From June 24 to 26, 2026, CAPEB brings together building professionals in Marseille for three days of discussions, conferences and concrete solutions dedicated to the challenges of craftsmanship.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, the CAPEB meets in Marseille for the third edition of the Building Trades Meetingsan event that has become unmissable for the entire craft profession. Thought like a highlight entirely dedicated to artisansthis meeting brings together in one place conferences, concrete solutions and exchanges between professionals, in a context where economic, regulatory and technological changes are profoundly reshaping the building trades.
A meeting designed to respond to the immediate challenges of artisans
In an environment marked by economic uncertainties, tensions over renovation, rapid normative changes and recruitment difficulties, craft construction companies face an accumulation of challenges which require operational responses, which can be directly mobilized on the ground. It is precisely in this perspective that the Building Trades Meetings by CAPEBdesigned as a work event as well as an exchange event, where practical information and feedback occupy a central place.
Over three days, nearly 40 conferences, workshops and round tables will address all the major themes of the sector, from energy renovation to artificial intelligence, including business management, transmission, changes in regulations and even recruitment and training issues. The stated ambition is to allow each participant to leave with concrete ideas, useful contacts and solutions that can be immediately transposed into their activity.
A large-scale innovation and demonstration space
Beyond the conference program, the event will also bring together more than 100 exhibitors over an area of more than 10,000 m2bringing together industrialists, manufacturers, distributors, training organizations and partners in the building ecosystemrepresenting the eight major CAPEB profession families. Everyone will come to present their innovations, their equipment and their services for craft businesses.
The Innovation Village will be one of the highlights of this edition. Registered in the Innovation program led by CAPEB with the CCCABTP Win’Labit will highlight:
– emerging digital tools;
– Artificial intelligence solutions;
– And the technical and organizational innovations which are gradually transforming practices in the sector.
An event for the profession, for the profession
More than a trade fair or a series of conferences, the Building Trades Meetings by CAPEB are intended above all to be a place for direct exchanges between professionals, in a sector where craft business leaders are often faced with strong decision-making loneliness. The event thus offers a privileged framework for comparing experiences, sharing daily difficulties and discovering concrete responses implemented by other actors in the field.
This 2026 edition also has a particular symbolic dimension, since it is part of the 80 years of CAPEBthe majority employers’ organization in the building trades, which has supported companies in the sector in their successive transformations for eight decades.
The Meetings thus extend this mission, by offering a format resolutely geared towards action and support, as close as possible to the economic and operational realities of craft businesses.
