The Futurebuild knowledge programme: connecting ideas to action

At the heart of Futurebuild is a world-class Knowledge Programme, designed to inform, inspire and drive meaningful change across the built environment. Spanning two conference arenas and three seminar stages, this CPD-accredited, three-day programme brings together the brightest minds and boldest ideas in the industry. 

With over 550+ expert speakers and content curated in collaboration with 90+ leading partners, the programme tackles the biggest challenges and most exciting opportunities across climate action, retrofit, digital innovation, placemaking, materials, energy, and more. 

Each stage is carefully crafted to spark dialogue, showcase innovation, and connect professionals from across the supply chain with the insight they need to shape a more sustainable, resilient future. 

Select the stage below to view the full programme.

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The Futurebuild Arena

The Futurebuild Arena: Resilience, regenerative design & reuse 

The Futurebuild Arena - the headline stage - is a powerful platform where the most pressing challenges and transformative opportunities in the built environment are brought to life. Through high-profile keynotes, expert panels, and industry-led discussions, the Arena unites architects, contractors, policymakers, and innovators to address critical issues like climate resilience, decarbonisation, housing, and future infrastructure.

The National Retrofit Conference

The National Retrofit Conference: Connecting solutions to scale

The National Retrofit Conference is the leading platform for tackling one of the UK’s biggest built environment challenges, the urgent need to retrofit our existing buildings at scale and pace. This stage brings together policymakers, local authorities, housing associations, contractors, and retrofit specialists to share insight, strategy, and innovation.

Buildings and Materials Stage

Connecting Buildings & Materials

This stage explores how high-performance, future-ready buildings are delivered through integrated design, material innovation and real-world collaboration, connecting design intent with low-carbon solutions, practical specification and measurable impact across the built environment.

Energy Stage

Connecting Innovation to Net Zero

This stage brings together the experts, technologies, and policies driving the transition to cleaner, smarter energy systems. From decentralised generation and energy storage to heat networks and low-carbon technologies. → Connecting: Engineers, Innovators, Local Authorities, and policymakers.

Placemaking Stage

Connecting People, Place, and Purpose

The Placemaking Stage explores how we create places that are not only sustainable and functional, but also inclusive, vibrant, and connected to the communities they serve. It brings together those shaping the social and spatial fabric of communities. → Connecting: Urban designers, planners, community leaders, and local authorities

Hear from Our Exhibitors

 

The merger between both shows (Futurebuild and UK Construction Week) for the first time has definitely been a success! So much engagement with us all at The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) demonstrating the desire for high standards and a level of professionalism within this wonderful industry of ours.

Julie Walters
Business Development Manager (London North & Hemel Hempstead & Continental Europe) |  CIOB

Futurebuild provides opportunity for us to meet people that you just wouldn't necessarily come across.

Richard Halderthay
Brand and Digital Communications Director |  Saint-Gobain UK
Futurebuild gives us amazing exposure to a lot of architects, developers, people from across the construction industry value chain.
Adrian Pugsley
Cofounding CEO |  Switchable Insulation Innovations Ltd

It's got a great buzz about it. It's nice to be among all the new technologies that are being presented to the industry, and it's been a great opportunity to meet with a lot of likeminded professionals. And it's been great for the business as well.

Nicholas Naidu
CEO |  Alive Labs Ltd

Being an innovation partner at Futurebuild is a really good platform to show that we are leading the market in sustainable, innovative solutions.

David Patrick
Head of Specification Marketing |  Dimplex

The passion, the information, the policy, the validation from industry players really gave us that boost to accelerate our progress from just being a young start-up to a commercialising business.

My Linh Nguyen
Co-Founder & COO |  Agreka Build

The show has generated conversations with architects, MEPs, contractors. The full gambit of people we want to speak to on a daily basis.

Julian Sullivan
Specification Manager |  Billi UK

We've had some really good decision-makers, senior people who are prepared to open up some conversations about building their estate for the future.

Harriet Evans
Sales Director |  Qvantum UK

 

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