The 2021 International Aerial Work Platform Alliance (IPAF) Summit will be held as a virtual event for the first time, and digital awards of the International Aerial Work Awards (IAPAs) will also be held. The time lock starts at 3 pm GMT (23:00 Beijing time) on March 18, 2021. This summit will focus on sustainability, digitalization, and the challenges and opportunities that the entire world's emergence from the pandemic poses to the aerial work industry.
The theme of the IPAF Summit will consider broader issues, namely the sustainability of aerial work, the challenges of safe and effective operations in the post-Covid-19 era, and the creation of digital technology innovations for safer and more effective aerial work and high-quality training. Opportunity. The confirmed speaker lineup for this event includes:
? Suzannah Nichol, CEO, Build UK, the content of the speech will discuss the opportunities and challenges faced by major contractors in maintaining workplace safety and sustainability, and will involve enhanced accident reports, digital innovation, and IPAF, etc. How close cooperation of partners will play a vital role in achieving common goals.
? S?ren Brogaard, the new CEO of Trackunit will give a joint speech with Peter Douglas, IPAF CEO and General Manager. They will present information about the cooperation between the two organizations in the production of new ePAL applications for mobile devices. The application will completely change the way operators and supervisors store and share training certificates through digital PAL cards, and record the time spent operating the equipment.
? Karel Huijser (JLG), Pierre Boels (Boels) and Norty Turner United Rentals (United Rentals) will participate in a virtual roundtable discussion hosted by Murray Pollok, editor-in-chief of Access International. The content will cover sustainability and digitalization. In terms of new innovations in green power, the feasibility of enhanced performance management new technologies and the possibility of biotechnology safety at construction sites, there is also a market demand trend for cleaner and more environmentally friendly aerial operations.
Each keynote speech and discussion will be interspersed with the announcement of the winners of the 2020-21 IAPAs award category, as well as the sponsor's video broadcast. A closing virtual representative network meeting will also be arranged. During the summit, a video presentation about how IPAF member companies can support their customers, communities or charities during the pandemic will be played.
As in previous summits, all speeches will be provided with simultaneous translation, and the speech content of the event will be translated into Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
The entire event will be hosted by Mark Durden Smith, a TV presenter reported by the English Rugby League. Thanks to the support of many event sponsors, all those who wish to participate in this event can register for the event for free, but anyone who wishes to participate in the event must register in advance through the website www.iapa-summit.info.
Peter Douglas, IPAF CEO, said: “We were forced to change the way this year’s summit and IAPAs awards were held, but I have to say that the opportunities presented by fully digital programming are very exciting, and we are very happy to be able to do this. One point, we have developed a fascinating and streamlined meeting plan.
"Although international travel is still subject to ongoing restrictions, the online summit means that attendees from all over the world will still be able to benefit from a series of high-quality speakers and participate in the celebration as we announce the winners of the IAPAs awards. We hope you Be able to join us. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the sponsors CMC, Trackunit, ZTR, Hinowa, Alimak and Sinoboom for their sponsorship to make this event a success."
Murray Pollok, Editor and Event Director of KHL Group, added: "We believe this model will provide high-quality speeches to the participants, and will also provide satisfactory award announcements for the winners of each IAPAs category.
"Please visit the event website for more information, to see all the finalists in each category of the IAPAs awards, to ensure that you do not miss the opportunity to have a digital exchange with representatives from all over the world and fully participate in this event. This will be a content Rich and fun activities."
? We recommend that those who wish to participate in the Virtual IPAF Summit and IAPAs Awards Ceremony to register immediately, because participants must pre-register to participate. Please visit the following event website for more detailed information on the topics being discussed, the list of award finalists and the speech lineup, and register as a digital representative www.iapa-summit.info
