Saudi Contractors Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The future projects forum

Company: Saudi contractors Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Company Description: Building and construction sector is considered the second largest non-oil sector in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and contracting industry represents an integral part in this sector. SCA aims at organizing and developing contracting sector, building distinctive productive competencies and creating a safe environment of international quality.
Nomination Category: Virtual & Live Event Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Award for Innovation in Business-to-Business Events
2023 Stevie Winner Nomination Title: The future projects forum
  1. Provide the date on which this nominated event was staged:

    The event was on the 21st and 22nd of March 2022 while the opening ceremony was on 20th. The forum was places in the Hilton Granada Hotel in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

  2. Provide an essay of up to 625 words describing the nominated innovation(s) in event conception, development, planning, promotion, and/or execution.

    Total 384 words used.

    The Saudi Kingdom economy is considered one of the strongest and the biggest economies in the Arab world, with a GPD of 804.9 billion dollars in 2021. Also, The Kingdom’s market is witnessing a growth in the number and size of projects. Therefore, this creates promising investment opportunities in this sector, which require qualified contractors, suppliers, investors, and financing agencies to successfully implement these projects according to the requirements of their owners. From this standpoint, the Saudi Contractors Authority has organized the fourth edition of the Future Projects Forum. In this version more than 40 governments and private entities presented more than 3000 projects with a value exceeding 800BN SAR. In the presence of +1500 contractors and interested parties. Since the launch of 1st version to 4th version of the Future Projects Forum, SCA sought to create an interactive platform between contractors, interested parties and private and public project owners. The platform aims to provide contractors with the opportunity to access the details of these projects of various sizes and be aware of the requirements of project owners and the mechanism for applying for projects. Entities came to present their projects to all interested people to facilitate in helping them in preparing to apply for such projects and to understand where the market is heading. Contractors from all over the world came to attend this version and other previous ones to know more about the Saudi market. With the biggest screen in middle east with a size of 89M*5M and a Refresh rate: 3840 ZH around 40 speakers stood up and presented their projects. In addition, more than 10 media partners and +20 exhibitioners and Twenty-eight sponsors had participated in the success of this gigantic event.

    A Six-months preparation of a team of 7 people only, this huge event had made it with a high level of satisfaction form attendees based on a survey sent after the event. From finding speakers to managing their content and arranging their rehearsals. Evaluating vendors and doing site visits and handling the executions. Also, Marketing, managing the website, registration, and ticketing. Finding sponsors and making sure we achieve our promises to them.  Staying up all night supervising the set-up and making sure everything was perfect. ALL that tremendous amount of work was achieved by only seven people.

  3. Optionally, you may list creative and production credits for your event - a list of the people and organizations that contributed to its development:

    The event was fully organized by our unstoppable employees (content – speakers – Finding vendors and doing site visits) of course, we had some vendors for stage and production.

Attachments/Videos/Links:
The future projects forum
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URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNSvsTkNUEY
URL FPF website
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rPjssPWL5E