How can technology enhance the student living experience? How does tech streamline the intricacies of the day-to-day? What role does tech play in the advancement of the sector and how can we work collectively to ensure the community moves as one?

Smart Student Living sets out to gain insight on these questions, whilst also looking forward to developing strategies for a smarter and more sustainable student living community.

Join us on 05th March where our curated three-step programme of workshops and discussions will bring together specially selected leaders within student living and tech to set the collective agenda.

This year's edition of Smart Student Living is set to bring an  innovative approach to our workshop sessions, building on the learnings from last year and putting forward a new, engaging format.  

The event will feature case studies from sector leaders such as The Social Hub and Unite Students along with two workshop sessions formed by European leading student and young professional housing operators in the hope that tech industry will respond and collaborate to solve their biggest challenges.  

Operators identified the following challenges:  

1. How should technology enhance the customer's journey and experience, or even redefine the design scope for modern refurbishment? Specifically, we intend to explore strategies for mapping the customer journey and address challenges for both customers and operators, such as developing a consistent customer experience across regions and countries, dealing with diverse lease lengths, having app based solutions that allow for ease of use, and the automation of consumer data collection.

2. How can translators enhance day to day operations, with a focus on the integration of systems and data? This addresses a longstanding challenge for many operators who struggle with integrating various platforms, resulting in fragmented data and complex systems that do not speak to each other. Quoting one of the participant operators, “ Many smaller sites and Operators have lean structures due to to OpEx constraints and are looking for smarter tech to support Ops, remote working but without driving high cost and significant CAPEX and OpEx.”

Here's a glimpse of what you can expect:  

During the workshops, tech leaders will have the opportunity to present solutions for the proposed challenges in the form of quick 7-minute business case pitches.  Aiming to go beyond the sales pitch, the business cases are intended to put forward pioneering ideas which the sector can adapt.  This will transition into a dynamic Q&A session, where the audience will pose their pressing inquiries, exploring the practical aspects of the business cases and seeking further detail. The audience will then have the chance to endorse one of the proposed solutions and collectively set the strategy for effective implementation.  

Smart Student Living is an unmissable event for technology leaders, investors, and student housing operators looking to lead the charge in sector advancements. Join us to shape the future of student living!

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