ECTP CONFERENCE 2026
Dive into the perspectives & priorities in RDI in the Construction & Built Environment sector with stakeholders from the whole value-chain!
CONFERENCE MOTTO
Building Europe’s Competitiveness in the Built Environment: from Strategic Vision to Industrial Impact
OBJECTIVES
- Highlight and advance future perspectives and priorities in R&I in the construction and Built environment sector
- Inform about the state-of-play of key European initiatives in the domain – e.g. the SET Plan, NEB, the co-programmed Partnership Built4People, the network of B4P Innovation Clusters
- Share the revisited Position Papers of the ECTP Committees
- Launch the discussions for revisiting Strategic Research Agenda (SRIA) of the ECTP
- Share vision and discuss cross-cutting issues and potential synergies with organisations and domains connected to the construction and Built environment sector
STRUCTURE AROUND 3 MAJOR PRIORITIES
- Resilient, decarbonised, adaptative and regenerative Built Environment
- Enriching, inclusive and health-improving Built Environment
- Competitive, digitalised and circular value chain
Access the draft programme here.
Dive into the perspectives & priorities in RDI in the Construction & Built Environment sector with stakeholders from the whole value-chain!
CONFERENCE MOTTO
Building Europe’s Competitiveness in the Built Environment: from Strategic Vision to Industrial Impact
OBJECTIVES
- Highlight and advance future perspectives and priorities in R&I in the construction and Built environment sector
- Inform about the state-of-play of key European initiatives in the domain – e.g. the SET Plan, NEB, the co-programmed Partnership Built4People, the network of B4P Innovation Clusters
- Share the revisited Position Papers of the ECTP Committees
- Launch the discussions for revisiting Strategic Research Agenda (SRIA) of the ECTP
- Share vision and discuss cross-cutting issues and potential synergies with organisations and domains connected to the construction and Built environment sector
STRUCTURE AROUND 3 MAJOR PRIORITIES
- Resilient, decarbonised, adaptative and regenerative Built Environment
- Enriching, inclusive and health-improving Built Environment
- Competitive, digitalised and circular value chain
Access the draft programme here.
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Registration, fees, invoices
To benefit from the reduced conference fees granted to the ECTP Members, you should use the link provided by ECTP Secretariat to buy your ticket(s).
For the following cases, please send a message to secretariat@ectp.org:
- you haven't received the link for the discount code;
- you cannot pay by credit card and require an invoice to make a bank transfer.
Early bird registration (until 31/03/26) / Regular registration (from 01/04 to 05/05/26) / Late registration (from 06/05 to 21/05/26)
The General Terms and Conditions applicable for ECTP Conference 2026 are available here.
NB: The invoices are sent by ECTP Secretariat within 2 weeks after your registration.
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Hotel reservation
Thon Hotel Bristol Stephanie: https://www.thonhotels.com/event/ectp-2026
List of hotels close to the conference venue here.
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Exhibition of posters
ROLL-UP posters linked to ongoing EU projects can be exhibited within the conference venue.
They will be allocated (free of charge) to registered conference attendees on a first come first served basis, with one poster per person.
Send your request - with the name of the project - to secretariat@ectp.org ASAP by April 30.
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Organised back-to-back with ECTP Conference
Building Digital Twin International Congress (BDTIC6, 28/05/2026)
https://buildingdigitaltwin.org/bdtic-2026/
Registration open at https://bdta.idloom.events/building-digital-twin-international-congress-2026/register
Discount code for ECTP Conference attendees: discount28
For any question, please send a message to info@buildingdigitaltwin.org or e.moors@buildingdigitaltwin.org, since ECTP is not managing the registrations for BDTIC6.
Good to know
Highlights
- 1 day 2 hours
- all ages
- In-person
- Doors at 1pm
Refund Policy
Location
Thon Hotel Bristol Stephanie
91 Avenue Louise
1050 Brussels
How would you like to get there?

Agenda
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Welcome coffee + registration
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Opening with 2 keynotes
Keynote 1: Sergio Escriba, European Defence Agency, “Dual technologies: how R&I in construction can leverage for defence applications” // Keynote 2: Ioannis Brilakis, University of Cambridge, "Twin Systems, and how to construct them to maximise value for the Built Environment"
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Cross-cutting session - Part 1
"Where Europe’s future built environment agenda is shaped: From Committee Insights to Strategic Impact" This high-level cross-cutting session brings together the latest insights from all ECTP Committees to present and discuss key research and innovation priorities for the built environment. Building on the pre-final Position Papers developed by ECTP Committees, this interactive session invites participants to engage in a collective dialogue on the most pressing challenges and innovation priorities in the sector. Participants will actively contribute to refining these priorities, directly feeding into the update of the ECTP Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) and shaping the future direction of European programmes, including FP10.