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Defining the future of the region will be the theme of the day at the first Midlands Real Estate Summit, organised by Place Midlands on 23 June. Hear from Muse, HS2, East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward, Capital&Centric, Wolverhampton City Council, Birmingham City Football Club and more.
Confirmed speakers
Mayor Claire Ward, East Midlands Combined County Authority. In May 2024, Claire Ward was elected Mayor of the East Midlands, representing 2.2 million people across the region. She has responsibility for transport, skills and adult education, housing and land, net-zero, and economic development. As the chair of the East Midlands Combined County Authority, the Mayor works with partners across the region and beyond to deliver transformational change for the East Midlands. The Mayor also acts as a champion for the region, influencing Government at a national level to boost growth and innovation, shape policy, and access further funding. She previously served as MP for Watford from 1997-2010 during which time she served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice from 2009/10.
Maggie Grogan, managing director, Muse. Grogan joined Muse in 2020 and having launched the Midlands office in 2022, Maggie secured Muse as regeneration partner for the £3.2bn Arden Cross project – one of the Midlands most important regeneration opportunities. Maggie has also led a ground-breaking deal between the English Cities Fund – a partnership between Muse, Homes England, and Legal & General – and the City of Wolverhampton Council to regenerate City Centre West, one of Wolverhampton’s most important projects. In less than three years Maggie has risen through the ranks, blazing a trail for women in property and becoming the first female regional Managing Director at Muse, delivering the Company vision to create new places across the Midlands.
Eliot Postma, partner & group leader, Heatherwick Studio. Since joining Heatherwick Studio in 2010, Postma oversees a portfolio of projects that spans the Americas, Europe and Asia. Projects include a 62,000-capacity stadium for Birmingham City Football Club; the transformation of the 14-acre Olympia London site; the Hainan Art Center in China, which will be home to three performance halls which seat 3,800 people; a new school for sustainable design for Universidad Ean in Bogotá, Columbia.
Huw Edwards, delivery director for stations and placemaking at HS2. A chartered civil engineer with over 30 years’ experience in the delivery of major infrastructure projects, Edwards has worked on the Jubilee Line extension, Crossrail, HS1 and the Docklands Light Railway. He is passionate about maximising the positive social and economic impacts of transport schemes.
Midlands Real Estate Summit 2026 is a Place Midlands event in association with Curtins, Muse, West Midlands Growth Company, Brookbanks, GIA, Waterman, Arcadis, Cavendish, Placefirst, Bruntwood SciTech, Caddick and Trowers & Hamlins
Also speaking
- Tim Heatley, co-founder, Capital&Centric
- Moe Ali, associate director, Bruntwood SciTech
- Tim Johnson, chief executive, Wolverhampton City Council
- Joanne Roney, managing director, Birmingham City Council
- Nick Smith, head of infrastructure, Birmingham City Football Club
- Stuart Cain, chief executive, Warwickshire County Cricket Club
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MRES is Place Midlands‘ first conference in the region. Taking place in central Birmingham, the event will bring together senior leaders from across the Midlands’ built environment for a broad development and investment summit covering offices, residential, industrial & logistics, regeneration and placemaking.
The MRES programme will include a private leaders’ dinner, followed by a full-day conference and closing drinks reception, alongside Place’s proven offer of high-quality content, top-tier speakers and curated networking, creating meaningful opportunities to profile your business to an audience of decision-makers.
