{"id":20417,"date":"2019-06-13T08:59:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T04:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=20417"},"modified":"2019-06-13T08:59:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T04:59:55","slug":"mecsr-to-host-the-springboard-networking-event-in-dubai-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/mecsr-to-host-the-springboard-networking-event-in-dubai-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"MECS+R To Host The Springboard Networking Event In Dubai, UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Middle East Council of Shopping Centres & Retailers (MECS+R) will be hosting the \u201cThe Springboard Networking event\u201d at the Kempinski Hotel<\/em>, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, UAE on 18th<\/sup> of June from 6:00 pm till 9:30 pm. Springboard Networking event offers the ideal platform and opportunity for retail and shopping mall professionals to network and grow their business. MECS+R members and event attendees are also encouraged to forward the invitation to those who would benefit from attending the event.<\/p>\n

David Macadam, CEO, MECS+R says<\/em><\/strong> \u201c<\/em>The Spring Board Networking Event brings together regional leaders and retail professionals under one roof to facilitate business development and build relationships with key players in the retail sector; <\/em>we encourage everyone who is linked to the retail and shopping mall industry to attend this event and avail this unique platform to network and grow their business<\/em>.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Middle East Council of Shopping Centres & Retailers (MECS+R), is the region\u2019s largest retail industry association representing shopping mall owners, developers, marketing and leasing managers, retailers consultants, property managers, financiers, accountants, government officials and industry suppliers from the retail industry.<\/p>\n

The Networking reception will be held alongside MECS+R School for Professional Development (Levels 1 & 2) is a 4-day program leading to a MECSC Certification. Courses start from 17th<\/sup> until 20th<\/sup> of June. The Level 3 training is a One-day Intensive Retail Management, which is scheduled on 18th<\/sup> June.\u00a0 The topics covered during this program include, Shopping Centre Leasing, Customer Relationship Management, Artificial Intelligence, Security, Visual Merchandising, Architecture in Retail & F&B.<\/p>\n

The faculty conducting the sessions and workshops include some of the finest minds from the industry; including Michael Ruckman<\/strong> (Senteo), Shannon Quilty<\/strong> (Senteo), Tommy Weir<\/strong> (EMLC), Emre Pelin<\/strong> (Andakaris Group), Priya Chellani<\/strong> (JLL), Clair Stuart \u2013 Menteth<\/strong> (Sticky Red), Lizelle Fitoussi<\/strong>, Richard Dean<\/strong> (Dubai Eye), David Richardson<\/strong> (Nakheel), Scott Ellis<\/strong>, Owen Farrow<\/strong> (IBM), Neil Ford<\/strong> (Al Futtaim Group), Franka Lange<\/strong> (RAZA), Charles Mallice<\/strong> (Consec Security), Abdul Kader Saadi<\/strong> (Glee Hospitality), Jihad Dirani<\/strong> (Meraas), David Macadam<\/strong> (MECS+R), Alessandro Gaffuri<\/strong> (CELS Group), Paul Hammond<\/strong> (CELS Group), Manuel Gallo<\/strong> (CELS Group), Ettiene Van Der Watt<\/strong> (Axis Communications), Soufianne Houti (<\/strong>CELS Group), Birna Marya<\/strong> (CELS Group), Ramzy Abdul Majeed<\/strong> (Big on Group & Whissle), Malik Qaiser,<\/strong> Vanessa Hinton<\/strong> (Dubai Festival City Mall), Kevin Doherty<\/strong> (Fitch) and Furqan Athar<\/strong> (McArthur+Company).<\/p>\n

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The Middle East Council of Shopping Centres & Retailers (MECS+R) will be hosting the \u201cThe Springboard Networking event\u201d at the Kempinski Hotel, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, UAE on 18th of June from 6:00 pm till 9:30 pm. Springboard Networking event offers the ideal platform and opportunity for retail and shopping mall professionals to network […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20420,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20417\/revisions\/20420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}