Verbände+

Working together for a strong real estate industry

Verbande+ is the alliance of leading interest groups in Germany’s real estate industry. Four strong partners – the BFW (Federal Association of German Real Estate Companies), the GdW (Federal Association of German Real Estate Companies), the IVD (Industrial Association of German Real Estate Developers), and the VDIV (German Housing Association) – are jointly committed to a sustainable, future-oriented, and economically stable real estate and housing industry.

With our combined expertise, we represent the interests of over 14,000 companies that manage, administer, and develop millions of residential and commercial units. Whether medium-sized property developers, municipal housing companies, real estate agents, or property managers – our alliance pools knowledge, experience, and networks to actively shape the framework conditions of the industry.

By joining forces, our associations create synergies, drive political decision-making processes and ensure practical solutions in the housing and real estate industry. Together, we are shaping the future of living and working in Germany.

Verbände+ booth EXPO REAL 2026

Booth program

Booth C1.120

12.00 p.m.: Booth opening with Verbände+ presidential round

1:00 p.m.: Gebäudetyp E and other approaches

Moderation: Jens Christian Kage, BFW-Spokesperson 

2.00 p.m.: Housing Between Climate Goals and Cost Realities: Integrating Incentives, Regulation, and Energy Policy

Moderation: Iris Jachertz, DW Die Wohnungswirtschaft

3:00 p.m.: Wohnraum schaffen. Eigentum ermöglichen.

Dirk Wohltorf , IVD President
Christian König, Chief Executive Officer Verband der Privaten Bausparkassen e.V.
Ina Scharrenbach MdL, Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government, Construction and Digitalization for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Christian Huttenloher, Secretary General and Member of the Executive Board of Deutscher Verband für Wohnungswesen, Städtebau und Raumordnung e. V.

Moderation: Carolin Hegenbarth, IVD-Bundesgeschäftsführerin

4:00 p.m.: AI Meets Existing Buildings: How Digital Does a Building Need to Be?

Moderation: Martin Kaßler, VDIV Geschäftsführer

6:00 p.m.: Get together sponsored by Koalition Holzbau

10:00 a.m.: Serial & Fast

Moderation: tba

11:00 a.m.: Insights into Leading AI and IT Projects for the Housing Industry: AI Agents in Auditing, AI Knowledge Management, and New IT Ecosystems

Moderation: Arne Rajchowski, GdW

12:00 p.m.: Decarbonization and Digitalization – How Do They Go Together?

Moderation: Judy Meidreich

1:30 p.m.: Thinking Ahead: Building with Wood in the Circular Economy

Moderation: Fabian Viehrig

2:00 p.m.: Between the Pressure to Innovate and Future Opportunities: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming the Real Estate Industry

Moderation: Iris Jachertz, Chefredakteurin der DW

2:30 p.m.: People. AI. Added Value. How to Make Co-Intelligence Work in Practice

Moderation: Kim Hofstätter, Chief Communications Officer Aareon Group

3:00 p.m.: Serial Renovation – SerSan 1.0 Framework Agreement: An Important Contribution to a Climate-Neutral Building Stock

Moderation: Michael Neitzel, Neitzel Consultants GmbH

4:00 p.m.: Smart Technology in Buildings – Gimmick or Must-Have?

Moderation: Joachim Eckert, GdW

5:30 p.m: EBZ Business School Awards Ceremony – Best Master Graduates 2025

7 p.m.: Booth party powered by kleinanzeigen

Career/Young Talent Day

 Meet & Greet at the Verbände+ booth. Further information to follow.

Associations

Our co-exhibitors

Aareon appointment coordination

Sebastian Loska & Isabell Jäger

sebastian.loska@aareon.com

Europe’s leading provider of software solutions and digital platforms for the real estate and housing industry.

amazon key appointment coordination

Daglar, Volkan

volkanda@amazon.de

Smart solution for secure parcel delivery to your home or car using app-supported access control.

B&O appointment coordination

Vanessa Bernhofer

V.Bernhofer@bo-gruppe.de

Group of companies for the construction, modernization and maintenance of residential and commercial properties.

B&O Service

Janssen Nick

n.janssen@boservice.de

Service provider for technical building equipment, facility management and energy-efficient modernization of real estate portfolios.

DelPro

DelPro GmbH is a debt collection agency specializing in the real estate and housing industries, headquartered in Berlin.

Deutsche Immobilien Akademie Freiburg

Peter Graf & Thomas Bühren

Graf@vwa-freiburg.de

Academy with practical training and further education for specialists and managers in the real estate industry.

DigiWoh

DigiWoh (Competence Center for Digitalization in the Housing Industry, e.V.) is an industry-specific collaboration platform and network that supports housing and real estate companies in their digital transformation.

Dr. Klein wowi

Dr. Klein Wowi is a specialized IT and financial services provider for the German housing industry and commercial real estate investors.

Ecoworks

Sebastan Eck

sebastian.eck@ecoworks.tech

PropTech company specializing in serial renovation of buildings into climate-neutral, energy-saving houses.

greeenNXT

greeenNXT GmbH is a planning firm based in Düsseldorf that specializes in phased renovation.

Green Structures

Green Structures brings together and connects small and medium-sized timber construction and craft businesses to scale up sustainable, mass-produced construction in a collaborative, climate-friendly, and regionally focused manner.

Koalition Holzbau

The Coalition for Wood Construction is a German initiative promoting sustainable and modern construction with wood, which advocates for a transition to climate-friendly construction practices in residential and commercial building.

madaster

Madaster is the global digital materials registry for the construction and real estate industries.

Noventic

Thomas Ahlborn

Thomas.Ahlborn@noventic.com

Provider of digital solutions for energy efficiency, metering services and sustainable building management in residential properties.

Rockethome

ROCKETHOME is a German technology company based in Cologne and a leading provider of software, AI, and IoT solutions for smart buildings, energy management, and PropTech applications.

Schick Immobilien

Sabrina Deborah Toni French

french@schick-immobilien.de

Real estate agent specializing in sales, rentals, and valuation of residential and commercial properties.

timpla

timpla by Renggli is a company specializing in mass-produced wood and wood-hybrid construction, with its headquarters and a state-of-the-art production facility in Eberswalde, near Berlin.