Events

ERA offers sponsorship opportunities for the European Rental Awards Dinner and for the Convention.
ERA is very pleased to announce that the following companies have already accepted to be Sponsors:
- Gold sponsors: JLG, Perkins,
- Silver sponsors: Hilti, Ritchie Bros,
- Lanyards sponsor: SmartEquip

For more information about the sponsoring opportunities, please click here. 
To make your orders, please click here.

As in previous years, we are offering companies to profile themselves at the ERA Convention by taking part in the table-top exhibition just outside the main meeting rooms.
 
To ensure the highest level of networking opportunities between participants to the Convention and exhibitors, all coffee breaks, the cocktail of 15 May and the lunch of 16 May will take place in the exhibition area of the Convention.

For more information about the exhibition opportunities, please click here. 
To find more about our prices and about the terms and conditions for this event, please click here.

If you are interested in exhibiting, consult the floorplan of the exhibition space on this page, where you can also book your stand (table-top). Please contact the ERA team at era@erarental.org with any questions about the exhibition.

There will be seven awards, five for companies and two for individuals. The winners will be announced on 15 May 2019 at the European Rental Awards Ceremony in Madrid, Spain, during the European Rental Association’s annual convention. 

The award categories are:

• Large rental company of the year (> €15M revenues)

• Small / medium sized rental company of the year (< €15M revenues)

• Rental product of the year

• ERA Technical Committee Award

• The Sustainability Award

• Rental person of the year

• Lifetime achievement Award
  

For more information, please consult KHL's website.

To register to the ERA Convention 2019 and to the European Rental Awards Dinner, please click here.
As every year, members of European national associations members of ERA or of IPAF can benefit from the same rate as ERA members when registering to the Convention.
 ASEAMAC and / or ANAPAT members benefit from preferential rates (available at registration).
 

	(EUR)
ERA Members
Convention and European Rental Awards Dinner	450
Convention only	300
European Rental Awards Dinner only	200
Non-Members
Convention and European Rental Awards Dinner	900
Convention only	800
European Rental Awards Dinner only	200

The attendees to the Convention can benefit from special Convention rates at the Hotel Melia Castilla, Calle del Poeta Joan Maragall, 43, 28020 Madrid, Spain.

Classic Rooms  

• 180 EUR per room per night (single occupancy), including tax and breakfast;
• 195 EUR per room per night (double occupancy), including tax and breakfast; 

Deluxe Rooms

• 195 EUR per room per night (single occupancy), including tax and breakfast;
• 210 EUR per room per night (double occupancy), including tax and breakfast;

Participants are responsible for their own room booking. Rooms can be booked via the following weblink: https://events.melia.com/en/events/melia-castilla/ERA-Convention-2019.html
 
Please note that the block booking is valid until 14 April 2019. After that date, the hotel will release all unsold rooms and  we cannot guarantee that the hotel will still have availability after that date.  We therefore encourage you to book your accommodation as quickly as possible.
 

ERA Convention “Rental: A Sharing Economy” Madrid – 15 and 16 May 2019 PROGRAMME

 
 

WEDNESDAY – 15 May 2019
08.00 - 14.00 (Hall Patio)	REGISTRATION
10.15 -  12.30	Tour of the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium (optional, open to participants to the ERA Convention)
12.30 – 14.00 Exhibition Area (Hall Patio)	LUNCH BREAK AND TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION
14.00  - 15.30 Plenary room (Patio 1-2-3)	PLENARY SESSION   Opening of the Convention, Pierre Boels, President, ERA   Welcome to Madrid, David Cagigas, ANAPAT, and Juan Jose Torres, ASEAMAC   Circular Economy and Life-cycle Assessment, James George, Ellen McArthur Foundation   Environmental Impact of Renting Equipment, Martijn in’t Veld, Climate Neutral Group, Marijn Bijleveld, CE Delft   Moderator: Alex Taylor
15.30  - 16.30 Exhibition Area (Hall Patio)	COFFEE BREAK AND TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION
16.30 – 18.00 Plenary room (Patio 1-2-3)	PLENARY SESSION   Sharing and Economy, Marieke Blom, ING   Investors’ vision on the rental industry, Pietro Sibille, Todor Todorovski and Garrison Taylor, Credit Agricole CIB   Trends in the European Rental Industry, Michel Petitjean, Secretary General, ERA   Moderator: Alex Taylor
19.00 - 20.00 Exhibition Area (Hall Patio)	COCKTAIL AND TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION
20.00 - 23.00 Plenary room (Patio 1-2-3)	EUROPEAN RENTAL AWARDS DINNER   Moderator: Alex Taylor

 

 

THURSDAY – 16 May 2019
08.30 – 09.00 Plenary room (Patio 1-2-3)	ERA GENERAL ASSEMBLY including election of the Board of Directors
09.00 - 10.30	WORKSHOP PROMOTION   Promotion Committee Report, Pierre-Yves Rallet, Committee Chairman Debate   Moderator:  Pierre-Yves Rallet, Committee Chairman
	WORKSHOP TECHNICAL     Technical Committee Report, Martin Sebestyen, Committee Chairman •    Debate   Moderator: Martin Sebestyen, Committee Chairman
	WORKSHOP SUSTAINABILITY   Sustainability Committee Report, Kevin Haycock, Committee Chairman Debate   Moderator: Kevin Haycock, Committee Chairman
	WORKSHOP FUTURE GROUP   Future Group Report Debate
10.30 - 11.00 Exhibition Area (Hall Patio)	TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION
11.00 – 12.30	WORKSHOP PROMOTION   Promotion Committee Report, Pierre-Yves Rallet, Committee Chairman Debate   Moderator:  Pierre-Yves Rallet, Committee Chairman
	WORKSHOP TECHNICAL    Technical Committee Report, Martin Sebestyen, Committee Chairman •    Debate   Moderator: Martin Sebestyen, Committee Chairman
	WORKSHOP SUSTAINABILITY   Sustainability Committee Report, Kevin Haycock, Committee Chairman Debate   Moderator: Kevin Haycock, Committee Chairman
	WORKSHOP FUTURE GROUP   Future Group Report Debate
12.30 - 13.00 Exhibition Area (Hall Patio)	TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION
13.00 – 14.00 Plenary room (Patio 2)	GUEST SPEAKER   Jessica Regan   Moderator: Alex Taylor
	Closing of the Convention, President - Elect, ERA
14.00-15.30 Exhibition Area (Hall Patio)	NETWORKING LUNCH AND TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION