Логотип CREW Central Asia 2024

CREW Central Asia 2024
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  2024 october 17-19. Almaty

  Swissotel Wellness Resort Alatau Almaty
The Ritz-Carlton Almaty

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Central Asian Real Estate Forum: Meeting of key market players

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Exclusive Market Analytics - Access unique commercial real estate data and reviews not available in public sources and get a clearer picture of market developments

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Global knowledge from local and international experts - Meet leading developers, architects and business leaders sharing unique experiences and perspectives on the Central Asian market.

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Investment Opportunities in Dynamically Developing Regions - Explore the potential of fast-growing Central Asian markets and opportunities for your investments.

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Join a network of real estate professionals - Build relationships with peers and strategic partners at the regional and international levels.

CREW Central Asia 2024

An annual event dedicated to commercial real estate in Central Asia. This year, the focus will be on the management, construction and operation of commercial real estate. The program includes reports and master classes from leading experts, as well as opportunities for professional networking.

October 17 — Conference “The Future of Shopping Malls and Retail in Central Asia”, will be held at Swissôtel Wellness Resort Alatau Almaty.

October 18 — The CREW Central Asia Developers Forum with the CRE Awards ceremony for the best real estate properties will be held at The Ritz-Carlton Almaty.

October 19 — Real estate tour in the following areas:

  • Retail and office real estate
  • Warehouse real estate

Project organizers

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General Partner: BI Group

Генеральный партнер

BI Group is a leading developer in Kazakhstan, transforming the appearance of cities

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Program

October 17th


Conference “The Future of Shopping Malls and Retail in Central Asia”


October 18th


CREW Central Asia Forum 2024


October 19th


Property Tour


October 17th

Conference “The Future of Shopping Malls and Retail in Central Asia”

Conference Program

09:00-10:00

  • Registration and Morning Coffee
  • Welcoming participants, networking, and exhibition stands overview
  • Welcome coffee break and meeting with Partners

10:00–10:30 am

Event Opening

  • Welcome remarks from the Conference organizers and the CREW Club professional community for commercial real estate
  • Welcome speech from the event Partners
  • Overview of the agenda

10:30 am –12:10 pm

Session 1: The Modern Shopping Center: Market Analysis and Development Trends
This session provides an opportunity to explore how the shopping center market is changing today—from consumer behavior to the implementation of new technologies. We will discuss what can be done to ensure shopping centers not only remain relevant but also thrive in the future.

  • Shopping Mall Market Overview: What will the shopping mall market in Central Asia look like in 5 years?
  • Retail Market Overview: Global trends. Which formats and concepts in retail real estate will remain in demand by consumers?
  • Investments: What will be developed in the near future?
  • Key principles for concept development using the example of small and medium-sized shopping centers (up to 15,000 sq. m) and commercial components in residential complexes

Session Speakers:

  • Andrey Shuvalov, Senior Director, Head of Marketing Research and Retail Real Estate Concept Development Department (Uzbekistan)
  • Erzhan Urazbayev, Founder of Retail Space Global (Kazakhstan)
  • Alexey Khegay, Partner, TSPM (Kazakhstan)
  • James Dowen, Co-founder and Architect, Dowen Farmer Architects (UK)
  • Magda Kmita, Partner, The Big Picture (Poland)
  • Moderator: Andrey Gordienko, CEO, Retail Space

12:10–12:50 pm Coffee Break

12:50–2:30 pm

Session 2: Shopping Mall Management and Effective Development Strategies
This session will focus on practical aspects of managing shopping centers and exploring solutions to increase their profitability and efficiency.

  • Optimizing Shopping Mall Operations: Leasing and technical maintenance
  • How to improve contractor management and tender organization?
  • How to increase revenue by optimizing the master plan of an existing shopping center?
  • Key principles for designing and constructing new shopping centers
  • Shopping Mall Automation – An Inevitable Realit

Session Speakers:

  • Vladimir Mazurin, General Director, Esentai Mall (Kazakhstan)
  • Ruslan Yerekeshev, Commercial Director, Arcada Group (Kazakhstan)
    Moderator: Aida Akhmentaeva, General Director, Kazakh Development International (Multifunctional Complex Globus)

2:30–3:30 pm Coffee Break: A chance for informal networking

3:30–4:30 pm

Session 3, Round Table: Development and Prospects of Local Brands in the Market. Trends. Prospects. Challenges.
In this panel discussion, owners of local retail chains will discuss key issues of interaction with shopping centers, growth prospects, and new formats and approaches to developing retail spaces.

Session Speakers:

  • Gainel Smagulova, Sintek Group (Azerbaijan)
  • Aliya Akhmetova, Founder of Kazakh clothing brand HEY BABY (Kazakhstan)
  • Artem Chulochnikov, Commercial Director, Premier-Zal Cinema Network (Russia)
    Moderator: Ksenia Kusherbaeva, entrepreneur, retail expert, and co-founder of projects: Colab, Coworking office, Truman, and Beru brand.

4:30–5:30 Event Closing

October 18th

CREW Central Asia Forum 2024

Forum Program

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Participant registration and welcome coffee
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Forum opening: Welcome address from the organizers and the forum's general partner
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Organizers' session
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Coffee break

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Session #1: Market Evolution: New Strategies and Formats for Project Development
Discussion of key developer strategies, perspectives of different real estate sectors, and growth points for projects.
Speakers of the session:

  • Saleh Tabakh, CEO of Andalusia Group (UAE)
  • James Law, CEO of Cybertechure (China, Hong Kong)
  • Nurlan Kamitov, CEO of INK Architects (Kazakhstan)
  • Rasul Mustafin, CEO of BI Group (Kazakhstan)
  • Aigazy Kusainov, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the International Educational Corporation, PhD in Economics, YPO member, and owner of Verum Group
  • KUSTO Group, speaker to be confirmed
    Moderator: Marat Kaldybaev, Founder and CEO of A+ Development

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Conference Hall 1
Session #2: New Approaches for the Successful Development of Office Real Estate in 2025
Speakers of the session:

  • Roman Kravchenko, Founder of O2Architect (Kazakhstan)
  • Maria Shirokova, Founder of EnterAR IT company (Kazakhstan, USA)
  • Rafat Chabane, President of the PropTech Committee of FIABCI Global (Switzerland)
  • Berik Nurgaziyev, Bauberg
  • Vladislav Pak, Business Development Director of BI Education & BI Property
    Moderator: Leonid Volokh, CEO and co-founder of Lynks Property Management (Russian Federation)

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Conference Hall 2
Session #3: Design and Culture: Creating a Landmark for the City
Speakers of the session:

  • Alina Efimovich, Deputy CEO and Chief Architect of CT Architects (Russian Federation)
  • Amir Kabulov, Founder of DiAmir (Kazakhstan)
    Moderator: Timur Nurtaev, Founder and Director of Timus Development, Honored Builder of the Republic of Kazakhstan

3:30 PM - 4:10 PM Coffee break

4:10 PM - 5:40 PM Conference Hall 1
Session #4: Integrated Development of Territories: Modern Solutions
Speakers of the session:

  • Denis Tuchkov, Head of Customer Experience at Unit City (Ukraine)
  • Nurlan Kamitov, Owner and Chief Architect of INK Architects (Kazakhstan)
  • Asanali Zhumabayev, Business Development Director at BI Group (Kazakhstan)
    Moderator: Bayan Kayakyran, Managing Partner at Colliers

4:10 PM - 5:40 PM Conference Hall 2
Session #5: The Future of Hotel Real Estate
Speakers of the session:

  • Alexey Shatalov, Development Director at Hilton in Central Asia
  • Seyidov Miraga Jamal, Professional Hotelier, Director of the Cosmonaut Group of Companies (Kazakhstan)
  • Bolat Omarov, Director of BI Leisure
  • Kamila Lukpanova, Visit Center Almaty
    Moderator: Zhanar Nurlybek, PR Manager at Almaty Tourism Bureau and curator of gastro projects

5:40 PM - 6:00 PM Technical break for transition to the main hall
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Closing session
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Dinner and Awards Ceremony for the Winners of the Annual CRE AWARDS 2024

October 19th

Property Tour

  • Retail and office real estate
  • Warehouse real estate

Cost of participation

Premium Member Package

Cost of participation for all days of CREW Central Asia 2024: 350,000 tenge

A 5% discount is offered for the registration of more than 3 participants


Included:

  • Participation in the conference on shopping malls and retail
  • Participation in the CREW Central Asia forum
  • CREW Awards ceremony
  • Participation in a property tour of the facilities
  • Coffee breaks and lunch
  • A closed dinner with an entertainment program
  • Access to speakers' presentations
  • Professional photo report
  • A summary video
  • Participation in meetings at presentation stands

Retail Focus Membership Package

Participation fee: 150,000 tenge

A 5% discount is offered for the registration of more than 3 participants.


Included:

  • Participation in the conference on the development of shopping malls and retail
  • Coffee breaks and lunch
  • Access to speakers' presentations
  • Professional photo report

Forum CREW Central Asia Participant Package

Participation fee: 300,000 tenge

A 5% discount is offered for the registration of more than 3 participants.


Included:

  • Participation in the CREW Central Asia forum
  • CREW Awards ceremony
  • Participation in a property tour of the facilities
  • Coffee breaks and lunch
  • A closed dinner with an entertainment program
  • Access to speakers' presentations
  • Professional photo report
  • A report video
  • Participation in meetings at presentation stands

Speakers

October 17th

Conference “The Future of Shopping Malls and Retail in Central Asia”

Andrey Shuvalo

Andrey Shuvalo

Senior Director, Head of Marketing Research and Development of Retail Real Estate Concepts

Ruslan Erekeshev

Ruslan Erekeshev

Commercial Director, Arcada Group

Erzhan Urazbaev

Erzhan Urazbaev

Founder, Retail Space Global

Alexey Khegai

Alexey Khegai

Partner, TSPM

Vladimir Polyakov

Vladimir Polyakov

Deputy Director, KPMG in Kazakhstan and Central Asia

Magda Kmita

Magda Kmita

Partner, The Big Picture

October 18th

CREW Central Asia Forum 2024

Salih Tabah

Salih Tabah

CEO, Andalusia Group (UAE)

James Lowe

James Lowe

CEO, Cybertecture (China, Hong Kong)

Sergey Potapov

Sergey Potapov

Commercial Director, Murad Buildings (Uzbekistan)

Rafat Chabaane

Rafat Chabaane

PropTech, FIABCI Global (Switzerland)

Maria Shirokova

Maria Shirokova

EnterAR (Kazakhstan)

Denis Tuchkov

Denis Tuchkov

Unit City (Ukraine)

Alexey Shatalov

Alexey Shatalov

Development Director, Hilton in Central Asia

Seyidov Miraga Jamal

Seyidov Miraga Jamal

Professional hotelier, Director of the Cosmonaut Group (Kazakhstan)

Bolat Omarov

Bolat Omarov

Director, BI Leisure

Zhodar Saidilkanov

Zhodar Saidilkanov

CEO, Novotel (Kyrgyzstan)

Aigazy Kusainov

Aigazy Kusainov

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, International Educational Corporation, PhD in Economics, member of YPO, owner of the Verum holding Group

Alina Efimovich

Alina Efimovich

Deputy General Director, Chief Architect, CT Architects

Reviews

Despite the fact that the CREW forum was held in Karaganda for the first time, colleagues actively participated in the discussions and asked questions. And the topics were relevant: trends in the development of urban projects, trends in the post-covid development of the commercial real estate market, changes in the perception of shopping malls and many others.

All of us, the speakers, talked about the "philosophy of the 15-minute city", about the fact that visitors to shopping malls perceive shopping malls as places of socialization, realization and self-identification (cultural, universal), about the need for a personalized approach to communications with consumers.

It's great that the CREW platform is entering the regions. After all, the exchange of professional opinions, discussion of problems and possible solutions is a civilized method of communication between market players: both professionals and newcomers to the market.

Traditionally, I thank Kazakhstan Networking Partners and personally Aliya Serikpayeva for the high-quality organization of the event, for the great work in uniting market players and for the opportunity to share cases, questions and answers.

Khegai Alexey
TSPM partner

Отзыв

Yesterday, the first regional CREW took place in Karaganda. In addition to commercial real estate market professionals, the event was attended by Deputy Akim of Karaganda, Khalel Rakhimovich Akimzhanov. There was a very lively discussion. They discussed the city's potential, its development plans, current market cases in general and Karaganda in particular. In fact, the city has excellent development opportunities in some areas. Thanks, in particular, to such projects as "Karaganda Urban Center" and "Terrikonovaya Dolina" I tried to show in my speech promising areas for the development of the Karaganda commercial real estate market - high-quality business centers (in Karaganda there are no vacant premises in high-quality office buildings in the city center), service offices, flexible spaces for IT companies (of which there are a whole galaxy in Karaganda), warehouse complexes, data centers, food halls in the historical center, the construction of mixed-use projects in polycentric Karaganda (since there is still a good pace of housing construction there, this year alone 5,000 new apartments were commissioned). I thank the organizers of Kazakhstan Networking Partners and the partners of the event, the ARCADA group of companies.

Ainur Burkitbaeva
ex-CEO arenda.kz

Отзыв

Well, let's sum up the trip to the incredible event CREW Central Asia 2021

5 days of new, incredibly important and useful acquaintances and negotiations, and of course a lot of impressions.

Top representatives of companies and world-class speakers from 17 countries were present, with whom it is interesting to create collaborations and establish partnerships.

Many thanks to Aliya Serikpayeva and Kateryna Pylypchuk and the entire Kazakhstan Networking Partners team for such a high level of the event!

You are great!)

Everything was at a high level: locations, speakers and selected content.

Thanks to Uzbekistan for the warm welcome in Tashkent. And of course thanks to #FIABCI for the opportunity to travel the world and exchange experiences with representatives of other countries. In the concept of #FIABCI, this is the first event to exit the pandemic, which is a very bold decision.

Bravo, Kazakhstan Networking Partners

You did what others do not dare!)

Dmitry Kovganich
Past President at FIABCI-Ukraine

Отзыв

Let's go back a couple of days, to the largest URBAN FUTURE forum in Central Asia CREW Central Asia 2021

Video of the 1st day

One of the most impressive, vibrant and productive business events!

Thanks to Kazakhstan Networking Partners, Aliya Serikpayeva Kateryna Pylypchuk

Allisa Bankovskaya
UNDP Ukraine / ПРООН в Україні

Отзыв

Thanks to Aliya Serikpayeva and Katerina Pilipchuk for the high level of organization of such a forum, for the selected content, for interesting speakers, for excellent locations and much more.

Thanks to all the guys who were on this trip - we are an incredible team!!!

And thanks to #FIABCI for the opportunity to travel around the world, study the experience of other countries, incredible networking and just people!!!! It was great!!!!!

Inna Perekrest
FIABCI-Ukraine

Отзыв

Tashkent is a time of great changes! New business models, new formats in retail, new office formats, new city formats and new opportunities.

Thank you CREW Central Asia 2021

Thank you friends Kazakhstan Networking Partners,

See you soon Tashkent!

Andrey Melnikov
ADEBUS

Отзыв

For many years I have been supporting CREW events, and I believe that this is a very correct and the only platform that allows us to discuss issues of real estate market development in Kazakhstan, in general, to hear and listen to interesting speakers, real estate experts, to understand the latest trends. Because of this, I am always happy to participate here, I am grateful to the organizers, personally to Aliya Serikpayeva for always inviting. Today I was a speaker, it was important for me to convey information about the tools that exist today to support small and medium businesses in Kazakhstan, about what we finance, including the construction industry, the real estate market in Almaty. And of course, to talk about what is happening with us in terms of dilapidated housing. Therefore, I am always happy to participate in this platform, I believe that today this is the most useful and correct platform for discussing issues of interest.

Bilisbekov Askar
Former Chairman of the Board of JSC SPK Almaty

Отзыв

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