Hatoon, Chief Editor
Budoor, Dina, Rama, Raghad, & Eman; Contributing Editors
"A real estate developer makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value (Wikipedia, 2008)" and foremost is a cash flow business. At this session the leaders discussed building the foundation of the future, the urban development, and illustrated what partnership and collaborations have worked around the world. Real world examples were given based on models developed by leaders’ in the area of real estate. The first speaker was Prince Charles, followed by Adil Fakeih, Mayor of Jeddah, and then Mark Morial, Former Mayor of New Orleans.
John Defterios, the co-anchor the CNN news, introduced the session by announcing Prince Charles through video message. At the beginning he apologized that he couldn’t attend the forum in person. He said we should not be led by the economic theory. We should be creative and think out of the box. We should be united because we live in one planet and we have to live the experience together. Then he mentioned that there is a project in Japan to develop the culture and reveal its beauty. After that, he discussed how we should not think of the architecture as for its beauty only, but we have to merge it with the energy and the environment to reach the maximum benefit for the next generations.
Adil Fakeih
Mayor of Jeddah and Chairman for the Board of Directors, the Savola Group discussed two sectors. First, is the advantages and development to the private and government sectors when establishing a Jeddah development and architect growth company. Second is gaining the benefit from training the next generation in order to promote energy.
Mark Morial
He is the President and CEO of the National Urban League and former Mayor of New Orleans. He mentioned the civil rights organization and encouraged us to step forward to face the challenges. We must build better culture, educational institutions, transportation systems, and develop a greater quality of life. Towards the end, he gave examples from Malcom X, who brought the idea of multi-culturalism to USA, after he visited KSA for the first time.
I noticed here that all of them are discussing our cultural differences and the beauty of it. Also, they emphasized the use of energy and using resources efficiently to develop a better quality life for our countries.
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