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www.iapa-summit.infowww.ipaf.orgprogramMarch 26, 201310.00am – 5.30pmSafety from the TopLeading the way in preventing accidents and saving livesBreakout Session 1:n Symphony Ballroom 1With simultaneous Spanish and PortuguesetranslationAerial Work PlatformsConvenor: Tony Groat, IPAF USA10.00am – 10.30amPreventing Operator EntrapmentChris Wraith, IPAF technical officer, providesan overview of the latest thinking frommanufacturers, safety authorities and rentalcompanies.10.30am – 10.50amANSI updateTony Groat, executive vice-president ofAWPT, sits on a number of ANSI committees andwill give an authoritative review of recent andforthcoming changes to these all important USstandards.10.50am – 11.15am“Mission Impossible”Ebbe Christensen, president of Reachmaster,presents new ideas on how skilled staff can makethe impossible happen.11.15am – 12.00pmeLearning comes to AerialsTeresa Kee of NES Rentals and GilesCouncell of IPAF report on the successfultesting of AWPT’s eLearning module for operatorsof aerial work platforms.Breakout Session 2:n Concerto Ballroom CMast Climbing Work PlatformsConvenor: Kevin O’Shea, Mastclimbers LLC10.00am – 10.15amWelcome from Kevin O’Shea, chair ofIPAF’s International MCWP committee anddirector of safety and training, Mastclimbers LLC10.15am – 10.40amUpdate on ANSI A92.9 and TransportPlatform good practice standardKevin O’Shea10.40am – 11.15amMCWP trainingIntroduction to and updates on IPAF’sinternational training program: Operator, MobileOperator, Demonstrator, Installer, Instructorand Trainer from Romina Vanzi, IPAF’srepresentative for Iberoamerica, and KevinO’Shea.11.15am – 11.40amPreliminary data from the NIOSHproject on MCWP stability under a fallarrest situation.Bryan Wimer, associate service fellow withNIOSH, reports.11.40am – 12.00pmMCWPs in Latin AmericaA booming market in the future? A guide to theLatin American market from Romina Vanzi,IPAF’s representative for Iberoamerica.12.00pm – 1.00pmLunch (for those not attending AGM)12.00pm – 12.30pmIPAF AGM (followed by lunch)IPAF members onlyn Concerto Ballroom BPlenary Sessionn Symphony Ballroom 1With simultaneous Spanish and Portuguesetranslation1.00pm – 1.10pmWelcome from Tim Whiteman, IPAFCEO and managing director1.10pm – 1.50pmSafety from the top – keep itpersonal. Keynote speech: RonDeFeo chairman and CEO of Terex.1.50pm – 2.05pmThe rental market in 2013. IPAF CEOTim Whiteman summarises the initialfindings of IPAF’s annual research on thestate of the powered access rental sectorand IPAF’s accident reporting program.2.05pm – 2.20pmThe training paradigm. AndyStuddert, CEO of NES Rentals2.20pm – 3.00pmTim Hatch, vice president of globalengineering at JLG Industries3.00pm – 3.15pmCoffee3.15pm – 3.50pmScaling New Heights in FallProtection. Jordan Barab, deputyassistant secretary of labor for occupationalsafety and health at OSHA3.50pm – 4.20pmThe Rental Company of the Future.Michael Kneeland, president of UnitedRentals, looks at the rental company of thefuture4.20pm – 5.20pmHow to enhance a rental businesswith the application of LeanConcepts. Sérgio Kariya, director ofMills Estruturas e Serviços de Engenhariareports from his company’s experience.5.20pmClosing remarks, incoming IPAF president