Welcome: On 27 May, representatives of the European lift industry met in Rotterdam for the ELA General Assembly (Photo: © John Gale)
ELA President Wim Koster delivering his annual report to the general meeting on the first day. (Photo: © John Gale)
(Photo: © John Gale)
Ebru Gemici-Loukas, Chairwoman of the Statistics Committee, presents the latest figures to the General Meeting (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Ana Efata, Chair of the Committee on Safety, Training and Further Education, delivering her report in Rotterdam. (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Carsten Henriksen, Chair of ELA’s largest committee for codes and standards, reflecting on the past year (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Paula Casares, the new chairwoman of the ELA Committee on Energy and the Environment (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Frank Roussel, Chair of the Digitalization & Cybersecurity Committee (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Cédric Pipar, Chair of the Budget committee (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
(Photo: © John Gale)
(Photo: © John Gale)
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(Photo: © John Gale)
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(Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
In the evening, the group went on a boat trip: Esfandiar Gharibaan (l.) didn’t want to miss out on that either. (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
(Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
(Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Eberhard Vogler (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Also on board: Roberto Zappa (r.), former ELA president, and Andrea Veggian (Innovalift) (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Group photo for LIFTjournal (from left): Oliver Vahsen (Ziehl-Abegg), Christian Dreßler (Meiller) and Jorge Linares (Raloe) (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Wim Koster welcomes the participants on board (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Reinier Geradts from the host association, the ‘Nederlandse Vereniging voor Lift en Roltraptechniek’ (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Claudia Donghi (right), and ELA General Secretary Luca Pezzini (centre) (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
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ELA Secretary-General Luca Pezzini (l.) in conversation with VFA Chairman Achim Hütter (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
They were responsible for the success of the event: Kate Kankindi (left) and Gaetane Van Laethem from the ELA office. (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
‘Artificial Intelligence in Vertical Mobility and Safety’ was the theme of the ELA conference the following day (Photo: © John Gale)
Opening of the conference on the second day by the President (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Reinier Geradts welcomes the participants (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Marjon Oosting from the Liftinstituut chaired the ELA conference (Photo: © John Gale)
(Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Wim Koster (right) presents this year’s ELA Award cheque to Emil van Hoffen and Waldo Linders from the ROVC Technical Training Institute (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
(Photo: © John Gale)
Jo Tetsill (Otis) (Photo: © John Gale)
(Photo: © John Gale)
Rommy van de Pol (Photo: © John Gale)
(Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
from the left: Michael Grover-White, Laura Webb and George Jackson (Photo: © John Gale)
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In conversation: Carsten Henriksen (Schindler Germany) and Silvia Glaus-Zinder (VSA) (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Alwin Warringa und Tom Dantuma (Sopra Steria) (Photo: © John Gale)
Constance Girard (Photo: © John Gale)
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Frank Roussel (Photo: © John Gale)
Tijmen Molema (Liftinstituut) (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
(Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
(Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
John Gale was also there (r.) and George Jackson (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
A spectacular atmosphere during the break; on the left, Tadeusz Popielas from the Polish Lift Association and Christella Herzog (VFA-Interlift) (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Daniel Bisang (l.) (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Rahel de Vriend (Photo: © John Gale)
Ivan Manieri (Photo: © John Gale)
Delight among the representatives of the Lift Institute ... (Photo: © LIFTjournal/Ulrike Lotze)
Once a year, the European lift industry – or, more specifically, the members of the European Lift Association (ELA) – comes together.
June 2026
This time, Rotterdam was not only the venue for the Annual General Meeting. The following day, the conference continued with the theme ‘Artificial Intelligence on Vertical Mobility and Safety’. There were many interesting presentations from speakers within and outside the industry.
The LIFTjournal will, of course, report on the event in Issue 4, which will be available exclusively to subscribers of the print and digital editions.
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