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UK&I Commercial Property Conference 2025

Thu 27 Nov 2025 08:30 - 17:00 GMT 5.5 Hours Formal CPD

RICS HQ, 12 Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AD

In-Person

From £251.38 + VAT

Early Bird discount available until 26th September 2025.

Important information

Our conference has now sold out!

If you would still like to attend, please add your name to our waiting list by contacting us at training@rics.org 

We will let you know as soon as a place becomes available!

Overview

Join us at the RICS UK&I Commercial Property Conference, where industry leaders, policy makers, and forward-thinking professionals convene to explore the most pressing challenges and opportunities shaping the future of commercial real estate.

This comprehensive event brings together expert insights on the global forces transforming the sector, from net zero imperatives and digital innovation to urban regeneration and evolving legislative frameworks. With keynote presentations from influential voices including speakers from the Bank of England and leading industry experts, attendees will gain strategic perspectives on navigating market uncertainty while positioning themselves at the forefront of their profession.

The conference programme delivers practical, actionable intelligence across all major asset classes—office, retail, industrial, hospitality, and emerging sectors like life sciences and data centres. Through dynamic panel discussions and market snapshots, discover how PropTech, AI, and digital twins are revolutionising property practice, while exploring how social value and ESG criteria are becoming integral to commercial success.

Whether you are seeking to understand new legislation, harness cutting-edge technology, or build the skills needed for tomorrow's challenges, this event provides the knowledge essential for thriving in an increasingly complex and connected commercial property landscape.

Don't miss this opportunity to engage with the ideas, innovations, and industry leaders that will define the next chapter of commercial real estate. This is your opportunity to gain the latest intelligence and build your competitive edge in a fast-moving world.

Learning outcomes

  • Stay ahead of global and national trends - Gain critical insights into the economic, geopolitical, and sustainability forces shaping commercial property and how they impact valuation, investment and asset management decisions.
  • Navigate legal and regulatory change with confidence - Receive practical updates on new legislation affecting commercial property, including lease reform, EPC changes, and planning policy so you can advise clients with confidence.
  • Support your clients' net zero journey - Learn how to integrate ESG requirements into asset strategies, develop practical sustainability roadmaps and futureproof portfolios against emerging regulations.
  • Get updates across commercial asset classes - Access concise, high-impact overviews of performance and trends across offices, retail, industrial/logistics, hospitality and other emerging asset classes so you can support emerging trends and guide investment decisions.
  • Leverage digital transformation for competitive advantage - Understand how technological innovations are changing the property lifecycle and how you can add value through data-driven approaches.
  • Explore the surveyor’s evolving role in urban regeneration - Discover how commercial projects can go beyond profit to deliver long-term social value and what surveyors need to know about aligning with ESG and Levelling Up priorities.
  • Prepare for the future of the profession - learn what skills, mindsets, and cross-disciplinary approaches will define the next generation of surveyors, with insights from the RICS Skills Survey.
  • Enhance your global edge - Understand how international standards and cross-border collaboration are shaping global practice and what it means for working across markets.

Speakers

  • Nella Pang, Managing Director, Omega RE and member of RICS Commercial Property Group Panel
  • Liz Peace, Adviser on Property, Politics and the Built Environment
  • Tarrant Parsons, Head of Market Research and Analysis, RICS
  • Adam Challis, Global Director, Strategic Insights, JLL
  • Guy Fetherstonhaugh KC, Falcon Chambers
  • Vanessa Curtis FRICS, Global Alliance Director - Shell Mobility, CBRE Market
  • Julie Hirigoyen, Non Executive Director and Special Advisor
  • Becky Valentine, Co-owner, Sustainability & Building Health Consultant, Spenbeck
  • Matt Webster, Head of Sustainability, British Land
  • Hannah Vickers, Construction Leadership Council Member (Net Zero) and MD, Built Confidence Ltd
  • Gavin Quigley MRICS, Senior Valuation Manager, Altus Group
  • Phil Tily, Senior Vice President, Head of Performance Analytics, Altus Group
  • Sam Carson, Senior Director, Head of Sustainability, Valuations Advisory, CBRE
  • Freddie Pritchard-Smith, CEO, Trustek Group Ltd
  • Saurabh Bhandari, Director of Property Delivery and Transformation, Cabinet Office
  • Dan Hughes, Director, Alpha Property
  • Sián Hemming Metcalfe, Operations Director, Property Inspect UK
  • Paul Clark, Co-Founder and Head of Land and Partnerships, Stories
  • Yulia Pak, Creative Enterprise Manager, Hackney Wick and Fish Island, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and London Borough of Hackney
  • Andy Starkie, Director, Inner Circle Consulting
  • Hazel Rounding, Managing Director, shedkm
  • David Lord, Director of Property, Liverpool City Council
  • Simon Rubinsohn, Chief Economist, RICS,
  • John Gellatly, Senior Advisor and Chair of RICS Property Investment Forum
  • Annabel Huffer, Senior Building Surveyor, Knight Frank
  • Ashley Wheaton, Vice Chancellor, University of the Built Environment
  • Isla Chisnall, Student

Sponsors

Gold sponsor

Property Inspect

Property Inspect provides surveying professionals with the tools to deliver precise, compliant, and timely property reports for commercial and residential assets. Supporting RICS Home Surveys and tailored commercial inspections, our platform streamlines site data collection, automates report production, and ensures every survey meets industry standards. For landlords, investors, and asset managers, this means faster access to accurate information, reduced compliance risk, and clear, data-driven insights to protect and enhance asset value. By connecting surveyors, property teams, and stakeholders in one secure system, Property Inspect transforms the inspection process into a strategic advantage for portfolio management. Property Inspect is a leading platform for surveyors, helping them to deliver accurate, compliant RICS Home Surveys and commercial property reports with speed and precision. Our technology streamlines inspections, automates reporting, and provides landlords, investors, and asset managers with the insights they need to protect and grow asset value.

Gold sponsor

Altus Group

Altus Group’s Living Sector team played a critical role in the successful progression of three key projects in Sydney with expert Quantity Surveying services – the Boronia Apartments in Waterloo, the Casa mixed use development at 45 McLaren Street, North Sydney, and the Nautique adaptive reuse apartment development in Rushcutter’s Bay – through to tender and beyond, with each project coming well within the costing range calculated by the team. Led by Director Barry McBeth, MRICS, the team’s deep sector experience, industry network, collaborative approach, and extensive benchmarking data gave clients the cost accuracy they needed to make their projects a success.

Silver sponsor

GoReport

GoReport provides smart, purpose-built software for surveyors and inspectors working across the Built Environment. Designed to streamline the capture, analysis and reporting of site data, our solution enables professionals to work faster, more accurately, and with greater insight. Using a mobile device, surveyors can efficiently record data on-site and seamlessly upload it to a secure web portal for editing, reviewing and publishing. The result: high-quality, client-ready reports delivered with speed and precision.

Price summary

RICS Member

GBP £314.23 + VAT

Non-RICS Member

GBP £424.21 + VAT

From £251.38

+ VAT

Early Bird discount available until 26th September 2025.