FUSION OF TECHNOLOGY. DESIGN AND SPACES
Realty+ imposing event showcasing finest of technology, design & spaces across the Proptech, Co-working and building products segments was a day of mutual learning and saw the professional from these varied yet interconnected sectors interacting and exchanging ideas. The one of its kind’s event featured a day of distinctively curated discussions and an evening of felicitations held on February 17, 2023 at Jio World Trade Centre, BKC, Mumbai. The Presenting Partner for 5th Edition of Realty+ Proptech Conclave & Excellence Awards was Blox, Co- Partner - Stallion Buildtech and Event Associate - Strategic ERP. The 4th Edition of Realty+ Coworking Conclave & Excellence Awards was Presented by 315 Work Avenue. And the 7th Edition of Realty+ INEX Conclave & Excellence Awards was Co Partnered by Shyam Steel & Everest Industries Ltd. THE 5TH REALTY+ PROPTECH CONCLAVE 2023 The day’s proceeding began with the Proptech Conclave. The first panel discussion on the much talked about topic of “What’s Next for PropTech in 2023” was moderated by Shajai Jacob, MD & Country Head, ANAROCK Group Business Services (ApnaComplex & ANACITY. He said there is a huge scope for the PropTech Industry as there is great potential for investments in this sector. Aryaman Vir, Founder and CEO, MYRE Capital said Proptech companies need to have a clear roadmap. There is no dearth of capital in Proptech. Garima Bharadwaj, Co-Founder, Enlite expressed the need of creating solutions on bigger scale. Milind Changani, Co-Founder - Stallion Buildtech and Partner CY CORP spoke about developing platforma not just b2b but also b2c and Shivani Karia Jhaveri, Co-Founder & CMO, Blox said the investor’s interest was always on the need to scale up strategies of the start-ups. The next session on “Investing in PropTech – Opportunities & Pitfalls” was moderated by Govind Rai, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Insomniacs who was of the view that Proptech as an eco-system has definitely seen much better traction in the last decade. Aditya Jhaveri, Co- Founder & CEO, Blox spoke about being the first platform to create multistakeholder usability on single transaction basis. Binitha Dalal, Founder and Managing Partner, Mt. K Kapital acknowledged the fact that Proptech is seeing prominence and awareness among people. Ramashrya Yadav, Founder & CEO Integrow Asset Management said in real estate there is no specific platform which focuses on the needs of the developers. Rohit Rajput, Former CEO, Max Asset Services, Max Estates said it had seen amazing enthusiasm from non-strategic investors, while Vivek Agarwal, Co-Founder & CTO - Square Yards said it is important to digitise the developer’s inventory. THE 4TH REALTY+ COWORKING CONCLAVE 2023 The Co-Working Conclave began with the first panel discussion on “Future of CRE in Work from Anywhere Era” moderated by Vishal, Executive Director, India Mentor – Workthere, Head Commercial Advisory and Transactions, Savills Property Services (India) Pvt Ltd. The panellist of this session were: Aryaman Vir, Founder and CEO, MYRE Capital. Kushalappa KP, Director & Practice Head -Total Workplace & Workforce Analytics, Strategic Consulting, Cushman & Wakefield India, Kunal Walia, Founder & CEO, Simpliwork Offices, Parthajeet Sarma, Sr. Associate - India & Workplace Productivity Strategist, Advanced Workplace Associates Ltd. Sumit Arora, Head - National Operations & Workplace Strategy, Consulting (India), CBRE. The panellists were of the opinion that people have evolved from traditional workspaces to distributed offices and employees are coming back. But there are certain number of amenities that have become a necessity. The next session on “Co-working Winning Strategy –Emerging Business Models” was moderated by Audhesh Pandey, Head – Commercial, Retail & Emerging Business, Property & Asset Management, India. – JLL. The distinguished panellists of this session were: Aryoman Langrana, Senior General Manager, Transformation & Strategy, COWRKS. Kushal Bhargava, Co-Founder, My Branch, Manas Mehrotra, Founder and Chairman 315Work Avenue, Managing Director NestaVera Group, Robin Chhabra, Founder & CEO, Dextrus, Sumit Lakhani, Deputy CEO, Awfis. They were of the view that the idea and the industry was non-existent in the late 90’s and the early 2000’s has grown in multitude and will see further fast track growth. THE 7TH REALTY+ INEX CONCLAVE 2023 The concluding segment of the day was the INEX Conclave. The first session highlighted the “Design Trends 2023 – Traditional to Technology” and was moderated by Jimmy Mistry, Chairman & Managing Director, Della Group. The speakers of the session were -Aahana Miller, Principal Architect, ABM, Gaurav Sanghavi - Co-Founder - Pentaspace Design Studio, Khozema Chitalwala, Principal Architect and Designer, Designers Group, Nilabh Nagar, Senior Associate Architect, AHC - Architect Hafeez Contractor, Supriya Thyagarajan, Managing Principal, Executive Director, Perkins Eastman. They were of the opinion that embracing technologyis an on-going learning & innovating process. If you don’t want to be passee and stay ahead of the curve you need to have the balance between the new and the old. The final session discussed the topic of “Room for Innovation – Products of Sustainability” moderated by Ar Reza Kabul, President, ARK Reza Kabul Architects and the expert panellists of this discussion were- Arpita Roy Luthra, Head Marketing – Boards & Panels, Everest Industries Ltd, Dr. h.c Mario Schmidt, Managing Director, Lingel Windows & Doors Technologies Private Limited., Namrata Mehra, Head - Design, & Customer Centricity, Vikhroli, Lead – Sustainability, Godrej Properties, Samrat Kulkarni, Technical Design Consultant-VMZINC India. Shabbir Kanchwala, Chief Sustainability officer & Senior Vice President- Project Coordination, K Raheja Corp. The panellist were of the opinion that there is a room for innovation but it is important to perceive sustainability in today’s modern infrastructure with policy changes that can promote a greater switch towards development and consumption of sustainable products. A STAR STUDDED EVENING OF AWARDS & WINNERS The outstanding day reached its glittering finale with winners being announced across various categories in the three Awards segments. Setting the tone for the red carpet walk of the winners, Dr. Annurag Batra, Editor-in-Chief & Chairman, exchange4media & Business World Media Group shared his message with audience. “The technology has become the backbone of Indian real estate and in the recent times has played an important role in the sector’s revival. The co-working is the sunrise segment has a bright future going ahead while, the building and construction industry has taken huge strides towards tech enabled sustainability. Realty+ recognizes the good work in these sectors and we will continue to support and encourage the talent across these important verticals of the real estate. Sincere thanks to the jury and heartiest congratulations to the winners.” The awards evening began with the presentation of the 5th Realty+ Proptech Excellence Awards 2023 followed by the 4th Realty+ Coworking Excellence Awards 2023 and concluding with the 7th Realty+ INEX Excellence Awards 2023.
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