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

Discover the VIP Tour

The tour will be open to VIP ticket holders

19.00 - 21.00

Welcome networking drinks reception

• Radisson Blu Royal Hotel

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)

9.20 - 9.50

Buyer keynote

Wim Sarens, CEO, Sarens

Biography

9.50 - 10.20

Overview of construction market forecasts and trends

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

Biography

10.20 – 10.45

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

• Blanca Claeyssens, managing director, ASA France

Biography

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

Kleopatra Kyrimi, Sarens Group

Blanca Claeyssens, ASA France

Lisa Faymonville, Faymonville

Katie Keller, Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA)

Kevin Kwateng, Project Logistics Inc

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

Biography

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

David Collett, Collett & Sons

Doug Williams, Buckner Companies

Roberto Carlini, Geo Trasporti, Italy

Mario Aguado, Aguado Group

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

17.35 – 17.40

Concluding remarks

Alex Dahm, editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport

17.40 – 18.30

Networking drinks