Program · February 11–12, 2027

Two days.
One Communiqué.

Plenaries, ministerial roundtables, parallel sector workshops, the Deal Room, and the CHIS '27 Awards Gala — culminating in the signing of the CHIS '27 Communiqué on Day 2.

"Who needs housing, what does it cost to build, and who pays for it?"

Day 1 establishes the baseline: the scale of the Caribbean housing crisis, the structural reasons it persists, and the financing and policy tools available to address it. The day moves from diagnosis to prescription to commitment — closing with the CHIS '27 Awards Gala.

Day 1 · February 11, 2027

The Foundations — Policy, Housing Finance & Construction Delivery

  • 08:00
    Networking

    Registration & Deal Room Opens

    Project pipeline board live. Pre-scheduled 1:1s begin. Morning networking breakfast.

  • 09:00
    Keynote

    Official Opening: The $18 Billion Question

    Chair · Host government housing minister & Summit Director

    Regional data baseline — 10M+ without adequate housing, 80% urban by 2050, $18B cost to close the deficit (IDB).

  • 09:45
    Keynote

    Caribbean Housing: Anatomy of a Crisis

    Chair · Caribbean Development Bank / IDB Caribbean

    Quantifying the deficit by country, the structural finance failure, and why decades of housing programmes have not closed the gap.

  • 10:30
    Networking

    Break & Deal Room — First Rotation

  • 11:00
    Panel

    Sector 1: Reforming Housing Finance Across CARICOM

    How NHT, HDC, and equivalents need to evolve. Mortgage product innovation, land banking reform, and subsidy architecture that could actually close the gap.

  • 12:00
    Panel

    Sector 7: Housing Finance, Mortgages & PropTech

    Digital land registry as a mortgage prerequisite. The diaspora mortgage opportunity. PropTech platforms for Caribbean property — what works, what doesn't.

  • 13:00
    Networking

    Lunch: Roundtable Format

    Themed tables: Housing Finance Reform · Construction Delivery · Climate Resilience · PropTech · Green Building · CBI Real Estate · Workforce.

  • 14:15
    Panel

    Sector 2: Making the Middle Market Work

    The structural gap between luxury and social. Financing, zoning, and developer incentives to activate mid-market residential.

  • 15:15
    Workshop

    Sector 3: Construction Delivery — The Bottleneck Session

    90-minute working session with contractors, master builders, and TVET institutions on the skilled trades shortage, imported materials, and prefabrication.

  • 15:15
    Workshop

    Sector 8: Real Estate Marketing in the Digital Age

    Parallel breakout. Digital marketing, virtual tours, buyer analytics, the Barbados and Bahamas luxury case studies, and Caribbean Real Estate Marketing Standards.

  • 17:00
    Plenary

    Day 1 Synthesis & Communiqué Preview

    Chair · Summit Director and rapporteur team

  • 18:30
    Reception

    CHIS '27 Awards — Gala Night

    Annual recognition across 8 categories. Formal dinner with regional head of government or DFI President keynote.

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