MIPIM - The Global Urban Festival

Nobel Prize winner Philippe Aghion to open MIPIM 2026

Aghion’s keynote will explore critical implications for the sector: how innovation and technology can drive sustainable and resilient urban development, the role of public and private capital in accelerating green and digital transitions, and how public policy can boost productivity, strengthen competitiveness and support balanced regional growth.

Philippe Aghion, one of today’s most influential economists, continues to guide the next generation of leaders as a Professor at the Collège de France and INSEAD, and as a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.

Together with Peter Howitt, he developed a groundbreaking theory showing that economies grow when new innovations replace outdated ones, a process known as creative destruction.

In October 2025, Aghion and Howitt were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for this transformative work.

MIPIM 2026 programme introduces new content initiatives that reflect real estate’s transformation, focusing on AI disruption, data centres, the road to net zero, and helping industry leaders turn technological change into strategic advantage.

Attend his opening keynote on Tuesday, 10 March, in the Grand Auditorium

BREAKING NEWS: MIPIM launches MIPIM Middle East in 2026

MIPIM announces the first edition of MIPIM Middle East, which will take place 20-21 October 2026 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

MIPIM Middle East will serve as a new hub for global and regional investment, bringing together the international real estate and investment community with key policy makers and project owners from across the Middle East, attracting the global capital needed to realise the region’s ambitious development visions.

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The MIPIM Awards competition is open! Submit now

The MIPIM Awards are back! They honor the industry’s most visionary, innovative, and sustainable projects. Enter this year’s competition to showcase your real estate project to top leaders and connect with key professionals.

Whether you are a finalist or a winner, your project will gain outstanding international media exposure, reaching industry leaders worldwide and being showcased online at the Awards ceremony on 12th March 2026 at Palais des Festivals, Cannes.

Pre-entry deadline: 11 December 2025

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20,000+

delegates *

€4 trillion

assets managed by investors attending *

90

countries *

300+

stands *

* 2025 key figures

Everything to (re)imagine the urban world

MIPIM influences and accelerates the transformation of the built environment by crafting a unique, week-long urban festival in Cannes.

Here, face-to-face discussions, workshops and panels offer inspiration and thought-leadership, while creating opportunities to exchange experiences and drive business and professional growth.

As a reference point for the global real estate industry, MIPIM provides unique access to global capital and concrete solutions for making assets more sustainable and resilient in a rapidly changing world.

One year of business in a week

Exhibition

With 19,300 m² exhibition space, MIPIM is the property event to discover opportunities and meet key international stakeholders.

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Conferences

Get insights to boost your business, now and for long. A mix of workshops, panels and keynotes to exchange experiences while getting inspiration.

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Networking

Discuss, connect and prosper. We host a variety of events and offer access to our online database for networking.

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Awards

Inspire your peers or get inspired by the MIPIM Awards, celebrating the most visionary, sustainable and useful projects in the world.

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See you in Hong Kong in December!

The property leaders' summit in Asia Pacific

3-4 December 2025

Rosewood, Hong Kong

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Voices from MIPIM

Missed MIPIM this year? You missed out. The opportunity to network and forge new business relationships is where MIPIM really comes into its own.”

Liz Hamson
editor, BE News

MIPIM is an amazing gathering of mayors, developers, economists and government ministers, all of whom are here to explain their visions for how we are going to live in cities across the globe."

Andrew Tuck
editor, Monocle

US real estate executives use MIPIM to meet the world. Some industry pros call connections made at global show in France hard to beat."

Tony Wilbert
editor, CoStar

One of the joys of visiting MIPIM is not knowing quite who you’ll meet or what you might hear while you’re there.”

Lem Bingley
editor, Property Week

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At RX’s MIPIM, everyone belongs. We cultivate a culture of inclusion at all our events, where the very things that make each of us unique are celebrated. Our exhibitors, attendees, partners and event colleagues are people from a wide variety of backgrounds, who make our shows stronger and our collective experience richer. Now, be YOU.