The Ortec Finance EFL Annual Conference 2026 is a three-day European housing-sector gathering in Rotterdam that focuses on knowledge exchange, financial innovation, and urban regeneration. It is aimed at housing associations, researchers, and commercial partners working on affordable housing and sustainable city development.12
Ortec Finance presents the conference as part of its broader involvement with the European Federation for Living (EFL), a European network where housing corporations, research institutions, and commercial partners collaborate on affordable housing, innovation, and sustainable urban development.1 The event is scheduled for 3–5 June 2026 and brings the international EFL community together in Rotterdam for plenary sessions, topic groups, workshops, and a site visit to Rotterdam Zuid.1
The programme is built around the theme “From Solving Housing Shortage to Urban Regeneration”, which links the housing shortage to wider questions of investment capacity, risk management, liveability, and long-term urban renewal.1 According to the page, speakers include Greg Clark, Peter Boelhouwer, Frank Suurenbroek, and Paul Krugman, while Mohamed el Achkar and colleagues from Woonstad Rotterdam lead the site visit.1 Ortec Finance also contributes content directly, including a session on business planning and risk management in housing and one of the Friday workshops.1
The event appears to be part of a long-running international professional network rather than a standalone public conference, and Ortec Finance’s role reflects its wider use of EFL links to extend its expertise beyond the Netherlands, including work with English housing associations through its software application WALS.1