Dubai is to host an exhibition, catering for the international commercial architecture, property design and development industry. Cityscape 2002, officially supported by the Dubai Development and Investment Authority and organized by IIR Exhibitions and Conferences, will make its debut alongside the fourth International Property Investment & Management Conference (IPIC), taking place at Dubai's Emirates Towers Hotel, from December 14 –17, 2002.
“The Dubai Development and Investment Authority is committed to promoting the economic development of Dubai and to pursuing a policy of economic diversification that will seek to achieve growth in a number of key sectors, including the residential and commercial property sector,” said Saeed Al-Muntafiq, Dubai Development and Investment Authority director general.
“Dubai is set to reach maturity as a global business, financing and commercial center in the very near future and will continue to thrive as a leading tourism hub,” he added. “Cityscape will highlight the tremendous inroads that have been made in building the infrastructure required to support this growth and the groundbreaking and pioneering projects this growth has entailed and continues to necessitate.”
“It will also shed light on revolutions in urban development, challenges facing the industry in general and the region in particular, as it struggles with rapid economic and demographic expansion and the tremendous investment opportunities it gives rise to,” added Al-Muntafiq.
The exhibition's key supporters are looking to source architects, design specialists, consulting engineers, project managers, lighting and landscape architects, integrated building system providers, security consultants, energy management firms, major contractors, financiers, façade technology and exterior cladding experts, Information Technology (IT) system suppliers and external works companies.
“Cityscape 2002 will be a platform for exhibitors to influence and network with major developers, key organizations and governmental authorities who are involved in the design and construction of major public and private property developments,” said Christopher Hudson, IIR Exhibitions’s project manager.
Running alongside Cityscape 2002, the fourth International Property Investment and Management Conference will see critical issues being discussed, by international speakers and Middle East experts. The topics will include new trends in regional and global property investment, on-line real estate trading, public-private partnerships, risk management in property deals, Islamic financing, external investors providing turnkey funding/design/build operate packages for building and infrastructure development, revolutionizing urban development, international investment issues and transitional and emerging markets.
“It will be a unique opportunity for property owners, investors, developers and government organizations to exchange views on issues of key importance to the industry—including the potential for new projects, scheme feasibility and development of financing mechanisms,” said Shabnam Rawal, IIR Conferences conference director. — (menareport.com)
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