EBRD Housing Forum

Registration with Welcome Coffee and Refreshments

Welcome and Housekeeping

Welcome remarks: Svetlana Fedosova, Founder, Entralon Club/Master of Ceremonies: Marjola Xhunga, Director, Communications, EBRD/Vlaho Kojakovic, Director, Head of Real Estate

Executive Briefing | The European Affordable Housing Plan

The European Commission has published in December 2025 the first-ever European Affordable Housing Plan, recognising that the scale of the housing crisis demands a stronger and more coordinated European response. In this fireside chat, Matthew Baldwin, Head of the Housing Task Force at the European Commission, will walk us through the four pillars of the Plan he and his team delivered and what’s coming next in 2026.

Design Roundtable | Architecture for Inclusion: Building Affordability into Communities

A roundtable featuring prominent design specialists reflecting on lessons from practice, exploring how design innovation, sustainability and community engagement can unlock more accessible and dignified homes.

Fireside Chat | In Conversation: U.S. Lessons on Affordable Housing

Dell Loy Hansen is a dedicated philanthropist and the founder and CEO of the Wasatch Group. The Group’s cornerstone, Wasatch Property Management, oversees a multi-billion-dollar real estate portfolio of more than 17,000 apartment units in the United States. In this fireside chat, he will share reflections and lessons from his journey-offering perspectives on the future of housing.

EBRD Project Showcase | Scaling Up Affordable Multi-Apartment Building Renovations

Presentation to showcase one of EBRD’s leading initiatives in energy-efficient housing, highlighting how large-scale residential renovation can drive climate impact and improve housing quality through Lithuania’s Multi-Apartment Building Renovation Programme.

Lunch Break

Presidential Address

Panel Discussion | From Challenge to Opportunity: Delivering Affordable Housing in CEE & the Baltics

This panel will bring together public, private, and IFI leaders from the Baltics, Poland, and across CEE to turn ambition into homes. Blending policy, finance, and delivery perspectives, it will spotlight what truly moves affordable housing from concept to keys-in-hand.

Panel Discussion | Middle East - Capital, Place-Making, Urbanisation

This panel brings together senior leaders and capital allocators from the Middle East to explore how regional experience in large-scale urbanisation, housing delivery and place-making can inform development across CEE. Moderator: To be confirmed

Panel Discussion | Expanding Housing Supply: Private Sector Perspectives

This panel will discuss how private capital can be mobilised to scale various types of housing investment across Europe. Developers and investors will share perspectives on the barriers they face, the conditions needed to attract institutional capital, and how collaboration with IFIs and policymakers can unlock sustainable growth in rental, student and senior housing.

Panel Discussion | Future of Real Estate: AI, Blockchain, and Tokenisation

This panel examines how AI, blockchain and tokenisation are beginning to reshape real estate decision-making, transactions and asset management. Speakers will separate near-term applications from longer-term disruption, discussing where these technologies are already creating value and where expectations still exceed reality.

Coffee Break

Panel Discussion | Scaling-Up Housing Finance through Capital Markets

An informative discussion on raising funding for housing and commercial real estate through the capital markets, including through the issuance of bonds, covered bonds, Real Estate Investment Trusts, etc. Panellists will discuss their experience – both in terms of challenges and opportunities – with various instruments across the EBRD regions.

Interactive Roundtable | Building Sustainable Cities: The Role of Green Buildings and Social Infrastructure

An interactive roundtable on the role of green buildings and social infrastructure in delivering sustainable, inclusive urban development across the EBRD regions.

Founders in Real Estate

An inspiring conversation with founders shaping homes, urban regeneration, and mixed-use developments - blending personal stories with a clear vision for the future. Together they will explore how to scale supply, partner with the public sector, and innovate to make homes and communities more affordable, vibrant and sustainable.

Closing Remarks

Speaker: Jean-Marc Peterschmitt, Managing Director Corporate Sector, EBRD

Networking Drinks