في زمن تتسابق فيه الدول لبناء اقتصاد معرفي متنوع أصبحت المعارض منصات إستراتيجية لصياغة الصورة الذهنية وتحفيز الابتكار ودفع عجلة التنمية.
ومع التحوّل الوطني الذي تقوده رؤية المملكة 2030 تقف صناعة المعارض والمؤتمرات في مفترق طريق قد يتطلب إعادة تعريف شاملة لمفاهيم التنظيم وآليات الحوكمة ومنظومات التأهيل حتى لا تكون الفعالية حدثاً عابراً إنما أداة تأثير عميق في الاقتصاد والمجتمع والهوية...
فمعرض بلا قلب يعني فعالية بلا روح بلا رسالة وبلا بوصلة؟
ولأن الطموح لا يتحقق بالأماني بل بالهياكل المؤسسية الرصينة تبرز الحاجة لتأسيس الاتحاد السعودي للمعارض والمؤتمرات ككيان وطني موحد يقود التحوّل من الاجتهاد إلى الاحتراف ومن العشوائية إلى التكامل، هو اتحاد يمثل القطاع محلياً ودولياً يُنظّم، يُقنّن، يُحفّز ويضمن التكافؤ والتميّز في كل تفاصيل الصناعة.
نحتاج إلى نبض احترافي ينبع من:
- إطلاق أكاديمية وطنية متخصصة في المعارض والمؤتمرات تخرج كوادر بشهادات معترف بها دولياً.
- ربط منح التراخيص بحضور برامج تدريب وتأهيل تعتمد على معايير عالمية.
- تصنيف المنظمين من مبتدئ إلى دولي بناء على الأداء والخبرة.
- تفعيل آليات تسويق المملكة عالمياً عبر لجنة استقطاب دولية تحفّز وتنظم وتبني علاقات إستراتيجية مع كبرى الجهات العالمية...
كما أن هيكلة الجمعيات المهنية باتت ضرورة تعيد للمنظمات المتخصصة دورها الريادي من خلال الحوكمة والشفافية وربط التمويل بتحقيق مؤشرات أداء واضحة تقيس الأثر والنتائج له. ولتتحوّل الجغرافيا إلى أداة تنافس لا بد من تعزيز التميّز المناطقي، حيث تمنح كل منطقة فرصاً لإبراز ميزاتها التنافسية وتكافأ عبر مؤشرات أداء وجوائز وطنية تعلي من قيمة الابتكار والجودة في تقديم الفعاليات... إننا نبني قطاعاً وطنياً إستراتيجياً عزز مكانة المملكة على خارطة العالم كوجهة أولى لصناعة المعارض والمؤتمرات، فحين يمنح هذا القطاع قلباً نابضاً بقيادة موحدة، وكفاءات مؤهلة، وإستراتيجيات دقيقة، يصبح المعرض منصة فاعلة، وليكن شعار المرحلة:
من معرض بلا قلب.. إلى صناعة نابضة بالفخر والاحتراف.
سلمان بن سهيل العطاوي
معرض بلا قلب.. وصناعة تبحث عن نبض...
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تابع قناة عكاظ على الواتساب
In an era where countries are racing to build a diverse knowledge-based economy, exhibitions have become strategic platforms for shaping mental images, stimulating innovation, and driving development.
With the national transformation led by Saudi Vision 2030, the exhibition and conference industry stands at a crossroads that may require a comprehensive redefinition of organizational concepts, governance mechanisms, and qualification systems so that the event is not a fleeting occurrence but rather a tool for profound impact on the economy, society, and identity...
Does an exhibition without a heart mean an event without a soul, without a message, and without a compass?
And because ambition is not achieved through wishes but through robust institutional frameworks, there is a pressing need to establish the Saudi Federation for Exhibitions and Conferences as a unified national entity that leads the transformation from effort to professionalism and from randomness to integration. This federation represents the sector locally and internationally, organizing, regulating, stimulating, and ensuring equity and excellence in every detail of the industry.
We need a professional pulse that stems from:
- Launching a national academy specialized in exhibitions and conferences that graduates professionals with internationally recognized certificates.
- Linking the granting of licenses to attendance in training and qualification programs based on global standards.
- Classifying organizers from beginner to international based on performance and experience.
- Activating mechanisms to market the Kingdom globally through an international attraction committee that stimulates, organizes, and builds strategic relationships with major global entities...
Moreover, restructuring professional associations has become a necessity to restore the pioneering role of specialized organizations through governance and transparency, linking funding to achieving clear performance indicators that measure impact and results. To transform geography into a competitive tool, it is essential to enhance regional excellence, where each region is given opportunities to showcase its competitive advantages and is rewarded through performance indicators and national awards that elevate the value of innovation and quality in delivering events... We are building a strategic national sector that enhances the Kingdom's position on the world map as the primary destination for the exhibition and conference industry. When this sector is given a beating heart led by a unified leadership, qualified competencies, and precise strategies, the exhibition becomes an effective platform, and let the slogan of this phase be:
From an exhibition without a heart... to an industry pulsating with pride and professionalism.
With the national transformation led by Saudi Vision 2030, the exhibition and conference industry stands at a crossroads that may require a comprehensive redefinition of organizational concepts, governance mechanisms, and qualification systems so that the event is not a fleeting occurrence but rather a tool for profound impact on the economy, society, and identity...
Does an exhibition without a heart mean an event without a soul, without a message, and without a compass?
And because ambition is not achieved through wishes but through robust institutional frameworks, there is a pressing need to establish the Saudi Federation for Exhibitions and Conferences as a unified national entity that leads the transformation from effort to professionalism and from randomness to integration. This federation represents the sector locally and internationally, organizing, regulating, stimulating, and ensuring equity and excellence in every detail of the industry.
We need a professional pulse that stems from:
- Launching a national academy specialized in exhibitions and conferences that graduates professionals with internationally recognized certificates.
- Linking the granting of licenses to attendance in training and qualification programs based on global standards.
- Classifying organizers from beginner to international based on performance and experience.
- Activating mechanisms to market the Kingdom globally through an international attraction committee that stimulates, organizes, and builds strategic relationships with major global entities...
Moreover, restructuring professional associations has become a necessity to restore the pioneering role of specialized organizations through governance and transparency, linking funding to achieving clear performance indicators that measure impact and results. To transform geography into a competitive tool, it is essential to enhance regional excellence, where each region is given opportunities to showcase its competitive advantages and is rewarded through performance indicators and national awards that elevate the value of innovation and quality in delivering events... We are building a strategic national sector that enhances the Kingdom's position on the world map as the primary destination for the exhibition and conference industry. When this sector is given a beating heart led by a unified leadership, qualified competencies, and precise strategies, the exhibition becomes an effective platform, and let the slogan of this phase be:
From an exhibition without a heart... to an industry pulsating with pride and professionalism.


