Ten experts from different backgrounds in the European access industry have confirmed that they will speak at the Europlatform conference on 11 September 2007 in Basel, Switzerland.

The one-day conference - organised by IPAF and industry publication Access International - is dedicated to access platform safety and rental management issues, with quality presentations aimed at executives, senior managers and owners of access rental companies across Europe. The speakers and topics are:

Maarten Mijnlieff, CEO of Lavendon Germany, who will speak about responsible financial models for access rental.

Markus Schnyder, safety engineer with the Swiss safety authority Suva, will show why safety is a management issue.

Frank Klessens of Alimak Hek, Esa Peltola of Bronto Skylift, together with Darren Kell and Richard Tindale of UpRight, will discuss the prospects for the European access market.