Top line-up of speakers to appear at Derby Property Summit

A top line-up of keynote speakers has been confirmed for Marketing Derby’s forthcoming Derby Property Summit.

Organised by the Queen’s Award-winning inward investment promotion agency and set to take place at Reach Events, on Pride Park, on Wednesday 12 July, this year’s event will focus on how we can collectively curate our city centres going forward.

This year, the Derby Property Summit is supported by main event partner Bowmer + Kirkland, one of the UK’s largest and most successful privately-owned construction and development groups.

Entitled ‘From Customer to Citizen – The Collective Curation of Cities’, the event, which will be attended by more than 250 people, will be chaired by business journalist Declan Curry and will feature an enviable line-up of speakers.

They include Melanie Leech, chief executive of the British Property Federation, which represents UK companies involved in property ownership and investment.

Regarded as the voice of the UK property industry, the BPF works with the Government and other regulatory bodies to help the real estate industry grow and thrive.

As chief executive, Melanie’s role is to champion a diverse, successful and sustainable UK real estate sector.

Also speaking will be Professor Yolande Barnes, chair of the The Bartlett Real Estate Institute, which is based at University College London (UCL).

Part of The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, it is a global institute that is rethinking the traditional view of real estate.

Another keynote speaker will be Robbie Jones, insights analyst lead at Derby-based themed attractions designer Katapult.

The firm works with major theme parks across the world, designing new experiences.

Closer to home, the company has recently been working with Down to Earth Derby, to help it realise its vision for a nature-led regeneration of the city centre.

And finally, in his major public speech since becoming leader of Derby City Council, Councillor Baggy Shanker will be taking to the stage to set out his goals for the city over his next four years in office.

To find out more about this year’s Derby Property Summit visit https://www.marketingderby.co.uk/events/ .