Following last year’s success, the event will address the heightened global demand for housing on Monday, March 10, 2025.
Housing Matters! returns to MIPIM 2025
Creating a new deal
Housing Matters! brings together investors, developers, local authorities, associations and urban experts to explore the latest trends in supply and demand, collaborative solutions for affordable housing, new housing models that match the products to the current needs, and share visions of innovative housing of tomorrow.
The Housing Matters! conference will kick off on Monday afternoon, exploring the mismatch between housing supply and demand.
Open to all MIPIM delegates
What to expect?
Insights
Housing Matters! will address challenges such as population growth, reduced housing availability, aging demographics, migration, shortages in student housing, and issues of oversupply.
Networking
From Welcome Coffee, and Afternoon Break to Closing Cocktail, Housing Matters! offers a mix of formal and informal moments creating the perfect setting to connect with officials, investors, developers and professionals dedicated to finding housing solutions.
Workshops
Our interactive workshops put you in the driver’s seat, guiding the event’s final conclusions and takeaways. Join in with questions, insights, and hands-on participation to make a real impact.
See below for pre-registration / Limited number of seats
Meet our Speakers and Experts
Professor Jane Falkingham
Vice President, Engagement & International
University of Southampton
Christian Gaebler
Berlin Senator for Urban Development - Building and Housing
Tara Heuzé-Sarmini
Cofounder & CEO
Commune
Natalia Kolotneva
Head of Living & Hospitality for Europe
LaSalle Investment Management
Joonas Lemström
Head of Nrep Finland
Nrep Oy
Mahdi Mokrane
Co-head of Fund Management
PATRIZIA Property Investment Managers LLP
Belit Onay
Mayor
City of Hannover
Carlota Rebelo
Senior Foreign Correspondent
Monocle
(Moderator)
The Programme
Date: 10 March
Time: 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Grand Auditorium, Palais des Festivals
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Welcome Coffee
2:00 PM – 2:10 PM: Welcome address and introduction by MIPIM
2:10 PM – 3:00 PM: the Trend – Supply Does Not Match Demand
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Collaborative Solutions for Affordable Housing
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Coffee Break
4:30 PM – 5.30 PM: The Goal – Adapting housing products to the needs
5 :30 PM – 5:55 PM: Paths for Tomorrow
5:55 PM – 6:00 PM: Closing Remarks
From 6:00 PM: Cocktail
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM - The Housing Reboot Workshop (salon Croisette)
This session will offer a dynamic format, with key stakeholders leading engaging, solution-focused discussions.
Join our dynamic round-table discussions:
Senior Housing
Social Impact Housing
Green Housing and Sustainability
Student Housing
France Table
Mayors’ Table (invitation only)
Meet the Advisory Board
Thank you to our Advisory Board members.
As leading experts and visionaries, they are curating impactful content that addresses today’s most pressing housing challenges.
Natalia Kolotneva
Head of Living & Hospitality for Europe
LaSalle Investment Management
Mahdi Mokrane
Co-Head of Fund Management & Head of Fund Management Real Estate
Patrizia
Claire Flurin Bellec
Real Estate Innovation and Sustainability Specialist
Author of Changing Real Estate: from Utopia to Reality
Laurent Ghékière
Head of european affairs and international relations
Union sociale pour l’habitat
President of the European Housing Observatory
Housing Europe
Mariya Tsvetkova
Business Development Manager
Urban Partners
Fabrice Simondi
Co-founder
Co-Liv
Jack Renteria
Specialist in New Living Concepts
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