Pierre Saubot to give Europlatform keynote

Haulotte Group’s Chairman Pierre Saubot will give the keynote address at the Europlatform conference in Warsaw, Poland on Thursday 14 September.

Mr Saubot will draw on his long history in the industry to look forward to what he believes will be a bright future, as long as the industry makes the right choices.

There are still places available to book online at www.europlatform.info

Other speakers at the event include Brian Stead (Loxam Access), Wojcieck Lisicki (Riwal Poland), Martin Vögtli (SkyAccess) and Lee Perry (Platform Media & Marketing). The full line-up is as follows:

• The access industry: a short and bright past, a long and brighter future, if we choose: Pierre Saubot, Chairman of the Board, Haulotte Group
• Standardisation of machine controls: Phillip Godding, Principal Product Safety Engineer (also Chairman of IPAF Manufacturers’ Technical Committee) and Ignacy Puszkiewicz, Senior Director Advanced Technology and Industrial Design, JLG Industries
• Combating the causes of accidents: Rupert Douglas-Jones, Technical & Safety Officer, IPAF
• Attention seeking & customer engagement: Lee Perry, Sales & Digital Media Professional, Platform Media & Marketing
• Short update on Access50/Access20 trends: Euan Youdale, Editor, Access International
• Round-table: developing new access markets: Jacco de Kluijver (Vice President Sales & Marketing EMEAR, Genie, Terex AWP), Lee Perry (Sales & Digital Media Professional, Platform Media & Marketing), Brian Stead (UK Managing Director, Loxam Access), Pierre Saubot (Chairman, Haulotte Group).
• An insider’s view of the Polish rental market: Wojciech Lisicki, Country Manager, Riwal Poland & Board Member of Polish Rental Association and Malgorzata Felicka, President, Polish Rental Association & Co-owner, Atut Rental
• Inspection of aerial platforms in Poland: Michał Dębski, Specialist, Department of Inspection Coordination, UDT (Urząd Dozoru Technicznego - Office of Technical Inspection)
• Ecological footprint, our responsibility: Martin Vögtli, Owner & CEO, SkyAccess AG, WS-Skyworker AG and SkyService AG
• VR, AR and the future of work: Jim Colvin, CEO, Serious Labs Inc.

The conference will include an informal networking reception on the evening of Wednesday 13 September. Europlatform is organised by IPAF and Access International is the exclusive media partner.