Must-attend Events At MAPIC

Over 100 professionals will share their views during the MAPIC conference programme

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Nov 06, 2013, 12:01 ET

PARIS, Nov. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MAPIC provides a 360 degree view of the retail real estate industry, covering retailtainment, pop-up culture, transit area, multichannel and master franchises. All these topics will be discussed by professionals and leading experts during the MAPIC conferences.

Tuesday 12 November

MAPIC Opening cocktail
7.30pm Majestic Hotel

Wednesday 13 November

Innovation into retail's world: facts & figures
10.00am Oxford Room, level -1, aisle 11
(Simultaneous translation into English and French)

Speakers:
- Ross Bailey, CEO and Founder, Appear Here (United Kingdom)
- Jean-Francois Gomez, Senior Innovation & Business Development Manager, Microsoft (France)
- Fabio Porreca, CEO, Svicom (Italy)
- Guillaume Rio, Technology Trends Manager, Echangeur by Laser (France)

Creativity for new challenges into your shopping centres
11.15am Champs-Elysees Room, level -1, aisle 11

Speakers:
- Richard Crowther, Assistant Director, Retail Leasing, Hammerson (United Kingdom)
- Bart Dohmen, Managing Director, BRC Imagination Arts (Netherlands)
- Eymeric de Montauzon, President, EPPC (France)

Retail keynote address by Janusz KULIK, Member of the Board, REWE International AG
12.00pm Oxford Room, level -1, aisle 11
(Simultaneous translation into English and French)

The estate of luxury retail worldwide
2.30pm Oxford Room, level -1, aisle 11

Speakers:
- Paul d'Analeze, Consultant, Value Retail (United Kingdom)
- Andrea Illy, Chairman and CEO, Illycaffe SpA (Italy)
- Carmine Rotondaro, Real Estate Director, Kering (France)

MAPIC Digital Summit Outcomes: A discovery session/Meet the keynotes
3.00pm MAPIC Innovation Forum, Lerins Hall

For the first time, speakers from the closed-door Digital Summit will report back on this summit. Five speakers will present the key points of their talks from the previous day and will be available for questions from the media during this unique event.

Speakers:
- Sean Curtis, Head of Business & Brand Marketing, Retail, Land Securities Properties (United Kingdom)
- Chris Igwe, Head of Retail France / Senior Director EMEA, CBRE (France)
- Jean-Francois Gomez, Senior Innovation & Business Development Manager, Microsoft (France)
- Emmanuel Pottier, Strategy, Innovation and New Media Director, Clear Channel (France)
- Guillaume Rio, Technology Trends Manager, Echangeur by Laser (France)

Thursday 14 November

Keynote address by Philippe Starck, Creator - Reinventing steel building
11.00am Agora Room, level -1, aisle 08
(Simultaneous translation into English and French)
Redefining retail places
2.15pm Oxford Room, level -1, aisle 11

Speakers:
- Derek Barker, Managing Director, Haskoll (United Kingdom)
- Gerhard Dunstheimer, FRICS, Deputy CEO, ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & CO. KG (Germany)
- Francis McAuley, International Director, Debenhams (United Kingdom)
- Peter Williams, Non-Executive Director, Asos (United Kingdom)

Keynote panel on master franchise "SAND & SNOW"
3.15pm Champs-Elysees Room, level -1, aisle 11
(Simultaneous translation into English and French)

Speakers:
- Brendan Dorrian, Personal Envoy to the Chairman & Head of Business Development, Fawaz A. Alhokair & Co. (Saudi Arabia)
- Marcus Chipchase, Managing Director, F&F Global Partnerships, Tesco (Hong Kong, China)
- Norman Jaskolka, President, Aldo Group (Canada)

London Underground the next 150 years
3.30pm Lerins Room, Lerins Hall

Speaker:
- Stuart Anderson, Head of Retail, Transport for London (United Kingdom)

Retail in the city: the growing involvement of cities in retail growth
4.15pm Champs-Elysees, level -1, aisle 11
(Simultaneous translation into Italian, English and French)

Speakers:
Barry Hughes, Senior Vice President, HOK (United Kingdom)
Marco Introini, Vice President, Ascom Confcommercio Gallarate Malpensa (Italy)
Erik Eliason, Co-Founder & CEO, Storefront (United States)
Serge Papin, CEO, Systeme U (France)

MAPIC Party
Fashion show of Kookai and American Vintage
10.30pm Martinez Hotel

Friday 15 November

MAPIC Final Press conference
10.30am – Agora Room, level -1, aisle 08

Speakers:
Nathalie Depetro, Director of MAPIC (France)
David Braina Bou, Business Development Director, Grupo Rosa Clara (Spain)
Peter Gold, Managing Director CBRE | Retail, Cross Border – EMEA (United Kingdom)
John Scott, Head of Business Development, Debenhams (United Kingdom)
Arpad Torok, CEO, TriGranit Development Corporation (Hungary)

Find out more about the MAPIC conference programme here.

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