Event calendar
EFL organises regular events for its members and sometimes non-members, including online webinars, site and study visits, bi-annual EFL Awards, summer schools, conferences, co-creation days, and more.
Members can click on individual events to register their attendance below.
September
16sep(sep 16)19:0018(sep 18)13:30Topic Group Digitisation in Nice
Event Details
Topic Group Digitization in Nice EFL, 16–18 September 2026.AI is rapidly moving from experimentation to everyday practice in housing organisations and
Event Details
Topic Group Digitization in Nice EFL, 16–18 September 2026.
AI is rapidly moving from experimentation to everyday practice in housing organisations and professional life. But how can we make sure that our employees can actually use it – effectively, responsibly and with tangible benefits for their daily work?
This will be the central question of the upcoming meeting.
Rather than talking about AI only at a strategic level, this meeting will be highly practical. Together with experts and colleagues from across the EFL network, we will explore the opportunities and risks of AI for housing organisations, how to empower internal teams to develop their own AI-supported solutions, and what we can learn from AI already being applied in communication and data-management processes.
A particular item will be our hands-on workshop on Friday morning, where participants will experience how small AI applications can be built using Claude – moving from discussing AI to actually working with it.
And, as always with EFL, there will be plenty of opportunity for informal exchange: a welcome reception, dinner in Nice, a walk through the Old Town and Art District, and a concluding visit to EcoVallée’s Residence Méridia. Free of costs for paying EFL members.
📍 Nice, France; Venue: Double Tree by Hilton Nice Centre Iconic (rooftop floor)
📅 16–18 September 2026
If you have not registered yet, this is the moment to join us.
👉 Please find the updated programme attached and register via the link/QR code in the programme.
We look forward to seeing you in Nice!
Best regards,
Saskia Lührs, Oliver Falk Becker, Roman Riebov, Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
European Federation for Living (EFL)
Time
16 September 2026 19:00 - 18 September 2026 13:30(GMT+02:00)
Location
Double Tree by Hilton Nice Center
8 avenue Thiers, Nice, 06000, France
October
01oct11:0012:30EFL & Eurhonet Topic Group Social Housing
Event Details
This takes place on October 1st from 11.00-12.30 hrs CET. See the link below for connecting.From Sweden we have a special speaker, Nikolina Kostic,
Event Details
This takes place on October 1st from 11.00-12.30 hrs CET. See the link below for connecting.
From Sweden we have a special speaker, Nikolina Kostic, who has recently who is Head of Property Development at housing organisation Telge Bostäder in Södertälje. Their website is https://www.telge.se.
She will present, followed by an interactive session, about the so called SBM model.
A brief description of her model is provided below:
SBM
SBM (Social Balance Sheet Model) is a strategic framework designed to help housing companies and public real estate actors make better long-term investment decisions by integrating financial performance, climate impact, and social value into one decision-making structure.
The model starts from a simple but often overlooked insight: not all value is visible in a traditional financial statement.
In many housing portfolios, the true long-term outcome of an investment is not determined solely by rent levels, maintenance costs, or yield — but also by factors such as tenant stability, social trust, neighborhood resilience, operational complexity, vacancy risk, and the long-term cost of social fragmentation.
SBM does not replace traditional property valuation. Instead, it complements it by answering a different question: Where should we invest first — if we want to strengthen both financial sustainability and societal value over time?
The framework is particularly relevant for public housing companies, where the mission is dual by nature:
to operate according to business principles, while also contributing to socially sustainable housing supply and long-term community stability.
SBM therefore offers a way to move beyond short-term logic and instead evaluate investments through three interconnected dimensions:
- Financial return
- Climate and resource performance
- Social yield / social risk reduction
This makes it possible to identify where investments create the greatest combined value, not only in terms of immediate profitability, but in terms of reduced volatility, lower future costs, stronger neighborhoods, and more resilient portfolios.
At its core, SBM is about this shift: From asking what a property is worth today, to asking what kind of portfolio we are building for tomorrow.
Thank you for attending this session, under the leadership of Corné Koppelaar (Topic Group Social Housing) and Dragana Curovic (Eurhonet).
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/389347878817339?p=VtunkFnghrgT4BJkPw
Meeting ID: 389 347 878 817 339
Passcode: Fk7Sj9DU
Virtual Event Details
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Time
1 October 2026 11:00 - 12:30(GMT+02:00)
November
17nov10:0011:30EFL General Assembly & Presentation on AI
Event Details
Official online General Assembly for EFL Members and Associate Partners. Participation on invitation only. Are you an EFL member and did not receive the Teams
Event Details
Official online General Assembly for EFL Members and Associate Partners. Participation on invitation only. Are you an EFL member and did not receive the Teams invitation? Write a short mail to info@ef-l.eu.
Time
17 November 2026 10:00 - 11:30(GMT+01:00)
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