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Programme 2018 PROGRAMME 2018 TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018 DOUBLETREE BY HILTON COVENTRY, The world authority PARADISE WAY, COVENTRY, CV2 2ST in powered access WWW.IPAF.ORG/ELEVATION Download The Event App by EventsAIR Use app code: elevation18 Supporting sponsors: Official IPAF magazine: @ipaf.org #IPAFelevation MEETINGS SPEAKERS MALCOLM BOWERS – Director, Lifterz Ltd 09:30 - 12:00 > IPAF UK Country Council Meeting (York Suite) Malcolm entered the Access Industry in September 1970 working for Access Equipment Ltd 09:30 - 12:00 > IPAF UK & Ireland MCWP Working Group Meeting (Coventry Suite) (Zip-UP Hire Division). Formed Access Rental Ltd with colleagues in 1978 and sold in 1991 to fully listed Roskel Group PLC, forming a 10 depot network, who then sold on to Nationwide 09:30 - 12:00 > IPAF Rental+ Workshop (Canterbury 1)* Access Platforms in 1992. 13:00 - 13:45 > IPAF UK Open Meeting (Minster Suite 1)* *(Open for IPAF members and non-members) RAY COOKE – Principle Inspector Construction Sector Safety Unit, HSE Ray is a principle inspector with HSE and is head of the construction sector safety team. He joined HSE in 1985 and has inspected many different industries including specialising in docks, shipbuilding and ship repair, woodworking, plastics, food, health services and fairgrounds. CONFERENCE PROGRAMME GILES COUNCELL – Director of Operations, IPAF Giles is directly responsible for the management, administration and implementation of The conference will be hosted by Tim Whiteman - CEO & Managing Director, IPAF IPAF’s training programmes. He is a certified IPAF instructor for mobile elevating work 13:30 - 14:00 > Coffee and registration platforms (MEWPs) and a British Standards Institute (BSI) accredited ISO 9001lead auditor. > Welcome and introduction 14:00 - 14:10 Richard Whiting - UK Market General Manager, IPAF JO FAUTLEY – Deputy CEO, Build UK Jo is responsible for the day-to-day management of Build UK and oversees the successful > CITB Update – engagement and future plans 14:10 - 14:30 delivery of high-profile projects that are transforming the industry. During 12 years with Mark Noonan - Industry Relations Director, CITB the National Specialist Contractors’ Council, Jo campaigned on behalf of the specialist > Catalyst for change: Transforming construction sector and is now a driving force within Build UK. 14:30 - 14:50 Jo Fautley - Deputy CEO, Build UK ANGEL IBANEZ – Global Representative for MCWP & Related Products, IPAF > The changing dynamics of platform rental 14:50 - 15:10 Angel is the Global Representative for MCWPs and Related Products in IPAF, where he is Malcolm Bowers - Director, Lifterz in charge of developing IPAF’s membership services offer and training programmes for > VR today, tomorrow and the future MCWPs and related products (materials hoists, transport platforms and passengers hoists). 15:10 - 15:30 Nigel Taylor - European Director, Serious Labs > New IPAF hoist course PAUL LINDUP – Project Manager, Route Services, Infrastructurem Construction and 15:30 - 15:50 Angel Ibanez - Global Representative for MCWP & Related Products, IPAF Engineering – Air Operations, Network Rail Paul from Network Rail’s Air Operations Team is going to present on the benefits of the use 15.50 – 16:10 > Coffee break of Drones and MEWPs. He will be attending to answer questions around the technology being utilised by Network Rail that is keeping people informed of live rail situations. There will be > MEWPs v drones Drones on display for you to see and interact with. Come along and bring plenty of questions. 16:10 - 16:30 Paul Lindup - Project Manager, Route Services, Infrastructurem Construction and Engineering - Air Operations, Network Rail MARK NOONAN - Industry Relations Director, CITB > JLG site of the future Mark has been with CITB since January 2017 and leads on engagement with industry and 16:30 - 16:50 Jan-Willem van Wier – Sr. Product Manager, JLG EMEA BV federations. He joins from the property and contracting business Simons Group where he was Customer Development and Relationship Director. > Work at height – the importance of planning it right 16:50 - 17:10 Ray Cooke - Construction Sector Safety Unit, HSE NIGEL TAYLOR – European Director, Serious Labs > What’s new at IPAF 17:10 - 17:30 Nigel, who’s based in London, England has responsibility for building Serious Labs’ sales and Giles Councell - Director of Operations, IPAF operations across Europe and the Middle East. Nigel’s early career was in asset finance > Q&A and close and vehicle leasing, culminating in him being Managing Director of ARVAL’s (BNP Paribas) 17:30 - 17:45 Richard Whiting - UK Market General Manager, IPAF commercial vehicle division. 18:15 - 18:45 > Pre-dinner drinks and networking JAN-WILLEM VAN WIER – Sr. Product Manager, JLG EMEA BV Jan-Willem started his career with Philips Electronics as regional account manager after 18:45 - 21:00 > Dinner and entertainment which he became regional marketing manager for Philips Audio and later TV in the Benelux. 21:00 - 23:00 > Post-dinner networking (Minster Suite 2) With a couple of years of local B2C marketing experience he took a position as Global product marketing manager for TV at the Amsterdam Philips headquarters. In 2013 he and his family were asked to move to Singapore within this position. Returning to the Netherlands he decided it was time for an industry change and started with JLG as Sr. Product Marketing Manager Supporting EMEA for all access equipment which is where he has been since. Sponsors: For a full list of IPAF events visit www.ipaf.org/events ipaf.org/elevation IPAF is delighted to announce: Comedian Rob Deering will be entertaining guests at IPAF's inaugural Elevation event with his guitar-wielding, loop-layering unique style of performing! Rob Deering is a comedian and presenter. He is My Teenage Diary (BBC Radio 4) and The Panic a former BBC New Comedy Award finalist who Room (BBC Radio 4). regularly hosts The Comedy Club (BBC Radio 4 Rob has toured the UK with his critically-acclaimed Extra). He has appeared on Pointless Celebrities solo shows. He is also a regular performer at (BBC One), Celebrity Eggheads (BBC Two) and the Edinburgh Fringe as well as appearing at the Celebrity Mastermind (BBC One). He also won Udderbelly Festival (on London’s Southbank), a special comedian’s edition of The Weakest Link – Machfest, V Festival, Towersey Festival, Kendal Rob is the only person ever to have won without Calling, Green Man Festival, Camp Bestival and getting a question wrong! Latitude. Also, his late-night music comedy pop Rob is a regular contributor to The Steve Lamacq quiz Beat This is a festival institution. Rob is in Show (BBC Radio 6 Music). His other credits high demand both as a corporate performer include Comedy Rocks With Jason Manford (ITV), and as a headliner at comedy clubs around the Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Out To Lunch (BBC Radio 2), country and abroad. SAVE THE DATE Europlatform 11th October Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK South East Regional Meeting 28th November, Holiday Inn, Bexley, Kent, UK IPAF Summit & IAPAs 6th March, 2019, Radisson Blu Dubai Deira Creek Hotel, Dubai, UAE A full list of IPAF events can be found at www.ipaf.org/events Download The Event App by EventsAIR Use app code: elevation18 Supporting Sponsors: @ipaf.org #IPAFelevation www.ipaf.org/elevation.
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