NeXTfairs for Exhibitions & Conferences announced yesterday that all preparations had been completed to launch Build Your House Exhibition (BYH) 2021, from September 20 to 22 at Qatar National Convention Center under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. The decision came after consulting the government’s entities, exhibitors and partners, and the company’s keenness to follow the decisions taken by the Council of Ministers, which led to a significant decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases.
Rawad Sleem (pictured), Co-founder & General Manager of NeXTfairs for Exhibitions and Conferences, said: “The dates of BYH 2021 exhibition come after a daily follow-up of the local market variables and continuous discussions with all our exhibitors and stakeholders that are still 100 percent committed to moving the dates to September where we worked with them hand in hand as partners to overcome the COVID-19 challenges and difficulties it imposed on the housing industry. Considering the rapid progress in the vaccination program and the great role played by the Ministry of Public Health and the concerned entities in combating this pandemic, the results have proven positive, and it is expected that most of the population will be fully vaccinated by August 2021, thus eliminating any possibility of a third wave of the pandemic’’.
The event will be held virtually via the DigiCon platform in parallel with its in-person version. DigiCon is a comprehensive electronic platform that provides the latest virtual communication technologies with interactive windows that mimic the traditional face-to-face exhibitions with customised features like exchanging agreements between participating companies, having private meetings and live broadcasts, creating user-friendly clients’ lists, in addition to easy access to digital content from anywhere.
Sleem revealed that NeXTfairs would provide that digital platform exclusively and free of charge to companies and entities participating in the 2nd edition of BYH 2021, representing an additional value for the exhibition and an extension for the live event at the Qatar National Convention Center.
Petula Rahme, Exhibition Manager, said that one of the distinctive brand new 2021 event’s features is the Conference “Knowledge and Technology Area” delivering workshops, Panel Discussions and Products Live Demos that will bring together a host of inspirational names to help visitors plan, procure, design and build homes fit for the 21st century with a sustainable future and smart home solutions. These seminars, conducted by futurist keynote speakers, experts and peers in the industry such as government entities, contractors, consultants, will get visitors involved in an interactive ‘huddle’ to take home new ideas and practical solutions that will introduce them to the various procedures and stages of building their houses.
