Manchester @
UKREiiF 2026
Events Programme

- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
Tuesday 19th May 2026
Transforming Greater Manchester’s towns and cities
Hear from some of the regions key players to explore at the partnerships, places and strategies shaping GM’s transformation.
Salford at 100: the power of the people
Mark 100 years of Salford’s city journey with ECF, Salford City Council and the University of Salford, alongside the community voices shaping the future.
New places / old towns: have we learned anything?
An exploration how landscape led masterplanning shapes legacy, value, market expectations and practical mechanisms for mainstream adoption.
Devolution and local empowerment: the changing roles of mayors and combined authorities
Examine the evolving devolution landscape, focusing on the roles of the Mayor, CA/CCA and Constituent Councils.
Major and core cities – places, investors and developer brunch
The UK’s core cities such as Birmingham, London, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Manchester to connect to with major investors and developers aiming to bring projects forward within the UK.
The future is local: unlocking living‑led urban regeneration
We explore how unlocking under-used urban locations can deliver real estate solutions tailored to identified local needs.
Unlocking the UK’s infrastructure future
This session will explore how early planning, better supply chain collaboration, and stronger utility partnerships can unlock delays and accelerate delivery across the UK.
Boosting our high streets
Join McDonald’s to discuss how the crucial role of hospitality in our high streets. With the sector under huge pressure, the panel will discuss why hospitality is vital and what needs to happen to unlock investment and growth in the sector.
Local government reorganisation and devolution – opportunities for growth and placemaking
This session will explore how devolved powers enable local authorities to shape investment, infrastructure, and development priorities more effectively.
The world’s biggest culture club – harnessing the UK’s identity to promote investment
The UK’s towns and cities boast some of the most globally renowned institutions. How does “UK PLC” fold these unique offerings into making the UK attractive for global business?
Unlocking national growth: the role of northern cities
With major rail investment now committed, Leaders will set out what is happening now and what is needed to unlock growth at scale.
Delivering the Potential of Greater Manchester’s MDCs
This event will take a closer look at how MDCs are reshaping the development landscape across Greater Manchester.
Regeneration at risk? the influence of private capital
This closed-door roundtable will bring together senior public-sector leaders, institutional investors, and experienced operators to debate whether regeneration structures are delivering resilient performance or whether the balance between capital discipline and public accountability needs to evolve.
Regeneration at risk? The influence of private capital
This roundtable will debate whether regeneration structures are delivering resilient performance or whether the balance between capital discipline and public accountability needs to evolve.
How long‑term thinking can make new towns feel like home
this roundtable discusses the importance of collaborative, long-term, interdisciplinary thinking to ensure the potentially transformative benefits of these communities are realised.
From east to west: connecting the Northern Powerhouse
This session explores how rail improvements will transform economic geography—connecting cities, widening access to high-quality jobs, and creating a highly investable corridor
Regeneration or reinvention? The hard choices for town centres
What works and what doesn't? What is the next trend and what does bold repositioning require both commercially and politically?
More than bricks and mortar: how housing is building communities in Cumbria
This session explores how housing design can drive wider social value, while showcasing some of Cumbria's most significant developments.
NorthFold: partnership, performance and place
This panel will celebrate the people, businesses and public bodies that have partnered to drive over £1 billion worth of investment into NorthFold to date, and discuss how the corridor will boost the local economy even further by 2035.
In conversation with Caroline Simpson… Manchester’s dynamic decade: a new £1.8bn model for good growth
This session explores how Greater Manchester's Good Growth Fund is unlocking the region's potential and tackling the viability challenge head-on
Building places to last: placemaking and the new towns agenda
This session explores how public–private partnerships, infrastructure-led planning, and placemaking-first design create thriving communities, not just housing schemes.
From aspiration to delivery: how can devolution shape PPPs to deliver the next generation of transport infrastructure?
This invitation-only dinner will explore how industry can draw upon the skills and expertise from both the public and private sectors to safeguard the sustainable creation of generational infrastructure projects.
Wednesday 20th May2026
Making the private rented sector work for everyone
This session explores the implementation of the Renters Rights Act and learnings from the development of the Good Landlord Charter in Greater Manchester.
Joined‑up thinking: aligning stakeholders to deliver 1.5 million homes
This roundtable will explore how to unite local authorities, developers, investors, and government behind a shared strategy, tackling planning, funding, and infrastructure challenges to deliver homes that create long-term economic and social value.
Powering places: transforming regional growth through National Wealth Fund strategic partnerships
This session brings together leaders from Greater Manchester, Glasgow City Region, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands to explore National Wealth Fund Strategic Partnerships.
J2 Marketing Day – “Pride in place” and the critical role of marketers [KEYNOTE]
Keynote speech with Q&A exploring the success of government's £5bn "Pride in Place" initiative
Powering places: transforming regional growth through National Wealth Fund strategic partnerships
This session brings together leaders from Greater Manchester, Glasgow City Region, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands to explore how National Wealth Fund Strategic Partnerships are reshaping regional investment models
10 years of good growth in Greater Manchester: the role of public/private partnerships
This panel session will discuss the varying challenges to development, the role the private and public sector can play in tackling these and the ambition of Housing Associations in leading this charge as ambitious, forward- thinking, long term partners.
The real debate: the case for (and against) UK investment
Is UK real estate still a compelling investment story? In this fast-paced debate, industry experts will go head-to-head to examine both sides of the argument, testing conviction under pressure.
Inclusive growth in action: launching Camden’s strategy
This session explores how inclusive growth principles are being put into action through the launch of London Borough of Camden’s strategy.
UK Government & Delancey roundtable – unlocking growth via pension capital in real assets
Delancey will bring together a number of investors and industry leaders for a private lunch to discuss capital deployment within regeneration and development projects.
Defining public value in infrastructure: from appraisal intent to long‑term outcomes
Public and private sector leaders explore how ‘value’ in infrastructure is defined, evidenced and understood
Development corporations: stopping growth generators becoming political playthings
Backed by government and designed to fast-track regeneration, an development corporations be the catalyst the UK needs to unlock stalled growth?
Delivering value: cost‑effective solutions to the temporary accommodation crisis
More than 131,000 people are currently housed in temporary accommodation. We bring together leading voices to explore cost-effective, scalable solutions to this crisis.
Greater Manchester – quickfire Pecha Kucha
Join us for this engaging session where Greater Manchester will pitch their region in a quickfire Pecha Kucha style event – focused on highlighting investible propositions, regeneration opportunities and reasons to back the UK’s fastest growing City Region.
Northern Corridor x OxCam – connecting the UK’s two science powerhouses
This session discusses connecting the Oxford–Cambridge Growth Corridor and the Northern Arc to strengthen the UK’s science economy
Invest Manchester and Opportunity London Drinks Reception
Sponsored by NLA
Driving sustainable, long‑term investment in UK primary healthcare
Senior investors, policymakers, and industry leaders to explore how long-term capital can support the delivery of resilient primary healthcare infrastructure across the UK
The future of local government: LG Horizons – a vision for 2040
In conversation with the LGA Chair and Chief Executive
Thursday 21st May 2026
Sector insights: UK market towns
This session looks at the unique challenges facing UK Market Towns.
Life sciences and industrial strategy – cities, investor & developer brunch
This private event brings together cities and regions focused on life sciences and other areas of the industrial strategy to facilitate discussions between them and investors, developers and occupiers/end-users within this space.
Next Gen: shaping the places of tomorrow
This session offers young people to connect with, learn from and be inspired by industry professionals.

