Conference Programme
18 November 2025
14.30 - 16.30
VIP Experience - Behind the Label: A Super-Premium Irish Whiskey Tasting Experience
- Location: Swan Bar - Corner of Aungier Street and 57/58 York Street.
- The Swan Bar website
The tour will be open to VIP ticket holders
19.00 - 21.00
Welcome networking drinks reception
- Radisson Blu Royal Hotel
19 November 2025
8.15 - 9.05
Networking Breakfast and Registration
- Radisson Blu Royal Hotel
Sponsored by

9.05 - 9.10
Welcome
Alex Dahm, editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport

9.10 - 9.20
Introductory remarks
Joel Dandrea, CEO, Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA)

9.50 - 10.20
Overview of construction market forecasts and trends
10.20 – 10.45
From cockpit to convoy: A high stakes journey in heavy lift transport.
10.45 - 11.25
Coffee break
Sponsored by

11.25 - 11.50
Leadership Keynote
Doug Williams, chairman, Buckner Companies

11.50 - 12.40
Round-table: The people problem: finding and keeping a skilled workforce
- Kleopatra Kyrimi, group marketing and communications manager, Sarens. Introductory address via video.
- Blanca Claeyssens, managing director, ASA France
- Lisa Faymonville, head of human resources, Faymonville
- Katie Kelleher, technical and development officer, Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA)
- Kevin Kwateng, CEO, Project Logistics Inc
- Moderator: Alex Dahm, editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport
12.40 - 14.00
Lunch break
Sponsored by

14.00 - 14.30
Manufacturer Keynote - Lifting through change - Building strength in uncertain times.
Dean Barley, president & CEO, Pan-America, Tadano Cranes
14.30 - 15.00
Global mobile crane markets
Chris Sleight, managing director, Off-Highway Research

15.00 - 15.50
Round-table: Challenges of lifting and transport on wind energy projects
- Roberto Carlini, chief financial officer and project management at Geo Trasporti, Italy
- David Collett, managing director, Collett & Sons
- Doug Williams, chairman, Buckner Companies
- Mario Aguado, head of wind power division, Aguado Group
- Moderator: Alex Dahm, editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport
15.50 - 16.20
Coffee break
Sponsored by

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

17.10 – 17.35
Transforming specialized transport operations: leveraging next-gen technologies
Steven Todd, executive vice president – permitting, ProMiles Software Development Corp
