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
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If you are interested in providing a speaker, please email or phone Alex Dahm.
- +44 1892 786206
- alex.dahm@khl.com
2024 Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Lead engineer, mobility & logistics services dept.
Saudi Aramco
Bakr Bersy
Founder & CEO
3e engineering consultancy
Marius Kleck
Regional sales manager, Middle East and Central Africa, mobile and crawler cranes
Liebherr
Frank Vermeulen
Co-founder
Neargrid
Conference programme
Tuesday 1 October
- Terrace – JA Lake View Hotel
18.30 – 20.30 pm
Welcome networking drinks reception
Sponsored by
Wednesday 2 October
- Function Hall and Auditorium B – Jafza One Convention Centre
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
- Function Hall – Jafza One Convention Centre
17.05 – 19.00 pm
Networking drinks reception
Note: programme subject to change.
