RICS to bring World Built Environment Forum to Expo 2020 The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has signed a milestone agreement with Expo 2020 Dubai event to bring the fifth annual World Built Environment Forum (WBEF), to Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC). From January 24 to 25, 2022, a global community of senior leaders from the private, public, academic and not-for-profit sectors will convene to tackle key issues, challenges and opportunities in the built environment, said a statement from RICS. Inaugurated in 2016, the WBEF is a global platform dedicated to shaping the future of the built environment by debating, discussing, sharing ideas and innovating to ensure we are creating sustainable places for all to live, work and play.