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.

 

 

 

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

Creating a winning culture in a rental business

Angus Kennard, CEO, Kennards Hire

 

10.15 – 10.40

Equipment financing in a growth market: choices for rental companies

William Gu, General Manager APAC, JLG Industries

 

10.40 – 11.20

MORNING COFFEE

 

11.20 – 11.50

Earthmoving rental in China: strategies and opportunities

Tei Gyomei, Managing Director, Hitachi Construction Machinery (Shanghai)

 

11.50 – 12.15

New market research on China’s powered access market

SHI Yang, Director of Research, Off-Highway Research

 

12.15 – 12.40

Case study: transforming a rental business with digital technology

Stefan Ponea, Founder & CEO, Industrial Access (TVH Group)

 

12.40 – 13.50

LUNCH

 

13.50 – 14.20

AFTERNOON KEYNOTE

Learning from South Korea’s access rental market

Yoonkee Eom, CEO, Korea Rental Corp

 

14.20 – 14.45

Innovation leads to the future

David Chen, Deputy president, Sales Region - China and a member of global sales management in Volvo CE

 

14.45 – 15.10

Managing big rental projects: case studies from HK & Macau

Thomas Lau, CEO, AP Rentals

 

15.10 – 15.45

AFTERNOON TEA

 

15.45 – 16.10

Telehandlers: product evolution, applications and opportunity

Laurent Bonnaure, Executive Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing, Manitou Group

 

16.10 – 16.35

A review of the global rental market

Murray Pollok, Managing Editor, International Rental News

 

16.35 – 16.40

CLOSING REMARKS

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

 

16.40 – 18.00

NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION