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:
The ideal start to the Innovation Café and three inspiring days at PROVADA. What are the biggest failures? Why didn’t a great innovation take off despite its promise? In this first session, we pause to explore why innovations didn’t succeed. We discuss different examples and openly share our experiences. Why? So that we can look through a different lens at the outstanding innovations that will be discussed over the coming days. To prevent us from making the same mistakes, to be curious about one another, and to seek progress.
And above all, that we don’t just deliver on the theme ‘All Stand Together’ during these three days on PROVADA, but also continue to give shape to the necessary change together after PROVADA—successfully implementing innovations and delivering the homes that the Netherlands has long been craving.
With a contribution from the Ministry of I&W and DMI. DMI is an ecosystem of public and private partners and knowledge institutions. We focus on making the maximum use of available data and information technology. To accelerate sustainable densification of cities and to renew mobility.
Sprekers
Rob Buren
Digitalization and Industrialization of Construction BouwLab R&Do
Arnoud van der Zee
Program Manager Energy Transition The Green Village
Joris Geertman
Digital Services Leader BouwLab R&Do
Arjan Spruijt
Integrated & data-driven spatial planning and area development @DMI-ecosystem Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat
Thomas van Belzen
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.