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

TOPICS FOR PLENARY & PARALLEL SESSIONS

• AI and digital “cutting edge” solutions in construction
• Bio-based materials
• Digital twins applied to the built environment
• Circularity throughout the life cycle of affordable buildings
• Use of quantum technologies for Construction
• Smart, green and inclusive European built environment
• Dual technologies: how construction innovation can leverage for defence applications
• NEB Facility for sustainable, inclusive and aesthetically appealing urban transformation projects
• EU Digital Building Logbooks & Digital Product Passports
• Network of Built4People Innovation Clusters for delivering sustainable and people-centric innovation and accelerating uptake by regional value and supply chains

Detailed agenda provided soon.

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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.

Make sure to get your ticket by March 31 to get the early bird registration rates!

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.