Agenda 2026

08.00

Registration and networking

10.00

Keynote Address: Mollak as the Single Source of Truth — RERA’s Vision for Digital Real Estate Governance

RERA’s vision positions Mollak as the single source of truth for real estate operations, defining how the platform is evolving, what developers and owners’ association managers must comply with, and how data protection and ownership are being addressed. This direction is shaping PropTech adoption and establishing the foundation for digital governance across Dubai’s built environment.

10.10

Ministry of Climate Change

10:20

Panel: The Super App Imperative

Digital fragmentation is holding back both customer experience and operational efficiency. This session brings together PropTech leaders and developers to unpack what a areal Super App for real estate looks like from Sales – Handover – Community Management – FM – Renewables & Upsell and how leading organisations are building unified digital ecosystems today.

10:50

Case Studies: End-To-End Resident & Tenant Lifecycle Platforms & Community Apps

When the entire resident journey lives in one app, adoption follows. These case studies reveal how leading developers and managers are replacing fragmented tools with unified lifecycle platforms that connect sales, onboarding, handover, community services, FM, payments, and renewals. Expect honest insights on what drove engagement, what stalled adoption and the real lessons learned from building community apps that actually get used.

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11.20

Case Studies: We Don’t Want Talk — Show Us What Worked: AI Driven Property Intelligence, Community Management & Automated Asset Management

What are the actual use cases where AI has paid for itself and given measurable ROI in Property Intelligence, Community Management & Automated Asset Management. Developers and vendors jointly present implementations where AI improves revenue, cost, experience, or retention.

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12.00

Networking Break

12.30

Panel: Fixing The Broken Handover — Tools & Workflows That Speed Up Handover & Release Cash

Handover is where deals stall, data breaks, and cash gets trapped. This panel tackles why the transition from sales and construction completion through handover, DLP, FM, and third-party management remains the most fragile point in the real estate lifecycle. Speakers will unpack the gaps between developer, management, and regulatory systems such as Mollak/RERA, and share the tools and workflows that are finally fixing handover delays, restoring data continuity, and accelerating cash release.

13.00

Case Studies: Fast-Tracking Handover at Scale

Handover speed directly impacts cash flow and customer trust. These case studies showcase how developers are cutting time-to-handover using mobile-first platforms and digitised snagging, de-snagging, and fit-out workflows. Featuring regional and global examples, the discussion highlights what delivered real results, what failed, and the practical lessons learned from scaling handover at volume.

13.30

Short Talks: What’s Next in Smart Building Tech?

Smart buildings are moving beyond dashboards and alerts toward autonomous, context-aware environments. This session explores the next wave of innovation shaping the built environment—from contextual AI and smart ecosystem orchestration to next-generation sensors, autonomous FM, and compute at the edge—highlighting how these technologies are redefining building intelligence, responsiveness, and operational efficiency.

14.00

Panel: Smart Community Success Stories & Autopsies - Use Cases, Not Theory

Not every smart community project survives real-world conditions. This panel cuts through the hype to examine what actually worked, what failed, and why across smart community deployments in the GCC. From indoor air quality sensors and energy dashboards to pool monitoring, vibration analytics, leak detection, and smart irrigation, speakers share hard-earned lessons on technical limitations, vendor gaps, resident adoption challenges, and the regulatory constraints that stopped solutions from scaling.

14.30

Networking Lunch

15.30

Panel: Digital Property Transactions, Marketplaces & Real Estate FinTech

Property transactions in the GCC are moving from paper-heavy processes to digital-first journeys. This panel explores how marketplaces, digital sales platforms, payments, escrow, tokenisation, and compliance-driven workflows are reshaping how deals are executed. Speakers will unpack how developers, brokers, and asset owners are accelerating transactions, improving transparency, and building trust—while navigating regulation and adoption challenges in an increasingly digital real estate market.

16.00

Talk: Building a PropTech Unicorn in the GCC: Market Entry & Expansion

Scaling a PropTech business in the GCC requires more than a strong product. This talk explores what it takes to enter, localise, and expand across GCC markets—covering regulation, partnerships, procurement cycles, enterprise sales realities, and why many global PropTech models struggle without regional adaptation. Real lessons from founders and operators navigating growth in the GCC ecosystem.

Unicorn/Venture Capital

16.15

Panel: Scaling Smart Cities in the GCC: Lessons from Global Digital Cities

Smart cities don’t fail at the pilot stage—they fail at scale. This panel examines how leading global digital cities moved beyond proof-of-concepts to city-wide platforms, focusing on the governance, data strategies, and integration models that made scale possible. Panellists will discuss which lessons the GCC can realistically adopt as regional cities transition from isolated initiatives to fully connected urban ecosystems.

16.45

Closing Debate: What Will Define Digital Real Estate in the GCC — Ecosystems, AI or Adoption?

This high-energy closing debate brings together industry leaders to examine the forces that will shape the next era of digital real estate in the GCC. Will the future be driven by Super Apps and platform consolidation, by AI’s ability to create and monetise new value, or by the industry’s capacity to fully digitise the end-to-end property journey?

17.15

Close of day 1

08.00

Registration and networking

Tech Discovery Clinics (1-Hour Technical Workshops)

The Tech Discovery Tracks are focused workshops designed to cut through marketing noise and explore how emerging technologies actually work in real-world real estate and city environments. Each 60-minute track dives deep into a specific technology domain, combining live demonstrations, architecture walkthroughs, and practical use cases to help attendees understand what’s mature, what’s deployable today, and what’s coming next.

These sessions are interactive and technical by design, enabling developers, asset owners, operators, and digital leaders to engage directly with technology providers, ask hard questions, and evaluate solutions in a low-pressure, non-sales environment. Tech Discovery Tracks are ideal for those looking to move beyond strategy and gain a clear view of the tools shaping the next generation of PropTech, smart buildings, and smart cities.

10.00

Session 1: Designing the Super App Layer

What does it really take to build a Super App in a data-sovereign market? This workshop explores how modern platforms unify ERP, CRM, CAFM, FM operations, resident services, payments, and government identity rails under a single digital layer. Attendees will examine real architectures, integration patterns, and the practical trade-offs involved in delivering one seamless user experience without creating backend complexity.

11.00

Networking break

11.30

Session 2: Modernising Old Assets to Match Smart City Standards

As GCC cities push toward smart, connected environments, the real challenge lies in upgrading legacy buildings. This session presents a practical roadmap for modernising older assets through tech overlays, integration layers, and “minimum viable retrofit” strategies that deliver quick performance gains. It also addresses funding gaps, stakeholder approvals, and retrofit complexity—clarifying what is realistically achievable compared to smart new developments.

12.30

Networking break

13.00

Session 3: Designing AI-Ready Real Estate Operations Systems

AI cannot compensate for poor data and fragmented systems. This session focuses on how to design real estate operations platforms that are genuinely AI-ready—covering data foundations, system architecture, integration strategy, and governance. Attendees will learn what must be in place before deploying AI, and where AI delivers real operational value versus hype.

14.00

Networking break

15.00

Session 4: Integration Clinic: Smart Buildings & Connected Infrastructure: Digital Twins, Sensors, IoT

A deep-dive, technical clinic focused on integration, not interfaces. This session explores how smart buildings connect digital twins, sensors, IoT, BMS, and operational platforms into a single ecosystem. Real integration challenges, data models, and interoperability issues are examined, helping attendees understand how to avoid siloed “smart” systems.

16.00

Close of Tech Discovery Tracks

Live Demo Lab: From Resident Experience to Smart Operations

A hands-on, walk-through demo environment designed to show what actually works in PropTech and smart buildings, using live platforms, real data flows, and practical workflows. The Lab is curated around end-to-end journeys, not isolated products.

11.00

Zone 1: Smart Building Tech That Actually Works

Live Technology Demos

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

• Sensors, thresholds, and comfort impact
• Link between IAQ, complaints reduction, and occupant wellbeing

Smart Irrigation

• Weather-driven automation
• Water savings and landscaping outcomes

Leak Detection

• Early alerts vs catastrophic damage
• ROI compared to traditional inspections

Energy Analytics Dashboards

• Live EUI / CUI visibility
• Transparency for owners and operators
• Real savings vs “theoretical efficiency”

FM Automation & Predictive Maintenance

• Automated work orders
• AI-driven maintenance prioritisation

Pool Water Quality Sensors

• Safety, compliance, and remote visibility
• Reduced manual testing and risk

Vibration Monitoring

• Early fault detection for pumps and motors
• Maintenance planning vs reactive failure

Access & Visitor Management

• License plate recognition
• Guest journeys tied to community apps

Smart Washroom Systems

• Hygiene monitoring
• Labour efficiency and consumables optimisation

12.00

Networking break

12.15

Zone 2: Resident Experience Sandbox (The Super App Layer)

Live Demos Include:

• Omnichannel Service Layer
  One request, multiple channels—app, kiosk, call centre, and in-person—feeding the same workflow.

• Super App UX
  Sales – onboarding – handover – living – services – renewables all within one interface.

• Personalised AI Assistants
  Context-aware assistants for homes and communities: service requests, payments, FAQs, bookings, and escalation.

• Predictive FM Journeys
  How resident issues trigger automated FM workflows before complaints escalate.

13.15

Networking break

13.30

Zone 3: VR / AR — Virtual Sales & Planning Tools

Live Experiences:

• Virtual Sales Suites
  Off-plan sales, unit customisation, and immersive walkthroughs.

• AR Planning & Design Review
  Visualising services, layouts, and operational flows before construction.

• Stakeholder Alignment
  Using VR/AR to reduce late-stage design changes and handover disputes.

14.30

Networking Lunch

Live Demo Lab: From Digital Twins to Drones

A hands-on, walk-through demo environment designed to show what actually works in ConTech, using live platforms, real data flows, and practical workflows. The Lab is curated around end-to-end journeys, not isolated products.

15.30

Zone 4: Digital Twins for Construction: From Planning to Asset Handover

A live walkthrough showing how a digital twin connects planning, construction progress, and asset data—demonstrating where it adds real control and how it enables data continuity from delivery into operations and FM.

15.50

Zone 5: Predictive Maintenance from Day Zero: Designing with Digital O&M in Mind

A live demonstration of how predictive maintenance is designed from day one, not added after handover. This demo shows how asset data, sensors, and operational logic are embedded during design and construction, enabling digital O&M, condition monitoring, and predictive insights from day zero—ensuring assets are handed over ready for operation, not retrofitted later.

16.10

Zone 6: Drones & Reality Capture Field Demo

A live field demonstration of drones, LiDAR, and 360 capture in action, showing how reality capture delivers real-time visibility for progress tracking, QA/QC and reporting and shortens decision cycles from days to hours.

16.30

Close of Live Demo Lab