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IELA 2020 Operations Summit
September 15, 2020 - September 30, 2020
With the recovery chronicle post covid-19 starting now in Europe, IELA kicks-off IELA RELOAD 2.0 with the online IELA 2020 Operations Summit. This 3-week online training and networking programme, organised by the IELA Education & Training Programme Working Group, will provide all IELA Member operational staff with key updated information regarding workplace digitalisation and regulations in the new era of the event & exhibition logistics industry.
The event programme invites key industry speakers for the following sessions:
- Re-thinking best practice? The impact of COVID-19 on operations by Elizabeth Niehaus, IELA Executive Officer
- Post COVID-19 guidelines: analysis of new regulations & best practices by David Palomo, Chair of the IELA Standards and Customs Working Group and Operations Manager Suomen Messulogistiikka Oy, Finland.
- Best practice – post COVID-19, Fira Barcelona by Jordi Estruga, Guest Events Operations Director – Fira Barcelona.
- Best practice – post Caravan Salon 2020 by Stefan Koschke, Director Caravan Salon and Ian Hume, Director Logistics and Site Service both from Messe DΓΌsseldorf, Germany, together with IELA Members Claus HΓΆlzer and Andreas Simon, Director and Head of Domestic Fairs & Events at DB Schenker DΓΌsseldorf Germany and Ingo Brottinger – Branch Manager, Kuehne + Nagel DΓΌsseldorf, Germany
- Digital & technology transformation by Stephan Forseilles, Head of Technology and Digital Transformation at Easyfairs, Belgium
- Transition to digital by Naud Becker, Director of Congresses & Associations MCI Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Each live online session will be followed by breakout sessions (100 participants by teams of 5 people, a total of 20 simultaneous sessions) accompanied by a dedicated group mentor. The participants will be divided into groups of five participants and will focus two weeks long on Rethinking best practice: The impact of COVID-19 on Operations, engaging selectively with a problem-solving objective approach. The topic Rethinking will feature as the evaluation topic this year.
All attendees actively participating in all live sessions and their group discussion will receive a certificate of attendance which will be handed over to delegates. The single group with the most valuable final presentation will be honoured with free of charge registration at the IELA Congress 2021.
To register, send an email to alina@iela.org or yannis@iela.org.