1 & 2 October 2024 – Jafza One Convention Centre, Dubai •

Conference

Highlighting safe working practices, fleet management and technological developments.

Key topics for discussion:

  • Improving health and safety in lifting and transport operations
  • Increasing the efficiency of your fleet and management practices 
  • Enhancing the productivity of equipment on site
  • Highlighting best practice advice and case studies from around the world

A wide range of equipment and markets will be under the spot light, including:

  • Wheeled mobile and crawler cranes
  • Tower cranes
  • Specialized transport equipment, including SPMT
  • Business sectors, including construction, energy, oil and gas and industry

Submit a paper

If you are interested in providing a speaker, please email or phone Alex Dahm.

2024 Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Managing director
Sanghvi Movers 

Keynote Speaker

Lead engineer, mobility & logistics services dept.
Saudi Aramco

Machinery and equipment manager
Industrial Center

CEO and member of the board
Hareket

Bakr Bersy

Founder & CEO
3e engineering consultancy

Technical and engineering leader
Select Plant Hire (Laing O’Rourke)

CEO
MyCrane

Consulting director
S&P Global Market Intelligence

Marius Kleck

Regional sales manager, Middle East and Central Africa, mobile and crawler cranes
Liebherr 

International sales manager
Hovago Cranes

CEO
Wolffkran

Regional manager, Middle East
Kito Crosby

Frank Vermeulen

Co-founder
Neargrid

General manager, Africa, Middle East & CIS
Manitowoc

Head of sales, special transport
TII Scheuerle

Conference programme

Tuesday 1 October

18.30 – 20.30 pm

Welcome networking drinks reception

Sponsored by

Wednesday 2 October

8.30 – 9.30 am

Registration, coffee & networking

9.30 – 9.35 am

Welcome

Alex Dahm, conference chair and editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport

9.35 – 10.00 am

Morning keynote – Making it pay: the business of renting cranes and staying ahead in a competitive industry

10.00 – 10.25 am

Globalisation of the lifting and specialized transport sector

10.25 – 10.50 am

Neom project site report, Saudi Arabia

10.50 – 11.30 am

Networking coffee break

Sponsored by

11.30 – 11.55 am

Big data: how it is used now and what is its real potential?

11.55 am – 12.40 pm

Round table: big data and telematics

Chaired by Niamh Marriott, deputy editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport

Frank Vermeulen, co-founder, Neargrid

Marius Kleck, regional sales manager, Middle East and Central Africa, mobile and crawler cranes, Liebherr

12.40 – 14.00 pm

Networking lunch break

Sponsored by

14.00 – 14.25 pm

Afternoon keynote: excellence in lifting: unveiling lessons from critical lifting operations

14.25 – 14.50 pm

Setting the scene: major trends in the Middle East economy and its impact on the crane and transport sector

14.50 – 15.30 pm

Round table: meeting the demand for cranes in Saudi Arabia and the surrounding region

Chaired by Alex Dahm, editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport

Hassan Al-Shehri, Industrial Center manager, machinery and equipment

Nabil Al Zahlawi, CEO and managing director, NFT Group

15.30 – 16.10 pm

Networking coffee break

Sponsored by

16.10 – 16.35 pm

Challenges and opportunities for the specialized transport sector

16.35 – 17.00 pm

Saving lives: the importance of proper inspection of hardware and slings

17.00 – 17.05 pm

Closing remarks

Alex Dahm, editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport

Niamh Marriott, deputy editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport

17.05 – 19.00 pm

Networking drinks reception

Note: programme subject to change.