INVESTMENTexpo Berlin 2026 – Event Recap

Perspectives on strategy, risk, and transformation in real estate investment

The INVESTMENTexpo 2026 in Berlin, organised by RUECKERCONSULT, brought together leading investors, asset managers, and industry experts for two days of discussion, exchange, and market insights.

With a broad program of panels, keynotes, and impulse sessions, the event offered a comprehensive view on how the real estate investment landscape is evolving — shaped by economic uncertainty, regulatory pressure, and the ongoing need for greater transparency and efficiency.

Key discussion areas

Rather than focusing on a single overarching theme, this year’s event reflected the complexity of today’s investment environment, with discussions spanning:

• Macroeconomic and geopolitical developments
  and their impact on real asset allocation
• Investment and portfolio strategies
  in a market defined by volatility and changing return expectations
• Sustainability and ESG
  as a factor in both compliance and long-term value creation
• Digitalisation and data use
  to improve transparency, reporting, and decision-making
• Infrastructure and energy transition
  as growing components of institutional investment strategies
• Risk management and due diligence
  in increasingly complex investment structures

These conversations highlighted a shared challenge across the industry: navigating uncertainty while building resilient, future-proof portfolios.

Planon Real Estate at INVESTMENTexpo

Our team joined the event to exchange perspectives with peers, partners, and clients — and to contribute to the ongoing discussion around digital transformation in real estate.

As part of the program, our CRO Klaas Bosma delivered a keynote titled:

“From Data to Decisions: Sustainable Investment Across the Real Estate Lifecycle”

His session explored how organisations can better connect data across financial, operational, and sustainability domains to support more informed investment decisions — a topic that resonated strongly with many of the discussions taking place throughout the event.

Voices from the event

In this interview, Klaas Bosma, Chief Revenue Officer at Planon Real Estate, shares his perspective on how data is transforming decision-making across the real estate lifecycle.

Against the backdrop of increasingly volatile market conditions, he highlights the importance of structured, reliable data in enabling asset managers to model different scenarios, assess risks, and make informed investment decisions.

The conversation also explores how digital solutions can support transparency, improve planning certainty, and deliver tangible value in day-to-day operations.

What we take away

Across sessions and conversations, a few common threads emerged:

• The need for better transparency across portfolios is increasing
• Data availability is growing, but usability remains a challenge
• Sustainability considerations are becoming part of core investment logic
• Decision-making is becoming more complex, requiring integrated perspectives

About INVESTMENTexpo

INVESTMENTexpo is one of Germany’s key networking platforms for institutional real estate and infrastructure investors, bringing together decision-makers to discuss market developments, strategies, and innovation.

Continue the conversation

Curious to learn how Planon Real Estate supports investors and asset managers in gaining more transparency and control across the real estate lifecycle?

Whether you’d like to explore specific use cases, see our solutions in action, or simply continue the conversation started in Berlin — we’d be happy to connect.

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