Programme

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Wednesday, 16 October 2019 

CECE internal meetings

9.00 – 13.00 Statistical Commission | room Large VDMA, BluePoint
9.00 - 13.00 CECE EDA Think Tank | room Mahy, Autoworld
10.00 – 12.30 Steering Group | room Classic Lounge, Autoworld
12.30 – 13.00 General Assembly | room Classic Lounge, Autoworld

Public Sessions

14.00 - 17.00 Plenary Session | room Minerva, Autoworld
Moderation by Katrina Sichel, Wit and Word Communications

• Welcome speech by Enrico Prandini, CECE President
• Opening speech by Daniel Calleja Crespo, Director General at DG Environment, European Commission tbc
• Keynote speech by Paul Surin, Global Lead Built Environment at IBM
• Panel discussion with:
  • Menno de Jonge, Director Digital Construction at Royal BAM Group
  • Cristina Savian, Managing Director at BE-WISE
  • Eugenio Quintieri, Secretary General at EBC
  • Thilo Juchem, UEPG President 
  • Deautz tba

15.45 - 16.15 Coffee break

17.00 - 17.30 Inspirational speech by Leyla Acaroglu | room Minerva, Autoworld

17.30 - 18.30 Guided Autoworld tour

18.30 – 19.30 Cocktail reception

19.30 – 22.00 CECE 60^th Anniversary Dinner featuring a keynote speaker | room Blue Boulevard, Autoworld | Dress code: cocktail chic

Thursday, 17 October 2019 

9.00 - 9.30 Welcome address | room Minerva, Autoworld

Fireside chat between Tomas Hedenborg, Orgalim President, Member of the EC Roundtable "Industry 2030" and Riccardo Viaggi, CECE Secretary General on the future of industry and its 2030 vision.

9.30 – 10.00 Coffee Break

10.00 – 13.30 Economic Forum:The Road to Conexpo - The investment & business potential for construction in North America | room Minerva, Autoworld
Moderation by Mike Hayes, Editor of Construction Europe

• Opening speech by Amcham tbc
• Speech by Karel Vantomme, Foreign Commercial Service
• Panel debate - Opportunities for investments in the US
• Kip Eideberg, Senior Vice President, Government & Industry Relations, Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
• Johann Sailer, CEO, GEDA
• Toine Brock, CEO and Founder, Tobroco-Giant
• Alexandre Marchetta, CEO, Mecalac tbc

11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break 

• The construction and infrastructure sector – trends and tendencies
  by Josep Fontana, Catalonia Institute of Construction Technology
• Update on the Construction Equipment markets – with a focus on the US
  by Chris Sleight, Off-Highway Research 
• Q&A session with the audience
• Conclusions by the moderator

10.00 – 13.30 Technical Forum: Revision of the Machinery Directive, Harmonised Standards and the future of the European Standardisation System | room Classic Lounge, Autoworld
Moderation by Marie Poidevin, Vice-chair of CECE Technical Commission, EVOLIS

• Opening speech by Pelle Bokedal, Chair of CECE High-Level Technical Policy Advisory Group, VOLVO CE
• Panel 1 - Revision of the Machinery Directive: a perspective from construction equipment manufacturers 
  • Barbara Bonvissuto, Head of Unit Engineering Industries, European Commission tbc
  • FIEC tba
  • Jason Ong, Chair of CECE Project Team Machinery, Komatsu  
• Q&A session with the audience

11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break 

• Panel 2 - European Standardisation system and the future Machinery Standards
  • Hein Bollens, Deputy Head of Unit Standardisation, European Commission
  • Cinzia Missiroli, Director Standardisation and Digital Solutions, CEN-CENELEC
  • Mette Peetz-Schou, Chair of Orgalim Technical Committee, Danish Industries
  • Holger Kellerbauer, Regional Compliance Liaison for Europe, Caterpillar
  • Catherine LUBINEAU, Technical Director, Union de Normalisation de la Mécanique
• Q&A session with the audience

13.30 – 14.30 Networking lunch

CECE internal meetings

14.30 – 16.30 Product Group Concrete Equipment | room Classic Lounge, Autoworld
14.30 - 16.30 Product Group Hydraulic Attachments | room Mahy, Autoworld
14.30 - 16.30 Product Group Road Equipment | room Executive, Autoworld