5th Built4People Stakeholders Forum: Full Programme Available

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The 5th Built4People Partnership Stakeholders Forum, “Building Europe’s Resilient Future”, organised by the European Commission, CINEA, ECTP and ENCORD, is just around the corner.

7 October 2026 | 9:00–16:30 CEST (doors open 8h30)

Buildwise Zaventem, Brussels (Kleine Kloosterstraat 23, 1932 Zaventem)

Bringing together policymakers, industry representatives, researchers and key stakeholders, the Forum will explore how research, innovation and collaboration can contribute to building a more resilient European built environment.

This year’s programme focuses on “From securing Europe’s built environment, to transforming how we use resources, scaling how we build, harnessing intelligence, and ultimately delivering resilient places for people.”

📋 The full programme is now available:

8h30-9h30          Registration and good morning coffee

9h30-9h40          Welcome by the Built4People Partnership Management Team (DG ENER, CINEA, ECTP, ENCORD)

9h40-10h05        Keynote “Resilience by Design: Building a Europe Ready for an Uncertain Future”, Captain João Galocha, Military Counsellor in the Portuguese Delegation to NATO

10h05-11h05      Panel 1: From Vulnerability to Resilience: Securing Europe’s Built Environment, moderated by Sami Kazi, VTT

  • Rita Moura, Teixeira Duarte
  • Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL Centre for Global Infrastructure Resilience
  • Niall Buckley, IES, Built Environment Cluster
  • Emmanuelle Frénéat, EGIS Group 
  • A speaker will be confirmed shortly

11h05-12h05      Panel 2: Circular by Design: Building Europe’s Resource-Efficient Future, moderated by Cornelia Partsch, ECTP

  • Marianne Haavardsholm Aandahl, NCP Horizon Europe CL5, CETP and Clean H2 Partnership
  • Ilari Aho, Georg Fischer
  • Isabel Rodríguez Maribona, Tecnalia
  • Valia Tsiala, EBC with BIO4EEB project
  • Roy Pennings, CERN

12h05-13h05      Panel 3: From Innovation to Impact: Industrialising and Scaling Up Construction, moderated by Magnus Österbring, ENCORD

  • Natalia Zebrowska, EC DG GROW, H1
  • Javier Bonilla, Acciona
  • Tim van Ee, TNO
  • Celina Solari, RINA with MULTICLIMACT project
  • A speaker will be confirmed shortly

13h05-14h05   Lunch break

14h05-15h05      Panel 4: Boosting Competitiveness: AI, Robotics and the Future of the Built Environment, moderated by Vedran Angebrandt, CINEA

  • Stavros Stamatoukos, EC DG ENER
  • José Solís Hernández, CEMOSA
  • More speakers will be confirmed shortly

15h05-16h05      Panel 5: People at the Heart of Resilience: Scaling People-Centred Innovation, moderated by Clémentine Coujard, Dowel Innovation

  • Stefan Moser, Housing Task Force
  • Vera Winthagen, Joint Research Centre, New European Bauhaus
  • Edward Woods, Bouygues Construction
  • Masi Mohammadi, Eindhoven University of Technology
  • More speakers will be confirmed shortly

16h05-16h20      Special Session on B4PIC network, moderated by Nerea Gómez, ECTP

16h20-16h30      Round up and closing

Join us on 7 October 2026 and discover the latest perspectives, initiatives and solutions shaping Europe’s resilient built environment.

Register today and secure your place! Registration will close on 30 September at 17:30 CEST.