MIPIM Insight – Driving Urban Change

Established in 1990, MIPIM is a four-day real estate event that will bring together the most influential players from all sectors of the international real estate industry. Over the next few pages, RLI will highlight a selection of international projects that are finalists for the MIPIM Awards 2022, exhibiting at the event and a selection of global schemes that are throwing out the rulebook and creating something truly unique.

The MIPIM event brings the entire value chain together and gives unrivalled access to an incredible number of development projects and sources of capital worldwide. It is a unique exhibition and networking platform to network and forge deals with key international players in the real estate market.

With 22,000sq m of exhibition space, the event is the premier real estate event expo to discover opportunities and meet key international stakeholders. It will feature a leading programme of over 130 conference sessions that will provide expert insight into key sectors and property hotspots along with an exclusive networking platform for participants to connect during targeted matchmaking, social and business events.

During the four days the MIPIM Awards will also take place, celebrating the most outstanding and unique international property projects. Created in 1991, the MIPIM Awards is an internationally-renowned real estate competition at MIPIM. It honours the most outstanding and accomplished projects, completed or yet to be built around the world, they represent the very best of the real estate industry.

In addition, this year’s event will also feature the ‘Propel by MIPIM Startup Competition’, the ultimate startup competition is back at MIPIM in Cannes where attendees can discover and vote for the most disruptive solutions and business models in the world of real estate.

The Propel by MIPIM Startup Competition, in partnership with global industry partner MetaProp, reveals the most promising and innovative startups that tackle the biggest urban challenges around the world. Selected startups will pitch their ideas and business models to move the real estate ecosystem forward, during four sessions held at MIPIM at the Propel Station Conference Room, during which attendees and the jury will be able to vote for their favourite contestant.

The upcoming MIPIM conference will host a selection of international pavilions, highlighting a selection of key international countries, cities and territories that consist of Austria, Belgium, Budapest, Cyprus, Geneva, German Cities, German Pavilion, Greece, Holland Metropole, Istanbul, Italy, Le Grand Paris, Liverpool City Region, Luxembourg, Moscow, Poland, Scotland, Switzerland, Spain, UK, US and Warsaw.

Ronan Vaspart, Director of MIPIM, said: “As we recover and look forward from the past two years, this promises to be one of the most important real estate events in recent memory, so it’s fantastic to have over 90 per cent of Europe’s major cities signed up for MIPIM 2022. They will be joined by all the major international brokers and many political and industry leaders. Our clients have told us they want to see a full return to in-person networking events, so we’re full steam ahead in our planning for March, and we look forward to welcoming everyone to a safe and secure event as we did in Cannes in September.”