Final call for early-bird registration for IPAF’s Elevation

The early-bird booking discount is available until 15 August for the event at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Coventry, UK.

The afternoon will be given over to a condensed conference with each speaker giving a 20-minute presentation. The full programme of speakers is as follows:
● Mark Noonan, Industry Relations Director, CITB: Update – Engagement and future plans;
● Jo Fautley, Deputy CEO, Build UK: Catalyst for change: Transforming construction;
● Malcolm Bowers, Director, Lifterz: The changing dynamics of platform rental;
● Nigel Taylor, European Director, Serious Labs: VR today, tomorrow and the future;
● Angel Ibañez, IPAF’s Global Representative for MCWP & Related Products: New IPAF hoist course.
● Paul Lindup, Network Rail’s head of Infrastructure, Construction and Engineering Air Operations: MEWPs vs drones;
● Jan-Willem van Weir, AWP Product Manager, JLG: JLG site of the future;
● Ray Cooke, Construction Sector Safety Unit, HSE: Work at height – the importance of planning it right;
● Giles Councell, IPAF’s Director of Operations: IPAF Update; and
● Richard Whiting, IPAF’s UK Market General Manager; Closing remarks and general Q&A session.

There will be a gala dinner in the evening.

The event will feature a MEWP simulator machine as part of IPAF’s ongoing virtual reality (VR) consultation. The person who completes a specific MEWP challenge with the fewest faults and closest to the target time will win IPAF’s Smooth Operator 2018 award.