Formulating the blueprint for future ready real estate

Technology has been redefining real estate development, which is most visible in integrating vertical-horizontal transportation (VHT) with building systems. With intelligent buildings on the rise, having 'smart' homes, offices, hospitality, shopping, leisure and even parking spaces is becoming a given. The resultant digital transformation has brought enormous innovation and integration of various systems, making access and people flow management a seamless experience and setting trends in the way people move in buildings.

To showcase the implications of these aspects for the VHT industry as well as the construction and architecture sectors, Virgo Communications & Exhibitions has conceptualised Smart Lift and Mobility World (SLM) 2024, a one of its kind, B2B exhibition and networking event for VHT and futuristic mobility solutions.

Making its debut from March 1-3, 2024 at BIEC, Bengaluru, India, SLM World 2024 is an exclusive platform, which will enable buyers and stakeholders to witness and source the latest products and solutions for their building access and people flow management needs under one roof.

Also, being held concurrently, SLM World 2024 Summit will be a conference providing an exclusive forum highlighting the technological and digital advancement coupled with integration between the building access and people flow management. Prominent dignitaries from across the globe will address this changing paradigm influencing the future of the VT industry, while focusing on the twin imperatives of inclusivity and sustainability. A focused platform to discuss, deliberate and present every relevant facet of these new-age game changers, it will comprise panel discussions and informative sessions enriching the VT industry with new perspectives and learnings.

Those who lead the way with pathbreaking initiatives and help nurture them at the initial stage, deserve to be not only acknowledged for their contributions but also recognised as role models worth emulating. SLM World 2024 will also include India Elevator Awards, a special presentation where leading real estate developers, architects and VHT industry members will be felicitated. The objective is to honour those who have played a crucial role in enabling the integration of the latest advances in technology and leveraging them to the fullest from the planning stage itself right up to the implementation of signature projects with innovations that have effectively raised the bar for accessibility, mobility, inclusivity, sustainability and security, in myriad ways.

Real estate developers and architects have been giving digitisation priority since high-performance buildings have the potential for better occupier retention and lower construction as well as operational costs. Technology advancements are proving to be a true game changer when it comes to reshaping the real estate business, effectively paving the way for 'buildings of the future' based on the twin objectives of creating value and remaining relevant. SLM World 2024 will offer them an exciting opportunity to network with industry peers and potential business partners in a dynamic business atmosphere.

Reflecting the high credibility of events from the Virgo portfolio, SLM 2024 has an advisory panel comprising noteworthy dignitaries including Architect Rana Ram of RSP Design Consultants India Pvt Ltd; Balakrishnan R, Vice-President and Head of MEP Design at Larsen & Toubro; Ravikumar Sivaramakrishnan, Asst. Vice-President Projects (Airport Systems) at Bangalore International Airport Ltd; Amit Gossain, Managing Director, KONE Elevators India Pvt Ltd; Jatin Shah, Managing Director - Technical Due Diligence, Colliers India; Jagadish Kumar, Founder, L'Avenir Elevator Consultancy Pvt Ltd and Krishna Kumar Ravi, President & CEO, PAPL, who will be mentoring the event.

Quality Council of India (QCI), an independent autonomous organisation established with the support of Government of India, which works towards creating a mechanism for independent third-party assessment of products, services and processes is among the associations supporting SLM World 2024 along with National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), which represents the interests of the Indian industry at international forums through membership and active participation with the objective of becoming a signatory to international Multilateral/Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MLA/MRA).

The exhibitor profile will include companies providing elevators, escalators, home lifts, mobility solutions - stair, platform, special lifts, parking solutions, entrance access control systems, elevator doors - revolving, sliding, collapsible, swing, barriers - retractable, flap, boom barriers, mullions, turnstiles, access control and safety, biometric, RFID, BMS and IoT, lift components and accessories, ministry, quality & regulatory bodies, accreditation & standard bodies, personal safety gears, media and associations.

The visitor profile includes builders & contractors, facility managers, design firms & architects, E&E companies, project management, installers/integrators, service providers, structural engineers, ministry, regulatory bodies, building & real estate accreditation & standard bodies, consultants, municipal corporations, hospitals and healthcare, fire department, hotels and hospitality.  

The adoption of rapidly evolving technology at a much swifter pace will be the cornerstone to maintaining and elevating real estate operations in the 'new normal.' The resultant advantages of greater transparency and accountability, attract more investments and scope for benchmarking new projects with global standards. The building access and people flow management industry plays a key role in accomplishing this, with advanced intelligent and smart technology driving it forward.

SLM World 2024 will focus on bringing to fore products and solutions that are exclusively designed to manage the people flow in a built environment while being inclusive and with a wide scope of personalisation. Developers and builders constructing the entire spectrum from stand-alone buildings to mega-townships, engineers, key stakeholders and aspiring home owners who wish to procure the latest mobility devices for their projects or homes will be attending the event. Architects and interior designers who may be designing the plans or the decor of niche independent homes to large scale housing communities will also be present.

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