Advanced Notice (Introduction)

The Disruptive Innovators Network (DIN) and our Dutch partners Corponet are once again coming together to give social housing leaders the opportunity to see and hear about the latest innovations and developments with our next international learning exchange.

A lot has happened in the 4 years since our last visit and this will present one of the first opportunities to find out how Dutch social housing providers have risen to the challenges they face in delivering services to tenants and residents as well as how their business operations have changed.

In addition for 2026 we have also joined forces with Kursty Groves, founder of Shape, who will help us explore the wider agenda of business by exploring how organisations such as Netflix, and Booking.com are navigating the future. From transforming the customer experience, the future of the workplace and embedding innovation.

This really is the complete international learning experience if you want to get your organisation future ready.

Social Housing in 2050 – a leap into the future

Framed on Corponet’s future plan for what social housing could look like in 25 years time delegates will hear sessions based on:

Innovation in Dutch housing associations

Delegates will learn about how housing providers are coming to terms with:

· Impact of technology - How technology is changing the future of work and the way Dutch housing associations operate especially the roll out of AI

· Community building - How housing contributes to liveability and community cohesion

· Changing climate - From a climate perspective moving towards more sustainable and circular buildings

· Future workforce - how will this change and what will this mean for anyone working in the sector

· Embedding innovation - How Dutch housing provides are responding to disruption and fostering innovation

· Start-up Showcase – ‘lightning pitches’ from creative start-ups working with the Dutch social housing sector

· Smart and intelligent communities – How will housing providers engage with their communities in the future?

Beyond housing

We will learn from a number of global brands with a presence in Amsterdam about how they are preparing for the future. Hear from the likes of Booking.com and Netflix on the way they are having to change the way they work to meet the challenges they are facing.

In these sessions we will aim to cover areas such as:

· Understanding the changing nature of the customer experience

· How are customers wants and needs changing

· How do you interpret the weak signals before they take off

· What does the future of the workplace look like in a hybrid world

· How will technology including AI transform how services are delivered.

Benefits of attending

Delegates joining us for this international learning experience will:

· Develop new European peer networks with which to share thinking and learning

· Understand how their European counterparts are investing in innovation in the built environment, the future of work and services to residents

· Have leading insights into areas relevant to the future of your business around people, customer experience, technology and the built environment

· How to turn ideas into impact with help from your new support networks

· Come back with fresh ideas which are transferable back into their own organisations from day one.

Timings

The study tour will commence from 12.30pm on Tuesday 24th March and finish at 12pm on the 26th March.

Networking dinners will be arranged for the evenings of the 24th and 25th March.

Study tour fees:

DIN members £595+vat

Non members £750+vat