| Wednesday, 3 October 2007 |
| 7:00 - 17:30 |
Registration |
| 8:00 - 9:00 |
Coffee Service and Networking within the Exhibition |
| 8:00 - 17:15 |
Exhibition Open |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
Opening Remarks
MICHAEL KERCHEVAL
President and CEO
International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc.
New York, New York, USA
RENÉ TREMBLAY
ICSC Chairman
President and CEO
Ivanhoe Cambridge
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
JULIE HILLARY
SACSC President
Managing Director
Finlay Inc.
Sandton, South Africa
Welcome Address
PREMIER EBRAHIM RASOOL
Premier of the Western Cape
Cape Town, South Africa
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| 9:40 - 10:30 |
Lessons from the Future:
The Future is a Matter of Choice, Not Chance
Consumer culture, technology and business - we know what the world was like in the 1960s and 1970s, but what does the future hold in the next 30 years? In this warp-speed world it is no longer sufficient to learn from experience - we must learn to learn from the future! World renowned futurist, Wolfgang Grulke, will take us on a roller coaster ride from the culture of the 1960s and 1970s, the so-called “Age of Aquarius” - and the attitudes, products and companies it spawned - to the potential scenarios of the next three decades. What could we have learned about the future back then? Why did we miss some of the most important new developments such as the personal computer and the
impact of the mobile phone? And learning from perfect hindsight, what can we realistically predict for the 2020s and beyond?
SPEAKER
WOLFGANG GRULKE
CEO
FutureWorld
Gibralter
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Service within the Exhibition |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Opposites Distract:
Methodical Management Meets Myopic Media
Successfully managing a government or business requires designing and delivering upon a long-term strategy. Successfully reporting on these enterprises requires “out reporting” the competition. Furthermore, increased delivery mechanisms and a “24/7” ubiquity give the media an increasingly short-term perspective which may fringe on frenzy. How can this junction of method and madness be navigated to the benefit of both management and media? How can executives best communicate their enterprise’s vision and accomplishments to a media hungry for sound and video bites? How can the media see past its myopic “hot story” perspective to report on an enterprise’s long-term objectives? Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former Official Spokesman, will share his insights and expertise on how to ensure that opposites do not distract; an essential for a happy union between management and the media.
SPEAKER
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL
Director of Communications and Strategy to Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister of UK
London, UK
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| 11:45 - 12:00 |
ICSC/SACSC Shopping Centres Make a
Difference Humanitarian Award
The ICSC/SACSC Shopping Centres Make a Difference Humanitarian Award for Sub-Saharan Africa recognizes exceptional contributions of shopping centres in Sub-Saharan Africa to communities in which they are located. It reflects a cardinal belief that shopping centres can and do make a difference in their communities and encourages shopping centres to carry out programs to benefit the broader society. The winner of the award will be announced.
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Property Rights:
The Missing Ingredient
of Development
Nearly twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall (which effectively marked the victory of capitalism over communism), capitalism is not yet a reality in 80 percent of the world. This is because, according to Hernando de Soto, building capitalism isnêt easy. In implementing macroeconomic policies to support capitalism such as balancing budgets, opening to foreign investment and building stable currencies, capitalist reformers are often derided as apologists for the injustices that plague the poor. However, Mr. de Soto argues that the implementation of such macroeconomic reforms are for naught without the bedrock of property rights and other legal institutions. Yet most people outside the West still have no solid property rights. Without property rights, they are excluded from capitalism because it is not possible to be certain who owns what. It is not possible to systematically verify addresses. It is not possible to standardize descriptions of assets to facilitate transactions. And it is not possible to hold people accountable for their debts. As a result, buildings and land cannot be used to guarantee credit, and businesses cannot be divided and represented in salable shares. In fact, without property rights, and a properly functioning legal infrastructure, the instruments that store and transfer capital, such as home titles, shares, patent rights and bonds, cannot be created. Our discussions of how retail property can and should make a positive impact on economic and social development must not take place without careful attention to what Mr. de Soto, winner of the Milton Friedman Prize for Liberty and a Finalist for a Nobel Prize in Economics, will share during this important session.
SPEAKER
HERNANDO DE SOTO
President
Institute for Liberty and Democracy
Lima, Peru
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| 13:00 - 14:15 |
Luncheon Served within the Exhibition |
| 14:15 - 15:15 |
The Evolution of Entertainment...
More than a Place to Shop
In the mature markets like North America, entertainment in retail projects came about though an evolutionary process (which started with a decided separation between the two activities). While there are still concerns about the competition for leasable space, as well as for consumer time and spending, in the emerging markets entertainment-anchored shopping centres are clearly the norm. In fact, what some call “shopping centres” would probably be classified as “resorts” or “amusement parks” by others. How has the retail hub morphed into something much more complex? How, when and why can entertainment add value to the customer, to the retail co-tenants and to the property investor?
MODERATOR
GEOFFREY JOHN BOOTH
Former Vice President - Global Development
Urban Land Institute
Washington, DC, USA
SPEAKERS
RASHID DOLEH
CEO
Emaar Malls
Dubai, UAE
WILLIAM S. TAUBMAN
ICSC Trustee
Chief Operating Officer
Taubman Centers, Inc.
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
IAN WATT
ICSC Trustee
Executive Director
Old Mutual Investment Group
Property Investments
Cape Town, South Africa
Additional speakers to be announced.
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| 15:15 - 15:45 |
Coffee Service within the Exhibition |
| 15:45 - 17:15 |
Turning Green into Gold
“Sustainability”, “resource conservation”, “energy efficiency”, “environmental sensitivity”, terms normally associated with the activities of the Sierra Club, the World Wildlife Fund and Green Peace, now grace the annual reports (printed on recycled paper, of course) of many major retail real estate developers and operators. While environmentally responsible development and management are imperative for retail real estate professionals to “Make a Difference”, practical experience has shown that, rather than increasing costs, investments in better design, technology
and materials, as well as the adaptation of smarter operating practices, can pay off substantially. A panel of the world’s foremost practitioners will share with you the alchemy (actually, the sound business practices) of turning “green” into gold.
SPEAKERS
RONALD A. ALTOON, FAIA
Partner
Altoon + Porter Architects, LLP
Los Angeles, California, USA
CHRISTIAN HOCHFELD
Deputy Director
Öko-Institut
Berlin, Germany
ELSA MONTEIRO
Head of Institutional Relations, Environment & Communication
Sonae Sierra
Lisboa, Portugal
CHARLES ZIMMERMAN
Vice President of Prototype & New Format Development
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
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| 18:00 - 20:30 |
Opening Reception at V&A Waterfront -
Croquet Lawn
Casual Dress
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ICSC GOES GREEN
A first for the World Summit!
The 2007 World Summit will host two green exhibits:
GREEN PAVILION - Located next to the registration desk in the lobby of the Cape Town International Convention Centre. This is where you’ll learn about the new trends in sustainable building design relating to environmentally friendly stores and shopping centres.
GREEN ZONE - Located in the Exhibition. Consists of companies that will showcase the latest products and services to help you go green.
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