Events

With preparations in full swing for the hugely popular International Property Show, IPS 2022, to be held in Dubai from March 24 to 26, the Owner and Developer for the New Administrative capital in Egypt – Administrative Capital For Urban Development (ACUD) – is all geared up to participate in the event and showcase its major plans and lucrative investment opportunities in the Egyptian real estate market.

Egypt is witnessing a boisterous growth in its real estate investment and purchasing, with $231.1 million Net Foreign Investment being used for purchase of real estate properties in Egypt in 2021.

The IPS 2022 will provide a stupendous platform bringing all key stakeholders and decision-makers in the real estate industry under one roof for the best returns on investments.

Egypt’s new Administrative Capital is a transformative project and extension of Cairo, as one of the world’s largest urban developments at 700 square km with an expected population of 6.5 million on completion. Designed as a super smart and sustainable city of the future, it will also house a new presidential district, government district, diplomatic district, headquarters of the House of Representatives, and 20 residential areas.

“Egypt is certainly a promising market for real estate investment and purchasing. We are glad to have ACUD on board with us. Their presence and display of the new capital will be a stellar offering at the show. We are confident that for real estate developers in Egypt, exhibiting in IPS is a golden chance to reach global buyers,” said Dawood Al Shezawi, President of Strategic Exhibition and Conference and Head of Organizing Committee of IPS.

Egypt’s real estate sector has grown by 8% since the beginning of the year, and IPS is a true melting pot that gives ACUD the opportunity to tap a large group of real estate investors.

“The new capital is developed with the strategic vision for a smart city integrating its smart infrastructure to provide many services to citizens. Our participation at IPS is an effort to highlight Egypt’s undiscovered beauty, as well as tap high net worth individuals and serious buyers interested in investing in Egypt,” said HE Ahmed Zaki Abdeen, ACUD Chairperson.

IPS 2022 is set to attract more than 20,000 visitors from over 40 countries and 100+ international exhibitors. The show has proved itself to be the leading property show in the MENA region, with notable achievements across all metrics; exhibitors, visitors, and countries represented. With Dubai Expo 2020 underway, the show will get an additional boost as more visitors are expected to drop in.

In its quest to achieve net-zero carbon emission and increase  focus on sustainable living in the future and beyond,  Schneider Electric, the leader of the digital transformation of energy management and automation, hosted ‘Homes of the Future’ track at its flagship Digital Innovation Summit 2021, currently underway between October 19^th to 21^st.

The session deliberated by Srinivas Shanbhogue, Vice President, Home and Distribution, Schneider Electric India along with Gita Ramanan – CEO & Co-founder – Design Café, and Kavita Sastry, Principal Architect – KS Designs Studio and Chairperson, IIID Bengaluru, was themed around “Smart and Sustainable Living”. The experts discussed the need for adapting sustainable and smart homes to create a carbon neutral future.

The Innovation Talk captured Schneider Electric, Design Café, and Code’s commitment towards empowering homes, making them energy efficient. The discussion delved into addressing aspects like the increase in demand for energy, the importance of meeting client needs with energy efficient solutions, the trends in sustainability, eco-friendly products, and the smart homes space.

The experts stressed upon the need for optimizing the home furnishing space, various solutions that help in making homes more efficient and various challenges and opportunities that are driving the shift towards Smart Homes.

At the event, Mr. Srinivas Shanbhogue, Vice President- Home and Distribution, Schneider Electric India said “Being the leader of energy management and home automation, we are constantly working towards bringing sustainable and smart home solutions to life. Our energy-efficient home automation solutions seamlessly fit into existing and new homes, providing sustainable comfort, convenience, and security. At Schneider Electric, we have taken various measures to reduce our carbon footprint and have further pledged to become operationally net-zero by 2030.”

Gita Ramanan, CEO & Co-Founder, Design Cafe, said: “Design Café’s consistent pursuit is to offer sustainable personalised design solutions for homes at affordable prices. Throughout our journey, we realized that there are various ways to adapt sustainability and personalize our offerings to the clients according to their preferences. For us sustainability remains our top priority right from selecting the construction material to finalizing on how to utilize the space effectively, all these decisions are taken after evaluating the long-term impact on the environment. Sustainable and eco-friendly designs and materials such as jute, bamboo, terracotta flooring, concrete flooring, wooden false ceiling and lots of plants help in reducing the carbon footprint and leads towards a high quality design  with low environmental impact”.

“Design thinking has evidently emerged as the need of the hour. Businesses are re-thinking their infrastructure and interiors to become more attuned to larger climate needs. With this view in mind, we are witnessing an uptick of homes that blend technology with nature and sustainability and therefore counteract the effects of increasing carbon footprints. Homes of the future will continue aligning with the needs of the environment as well as the needs of individuals and bring together innovation to sustain clean and green living, added Ar. Kavita Sastry, Principal Architect – KS Designs Studio and Chairperson, IIID Bengaluru.

Schneider Electric’s flagship three – day virtual Innovation Summit, is aimed at sparking conversations around the need for integrating sustainability with business. The event with central theme ‘Digital: the path to sustainability with Aatma Nirbhar Bharat‘ is bringing forth industry leaders and policy makers to deliberate and discuss upon how we can build a sustainable and resilient future for India.

The Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) EXCON 2017 – South Asia’s largest construction equipment exhibition second day concluded with overwhelming response from participants and visitors. CII is organizing EXCON 2017 from 12^th to 16^thDecember, 2017 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bengaluru with the theme ‘Smart Technologies Fueling Next Gen Infra’. 

On the second day of EXCON 2017, CII & ICEMA organised a Conference on “Next-Gen Infrastructure”.   The Chief Guests at the conference were Mr. R. V. Deshpande, Minister for Large & Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development, Government of Karnataka and Mr. K. T. Rama Rao,Minister of IT, Municipal Admin & Urban Development, Industries & Commerce, Public Enterprises, Sugar, Mines & Geology, NRI Affairs, Government of Telangana.  

Speaking at the inaugural session, Mr. Deshpande  said, “Creation of human resources is the biggest challenge in present day and has urged the Infrastructure Industry Captains to create good jobs. It is our duty to create good jobs for the prosperity of the state; however automation, digitization and robotics have replaced human jobs. We have already created more than 13 lakh jobs by September 2017 and 5 lakh more jobs are in the pipeline. I also encourage the industry to invent and invest in Karnataka and promote ease of doing businesses. Infrastructure is the key for economic, social and human resource development. It’s a key and priority area for the state.” 

Adding to this, Mr. Rama Rao said that “Both Government and Private sectors need to come out with a Jugaad model, among others, to create more robust Infrastructure. We welcome those who come and set up manufacturing ancillaries units here. We have moved away from red tape to red carpet to attract our investors in the state. As part of the Telangana Government’s industrial policy, the entrepreneurs seeking to set up their manufacturing facilities do not require government permission. If their project is already complete and the land is approved their certification process would only take 15 days. If you want India to propel to a global economy, India needs infrastructure but with unique innovation. Telangana today is ranked No. 1 in the Central government’s index of ease of doing business.” 

 Mr.T C A Ranganathan, Former Chairman & MD, Export-Import Bank of India said, “the current change of cycle has started in adopting technologies in a quick way.  India is on rapid growth in exports and has doubled the market rates in the last decade.The international average is about 20-25% of total exports as compared to 5% toIndia’s exports. The internal growth rate of CAGR for India is about 20% but not enough companies are coming in. Companies need to be more capital intensive if it needs to be technology intensive. Also, we should be producers of technology which will further propel the growth of our nation.” 

“Our industry is embracing new digital experiences by integrating big data and IoT in our products and services. The infrastructure sector in any economy is regarded as the engine of growth, but very importantly of employment. The Indian infrastructure sector will continue to grow with the growth of our industry – the Indian construction and equipment industry. Technology is enabling our businesses at an unprecedented rate and every industry is adapting to this change and I can proudly say that we have completely embraced the essence of this transformation. It’s important to be scalable and sustainable in an era of disruptive technology. With the support of Central and State Government in irrigation, road construction, etc. and importantly irrigation at the village level, these technologies will play an important role in the overall development and building an infrastructure on time, scalable and sustainable. CII EXCON becomes the platform for domestic and global OEMs to exhibit their breakthrough technologies and services. Very importantly, small and medium industries, component manufacturers exhibit technologies and are part of a global supply chain. The one suggestion is that the need for urgent revival of PPP model which is relevant to the centre and very relevant to the state, to create conducive environment for policy framework to bring in private investment to the sector”, expressed Mr. Sondhi, Chairman, CII EXCON 2017 through his address. 

Mr. Arvind Garg, President, ICEMA  in his address, said “It’s a great privilege for us to have two very dynamic ministers at CII Excon 2017 today for the inaugural session. They really represent what we are trying to talk about at this forum. Mr. Deshpande  is the one who is trying to drive Karnataka towards Next Gen. We also are in the presence of a Minister from Telangana who is very passionate for this industry. In terms of Make in India and Make in Karnataka, Southern States play a very key role in the growth of construction industry.  The industry is currently growing at about 15% p.a. Despite the various challenges this year, we are still growing at such a commendable pace.  

Mr Deepak Kumar Hota, Chairman & Managing Director, BEML Ltd; Mr V Ravichandar, CMD, Feedback Business Consulting; Brig R S Sehgal,Deputy Director General, Borders Roads Organisation and Mr D K Vyas, Convenor,  Conference Panel, ICEMA also spoke. 

The inaugural session was then followed by sessions on ‘Future Technologies – Its impact on construction equipment industry’, ‘Infra Development – Voice of Customers’ and on ‘Government Projects – The Key Enabler’. 

The Government of Karnataka is the Host State for EXCON 2017. The Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (ICEMA) is the Sector Partner and supported by the Builders Association of India (BAI).