Dils and Scenari Immobiliari present the Innovation Forum 2024 | From Dream to Reality

For the second year, Dils promoted the Innovation Forum by Scenari Immobiliari, an event dedicated to the megatrends of innovation and technological transformation, held on Thursday, April 11th at the Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli in Milan. During the conference, the results of the report "Innovating is Worth It. Megatrends in 2030 and 2050 as Drivers of Development and Value" were presented.

The research, curated by Scenari Immobiliari, demonstrates how innovation can act as a catalyst for the real estate sector. In 2023, the real estate industry (including services, construction, and development) represented 21.6% of Italy's GDP. By 2030, this figure could increase to 23.5%, with a projected rise to 31% by 2050.

The study offers insightful analyses on innovation, measuring the decisive factors that determine it: "Every euro of additional value generated by the industries of the future will depend on three fundamental components: 28% on process productivity enhancement (technology and specialization), 17% on risk management (managerial, technical, and financial competence), and 55% on new emerging markets (megatrends)."

The Forum gathered testimonies from opinion leaders from various social and economic fields, including education, media, energy, design, wellness, and healthcare, who discussed the true value of innovation today and the areas of greatest transformation for the future.

“Several traditional segments of real estate will need to be rethought” - comments Giuseppe Amitrano, Founder and CEO of Dils – “to adapt to the new needs determined by contemporary lifestyles and in accordance with ESG standards. Simultaneously, new asset classes linked to social and economic macro-trends are emerging in our country, such as Healthcare and Education. In the Healthcare sector, we already see examples in the real estate world such as nursing homes and private hospitals. Education, on the other hand, is a sector still largely unexplored from the perspective of real estate investments, despite being driven by a growing demand for quality education."

Participants included: Giuliano Noci (Full Professor of Strategy & Marketing at the Polytechnic University of Milan), Mario Calabresi (Journalist and Writer), Anna Flavia d'Amelio Einaudi (Secretary General of GSD Foundation), Alessandro Fazio (CEO of Dr. Feel), Alberta Galli (Wellness Experience Solution Manager at Technogym), Enzo Baglieri (Associate Dean Master Programs at SDA Bocconi), Carlo Ratti – via video interview (Director of the MIT Senseable City Lab and Founder of Carlo Ratti Associati), Marisa Martano (Project Director Urban Regeneration at Edison Next), Marco Piscitelli (CEO of Molteni Group), and Patricia Viel – (CEO and Partner at ACPV Architects Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel)."