Build Expo & Conference 2017 for MoBay in June
A first of its kind, Build Expo and Conference is to be held in Montego Bay June 9-11 to promote the local construction industry and encourage homeownership and property development.
The expo, which will emphasise clean, alternative energy solutions and environmentally friendly practices, is the brainchild of Dwight Crawford and will feature keynote speakers from senior levels of the Jamaican Government and celebrated global business leaders, along with presentations on innovative building and development strategies.
Days two and three will feature presentations from regional and international exhibitors and their product/ service offerings within industries connected to the building and property development sectors.
This as the conference presents a coveted opportunity for industry leaders regionally and globally to network and find ways of doing business.
Montego Bay has been selected as the host city because of its internationally connected air and sea ports and domestically connected network of roadways to Kingston and all other major population centres in Jamaica, along with the enchanting abundance of hotel accommodations.
Over the coming weeks, the organisers are promising to gradually introduce the expo’s contingent of local and international speakers and presenters.
Among the speakers will be: minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for water, works and housing, Dr Horace Chang, and architect and project manager, Julie Sullivan Jones.
“It is clear that new thinking, new initiatives, and new approaches have to be engaged to meet this important need of providing adequate housing for our people,” Dr Chang said about the event.
Sullivan Jones is trained as an architect and served the architecture and construction industries in the areas of urban design, transportation architecture, multi-family housing and urban development.
Her management experience ranges from US$5 million to $3.6 billion in assets. She practised professionally in the Boston area for 20 years, and then relocated to Kingston for 10 years.
More recently, she worked as an OPM (owner’s project manager) for multi-family housing and business process outsourcing clients, and taught design courses in architecture and urban design at the University of Technology’s Caribbean School of Architecture.
The main speakers will concentrate on development potential in Jamaica and the region, focusing on environmentally friendly solutions that can protect destinations like Jamaica from fossil fuel dependency, as it grapples with the threat of climate change even while expanding its main industries such as construction.
The build and development sectors are attractive and dynamic and, by international precedence, produce some very impressive numbers for expos organised around them, both in terms of numbers of exhibitors and numbers of attendees.
The event is expected to attract thousands of industry leaders locally and from abroad. Architecture, decor and landscaping are glamorous and entertaining; the Build Expo & Conference 2017 will complement this natural extravaganza with hourly giveaways and surprises, with a grand gate prize at the end.