Countdown begins to Derby Property Summit 2023

There is just one week to go before hundreds of delegates descend on the city for the Derby Property Summit 2023.

Taking place at Reach Events, on Pride Park, on Wednesday 12 July, a capacity audience of more than 250 people, including business leaders, key decision-makers and investors from across the region and beyond, are expected to attend the event, entitled ‘From Customer to Citizen – The Collective Curation of Cities’.

Exploring how we can shape the future of our cities by working together, the event will feature a top line-up of respected keynote speakers and panellists.

Organised by Marketing Derby, the Queen’s Award-winning investment promotion agency – the Derby Property Summit will once again be hosted by BBC and LBC business journalist Declan Curry.

This year’s line-up of keynotes includes Melanie Leech CBE, 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.

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 director at Derby-based themed attractions designer Katapult.

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

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.

There will also be a panel debate featuring Paul Simpson, the city council’s chief executive, who has been helping to take Derby’s investment message both national and international by accompanying Marketing Derby’s investment team to events such this year’s MIPIM and UKREiiF.

He will be joined on the panel by Alex Hudson, market senior partner for PwC East Midlands.

In May, PwC published its latest Good Growth for Cities Index, in which Derby was named as the best ‘all-rounder’ for growth.

Also taking part in the panel debate will be Tom Ketteringham, chief of staff at the Great British Railways Transition Team.

Earlier this year, it was announced that Derby had been selected to be the new home of GBR, which was major coup for the city.

Also joining the panel will be Donna Smith, sales director at Wavensmere Homes – the company behind the stunning Nightingale Quarter residential scheme – and the chosen developer for the regeneration of the derelict Friar Gate Goods Yard.

The Derby Property Summit will also showcase the work of architecture students at the University of Derby, who will share their visions for the North Riverside area of the city.

This year’s Derby Property Summit is backed by main event partner Bowmer + Kirkland, along with brand partners AJS Structural Design, Faithful + Gould, Lovell and Willmott Dixon.

Beth Bundonis, regional managing director for Lovell Partnerships, said: “We’re really pleased to be backing and attending this year’s Derby Property Summit.

“Since setting up our dedicated East Midlands office last year on Derby’s Pride Park, our team is continuing to grow thanks to the opportunities that lie here in the region.

“Our business is built on partnerships, so we’re very much looking forward to the discussions on the day about how cities can create coalitions that repurpose place – tying into the ways in which we unlock land to bring forth the housing provision that meets the requirements of local communities.”

For more information about the Derby Property Summit, visit https://www.marketingderby.co.uk/events/ .