The presentations from the ECED First Dealers’ Conference are available online

ECED First Dealers’ Conference 20 April 2009 – Hall 3 Mezzanine, INTERMAT, Paris 

 

 

 (Kindly sponsored by DLR, Off-Highway Research, Ritchie Bros., IronPlanet)

 

AGENDA

  9h – 9h30: Arrival and registration

 9h30 – 10h: Welcome by ECED President Dr. José Gameiro, DLR President Michel Gable, ECED Vice-President Philippe Papin and Secretary General Tom Antonissen

 10h – 10h45: Wolfgang Pinner, Director Partnerships and Joint Venture, BNP Paribas Leasing Group (BPLG) – “Funding construction equipment purchases during the crisis”

 10h45 – 11h15: Toby Mack, President and CEO, AED – “US President Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan and its impact on the Construction (Equipment) Sector”

 11h15 – 11h45: Coffee Break

 11h45 – 12h15: David Phillips, Managing Director, Off-Highway Research –“Global Challenges for the Construction Equipment Industry”

 12h15 – 12h30: Gérard Déprez, President, ERA – “The future of Rental in the light of the current credit crunch and other economic changes” 

 12h30 – 13h30: Networking Buffet-lunch 

Final Programme (Part 2)

 13h30 – 14h00: Paolo Cesarini, Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission – “The Commission’s vision on Distribution Agreements and Competition (Law) in the machinery sector”

 14h00 – 15h00: Roundtable Discussion on Distribution Agreements (ECED members, individual dealers and Paolo Cesarini representing the Commission)

 15h00 – 15h30: Coffee Break

 15h30 – 16h00: ECED Initiative on End-of-life Vehicles (Proposal from ECED President) – Reactions from European Commission and different countries

 16h00 – 17h00: Discussion on Used Equipment: “Auctions of Equipment: How to partner with distributors?”

Ritchie Bros.: Guylain Turgeon, Managing Director Europe, Middle East & Asia

IronPlanet: Tom Cornell, Managing Director, IronPlanet Limited (Europe)

Moderated by ECED President, Dr. José Gameiro

 17h00: Conclusions and future ECED actions

 17h30: Cocktail Reception

Kindly sponsored by DLR, Off-Highway Research, Ritchie Bros., IronPlanet)