History 2022 - beyond

2023

1.-2. July 2023

The 10th IELA Partnering Event took place following the 38th IELA Congress, welcoming 310 delegates from 51 countries.

28. June - 1. July 2023

38th IELA Congress took place in Malta

The event included:

  • The CONGRESS INDUCTION MEETING: on June 28th

During the IELA Congress Induction Meeting, IELA proudly welcome the New IELA Members and handed out their Membership Certificates from the hand of Bas Wiendels, IELA Vice-Chairperson,

- King Cargo Projects (PTY) Ltd - South Africa
- Panda Logistics Co., Ltd. - Taiwan
- Pro Messe-Service GmbH - Germany
- Rangel Invest S.A. - Portugal
- Sonigo International Shipping, Packing & Moving Ltd. - Israel

  • Keynote Speaker Will Bowen on "How to Turn Complainers into Collaborators" on June 29th
  • Working Groups Brainstorming 2023-2024 on June 30th
  • Keynote Speaker Eve Novikova on "Mastering your mind and creating the life you deserve" on June 30th

 

29. June 2023: the 38th IELA General Assembly

IELA 2023-2024 Board of Management:

Chairperson remaining for one more year:
Sandi Trotter - TWI Group Inc., Canada

New BOM Members elected for a 2-year term:
- Dirk Urra - Kuehne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG - KN Expo & Event Logistics, Germany

Re-elected BOM Members for a 2-year term:
Sudhir Dhavan - R.E. Rogers India Pvt. Ltd., India
Bas Wiendels - Valverde B.V., The Netherlands

During the post-event Board Meeting, Bas Wiendels was re-elected as IELA Vice-Chairperson

BOM members remaining for one more year are:
-   Orphee Moschopoulois Beinoglou Junior - Orphee Beinoglou International Forwarders S.A., Greece
-   Alexandra Erdmann - Swiss Expo Logistics Ltd., Switzerland
-   Lucien Lawson - Clamageran Foirexpo, France
-   Daniel Mithran - Jim Project & Expo Logistics (M) Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia
-   Jasmine Yang - Eurotran Expo Service Co. Ltd., Taiwan

During the 2023 IELA Gala Dinner & Awards Night which took place at Bacchus in Mdina, the IELA Standards & Customs Working group Chair and Vice Chairs announced the winners of the 2022 IELA Stardards of Performance Awards :

  • Best Student 2023 IELA Winter Seminar - 1st Place ex-aequo: Pruthvish Himanshu Thaker, SIDDHARTHA LOGISTICS CO. PVT. LTD., INDIA
  • Best Student 2023 IELA Winter Seminar - 1st Place ex-aequo: Livia Zünd, SWISS EXPO LOGISTICS LTD., SWITZERLAND
  • BEST ON-SITE AGENTS 2022: 1st Place: Fulstandig Shows e Eventos MC Ltda, Brazil
  • BEST ON-SITE AGENTS 2022: 2nd Place: FILS International Freight & Logistic Services LLC, UAE
  • BEST ON-SITE AGENTS 2022: 3rd Place: Ishikawa-Gumi, Ltd, Japan
  • BEST DOMESTIC AGENTS 2022: 1st Place: Eurotran Expo Service Co., Ltd., Taiwan
  • BEST DOMESTIC AGENTS 2022: 2nd Place: ELF SHIPPING LLC, UAE
  • BEST DOMESTIC AGENTS 2022: 3rd Place: Korea GLS, Inc., Korea
  • BEST EXPORT AGENT 2022: 1st Place: Masterpiece International Ltd, USA
  • BEST EXPORT AGENT 2022:2nd Place: TWI Group Inc. (Canada), Canada
  • BEST EXPORT AGENT 2022: 3rd Place: OTIM Spa, Italy

12. -15. January 2023

The 11th IELA Winter Seminar took place in Cape Town, under the moto "Building the Future of Exhibition Logistics"

It was once again organised by the IELA Education and Training Programme Working Group, under the management of:
- Sudhir Dhavan, IELA Education & Training WG Chairperson
- Alexandra Erdmann, IELA Board Member
- Ute Wiezorrek, IELA Education & Training WG, Vice-Chairperson

BOM Meetings of the year 2023

  • 12 January 2023 (online)
  • 09 February 2023 (online)
  • 16 March 2023 (online)
  • 25 April 2023 (online)
  • 16 May 2023 (online)
  • 08 June 2023 (online)
  • 20 June 2023 (online)
  • 28 June 2023 (in-person in Malta)
  • 03 June 2023 (in-person in Malta)

 

2022

29. June - 1. July 2022

The 9th IELA Partnering Event took place following the 37th IELA Congress, welcoming 200+ delegates from 47 countries.

This edition included an Add-on on July 1st, with additional networking opportunities focused on Fine Art, Sports, Entertainment, Mega Events and Project Logistics.

27. June - 29. June 2022

37th IELA Congress took place in Bruges, Belgium

The event included:

  • The CONGRESS INDUCTION MEETING: on June 27th

During the IELA Congress Induction Meeting, IELA proudly welcome some of the New IELA Members who could travel to Bruges and receive their Membership Certificates from the hand of Guido Fornelli, 2020-2022 IELA Chairperson, and David Palomo Sánchez, Board Member.

- BIG Logistics India Pvt. Ltd., India - UJJWAL GUPTA & Uttam Gupta
- LEMAN Denmark - Henrik Nygaard Hansen
- ONSITE Trading and Services, Qatar - Mohamad Dib & Marcos Martínez
- Rock-it Global Chile - Alicia Mayer
- Spedition India - MUNISH BHARDWAJ & Harpreet Singh
- Transmel Overseas, Morocco - Reda Mellakh

Two New Members could not attend the event:
- China International Exhibition Transportation Co. Ltd, from P.R. China,
- Panda Logistics Co., Ltd Taiwan.

  • The 2022 IELA FORUM: on June 29th with NET CERO CARBON at center stage moving towards sustainable operations

Opening Keynote Speaker - The Best is yet to Come by Tim Cole, Austria

The Net Zero Carbon Events Initiative: The Pledge+ the Road map + How to get started, by Christian Druart, UFI and Olivia Ruggles-Brise, Greenview, United Kingdom

The THINK CAMPUS on The Net Zero Carbon Transition #ThinkDifferently, with:
- The VENUE OWNER PERSPECTIVE, by Pierre Darrason, ViParis, France
- the CONTACTOR PERSPECTIVE, by Clara Touillon with GL Events, France
- the EXHIBITOR PERSPECTIVE, by Ms Mputu Schmidt, Convergent Group, Belgium
- the STAND BUILDER PERSPECTIVE, by Edwin van der Vennet, BeMatrix, Belgium
- the ORGANISER PERSPECTIVE by Sonia Prashar, MD NürnbergMesse India Pvt. Ltd, India
- & the LOGISTIC PROVIDER PERSPECTIVE, proudly represented by all IELA members on-site
Moderated by Florent Jarry, AMR International Limited, France

The Big Brainstorm: The Future of IELA, Moderated by Sandi Trotter, TWI Group Inc., Canada and Bas Wiendels, Valverde B.V., The Netherlands

The Industry Risk Agenda - INSURANCE FOR FREIGHT FORWARDERS by Lina Jusatiene, RECOUPEX, Switzerland

The Industry Risk Agenda - VOLATILITY IN AIR & SEAFREIGHT, by:
- Tom Hautekiet, Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium
- Bart Van Gils, The Agency, Belgium
- Daniel Bosshard, rtw air services,Switzerland
Moderated by Alexandra Erdmann, Swiss Expo Logistics AG, Switzerland and Sudhir Dhavan, R.E. Rogers India Pvt. Ltd., India

The Congress Closure took place in the iconic Bruges City Hall

28. June 2022

IELA 2022-2023 Board of Management:

New BOM Members elected for a 2-year term:
-   Orphee Moschopoulois Beinoglou Junior - Orphee Beinoglou International Forwarders S.A., Greece
-   Lucien Lawson - Clamageran Foirexpo, France
-   Jasmine Yang - Eurotran Expo Service Co. Ltd., Taiwan

Re-elected BOM Members for a 2-year term:
-   Alexandra Erdmann - Swiss Expo Logistics Ltd., Switzerland
-   Daniel Mithran - Jim Project & Expo Logistics (M) Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia

BOM members remaining for one more year are:

Sudhir Dhavan - R.E. Rogers India Pvt. Ltd., India
David Palomo Sanchez - Suomen Messulogistiikka, Finland
Sandi Trotter - TWI Group Inc., Canada
Bas Wiendels - Valverde B.V., The Netherlands

Elected new Chairperson:
Sandi Trotter - TWI Group Inc., Canada

During the 2022 IELA General Assembly, the IELA Committee was dissolved and the new IELA Articles & By-Laws have been voted

During the 2022 IELA Host Dinner & Awards Night which took place at the Brewery 'De Halve Maan', we finally had the great pleasure be hand over, in-person, the Awards attributed to:

  • the Best Export Agent 2019 - 1st Place - Gbh Exhibition Forwarding Ltd, UK
  • the Best Export Agent 2019 - 2nd Place - TWI Group, Inc. Canada
  • the On-Site Agent 2019 - 1st Place - Rock-it Global Brazil
  • the Best On-Site Agent 2019 - 2nd Place - R.e. Rogers (m) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
  • the Best Domestic Agent 2019 - 1st Place - ELF Shipping LLC, UAE
  • the Best Domestic Agent 2019 - 2nd Place - Masstrans Freight LLC, UAE
  • Faces of IELA 2020 - 1st Place - Sudhir Dhavan with R E Rogers India
  • Faces of IELA 2020 - 2nd Place - Thomas Ernst & Bernhard Gilke, with DB Schenker, Germany, represented by Thorsten Becker
  • Best Student - Online Winter Seminar 2021 - Ujjwal Gupta with BIG Logistics India Pvt. Ltd. 
  • Honorary Member - Jim Kelty with Airways Freight USA
  • Honorary Member - Vicki Bedi with Psb Logistics (P S Bedi Group),  India 
  • Special Recognition of their service to IELA - Mariane Ewbank Rodrigues Batista with Fulstandig, Brazil
  • Special Recognition of their service to IELA - Feyzan Erel with Gruptrans, Türkiye


A big THANK YOU to our Event Hosts, Kristal bvba - International Fairs & Exhibition Logistics and Ziegler ExpoLogistics, our event host who kindly took care of the delegates luggage drop off at the Brusels Airport to allow everyone to travel by train to Bruges.

 

1. March - 2. March. 2022

The 4th IELA Operations Summit took place online via Zoom sessions on March 1st & 2nd

It was once again organised by the IELA Education and Training Programme Working Group, under the management of:
- Sudhir Dhavan, IELA Education & Training WG Chairperson
- Alexandra Erdmann, IELA Board Member
- Ute Wiezorrek, IELA Education & Training WG, Vice-Chairperson

See event brochure

BOM Meetings of the year 2022

Due to the Covid Pandemic, IELA continued organising monthly BOM meetings online, even if a couple of meeting also took place in person during the 37th IELA Congress. Here are the dates of the online BOM meeting:

  • 11 January 2022 (online)
  • 25 January 2022 (online)
  • 17 February 2022 (online)
  • 24 March 2022 (online)
  • 21 April 2022 (online)
  • 12 May 2022 (online)
  • 27 June 2022 (in-person in Bruges)
  • 2 July 2022 (in-person in Bruges)
  • 18 August 2022 (online)
  • 06 October 2022 (online)
  • 10 November 2022 (online)
  • 15 December 2022 (online)

 

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