connection with a passport or ID card.
