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Posted 28/03/2019 by Experience UK

ICSC European Conference and Exhibition – Space, Place and the Future of Retail

ICSC European Conference and Exhibition – Space, Place and the Future of Retail brings leaders and giants of the retail real estate sector together on one great event, where they can get insights into the latest trends in retail business. The Conference and Exhibition is being held at Fairmont Rey Juan Carlos in Barcelona, Spain from 11th April, 2019 to 12th April, 2019.

The Conference aims to provide all the information that you need to know and lets you network with others in the industry to have a clearer, better and bigger picture of the sector and the possible prevailing growth opportunities.

Peter Wilhelm, the Chairman and CEO of ICSC European will take the stage to give a reality check to the audience of the challenges that retail real estate industry faces. Bill Kistler, the Executive Vice President & Managing Director of EMEA, ICSC will share the stage, and shed some light on the opportunities that these challenges present for the industry.

David Delgado, the Visual Strategist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory would be presenting a session titled “Imagination, Desire and the Call of the Future”. This session would revolve around what imparting knowledge based his experiences and achievements in the industry. He aims to promote the concept of discovery amongst communities.

In the session “Show me the Money – Where Is It and How to Attract It?”, Henrike Waldburg, the Head of Investment Management Retail of Union Investment, Raimund Paetzmann, the Vice President of Corporate Real Estate, Zalando SE, Van J. Stults, the Managing Director & Founding Partner of Orion Capital Managers and Andrea Orlandi, the Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investments – Europe, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, will talk about how to do things the right way!

Franka Lange, the Director of Marketing and Communications at Raza Inc. will conduct a workshop on Commercialisation and Marketing schemes and talk about how focusing on place-making can give provide an edge.

Philippe Journo, the CEO of Compagnie de Phalsbourg, Chris Weilminster, the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Urban Edge Properties and Richard Broadhead, the Managing Director of Oldrids & Co will take you through their vision of how they expect outlet retailing to perform in the future.

Sessions like More than Retail – The Heart and Soul of Great Cities, The Future of Europe – Navigating a World in Transition, What’s in Store? – Unique Insights into Rapidly Changing Retail Strategies, Beyond Omni-Channel – The Future of Retail and Real Estate, Mixing it up! – Game Changers and Virtual Fusion – From Clicks to Bricks, along with numerous other sessions aligned during the course of the two days ensure that the time invested is worth it. 

Experience UK will be on stand 13 at the exhibition to showcase how our members can create amazing experience lead shopping malls, sharing the stand will be our members; Paragon Creative. Lumsden Design, Severn Lamb, Direct Access and other well-renowned names.

ICSC European Conference and Exhibition– Space, Place and the Future of Retail is an extensive two-day event that will help you widen your vision, address your concerns, understand the industry better and learn from the best.