The year 2020 proved what we could have only imagined could happen overnight. Like many, we feel that the transformations we see happening right now were bound to happen eventually but that the pandemic has prompted acceleration. In a fast-forwarded future, many of us have barely had time to adjust, let alone look ahead. On 19th of November, 2020, we hosted The Class Graduation Conference: Fast-forwarding Our Future with some of the most provocative thinkers and practitioners to challenge over 900 delegates from higher education, real estate, technology, investment, co-working, coliving, and of course, student living for exactly that reason: to look ahead to make a better future happen faster for our global talents.
The past decade has brought extraordinary growth and change to university cities. Universities have stepped up investment in internationalization and the student learning experience. Visionary investors, developers, and operators have introduced flexible and community-oriented living concepts for global talent to markets across Europe. Billions of equity and institutional funds have been deployed on campus, housing projects, and regenerated districts. Global talent mobility has accelerated vibrant city development and economic success in return. But how resilient are we? What will tomorrow and the day after look like? How can we recover from the current crisis and prevent the loss of progress we have achieved and reshape the future for the better? At The Class, we believe that crises can be a powerful engine to fix things. Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, we were confronting a housing crisis, often worse than that of 10 years ago. Higher education and student mobility are neither accessible to all nor necessarily providing the right competencies to the labor market in a changing world. The rise of blended living and learning is here to stay, and students make it clear that they still value experience and community. At The Class Graduation Conference, we convened some of the most provocative thinkers and practitioners who challenge our community to make a better future happen faster. We asked them to envision the new knowledge ecosystem in an era of paradigm shifts. And with you, we explored what our community can and should do to provide opportunities for global talent and save our beloved university cities.
PBSA News: An Era of Paradigm Shifts: Higher Education, Real Estate and City Visionary Leaders to Declare
A Designer at Heart: at The Class Conference
Iberian Property: The Class Graduation Conference arrives on 19th November
StudyTravel: Interview with Yoony Kim, Managing Director of The Class of 2020
A Designer At Heart: What’s the Future of Shared Living?
StudyTravel: Student housing sector considers future of cities
Iberian Property: New student needs will redefine real estate
The PIE News: Best in Class Awards winners announced
Real Asset Insight: Goalposts move for educators and investors
StudyTravel: Best in Class student housing award winners announced
A Designer at Heart
Aareal Bank AG
Absolute Internship
Accommodation For Students
Acomodile
ACUHO-I
Adina Apartment Hotels
Aermont Capital
Akademiska Hus
amber energy
Apartmentservice Anett Gregorius
APG Asset Management
Arlington Advisors
Artifex
ASK4
ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions
Asset Time Invest
Atlann Software Developers
AUC
Avec Living
AXA IM Real Assets
BaseCamp Student
Bath Court Student Accommodation
BelForm
Blackstock Consulting
Blok Urban Living
Blue Noble
Blue Yonder Partnership Ltd.
BlueStripe Inc.
BONARD
Brookfield
buildfifty5 ltd
bulwiengesa AG
ByggVesta Fastighetsförvaltning AB
C Clean
CA ventures
Camelot Europe
Camplus
CampusKey
CampusX
Capital Assured
Casita
Castiel Consultants SL
Catella
Católica Lisbon
CBRE
Chapter Spitafields
Chartwell Partners Ltd.
Cheung Investments
China Visionary Group
Clancy Consulting
Co-Liv
ColivingnL
Collegiate
Common
Connect Project & Asset Management SL
Conscious Coliving
CRM Students
Crosslane Real Estate Deutschland GmbH
CUBO
Curlew Capital
Cushman & Wakefield
Cutwork SAS
David Philips
Deakin Residential Services
Dean’s College Hotel – Forestay
Dekada S.A.
Deutsches Studenentenwerk
Development Partnership Investment Sp z o.o.
Domatia
DoveVivo
Drees & Sommer
DTA Aarchitects
Dupuis Investment GmbH
DUWO
DWS
E.ON Group Innovation
Erasmus Student Network
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Fairtree Capital
Faydalı Yazılım İşleri A.Ş.
Forta Pro Ltd
Geo Coliving
German Railways
GIC
Giuseppe Addamiano
Glide
Global Student Living
Greystar
Grupo Moraval
Gryphon Finance Pty Ltd
GSA – Global Student Accommodation
GSK Stockmann
GUZEL YURTLAR A.S
Hamlet student flats
Hans Brinker Hostels
Harrison Street
HeyHub
Hines
Hochschule Harz
Host
House of Fetch
Housemates
Housing Hand Limited
HousingAnywhere
HSBC
i Live Group
Iberian Property
ICEF
Icelandic Student Services
IKEHU
In-Domus Srl
Integ Capital
Interboden Innovative Lebenswelten GmbH & CO KG
International Campus
International WELL Building Institute, PBC
Interspace Living NY, LLC
Invesco
InvestiRE SGR
IP Investment Management
ITURBIDE
JLL
kalenhayman.com
Kences
Kinetic Capital Limited
Kinetic Software
Kinetic Solutions
King’s College London
KKR IMO SA
Kley
Knight Frank
LD Events
Lioncor
Loft
London Nest Ltd
Loyens & Loeff
LRC Consulte
LSVb
LyvInn
Maastricht University
Masterdam
MB Advisor
Meble VOX
Microsigur
Miele Operations & Payment Solutions GmbH
MILESTONE Operations GmbH
MRG
Municipality of The Hague
MV Holding
Navitas
Negawatt Supply Company Ltd
Nido Student
NMDC
NSP Security
NSTS Malta
NTM Capital LLP
Nuffic
Ociosus
Oikotrust SA
OnPoint Asia Services
Osborne Clarke
PBSA News
PBSA Portfolio Advisor Limited
PI Group
PKF hotel experts
Politecnico di Milano
Press Start Real Estate
Primevest-Capital-Partners Deutschland GmbH
Princeton Investments
PropertyEU
Pure Capital Markets
QS
Quares Student Housing
Quarters
R H Partnership Architects Ltd
Real Estate Consulting
Real Marketing
RealPage
REBEL
Red Brick Research
REOS
Republika Aparts
Residorm
Room to Bloom
Round Hill Capital
SALTO Systems
Savills
Schellart Finance Professionals B.V.
Scion
Sit
SLE Global
Smart Studios
Sodexo
Solent University
Space & Pepper
Spacious
Spatial Experience
StarRez
Starter Kit
Staytoo
Steiner AG
Stoneshield Capital
Student Experience
Student First Group
Student Living Consultants
Student Roost
Student Source Limited
Student.com
Studentbostäder i Sverige
Studentbostadsföretagen
Studentsamskipnaden
Study Inn Limited
Study Travel Magazine
StuRents
Suomen opiskelija-asunnot SOA ry
TalTech Student Campus
Tarkett B.V.
TCAS Online
Technogym
Temprano Capital Partners
The Collective
The Island
The PIE News
The Student Hotel
TigerLime Ltd (Consultancy & Advisory)
TLJ Access Control
TP Bennett LLP
UBC Okanagan
UBSBOLIG A/S
UCL Institute of Education
uForis VR Inc.
Uhub Investments
ULI Europe
Uliving
UMBRELLA Real Estate GmbH
Unilife Ltd
Unilodgers
Uninest
Union Investment
University of Aberdeen
University of Bologna
University of Gothenburg
University of Lincoln
University of Mpumalanga
University of Warwick
University of Zagreb – Faculty of Architecture
Upcircle Ltd
Upgrade Estate NV
Urban Land Institute
Utelisys Group
Utrecht University
Valeo Management
Value One
Vanguard Student Housing
Vastgoed Belang
Veiligheids-Sloten.nl
Victoria Realty Management
Vita Group
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
W.P. Carey & Co Ltd
Washstation
WeWash
Wexer
Wifirst
Workshop Architects
WP Carey
Wüest Partner AG
Xior
Young Global Living
Zeitraum s.r.o.
