We hope you enjoyed the conference and look forward to seeing you in Brisbane in 2025!

Conference Program

Thursday 17 October, 2024
Room L3 - Ground Level, ACC
1.00pm - 3.15pm

CICA Chair’s Meeting - By Invitation Only

Foyer M - Ground Level, ACC
From 2.00pm

Registration Desk Open

Room L2 - Ground Level, ACC
3.30pm - 4.15pm

CICA AGM - CICA Members Only

Halls LMNO - Ground Level, ACC
6.00pm - 7.00pm

Welcome Reception, Exhibition & Crane Display Opening

Foyer M - Ground Level, ACC
7.00pm - 10.00pm

Networking Dinner

Friday 18 October, 2024
Halls LMNO
8.00am - 5.15pm

Exhibition & Crane Display Open

Panorama Ballroom - Upper Level, ACC
8.30am - 8.50am

Conference Opening
Marianne van Dorslar

8.50am - 8.55am

CICA President's Welcome
Ben Pieyre, CEO & Managing Director, BOOM Logistics

8.55am - 9.40am

Opening Keynote
Tim Jarvis

9.40am - 10.00am

Platinum Sponsor - Franna

Danny Black, General Manager, Franna

Halls LMNO
10:00am - 10:30am

Morning Tea - Exhibition & Crane Display

Meet at Registration Desk - Foyer M, Ground Level, ACC
10.00am - 4.30pm

Social Tour

Icons of Adelaide

Panorama Ballroom - Upper Level, ACC
10.30am - 10.40am

Networking Dinner Sponsor - UAA

Stan Alexandropoulos, Chief Executive Officer, UAA Group

10.40am - 11.40am

Manufacturer's Panel

Moderator - Ben Pieyre

Christoph Kleiner - Liebherr Australia

Marco Burgmer - Sennebogen

Henry Wu - XCMG

Neil Webb - TRT Australia

Stone Su - Zoomlion

Danny Black - Terex Franna

Andreas Hofmann - Tadano

Andreas Cremer - Manitowoc

11.40am - 11.50am

Gold Sponsor - Liebherr

Andrew Esquilant, General Manager of Mobile Crane and Crawler Division , Liebherr Australia

11.50am - 1.00pm

Lift of the Year Award Entries

Project of the Year / Innovation

Halls LMNO
1.00pm - 2.00pm

Lunch - Exhibition & Crane Display

City Rooms 1 & 2
2.00pm - 2.45pm
Technical Workshop

HVAMS

A practical guide to on road access for your cranes

Mandy Haldane, Department of Transport & Main Roads Queensland

Business Workshop

AI Masterclass

How you can implement AI in your business

Angela Sedran, The Business Growth Accelerator

City Rooms 1 & 2
3.00pm - 3.45pm
Technical Workshop

NSW Dogging & Rigging Guide

The must have resource for your team - including a live demo

Brian Sheedy, Transport for NSW

Business Workshop

Future Planning for Major Business Disruption

Tom Smith, McKay United

Halls LMNO - Lower Level, ACC
3.45pm - 4.15pm

Afternoon Tea - Exhibition & Crane Display

City Rooms 1 & 2
4.15pm - 5.00pm
Technical Workshop

Load Equalisation

Brandon Hitch, CICA

Stuart Edwards, Edwards Heavy Lift

Business Workshop

Cyber Security

Essential eight strategies to protect your business

Rutland Smith, Harvey Norman

Foyer M - Ground Level, ACC
7.00pm - 7.30pm

CICA Industry Dinner - Pre Dinner Drinks

Panorama Ballroom - Upper Level, ACC
7.30pm - 11.00pm

CICA Industry Dinner

Saturday 19 October, 2024
Foyer M, Halls LMNO - Ground Level, ACC
8.00am - 12.50pm

Registration, Exhibition & Crane Display Open

Panorama Ballroom - Upper Level, ACC
8.30am - 8.40am

MC Introduction

Marianne van Dorslar

Panorama Ballroom - Upper Level, ACC
8.40am - 9.10am

A Practical Guide to Understanding the New IR Landscape

Ping Gangur, Level Playing Field Lawyers

Halls LMNO - Ground Level, ACC
9.00am - 10.00am

Family Hour in the Exhibition & Crane Display

Panorama Ballroom - Upper Level, ACC
9.15am - 9.45am

Practical Sustainability: Ensuring Long-Term Business Success

Rebecah Ettridge, Naturaliste Solutions

9.45am - 10.30am

Lift of the Year Award Entry Presentations

Less than 20t

Halls LMNO - Ground Level, ACC
10.30am - 11.00am

Morning Tea - Exhibition & Crane Display

Panorama Ballroom - Upper Level, ACC
11.00am - 12.00 midday

Crane Owners' Panel

Moderator:  Simon Gould, Editor of Cranes and Lifting

Charlie Camilleri, Owner of Camilleri Lifting Services

Liam Edwards, Lead Project Engineer at BMS Heavy Cranes

Peter Koschel, COO of Max Services

Rodney Welfare, East Coast GM of Boom Logistics

Stephan Becherand, GM of Sales at Preston Hire

Sven Gade, CEO of Freo Group

Halls LMNO - Ground Level, ACC
12.00 midday - 12.50pm

Lunch - Exhibition & Crane Display

12.50pm

Exhibition & Crane Display - Close

Panorama Ballroom - Upper Level, ACC
1.00pm - 1.30pm

Technical Presentation - Building for a Sustainable Tomorrow with Real Action Today

Andreas Cremer, Manitowoc Cranes

1.30pm - 2.50pm

Lift of the Year Presentations

More than 20t

2.50pm - 3.20pm

Technical Presentations - Electric Cranes, Charge Philosophies

Chris Leahy, Tutt Bryant Equipment

Foyer M - Ground Level, ACC
3.30pm - 4.00pm

Afternoon Tea

Panorama Ballroom - Upper Level, ACC
4.00pm - 4.10pm

CANZ Update

Sarah Toase, CANZ

4.10pm - 4.20pm

CICA CEO Update

Brandon Hitch, CICA

4.20pm - 4.30pm

CICA President's Wrap Up

Ben Pieyre, BOOM Logistics

Adelaide Oval - Southern Concourse
7.00pm - 7.30pm

CICA Gala Awards Dinner - Pre Dinner Drinks

Adelaide Oval - William Magarey Room - South Entrance
7.30pm - Midnight

CICA Gala Awards Dinner

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