After a few blank years due to the global health situation, the European Demolition Association is back and planning the EDA 2022 Annual Convention. This is a reference event for the ‘DDR’ sector (demolition, decontamination and recycling), where both suppliers and contractors from all corners of continental Europe will meet.

Professional programme

This time the EDA Annual Convention will take place at Pavillon Dauphine saint Clair at Pl. du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny in Paris, France from the 9 -11 June, 2022. It will be held in collaboration with the French Demolition Association, SEDDRe, and the European Decontamination Institute, EDI. The convention will start at 10.00 Tuesday the 9th with a number of association meetings scheduled up to 13.00. After a lunch break, the day will continue with Workshop 1 at 15.00 and at 16.30 the second workshop of the day will start. Around 17.30 the EDA general assembly will be held until 19.00, followed from 19.00 to 21.00 by a welcoming cocktail party which will be held at the conference hotel, the Rennaissance Hotel in Paris.

The following day is the conference day. At 09.00, the official opening of the convention will be held and continued with an introduction to the conference. 09.30 will see the start of the first session of the conference with a presentation of a case story. At 11.30 the second session starts, also presenting an interesting case story and will go on until lunch. During the lunch break, participants have the opportunity to network and visit the exhibition. At 14.00 the third session will start with another case story. During coffee breaks, participants will also have the opporutnity to visit the exhibition. The last session of the day will be a presentation of a case story that will run from 16.30 until 17.30. This will bring to an end of the professional programme for the day.

18.30 is scheduled as the departure time for the gala dinner which will be held at the Gustav Eiffel Hall. The gala dinner ends at 23.00 with the first bus leaving for the hotel. The gala dinner includes a welcome reception, dinner, change of EDA president and the announcement of new members of the EDA Club of Honour. Saturday 11th is more of a leisure day with a bus tour encompassing the city’s most famous places and an opportunity to enjoy Parisian life. In the evening, there will be a dinner and show at the Lido Paris.

Call for papers

The EDA invites professionals interested in participating at the Annual Convention 2022 to submit ideas for presentations to be given during the conference. Professionals from several countries will be in attendance to discover the latest industry trends, discuss common objectives and work on best practices for the industry. The papers submitted for the presentations will be evaluated by the EDA Board of Directors which will aim to choose the most interesting topics. The EDA will reply to all applicants with an answer, either positive or negative, concerning the paper submitted.

Sponsors

Gold sponsors of the event are Epiroc, Sennebogen, Rotar and Caterpillar; gold sponsor level is at this point filled. Silver sponsors are Liebherr and MBI, whilst the Bronze sponsors are Dehaco and Arden with the Exclusive sponsors being Arden and Epiroc. There are still opportunities for sponsorship at the Silver, Bronze and Exclusive levels. There is also space for more companies that would like to exhibit at the convention trade show area.

PDi Magazine will be present and report on the event with a full review being published in PDi Magazine issue 4-2022
 

To check out rates and to register for the event please go to:
https://www.europeandemolition.org/activities/annual/eda-annual-convention-2022