The International Rental Conference (IRC) covers a wide range of equipment rental sectors, including aerial platforms, construction machinery and earthmoving equipment, compaction equipment, on-site equipment (pumps, power, compressors & lighting), plus small tools and equipment.

 

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

 

08.30 – 09.30

NETWORKING AND MORNING COFFEE

 

09.30 – 09.35

CONFERENCE OPENING

Murray Pollok, Managing Editor, International Rental News (IRN)

 

09.35 – 09.45

WELCOME ADDRESS

Mrs Zhang Yan Na, President, rental branch, China Construction Industry Association (CCIA)

 

09.45 - 10.15

MORNING KEYNOTE

Making strategic choices in your rental business

Pierre Boels, CEO, Boels Rental

 

10.15 – 10.40

Positive strategies for rental growth in China

Jimmy Wang, Founder and Chairman, China Construction Bright Futures Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

 

10.40 – 11.15

MORNING COFFEE

 

11.15 – 11.40

Developing an equipment rental business: a Middle East perspective

Pat Fallon, Chief Operating Officer, Byrne Equipment Rental

 

11.40 – 12.05

Future technology on aerial platforms

Matt Fearon, President, Genie

 

12.05 – 12.30

Diesel engines and the future of power systems

Steve McLone, Service & Customer Support Manager Asia Pacific, Perkins

 

12.30 – 13.40

LUNCH

 

13.40 – 14.10

AFTERNOON KEYNOTE

Global equipment rental trends

Kurt Norris, Global Rental & Used Equipment Services Director, Caterpillar

 

14.10 – 14.35

Growth, debt and rental strategies

Jeff Eisenberg, Principal Consultant, Claremont Consulting

 

14.35 – 15.15

Round-table: trends in the rental market

• Jason Zhang, CEO, Rongfeng Software & Technology Co., Ltd.

• Laurent Bonnaure, Executive Vice President - Global Sales & Marketing, Manitou

• Roy Xu, General Manager, JHL Rental

• Jimmy Wang, Founder and Chairman, China Construction Bright Futures Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

 

15.15 – 15.45

AFTERNOON TEA

 

15.45 – 16.10

Managing operations in a growing business

Pedro Torres, Chief Operating Officer, Riwal

 

16.10 – 16.45

Learning from accidents in the access industry

Andrew Delahunt, Director of Technical & Safety, International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)

 

16.45 – 17.10

Understanding China’s forklift rental market

Roy Xu, General Manager, JHL Rental

 

17.10 – 17.15

CLOSING REMARKS

Murray Pollok, Managing Editor, International Rental News (IRN)

 

17.15 – 18.30

NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION

 

 

 

The event will have simultaneous translation in English and Chinese

 

 

For more information on the conference programme, contact:

 

Murray Pollok

Managing Editor, International Rental News

Tel: +44 1505 850043

murray.pollok@khl.com

 

Cathy Yao

Country Manager, KHL China

Tel: +86 (0) 10 65536676

cathy.yao.khl.com