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.
- +44 1892 786206
- alex.dahm@khl.com
2024 Speakers
Frank Vermeulen
Co-founder
Neargrid
Conference programme
Tuesday 1 October
18:00 – 20:00 pm
Welcome networking drinks reception
- Terrace – JA Lake View Hotel
Sponsored by
Wednesday 2 October
- Function Room & Auditorium B – Jafza One Convention Centre
8:00 – 9:00 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
Setting the scene: major trends in the Middle East economy and its impact on the crane and transport sector
Speaker to be confirmed
10:25 – 10:50 am
Globalisation of the lifting and specialized transport sector.
10:50 – 11:30 am
Networking coffee break
Sponsored by
11:30 – 11:45 am
Big data: how it is used now and what is its real potential?
11:45 am – 12:30 pm
Round table: big data and telematics
Chaired by Niamh Marriott, deputy editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport
Frank Vermeulen, co-founder, Neargrid
12:30 – 1:45 pm
Networking lunch break
Sponsored by
1:45 – 2:10 pm
Afternoon keynote: excellence in lifting: unveiling lessons from critical lifting operations.
2:10 – 2:35 pm
Improving health and safety in lifting and transport operations; increasing productivity through fleet management
2:35 – 3:15 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
Other participants to be confirmed
3:15 – 3:45 pm
Networking coffee break
Sponsored by
3:45 – 4:10 pm
Challenges and opportunities for the specialized transport sector
4:10 – 4:35 pm
Saving lives: the importance of proper inspection of hardware and slings.
4:35 – 5:00 pm
Project report from the Middle East
Speaker from Sennebogen to be confirmed
5:00 – 5:05 pm
Closing remarks
Alex Dahm, editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport
Niamh Marriott, deputy editor, International Cranes and Specialized Transport
5:05 – 7:00 pm
Networking drinks reception
- Function room – Jafza One Convention Centre
Note: programme subject to change.
