In this opening keynote, Patric Hellermann presents exclusive excerpts from a comprehensive 100+ page State of the Industry report, offering a data-driven view of the ConTech landscape. From investment trends and market shifts to bold hypotheses about the sector’s future, this session sets the tone for what’s next in construction innovation. The full report will be published following the event.

An intimate and candid conversation with a leading industry figure, offering a strategic perspective on the transformation of construction and real estate.

Through real-world insights and firsthand experience, this fireside chat explores the key challenges, opportunities, and decisions shaping the future of the sector — from innovation and scalability to collaboration between corporates and startups.

A high-level discussion designed for leaders, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers looking to gain clarity, perspective, and inspiration.

The exponential growth of AI, cloud computing, and edge infrastructure is driving unprecedented demand for data centers worldwide.

This session explores the construction, energy, and sustainability challenges behind this massive expansion:

• Speed of delivery vs engineering complexity
• Energy demand and grid constraints
• Cooling technologies and water usage
• Modular and off-site construction approaches
• Low-carbon strategies for high-energy assets
• Investment dynamics and hyperscaler requirements

Where does innovation create competitive advantage?

And how must construction companies adapt to become long-term partners in this new infrastructure race?

This session explores the real state of robotics adoption in construction — from bricklaying robots and autonomous equipment to rebar tying, layout automation, and site inspection.

Speakers will present current use cases, measurable productivity gains, safety impact, cost barriers, and integration challenges.

Beyond hype, this session answers:

Is robotics scalable today? Or still experimental?

An in-depth look at additive manufacturing in construction: technical maturity, structural constraints, regulatory barriers, cost comparisons, and environmental implications.

Real projects, lessons learned, and the economics behind large-scale deployment.

Key question:

Where does 3D printing outperform traditional construction?

Exploring how modular construction, AI-driven design, industrialized processes, digital permitting, and new financing models can help address housing shortages.

Focus on scalability, affordability, and real deployment examples.

Discussion topics:

Speed, cost per square meter, regulatory bottlenecks.

Presented by CCCA-BTP, OPPBTP and IMPULSE PARTNERS, the Innovation Trends Observatory offers a comprehensive analysis of the major innovation shifts transforming the construction industry.

This strategic research initiative maps emerging technologies and evolving practices — and assesses their impact on jobs, safety, prevention and training across the sector.

Designed as a forward-looking intelligence tool, the Observatory helps contractors, SMEs, large groups, project owners and training centers better understand innovation and prepare for a positive, sustainable transformation of the construction industry.

A practical session on reducing material waste through digital planning, smart logistics, material reuse, and circular supply chains.

• What technologies are working?
• How can contractors monetize circularity?
• What regulatory pressure is accelerating change?

Includes real metrics and site examples.

Battery storage, hydrogen generators, hybrid systems, solar-powered site cabins, electrified machinery.

• How realistic is full electrification?
• What are the cost trade-offs?
• How to manage peak demand and flexibility?

Focus: operational feasibility today.

Exploring low-carbon cement, geopolymer concrete, timber hybrids, bio-based materials, recycled aggregates, carbon-capturing materials.

Performance, durability, certification, cost comparison.

Critical question:n Can these materials scale at global infrastructure level?

AI in scheduling, risk prediction, carbon analysis, cost optimization, document automation, computer vision for site monitoring.

Real ROI cases.

• What is actually deployed vs experimental?
• Integration challenges with legacy systems.

Focus on KPIs and productivity metrics.

An assessment of prefabrication, modular systems, volumetric construction, and industrial workflows.

• Where are the productivity gains?
• What are the logistical challenges?
• How does it impact carbon footprint and margins?

Focus on measurable KPIs.

While Europe debates regulations and sustainability standards, the rest of the world is building — fast. In Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, construction tech is scaling at a pace that most European players haven't clocked yet. Different constraints, different solutions, different levels of ambition.

In this session, we map what's happening on the ground across the major ConTech hubs worldwide — which markets are exploding, which innovations are years ahead of the curve, and what European startups and investors can learn (and import) from builders who operate under completely different rules.

Because the next big idea in construction might not come from Paris or London. It might already exist in Tokyo, Riyadh, or Bogotá.

The VC Closed-Door Session is an exclusive, invitation-only gathering designed specifically for venture capital investors active in construction, climate, infrastructure, and industrial innovation.

In this private setting, Patric Hellermann shares in-depth insights from the latest State of the Industry research, including investment trends, capital flows, market signals, and emerging opportunity areas within ConTech.

The session is designed to foster candid discussion among peers, enabling VCs to exchange perspectives, challenge assumptions, and explore strategic positioning in a rapidly evolving market.

This is not a public keynote — it is a focused, high-level conversation for investors shaping the future of construction technology.

This is not a panel. This is not a keynote. This is a closed-door session for startup founders — and founders only.

No investors in the room. No corporates. No press. Just founders who are building, struggling, scaling, and figuring it out — talking honestly with founders who have already been through it.

The session is led by experienced founders who have raised funds, landed enterprise contracts, expanded internationally, and made the mistakes so you don't have to. They will share what actually worked, what didn't, and what they wish someone had told them earlier.

The conversation will cover the questions every founder has but rarely gets a straight answer to. How do you land your first big corporate client and not get crushed in the process? What does a smart fundraising strategy actually look like in the current market? Do you go international early or consolidate at home first? How do you stay founder-led while your company is scaling faster than you expected?

No slides. No corporate language. No sugar-coating.

If you are building a ConTech startup and you want one hour of raw, honest, founder-to-founder conversation — this is the session you will remember.

Seats are strictly limited. Founders only.

Following each Reverse Pitch, selected startups will have the opportunity to join a focused small-group session with the corporate speakers.

These sessions are designed to move from high-level challenges to concrete discussions. Startups can introduce their solutions, explore alignment with the corporate’s innovation priorities, and initiate potential collaboration pathways.

This is not a presentation format — it is a curated exchange intended to foster meaningful dialogue and identify next steps.

Come with a real challenge — leave with a working prototype.

In this hands-on workshop, Matthew Osment (Shift) builds live AI solutions tailored to your needs: Revit plugins, data apps, custom tools — designed and deployed in 10 to 15 minutes, on the spot.

No slides. No theory. Just results.

Open to all participants.

In this reverse pitch session, a leading construction company takes the stage to flip the traditional pitching model.

Rather than startups presenting their solutions, the corporate team will:

• Introduce their organization, its scope, and strategic priorities
• Share a clear and transparent view of their key innovation challenges
• Highlight concrete use cases, operational pain points, and unmet needs across their value chain
• Explain how they work with startups, scale innovation internally, and make partnership decisions

This session is designed to provide startups with a direct, unfiltered understanding of what large construction groups are really looking for — beyond buzzwords and innovation theatre.

The reverse pitch will be followed by opportunities for:

• One-to-one meetings
• Follow-up discussions
• Concrete collaboration paths

A must-attend session for startups looking to engage with major industry players, align their solutions with real market needs, and accelerate meaningful partnerships.

Over the past ten years, construction groups have launched innovation labs, corporate venture arms, pilot programs, accelerators, and startup partnerships.

• But what has truly created value?
• What remained experimental?
• What changed at scale?

This keynote reflects on a decade of innovation strategies within major construction companies — successes, failures, internal resistance, governance challenges, and measurable impact.

It then opens into a peer-level discussion among industry leaders to explore how the next decade must evolve:

• How should startups integrate into corporate strategy?
• What structural changes are still needed?
• How do we move from pilots to transformation?

This session is designed for decision-makers shaping long-term innovation roadmaps.

5 VCs on Stage to deliver you their vision

Billions have been invested in ConTech over the last ten years.

But how much has truly scaled?

What makes a startup investable — and deployable?

What role should corporates play in supporting venture-backed innovation?

This session explores the structural tension between venture growth models and the pace of transformation in construction.

A keynote introduction will frame the market dynamics, followed by a candid discussion between construction leaders and investors on how to build a healthier innovation ecosystem for the next decade.

The US construction market is the largest in the world — and it's hungry for innovation. But breaking in is a different game. Different sales cycles, different decision-makers, different rules. Too many European ConTech startups arrive unprepared and burn time, money, and energy on the wrong moves.

In this session, founders who've done it share what actually works — from building the right network to landing your first US contract, choosing between NYC, Austin, and the Bay Area, and navigating the legal and cultural gap that kills most early-stage expansions.

If you're thinking about the US, this is the conversation you need to have before you book that flight.