Sunday, 23 November 2008 – Conference Day One
11:00 Registration And Coffee
12:00 Opening Remarks By The Chair
12:15 Opening Address - Driving Innovation And Economic Diversification
- Why invest in UAE?
- Why invest in Abu Dhabi?
- Why invest at ZonesCorp?
- What is ZonesCorp role in Abu Dhabi or to the investors?
Eng. Jaber Al Khaili, CEO, ZonesCorp, UAE
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12:30 Keynote Address
12:45 Panel Session: The Regional Industrial Landscape – Opportunities And Challenges
- Assessing the key drivers and trends for the industrial boom
- Why invest in industries – developing the business case
- Taking the opportunities
- Overcoming the barriers
13:30 Networking Lunch For Delegates And Speakers
14:45 Understanding The Latest Government Policy And Regulations On Industrial Real Estate Development In:
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- Qatar |
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- Bahrain |
15:15 Assessing The Investment Opportunities In Commercial Real Estate
- What is the level of global and regional interest in industrial real estate investment?
- Developing innovative strategies for investment
- Global investments into the Middle East region
- Inter-regional investments and cross-border transactions
15:45 Finance And Investment Vehicles For Industrial Real Estate Developments
- Assessing the range of investment vehicles
- IInvestment funds and pooled investment vehicles
- Role of funds
- IIslamic financing for commercial properties
16:15 Networking Break
16:45 Assessing And Improving The Return On Investment
- Maximising returns by considering the key elements of the venture
- Creating liquidity
- Developers and investors perspective on improving the ROI
- Assessing key milestones and benchmarks
17:15 Mitigating The Risk Of Investing In Industrial Real Estate
- What constitutes high risk
- Different forms of risk from investing and developing commercial real estate
- Assessing the key factors to reducing risk
17:30 Closing Remarks From The Chairman And Opportunity To Visit IndustryScape Exhibition
Monday, 24 November 2008 – Conference Day Two
08:30 Coffee
09:00 Opening Remarks From The Chairman
09:15 Assessing The Legal Aspects Of Industrial Real Estate Investments And Development
- Inderstanding the current legislation on industrial investment and development
- Ownership and documentation
- Legal status of national and foreign investment and ownership
10:00 Making Industrial Parks / Cities Attractive To Investors
- Assessing why investors should be interested in industrial real estate
- Creating an incentive based package to attract investors
- Presentations and brochures
- Building in growth plans
10:45 Networking Break
11:15 – 13:00
Presents
Leaders In Manufacturing
Executive Briefing
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Leaders In Manufacturing
Executive Briefing
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As global competition increases, heads of manufacturing companies are under pressure to cost-effectively increase production and drive innovation and efficiencies throughout their operations.
However, with the regional move towards diversification and less dependency on oil and gas, what can stakeholders do to stimulate a sustained large-scale growth in manufacturing and how can industrial and manufacturing leaders drive efficiencies into their company and ensure that their production techniques are improved and their products are globally competitive?
The Leaders In Manufacturing Executive Briefing will feature industrial and manufacturing leaders from around the region who will exchange ideas and examine the issues that are of most concern to you.
In particular, how you can:
• Assess the impact of the global economy on manufacturing in the gulf
• Deal with the rising cost of production through increasing material and labour costs
• Drive your company towards knowledge intensive manufacturing
• Understand the role of subsidies in stimulating manufacturing growth
• Establish a highly efficient supply chain with partners
• Assure the quality of your products for global consumers |
13:00 Networking Lunch For Delegates And Speakers
14:30 Sustainable Industrial Parks – Ensuring The Industrial Sector Is Green
- Assessing the role industry has to play in reducing the carbon foot print
- Developing green industrial parks taking into account all stakeholders
- LEED accreditation for green industrial buildings
- Ensuring the support services are environmentally friendly too
15:15 360 Degree View Of Industrial Plans In The Middle East – Industrial Investors, Developers, Operators and Business Owners Perspective On
- United Arab Emirates
- Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
- Kuwait
16:00 Closing Remarks From The Chairman And Opportunity To Visit IndustryScape Exhibition
Tuesday, 25 November 2008 – Workshop Day
Successful Commercial Real Estate Financing and Development
Workshop Timings: Registration for the workshop will be at 08:00. The workshop will commence at 08:30 and finish at 14:30. There will be two refreshment breaks at appropriate intervals and lunch will be served at 14:30.
As you increase your exposure to industrial real estate, you as a developer or investor have to
overcome crucial challenges to ensure a successful project. This focused workshop will guide you
through the maze of industrial financing and the risks and rewards associated with it.
• Industrial financing and approvals process
• Getting the right structured loan
• Financing from regional and international investors
• Delivering and taking part in feasibility reports
• Negotiating and securing finance
• Getting all stakeholders involved at early stage of development
• Servicing debt
Plus Two Highly Relevant Co-located Exhibitions!
Middle East Manufacturing Exhibition
MEMEX has been launched to provide an exclusive platform for suppliers to the manufacturing industry to meet and do business with organisations currently producing or manufacturing in the Middle East, or with plans to do so over the short to medium term.
For organisations looking to set up in the Middle East, there are a multitude of caveats which can hamper the pace of market entry to this burgeoning market. MEMEX will be instrumental in bringing together key decision makers from both sides of the table.
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Industryscape – The Exhibition
Commercial and industrial real estate in the GCC is now undergoing a dramatic change and countries are heavily investing in the expansion of industrial manufacturing.Most GCC countries are reducing economic dependence on oil and gas by setting up industrial zones to stimulate growth in manufacturing.
This exhibition will bring together international investors, developers, governments and investment authorities, consultants and professionals involved in the industrial and manufacturing real estate industry.
www.industryscape.com
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