Exhibition logistics suppliers have been encouraged to prepare for the ‘New Now’ in the industry by joining the RELOAD Programme launched by the International Exhibition Logistics Association association (IELA) on 4 May 2020.
IELA’s programme will attempt to address the fast-changing and still uncertain rules regarding international forwarding.
IELA says that, with 173 member companies from 56 countries, it is in possession of some comprehensive data drawn from its Covid-19 Impact Survey, which can all act as a means of preparing for global recovery.
IELA RELOAD Programme, therefore, is all about identifying and sharing best practices in the New Now. It includes e-learning, recovery talks and regional sessions which will focus on successfully rebounding by limiting losses and increasing strengths in profitable service areas.
The ILEA RELOAD Programme, which will run Mondays-Thursdays, can be seen as another tool and advocacy platform in the association’s broader #togetherSTRONG campaign.
During May 2020 there will be weekly RECOVERY TALK sessions, overseen by Sandi Trotter, IELA Board member and Director TWI Group, Inc., Canada in the spirit of a Global Brainstorming Captain.
The first online session takes place on 6 May and is titled, ‘Coping with the new scenarios, implementing damage limitation measures’.
Following that the calendar of sessions will include:
- 13 May: RECOVERY TALK 2 ‘Special Logistics, Leading Operations, Managing Supply Chains: How to navigate through the shutdown and rebound?’ – moderated by Guido Fornelli, IELA Board Member and Director of Expotrans S.p.A. Italy and Claudia Leoni at Expotrans.
- 20 May: RECOVERY TALK 3 ‘Contingency Plan for the New Now’– Moderated by Niseth Boerrigter, Director Fairs, Events and Special Logistics APAC DB Schenker
- 27 May: RECOVERY TALK 4 ‘Why only back to normal, why not back to better?’– Moderated by Garcia Newell, Regional Business Development Director - Fairs & Events Europe, Agility Fairs & Events Logistics Ltd.
The IELA RELOAD Programme will also embrace a series of regional and working group talks, with the first looking at Asia Pacific and Europe, It will be moderated by Ravinder Sethi, Chair of the IELA Committee, Executive Member & International Ambassador of the Indian Exhibition Industry Association, and Chairman & Managing Director of R.E. Rogers India Pvt. Ltd.
The European and Latin American talk will feature Barbara Weizsaecker, Secretary General EEIA, European Exhibition Industry Alliance, and Ana Maria Arango, Regional Manager LatAm at UFI, Global Association of the Exhibition Industry.
The sessions will be live online via videoconference and industry partners wanting to join the session should contact the IELA Secretariat (www.iela.org/contact/contact.html).
