The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) kicked off its Retail Strategy & Trends Forum in Berlin on Thursday with the second edition of its live streamed session NEXT GEN LIVE!

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) kicked off its Retail Strategy & Trends Forum in Berlin on Thursday with the second edition of its live streamed session NEXT GEN LIVE!

The session, featuring high-level speakers and a live audience including members of ICSC’s Next Generation Group, was live streamed to all ICSC members and member company’s boardrooms including Cushman & Wakefield, CBRE Global Investors and Multi Corporation.

Participants enjoyed presentations from two top-level speakers on the theme ‘Return on Innovation: Next Generation of Destination Retail’.

Robert Bonwell, CEO Retail EMEA at JLL, focused on redefining retail places while Andrew Vaughan, CEO at Redevco, analysed which elements increase a city’s attractiveness and how developers can use big data to guide acquisitions, portfolio management and asset management activities.

Viewers subsequently tweeted their questions to the panellists for a debate and final Q&A session which was moderated by Judi Seebus, Editor-in-Chief of PropertyEU.

Speaker Andrew Vaughan said: ‘I am delighted to be part of a very interactive session and I enjoyed talking to the ICSC Next Generation members and ICSC members in Europe.’

The first-ever NEXT GEN LIVE! was launched at ICSC’s 40th European Conference in London in April 2015.

The session is available on ICSC’s website for all members