Inspiration Award 2026 - Cast Your Vote!
The nominees for the PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 have been announced! Three inspiring professionals who are truly making a difference in the industry are competing for the title. Meet the nominees:
How do you develop healthy, future-proof neighbourhoods at the nodes of the Netherlands? During this session, we delve into the world of station locations—places where mobility, urban dynamics and societal challenges come together. Ballast Nedam Development is currently working simultaneously on around eight station locations in the Netherlands, actively shaping the future of living and living around the railway line.
Together with NS, we explore how these places can grow into vibrant, healthy and sustainable city entrances. What does it take to build on these complex sites? And how do you combine accessibility, densification and quality of life into a future-proof neighbourhood?
From Utrecht to Maastricht and from Hoorn to Ravenstein: station areas are the places where new residential environments are created and where the connection between city and region becomes tangible. Through intensive collaboration with partners such as NS and other infrastructure players, these areas take shape as inclusive neighbourhoods, where mobility and quality of life reinforce each other.
This session shows how Ballast Nedam Development scales up this challenge: from individual projects to a broader vision for healthy area development around stations. An inspiring story about collaboration, innovation and building the mobility hubs of tomorrow.
Speakers:
- Carolien Vlaar (concept developer Ballast Nedam Development)
- Dirk van der Reek (Head of Acquisitions)
- Chantal Snelling-Berg (NS Stations)
- Jasper Nijveldt (Karres en Brands)
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Opening PROVADA 2026: Connecting Defence and Real Estate
On Tuesday 9 June at 10:00 AM, PROVADA will be officially opened by Lieutenant General Dick van Ingen, Deputy Director-General of Policy at the Ministry of Defence. Through his contribution, PROVADA underlines the current and growing intersections between Defence and the real estate sector.
At the Innovation Café, applicable innovations in area development take centre stage
During PROVADA, BouwLab R&Do and The Green Village will be providing the content programming for the Innovation Café. In collaboration with partners BPD, COD and VORM, and the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, and the DMI Ecosystem, one central question takes the lead: how do we move innovation faster from idea to application?
Foreign capital needed to meet housing construction targets
The fiscal threshold for foreign pension funds and insurers to invest in the Dutch housing market must be significantly lowered. That is the view of Mark Siezen, CEO of asset manager Bouwinvest. 'Foreign capital is absolutely essential to meet the enormous housing construction challenge. That requires a stable housing policy and fiscal climate. I am hopeful: the new minister recognises this and will act on it.'
International Investment Day at PROVADA: programme announced
Following the earlier announcement of the launch of the International Investment Day, PROVADA now presents the full programme for Thursday, 11 June 2026. As the largest real estate exhibition in the Netherlands, PROVADA brings together leading market parties for a day of insights, discussion and networking. The newly introduced international investment programme—developed in collaboration with INREV, Holland Metropole and the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning—offers international investors direct access to key developments, policy perspectives and investment opportunities in the Dutch market.
Parking during PROVADA
Visiting PROVADA? Please be aware that it can get busy around the RAI. Due to multiple large events taking place at the same time, the RAI parking facilities often fill up early.