2026 Agenda
As well as a comprehensive exhibition, at Construction EXPO North you can access a programme of free keynotes, workshops & special networking events – providing fresh insights into current construction industry challenges and opportunities on the horizon as well as emerging technologies, practices and innovations – helping you to keep up-to-date and thrive in the years ahead.
08:30 - 09:00
Registration & Exhibition Opens
09:15 - 10:05
Official Welcome & Opening Keynote: From Pipeline to Place: Delivering the North’s Construction Opportunity
Keynote Room
10:05 - 10:30
Exhibition & Comfort Break
10:30 - 11:00
BSA Enforcement in 2026: Accountability, Risk & Organisational Exposure
Workshop 2
From Ambition to Delivery: Inside Greater Manchester’s Building of the Year
Keynote Room
11:00 - 11:30
Exhibition & Comfort Break
11:30 - 12:00
Embodied Carbon & Low-Carbon Delivery: What Northern Clients Are Now Expecting
Keynote Room
Building the Future Workforce: Skills, Capacity and Delivery Performance
Workshop 1
Scaling Construction SMEs in the North: Funding, Frameworks & Sustainable Growth
Workshop 2
12:00 - 13:00
Exhibition & Lunch Break
13:00 - 13:30
Making Projects Stack Up: Cost, Viability & Commercial Risk in 2026
Workshop 2
AI in Construction: From Project Delivery to Lifecycle Intelligence
Keynote Room
Leadership Under Pressure: Delivering Projects with Fewer People and More Risk
Workshop 1
13:30 - 14:00
Exhibition & Comfort Break
14:00 - 14:30
Contracts, Liability & Disputes: Where Projects Are Going Wrong in 2026 – and How to Manage the Risk
Keynote Room
Building the Trade: Foundation Apprenticeships, and Skills Delivery That Works
Workshop 2
14:30 - 15:00
Exhibition & Comfort Break
15:00 - 15:30
Winning Work in 2026: Frameworks, Portals and What Buyers Actually Score
Workshop 2
ConTech in Action: The Tools Reshaping How Northern Projects Are Designed, Built and Managed
Keynote Room
16:00 - 16:00
Event closes
