ERA CONVENTION PROGRAMME
“Celebrating 20 Years: Building the Next Era of Rental”
Maastricht – 2 to 4 June 2026
12.00 – 13.30 Technical Committee (Vercors meeting room)
13.30 – 15.00 Promotion Committee (Alpen meeting room)
15.00 – 16.30 Transformation Working Group (Vercors meeting room)
16.30 – 18.00 Sustainability Committee (Alpen meeting room)
18.00 – 19.30 Cocktail IRE and APEX
19.30 – 22.30 Boat Tour on the Meuse and walking dinner
Gathering around the Girls Wanted Container (Stand 1385)
13.30 – 15.30
- Opening of the Convention - Stéphane Henon, President, ERA
- Welcome and programme of the event - Carole Bachmann, Secretary General, ERA
- Welcome to Maastricht - Toon Bruining, Verhurend Nederland, Juergen Kuespert, bbi, Bill Olivier, BERA
- 20th anniversary, flashback – Gerard Deprez and Michel Petitjean
PLENARY SESSION – PART 1 – Sustainability, Digitalisation and People
- Product as a service: the next value step for increased environmental impact - François Johnston, Johnston Circular
- Professionalising Rental Through Data & Digital - Domokos Speder, Trackunit
- People scarcity: challenges and solutions - Stefan Stremersch, MTI2
Moderator: Maarten Bouwhuis
PLENARY SESSION – PART 2 - Evolving Customer Expectations and an Expanding Industry Scope
- Evolving customer expectations – Jon Sexstone, Greener Power Solutions and Andy Doherty, Sunbelt Rentals
- Expanding industry scope – Resilience, rental as a strategic solution to crisis, Johan Huovinen, Swedish Defence University
- Panel discussion with representatives of young generations on the rental industry of the future
- Cedric Conrad, Loxam
- Lewis Weal, Sunbelt Rentals
- Adriano Destro, D’avino
- Nienke de Jong, Bax
Moderator: Maarten Bouwhuis
ERA GENERAL ASSEMBLY and Election
Open to direct members and volunteers
Moderator: Maarten Bouwhuis
Moderator: Maarten Bouwhuis
PLENARY SESSION – PART 3 – Market trends
- Looking Back at the Last 20 Years: Lessons and Predictions – Ammar Altaf, Deutsche Bank
- Update Rental Forecast and Construction 2026/27 - Martin Seban, KPMG
Moderator: Maarten Bouwhuis
WORKSHOP 1 – Addressing rental equipment theft across Europe, Andrew Huddleston, Police National Rural Crime Unit (London meeting room)
WORKSHOP 2 – Standardisation in electrification, Tobias Stoecker, Zero Emission Networks(Rome meeting room)
WORKSHOP 3 – Attracting and retaining people in the rental industry, Daniela Niederstaetter, Niederstaetter (Berlin meeting room)
WORKSHOP 4 – The future of rental products: what will we rent in 10 years?, Glyn Matthews, Sunbelt Rentals(Athens meeting room)
- Guest Speaker, Inma Martinez
- Closing of the Convention, Stephane Henon, President ERA
Moderator: Maarten Bouwhuis