The seventeenth Actual Property Growth (RED) Summit Saudi Arabia | Europe Version, hosted by GBB Enterprise, occurred in Lisbon, Portugal. Themed – Connecting Past Boundaries, the two-day occasion featured among the most outstanding personalities from Saudi Arabia’s actual property sector.
Held on the Lisbon Congress Centre’s RIO Pavilion, the summit featured the Kingdom’s key choice makers exchanging concepts and exploring themes with a few of Europe’s main minds in design, building, and hospitality, in keeping with Imaginative and prescient 2030.
Day 1 – Expertise, innovation and design
The seventeenth version of the occasion opened with a welcome tackle by Ravi Kumar Chandran, Founder & MD of GBB Enterprise. The tackle highlighted the organiser’s milestone achievement of 25 profitable occasions, adopted by a speech by Rui Lourenço Pereira, Deputy Director at Industrial Division of AICEP (Portuguese Commerce & Funding Company), who shared a message of cross-continental partnership, setting the tone for a summit rooted in collaboration.
What adopted was a collection of fast-paced, thought-provoking periods that spotlighted daring improvements shaping the longer term. Ron Bakker, Founding Accomplice at PLP Structure, shared visionary insights from “The Edge,” a sensible, sustainable workplace constructing redefining how we take into consideration workspaces. Pablo Vidarte, CEO of BIOO, launched groundbreaking applied sciences together with soil-powered batteries and bioluminescent crops, merging nature and innovation. Tetyana Kovalenko, CEO of Elite Stone Group, offered the idea of inexperienced luxurious with sustainably sourced marble. Dr. Andreas Wieser of Sensible United GmbH emphasised the crucial function of indoor air high quality in actual property growth. Shifting the main target to the Center East, Ali Al Ghamdi, Transformation Advisor at OSUS, explored the dynamic transformation of Saudi Arabia’s hospitality panorama, whereas Elias Abou Samra, CEO of Rafal Actual Property, examined evolving growth fashions which are reshaping the Kingdom’s city future.
The ultimate session earlier than the break featured Christos Passas, Director at Zaha Hadid Architects, who shared improvements in sustainable high-rise design. The session was adopted by RED Summit’s mainstay on the roster – pre-scheduled one-to-one conferences the place connections are solid to discover potential business collaborations.
Put up lunch, attendees gathered for a fast wellness increase with Technogym’s energizer session, led by Amâncio Santos, proving {that a} five-minute health repair can do wonders.
The schedule featured a collection of panel discussions starting with “Simplifying Agility,” a panel on constructing for adaptability in a fast-changing world. Moderated by Daniel O’Brien, Director, Growth at Qiddiya, the session introduced collectively Sanjay Tanwani, Regional Director at AECOM, Paul Fraser, Director of Cities and Communities for KSA at AtkinsRéalis, James Passmore representing PIF, and Al. Motasem B. Attiyah, CEO of CLEAR Holding Co.
The dialog centered on how flexibility, responsiveness, and strategic design have gotten must-haves within the Kingdom’s future-ready developments.
The day wrapped with extra centered B2B conferences and a sundown drive to Arriba, for a cocktail dinner, with conversations and connections alongside the scenic coastal facet.
Day 2 – Evolving traits and designs
The second day of the occasion featured a deep dive into Saudi Arabia’s evolving actual property panorama. Harmen De Jong, Regional Accomplice & Head of Consulting at Knight Frank, unpacked key market traits and demand-supply insights shaping the Kingdom’s future.
The momentum continued with “Designing the Iconic,” a presentation collection the place Maximilian Zielinski, Senior Accomplice at Foster + Companions, Viggo Haremst, Accomplice & Design Director at Henning Larsen, and Mark Kennedy, Head of Design at MAGNA – NEOM, shared daring visions behind buildings designed to final for generations.
This was adopted by an intense panel dialogue: “Market Dynamics & Mega Occasions Reshaping the Business,” moderated by Tala Michel Issa, Chief Reporter at Arabian Enterprise, which featured panelists – Dr. Bassam Boodai, Board Member & Funding Committee Chairman at AL MOZAINI Actual Property and Eng. Abdulaziz Al Zamil, CBDO from Tatweer. The dialogue shone a lightweight on the financial and cultural shifts influencing Saudi Arabia’s actual property evolution.
Put up-lunch, delegates returned for the ultimate curated expertise, a pace networking session titled – GBB’s Delegates-Solely Bash. In slightly below 100 minutes, over 100 builders, designers, consultants, and operators interacted through fast conferences, ending the summit on a powerful be aware of connection and momentum.
Because the curtain drew on the Europe iteration of the occasion, the seventeenth Actual Property Growth Summit – Saudi Arabia | Europe version left behind greater than connections, it constructed momentum. With conversations and methods underway, the following chapter of actual property is taking form with new applied sciences and concepts.
The occasion was supported by APIMA, Ghorfa (Arab-German Chamber of Commerce), Saudi Portuguese Enterprise Council, G-Kreations, AICEP, Saudi Enterprise Council, and AstroLabs.
