Digital edition of Big 5 construction festival attracts 500 brands – MEP MiddleEast

  • Date: 26-Nov-2020
  • Source: MEP Middle East
  • Sector:Real Estate
  • Country:UAE
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Digital edition of Big 5 construction festival attracts 500 brands – MEP MiddleEast

The Big 5 construction exhibition attracted more than 500 brands and more than 125 expert speakers despite having to move to the digital realm because of Covid. 

The Big 5 Digital Festival was the first of its kind and was attended by thousands of professionals worldwide, said organisers dmg events.

Opening the digital event of The Big 5, Josine Heijmans, Vice President - Construction at dmg events, said: "It goes without saying that we would have loved to meet you face to face at the Dubai World Trade Centre, just as we did for the past 40 years. But the pandemic has shaped unprecedented changes - some temporary, some irreversible - in our lives, markets, and business models."

READ: Khidmah records seven million safe man hours in 2020"Today, construction players are tasked to navigate through an unprecedented situation, leverage an impending disruption, and get ready for the next normal.

"Not an easy task. But, representing 13% of the global GDP, the construction and infrastructure industry will be of essence for the positive recovery of the world economy at large," she stated."This is why at dmg events we thought it was important to develop this special edition of The Big 5, to