Elite Contingent of International Leaders at World Summit

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) reported that several of the most prominent, tenured and respected global executives have accepted invitations to present at the upcoming ICSC 2012 Retail Real Estate World Summit in Shanghai, 11-14 September 2012. Joining the already distinguished list of speakers: 

• Piers Brunner, mRICS, mHKIS, RPS, CEO Asia Colliers International
• Manel Adell, CEO Desigual
• Yaromir Steiner, CEO Steiner + Associates, Inc.
• David Watt, Dir., The Link REIT Hong Kong, CEO, Mainland China Swire Properties
• Bernard Vincent O. Dy, EVP, Ayala Land, Inc.
• Guo Geping, SVP for Development and Retail Washington, DC Economic Partnership; President China Chain Store & Franchise Association
• Gerhard L. Dunstheimer, Deputy CEO ECE Project Management GmbH & Co. KG
• Albert Hui, Dir. of Corporate Strategy New World Development Company Limited
• Karen Eidsvik, Regional Dir., Asia Subway International B.V.

The World Summit in Shanghai is where the future will unfold.

"There are seismic swings taking place in retail and retail real estate across the globe," commented Michael P. Kercheval, CEO and President of the ICSC. "Emerging markets now represent the largest opportunities for development, new revenue streams and job creation.  Opinions may vary as to what degree, but there can be no argument that we are witnessing an unprecedented shift in the global market paradigm." 

As Michael Moriarty, A.T. Kearney Partner - and ICSC Retail Real Estate World Summit Keynote Speaker - commented, "Global retailers must have a strategy for expansion into developing markets." 

Only by attending the World Summit in Shanghai will you gain the unprecedented opportunity to obtain insight and analysis from the world's most proven, innovative thinkers, such as Roland Hoschuh, Member of the Management Board Commerz Real AG; Holly Cohen, Senior Vice President of Real Estate, Planning and Construction J. Crew; Christopher Wicker, Chairman The Retail Consulting Group France; Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, Inc., which is now among the premier brands worldwide, and Scott Price, President and CEO of Walmart Asia.  

"Join us in Shanghai and be part of this unprecedented, open forum that will define our industry's roadmap for the next twenty years," added Kercheval.

For more information on the ICSC Retail Real Estate World Summit, please visit www.ICSC.org/2012RWS.