Elevcon 23: Lectures, networking and sightseeing

The new chairwoman and Program Manager of Elevcon: Elevcon: Dr. Marja-Liisa Siikonen (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Gil Stier, IAEE Administrative Board Chairman (International Association of Elevator Engineers) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Chairperson of the first session: Dr. Stefan Gerstenmeyer (TK Elevator) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Petr Chovanec (2N) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Christian-Erik Thöny (Cedes) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Chairperson and Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mazen Ayoubi (Pohlcon) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Chairperson and Speaker: Prof. Erden Imrak (ITU Elevator Technologies Laboratory) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Akira Nagao (Hitachi Building Systems) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Alexander Hutler (Mayr Power Transmission) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Chairperson and Speaker: Dr. Stephan Rohr, Elgo Batscale (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Prof. Hwa-Yaw Tam (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Chairperson and Speaker: Dr. Albert So (IAEE - HK-China Branch) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Mikko Kontturi (Kone) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Keisuke Terada (Tosiba) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Chairperson and Speaker: Dr. Bruno Vusini (AMC Instruments) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Dr. Michael Merz (Hilti Cooperation) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Chairperson Raymond Spiteri (TVI Services) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

K. Rajah Venkatraman (Fortune Consultants) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Hongliang Liang (Aliang Lift Design Studio) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Chairperson Sefa Targit (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

John W. Koshak (QEC, CEI eMCP, LLC) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Dr. Krishna Mishra (University Tampere) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Dr. Gerald Zwettler (University of Applied Scienes Upper Austria) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Esko Kilpinen (Modusolutions) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Chairperson Robert Nicholson (Architectural Elevator Consulting) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Dr. Janne Sorsa (Kone) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Scott Hampson (Arup) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Henri Hakonen (Kone) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Ari Kattainen (Kone) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Shohei Kondo (Toshiba) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Dr. Siikonen also moderated the closing session and gave the presentation on behalf of Dr. Lee E. Gray, who was unable to attend (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Yuval Valiano-Rips (Rips Elevator Group) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

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Pohlcon was represented with a booth at the Elevcon ... (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

... just like Serapid (Klaus Würkner) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

... and the company 2N (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

and the company Alberto Sassi (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Cedes CEO Christian-Erik Thöny and Patrick Bass (Vice President Special Projects) are pleased that the LIFTjournal with Cedes' cover story was displayed at Elevcon (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

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The opportunity for questions after the presentations was used intensively. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

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Sightseeing was of course also on the program (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

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... as well as a cozy evening in the brewery... (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

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Group picture: The speakers of the first day (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Group picture: The speakers of the second day (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)

Group picture: The speakers of the third day (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze)