30th September - 2nd October 2025 | Barcelona, Spain

Essential or Non-essential innovations Challenge

Thu 26 Sep | 13:15 - 14:00

There are 3,5K proptech solutions existing in Europe, including 900 directly related to ESG. However, with inflation, rising construction costs, interest rates and low transaction volumes, the budget allocated to innovation is melting like ice on the sun. With this crisis corporates adapt their innovation strategy, their innovation focus, and sometimes seek direct ROI of innovation. They are forced to distinguish between essential innovations, that they must continue to invest in, and non-essential innovations, that they should cut costs on. To unpack this dichotomy, PropTech Lab will organize a visionary panel, in a format of a quizz, where real estate captains of industry will have to answer, on the spot, if certain innovation themes are essential, or non essential, in their perspectives. 

Speakers
Ismael Gil-da-Costa

Ismael Gil-da-Costa

Investment and Origination Director

GFH

Carlos Guinea

Carlos Guinea

Innovation Director

Castellana Properties

Inês Drummond

Inês Drummond

Chief Transformation Officer

Sonae Sierra

Moderators
Sara Trontelj

Sara Trontelj

Head of Development Programs

Proptech Lab (Belgium)