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 we speed up housing delivery without compromising on quality? The challenge is substantial and requires more than optimisation within existing frameworks. Fast and smart housing starts with the courage to think bigger: in terms of scale, numbers, and cohesion. This means not only building more, but also building differently.
In this session, Sanne van der Burgh will take us through how design, technology and collaboration can reinforce each other. From her work at MVRDV and MVRDV NEXT, she will show how digital tools and AI can help generate shared insights more quickly, run scenario analyses and make better choices at an early stage of area development and housing delivery.
The session will also explore the opportunities presented by innovative and automated construction processes: how can we produce more efficiently, collaborate better, and at the same time safeguard the quality of homes and the living environment?
The session consists of a presentation followed by a Q&A with the audience. Together we will explore where scaling up is needed, what role design plays in this process and how technological innovation can genuinely accelerate housing delivery.

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:

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.

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?

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.'

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.

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.