2026 NAWRB Leadership Summit

Survival of the Fittest Part II — The Rise of Energy

October 5–6, 2026 | Long Beach Marriott

The framework is taking shape. The leaders are coming together. Now we activate it.

Across WHER 2026, the NAWRB Leadership Awards and the Summit, leaders are connecting lived experience, research, business, capital, technology, housing, health, energy, and economic mobility around one central question.

What creates Quality of Life — and what are we going to do about it?

The 2026 NAWRB Leadership Summit brings those conversations into the room.

Two days. Cross-sector leadership. Strategic relationships. Real conversations. New opportunities.

Real Estate is Life.

The world is shifting quickly across energy, transportation, housing, capital, AI, health, and economic mobility. This summit brings leaders, innovators, investors, experts, and change agents together to identify where opportunities are emerging — and how to access the resources, relationships, strategies, and intelligence needed to lead through the next era.

Grounded in NAWRB’s Development & Innovation Leadership Council, The Rise of Energy is about more than systems. It is about the human energy required to navigate change with clarity, resilience, empathy, innovation, and purpose.

Join us October 5–6, 2026, as we connect the people, ideas, and opportunities shaping the future of leadership, housing, real estate, business, health, capital, technology, and Quality of Life.

NAWRB brings women leaders together with executives, entrepreneurs, investors, lenders, innovators, and public- and private-sector decision-makers. The 2026 NAWRB Leadership Summit creates opportunities for strategic introductions, cross-sector relationships, leadership recognition, capital access, and collaboration across the systems that shape how people live, work, own, invest, and thrive.

About NAWRB

NAWRB advances Quality of Life by driving women’s leadership, development, innovation, economic opportunity, and capital access across the housing and real estate ecosystem.

Through the NAWRB Leadership Summit, the Women Housing Ecosystem Report (WHER), SHE is Changing Real Estate®, Technology Human Balance®, and NAWRB’s Development & Innovation Leadership Council, NAWRB connects leaders, resources, opportunities, and strategies that shape the future of housing, real estate, business, and human-centered Quality of Life.

2026 Women Housing Ecosystem Report (WHER) | The Social Framework™

WHER 2026 Is Taking Shape (The Ultimate Asset Report)

The 2026 Women Housing Ecosystem Report (WHER) is The Social Framework™—a carefully curated, collective framework shaped by research, lived experience, leadership, innovation, and action.

Launching October 5, 2026

NAWRB welcomes expressions of interest from leaders, practitioners, researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, and community advocates whose work or experiences may deepen the conversation around housing, real estate, economic opportunity, capital access, technology, health, community, and Quality of Life.

Potential participation may include articles, personal perspectives, research, data, case studies, interviews, roundtables, SHETalks, initiatives, solutions, and strategic partnerships.

Real Estate is Life. Quality of Life is the Ultimate Asset.

Share Your Interest: info@nawrb.com

Submitting an expression of interest does not guarantee selection, publication, or participation. All contributors and content are subject to NAWRB’s editorial review and approval. NAWRB retains full discretion over selection, editing, format, placement, timing, and publication.