Dubai – The Retail Congress kicked off on Sunday, 27th of October with Masterclass sessions by conducted by industry experts on Blockchain & AI technology effectively in retail business by Steffan Schaack – SVP, Drooms; Leadership training by Arthur Carmazzi – Author & Founder, Directive Communications; How the leaders in online and physical retail are using cutting-edge technologies by Scott Ellis, – Retail Industry Lead, IBM ME, Asma Shabab – Strategy Consultant, IBM ME, Africa & Turkey and Owen Farrow – Leader Consumer Industry – IBM ME; Connecting online & offline with customers by Kevin Doherty – Managing Director, Fitch; Q&A session with Keynote speaker David Rowan – Former Editor in Chief of Wired’s UK; and concluding with a power-packed session by Wail Al Balkhair – CEO, Sahat Property on lessons & wisdom from outdoor centre development in Makkah, KSA.

The evening then proceeded to the Kick-Off Cocktail Party Awards Ceremony to honor and acknowledge industry leaders for their constant support to the Middle East Council of Shopping Centres + Retailers at the Sunken Garden in the Ritz Carlton Hotel DIFC from 6:00pm onwards; the ceremony marks 26 successful years of operations by the council and will lead up to 2 days of high energy conferences, deal making sessions, exhibitions and Awards ceremony.

David Macadam - CEO, MECS+R says, “We are so pleased to be hosting the Retail Congress for 26 years in the region and its our honor to acknowledge and share this achievement with all our sponsors who have provided us with immense support that’s enabled us to successfully organize the largest retail focused conference in the MENA region!”

The Retail Congress awarded the sponsors of RCM 2019 for their invaluable support and contribution to the conference, starting from Platinum Sponsors, CELS Events & Afkar Lighting, along with Gold Sponsors; Dalma Mall, Mall of Dilmunia, Salhia Real Estate, BackLite Media, Tamdeen Group, Red Sea Mall, Abdullah Al Othaim Investment Co. & Al Othaim Leisure & Tourism Co., Sahat Property Management Co., Line Investments & Property LLC and Aswaq Management & Services, also on the list of recipients were the Silver Sponsors; Unified Real Estate Development Company, Yardi, KINAN International Real Estate Development, Retail Emotions, Granada Investment Center Establishment, Al Hokair Group, ShopperTrak and BUZ Management and Marketing Consulting and the awards were concluded with Bronze Sponsors; JLL, Blachere Illuminations, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), Xpandretail powered by Savant, Dubai Retail, Retail Consulting Group, V- Count and Burj Nahar Mall.

Retail Congress MENA brings together shopping centre industry professionals, retailers, management and consulting companies, architects and design companies, entertainment and leisure companies, product and service providers to the industry,
all under one roof for two days of industry leaders speeches, education, networking and deal making while exploring new business opportunities. Other highlights of this year’s conference include Deal Making sessions. Last year alone, there were more than 600+ successful meetings conducted at the Deal Making sessions. This year the council aims to exceed last year's connections. Current companies onboard the deal-making sessions include - Salhia Real Estate Company, Tamdeen Group, Line Investments & Property LLC, Unified Real Estate Development Co., Landmark Group (Oasis Mall), Blachere Illumination, Yardi,  ASWAQ Management & Services and The Leisure Way.

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