18 & 19 November 2025 - Dublin, Ireland •

Conference Programme

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Alex Dahm

Editor, International Cranes & Specialized Transport (ICST)

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18 November 2025

14.30 - 16.30

VIP Experience - Behind the Label: A Super-Premium Irish Whiskey Tasting Experience

The tour will be open to VIP ticket holders

19.00 - 21.00

Welcome networking drinks reception

19 November 2025

8.15 - 9.05

Networking Breakfast and Registration

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9.05 - 9.10

Welcome

Alex Dahm, editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport

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9.10 - 9.20

Introductory remarks

Joel Dandrea, CEO, Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA)

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9.20 - 9.50

Buyer keynote

Wim Sarens, CEO, Sarens

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9.50 - 10.20

Overview of construction market forecasts and trends

Maurice van Sante, senior economist construction & team lead sectors, ING Research

10.20 – 10.45

From cockpit to convoy: A high stakes journey in heavy lift transport.

Blanca Claeyssens, managing director, ASA France

10.45 - 11.25

Coffee break

11.25 - 11.50

Leadership Keynote

Doug Williams, chairman, Buckner Companies

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11.50 - 12.40

Round-table: The people problem: finding and keeping a skilled workforce

12.40 - 14.00

Lunch Break

14.00 - 14.30

Manufacturer Keynote

Dean Barley, president & CEO, Pan-America, Tadano Cranes

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14.30 - 15.00

Global mobile crane markets

Chris Sleight, Managing Director, Off-Highway Research

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15.00 - 15.50

Round-table: Challenges of lifting and transport on wind energy projects

David Collett

Roberto Carlini

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Doug Williams

Mario Aguado

15.50 - 16.20

Coffee break

16.20 - 16.45

Fagioli’s load out of the 23,000 tonne B212-Charybdis offshore wind turbine installation vessel using 880 lines of SPMT

Edoardo Ascione, president & managing director, Fagioli, Inc, USA

16.45 – 17.10

Digital assistance systems for crane safety and safe operations

Richard Everist, managing director, Liebherr-Great Britain Ltd

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17.10 – 17.35

Transforming specialized transport operations: leveraging next-gen technologies

Steven Todd, executive vice president – permitting, ProMiles Software Development Corp

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17.35 – 17.40

Concluding remarks

Alex Dahm, editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport

17.40 – 18.30

Networking drinks

Programme subject to change