Editor’s note: Rocking the status quo

A 'Proptech Masterclass' hosted by Experience Makers and Equiem at Huckletree Shoreditch explored the extent to which technology is helping a traditionally conservative industry transform towards a more user-focused model.

There are three types of technology buyer – which are you?

The way people get around is changing and will have a big impact on planning shopping districts in the future, Chris Evans of Rolton Group writes.

Law firm Freeths hosted a roundtable discussion to explore the gap between digital ambition and capability in real estate with Property Alliance Group, CBRE, Schroders, Glenbrook and more.

Have you ever followed your recycling to see what happens to it? Many of us blissfully assume our plastic and paper are taken off to be turned into useful goods and put back into circulation.

What was hot on the conference stages and exhibition floor at the biggest ever pure proptech gathering in the UK attended by nearly 2,000 people in London on Tuesday?

Massive valuations in IPOs such as Uber, Lyft and Pinterest show what a seller’s market it is in tech right now and the property side is no exception. Nicola Byrne sat down with Ben Lerner, mergers and acquisitions advisor, to talk about the ripple effect of investment on consolidation and maturity in the proptech industry.

Charlie Wade, managing director of VTS, joined PlaceTech to chat about his work at JLL, what it was like in Silicon Valley, his move into the world of tech and more.

Emma Cullen, chief operating officer of Palmer Capital, joined PlaceTech to chat about her interesting career journey and Palmer's digital transformation.