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11 October 

 

CECE Internal meetings | BluePoint
  • 10.00 – 12.00 Executive Committee
  • 13.00 – 16.30 Steering Group
  • 16.30 – 17.00 General Assembly
  • 13.00 – 17.00 Statistical Commission 

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

17.30 - 21.00 CECE CEMA Dinner Debate | European Parliament (for Steering Group and HLTPAG members only)
19.00 - 22.00 Informal Welcome Dinner | NH Grand Sablon (open to all participants)

  

12 October

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8.30 – 9.00 Registration & Welcome coffee | NH Grand Sablon

9.00 – 9.30 Industry and politics: uncertainties driving the relation? | Riccardo Viaggi, CECE Secretary General

 

9.30 – 13.00 CECE Economic Forum | Moderated by Sandy Guthrie, editor of Construction Europe

PART 1

9.30 – 11.30 Globalisation reversed? Construction equipment sector prospects in days of political uncertainty, rising populism, and declining confidence in free trade.

- video clips from the documentary PIIGS will be shown during the session -

  • Vladimiro Giacchè, President of Centro Europa Ricerche
  • Stefan Collignon, Professor of political economy at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Panel discussion:

  • Vladimiro Giacchè, President of Centro Europa Ricerche
  • Stefan Collignon, Professor of political economy at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
  • Enrico Prandini, CEO of Komatsu Italia Manufacturing
  • Alexandre Marchetta, Executive Vice-President of Groupe Mecalac
  • Niklas Reinedahl, Global Director Industrial Strategy at Volvo

11.30 – 12.00 Coffee Break

PART 2

  • Introduction of the moderator, Sandy Guthrie, editor of Construction Europe
  • Taco van Hoek, Director, EIB | Construction industry prospects
  • Chris Sleight, Senior Consultant, Off-Highway Research | Presentation on the equipment sector
  • Summary of the moderator

 

9.30 – 13.00 CECE Technical Forum | Moderated by Malcolm Kent, Senior Technical Consultant, CEA

PART 1

9.30 – 11.00 Digitisation: Creating a new Competitive Business Environement

Panel discussion:

  • Dr Wolfgang Burget, Chairman of the CECE High-Level Technical Policy Advisory Group
  • Celina Ramjoué, Deputy Head of Unit, DG CONNECT, Data Policy and Innovation Unit - Digital Single Market Strategy
  • MEP Reinhard Bütikofer, Rapporteur Digitising European Industry
  • Erik Sjödin, Gernot Strube, McKinsey  

 

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

PART 2

11.30 – 13.00 New Technological and Social Changes | Q&A

  • Construction 4.0, BIM and Skills | Sue Arundale, Director Technical and Environmental Affairs at FIEC, the European Construction Industry Federation
  • Standardisation in Digitisation | Geert Maes, Senior Manager, Standards Department at CEN-CENELEC
  • Threats of Digitisation and Cybersecurity | Lanfranco Marasso, ECSO, the European Cyber Security Organisation
  • Conclusions - Dr Wolfgang Burget, Chairman of the CECE High-Level Technical Policy Advisory Group

13.00 – 14.00 Networking lunch

 

 

CECE Internal meetings
  • 14.00 – 16.00 Product Group Concrete Equipment
  • 14.00 – 16.00 Product Group Hydraulic Attachments
  • 14.00 – 16.00 Product Group Road Equipment