Powering connections. Advancing capital.
The Women in Real Estate Forum: North America brings together senior leaders shaping investment strategy, asset management and capital flows across private real estate.
Join decision-makers from leading GPs, LPs and advisors in New York this June to examine opportunities and challenges across the real estate landscape – from pricing shifts and market resilience to fundraising, operations and value creation.
As part of the Women in Private Markets Summit: North America, this Forum connects you with the professionals influencing global real estate and capital deployment today.
Meet the LPs allocating to private real estate.
Engage directly with pension funds, insurers, endowments, foundations and family offices allocating to core, value-add and opportunistic real estate strategies across North America.
Stay ahead of market transitions.
Hear data-driven insights on repricing, risk-adjusted returns, sector rotation, cost of capital and where managers are finding opportunities in today’s dislocated real estate market.
Strengthen your network across real estate in private markets.
Join curated networking designed for senior women across private markets – meet peers shaping strategy in acquisitions, asset management, operations, fundraising and portfolio optimisation.
Gain actionable insights you can apply immediately.
Learn from industry leaders on operating models, portfolio resilience, fundraising outlooks and the macro trends impacting performance across private real estate.
Why attend as a professional in Private Equity Real Estate?
What to expect in 2026
- Sharpen your LP–GP relationships. Dedicated networking lounges, hosted roundtables and one-to-one meeting opportunities connect you with leading real estate allocators and managers.
- Deep insights on real estate repricing. Hear how today’s market conditions are shaping valuations, underwriting discipline, debt structures and capital costs across the cycle.
- Cross-sector perspectives. Move between forums to access content and deal insights across private equity, private debt and infrastructure – to better understand cross-asset allocations.
- Investor-led perspectives. Gain exclusive insights from LPs across North America on fund terms, manager selection, due diligence priorities, portfolio construction and risk management.
- A focus on future leaders. Dedicated content and networking for junior and mid-level women, with candid discussions on performance, progression and leadership.
A community of senior women shaping private markets
500+
private markets professionals
18%
Private Equity Real Estate specialists
100+
institutional investors across the Summit
70%+
senior decision-makers (Partner/MD/Principal)
4
forums under one Summit
Agenda
Women in Real Estate Forum: North America - Tuesday 2nd
The state of play in real estate: Capitalising on a market moving back into gear
- The ongoing valuation reset and what it means for deployment, distress, and price discovery
- How managers are reshaping portfolio strategies to stay competitive amid high rates and geopolitical volatility
- How capital is rotating toward sectors with structural tailwinds
Real Estate Reset: identifying secular growth trends driving U.S. deal flow
- Where are the most compelling risk-adjusted entry points in the U.S. as pricing stabilises and distress begins to clear?
- Which alternative and emerging sectors are attracting capital?
- How are GPs structuring deals to win: recapitalisations, JV structures, preferred equity, and creative capital stacks?
The rise of operational real estate: Investing in sectors with structural demand and defensible income
- Why operationally intensive sectors—self-storage, hospitality, and senior housing—are capturing investor attention
- How managers are repositioning strategies to scale in these segments and compete with early movers
- What’s driving capital flows toward operational models: demographic shifts, pricing power, and differentiated yield
Real Estate Debt: navigating the North American credit cycle
- How capital is flowing into real estate debt and where investors see real opportunity
- Underwriting shifts in a high-rate environment: risk and protecting downside
- Strategies for resilience as the cycle turns: recapitalisations, rescue capital, preferred equity and creative structuring
Investing in offices: opportunities in an improving market
- How lenders are recalibrating their appetite for office exposure in the U.S.
- What borrowers are actually seeing on the ground: leasing realities, capital needs and whether repositioning strategies are working
- Where recovery is happening and which markets or asset profiles remain stuck
Real estate in the age of AI: positioning portfolios for digital demand
- How AI is reshaping demand for land, power, and digital infrastructure
- What capabilities real estate managers need to build to compete
- Where investors see the strongest opportunities: data centres, edge sites, fibre-rich locations, and power-adjacent assets
Complimentary passes for institutional investors
Eligible pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations can apply for a complimentary pass to join the Women in Infrastructure Forum: North America. Benchmark your approach with peers, meet managers across strategies and gain practical insight into how others are building resilient private real estate portfolios.
Want to learn more about partnering with us in 2026?
The Women in Real Estate Forum: North America offers tailored partnership opportunities for firms looking to raise visibility, demonstrate expertise and engage with senior women across private real estate. Position your brand alongside PERE and the wider Women in Private Markets Summit to reach the investors and managers driving the next phase of real estate investment.
Part of the Women in Private Markets Summit
Your pass gives you access to the full Women in Private Markets Summit — four specialist forums taking place under one roof. Join private market professionals alongside peers in private equity, private debt, and infrastructure to compare approaches, share intelligence and build relationships across the entire private markets ecosystem.
