{"id":4724,"date":"2018-02-27T16:40:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T16:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=4724"},"modified":"2018-02-27T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T16:40:29","slug":"ipaf-prepares-florida-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/ipaf-prepares-florida-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"IPAF Prepares for Florida Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has advised that now is the last chance to book for the IPAF Summit, International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs), and celebration gala dinner, which take place on 7-9 March at the Hilton Miami Downtown, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Join industry colleagues for a varied\u00a0programme of\u00a0education, celebrations, and networking opportunities specifically focused on\u00a0the access industry. The theme for the Summit will be \u201cQuantifying Sustainability\u201d, and\u00a0there will be two sessions\u2014one for Mobile\u00a0Elevating\u00a0Work Platforms (MEWPs)\u00a0and one for\u00a0Mast-Climbing Work Platforms (MCWPs).<\/p>\n<p>The final line-up of\u00a0confirmed speakers\u00a0is as follows: William Plummer, Executive VP &amp; Chief Financial Officer United Rentals, who will give the keynote speech; Brad\u00a0Boehler, President Skyjack;\u00a0Norty\u00a0Turner,\u00a0Riwal CEO; Guru\u00a0Bandekar, Vice President, Global Engineering &amp; Program Management JLG;\u00a0Giancarlo\u00a0Bobbio, Marketing Director,\u00a0Haulotte\u00a0and\u00a0Pedro Fern\u00e1ndez, Chairman &amp; CEO, General de Alquiler de Maquinaria SA (GAM).\u00a0The speakers will be\u00a0simultaneously\u00a0translated\u00a0into Spanish and English, though not the MCWPs break-out session.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers for the MCWP strand include: Kevin O\u2019Shea,\u00a0Director of Safety &amp; Training,\u00a0and\u00a0Sony\u00a0Trudel, Director &amp; Special Project Manager,\u00a0both from\u00a0Hydro Mobile;\u00a0Diego Benetton, Sales Director, Maber Hoist; and Romina Vanzi,\u00a0Head of Regional Development &amp; MCWPs,\u00a0and\u00a0Angel\u00a0Iba\u00f1ez, Global Representative for MCWP and Related Products, from\u00a0IPAF.<\/p>\n<p>There will be\u00a0a\u00a0morning\u00a0panel discussion on the potential of Virtual Reality and Platform Simulators chaired by Andy\u00a0Studdert,\u00a0former CEO\u00a0of\u00a0NES Rentals\u00a0and IPAF\u2019s Immediate Past President. That features\u00a0Jim Colvin, CEO, Serious Labs;\u00a0Brad\u00a0Boehler, President, Skyjack;\u00a0James\u00a0Dorris, Vice President, Environment, Health &amp; Safety, United Rentals;\u00a0Giles Councell, Director of Operations, IPAF;\u00a0Peter Douglas, Executive Director of Operations, Nationwide Platforms; and\u00a0Darren Bechtel, Founder &amp; Managing Director, Brick &amp; Mortar Ventures.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4725\" style=\"width: 617px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4725\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4725\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-27-at-16.35.55.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-27-at-16.35.55.png 607w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-27-at-16.35.55-400x198.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-27-at-16.35.55-440x218.png 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Various co-located events take place on 7-9 March at the Hilton Miami Downtown, Florida.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the afternoon there will be a second panel session on the rental market, again chaired by Andy Studdert, featuring:\u00a0Michael Kneeland,\u00a0President &amp; CEO, United Rentals;\u00a0Norty\u00a0Turner, Nick Selley,\u00a0Group Business Development Director, AFI &amp; President, IPAF;\u00a0Dan Kaplan, President, Daniel Kaplan Associates; and\u00a0Pedro Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<p>The IPAF Summit conference will be held in English, with simultaneous translation into Spanish.\u00a0Con interpretaci\u00f3n simult\u00e1nea al Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has advised that now is the last chance to book for the IPAF Summit, International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs), and celebration gala dinner, which take place on 7-9 March at the Hilton Miami Downtown, Florida. 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