Climmar congress 2007 in Brussels
18th to 21st October 2007
Programme for congress participants
Thursday 18th October 2007
| All day long | Arrival and registration at the Jolly Hotel |
| 6.00 p.m. | Welcome cocktail at the Jolly Hotel |
| 7.00 p.m. | Meeting point in the lobby of Jolly Hotel – Departure to the restaurant “Flamant Interiors” – Dinner |
Friday 19th October 2007
| 8.00 a.m. | Welcome / Greetings | Denis Druine, President VEREMABEL |
| 8.15 a.m. | Opening of the congress | Michel Monsel, President CLIMMAR |
| 8.20 a.m. | President reports: highlights of the associations – situation in Europe | National associations’ Presidents |
| 10.15 a.m. | Coffee break | |
| 10.30 a.m. | Evolution of the Common Agricultural Policy and of the agricultural markets | Costa Golfidis, Responsible of Communication, DG Agri, Internal and external Communication Unit |
| 11.30 a.m. | Evolution of agriculture in Europe | Tentative : 2nd speaker of COPA-COGECA |
| 12.30 p.m. | Luncheon | |
| 1.30 p.m. | Agricultural machinery markets and participants – Model A | Piet Almeloo, Gen.Secretary COM (NL) |
| 1.45 p.m. | Current market tendencies, branch conjuncture – Model B | Paul Kjaergaard, Secretary DM (DK) |
| 2.00 p.m. | Tentative : Pierre Rainelli | |
| 3.00 p.m. | Coffee break and photography | |
| 3.30 p.m. | Evolution of agricultural tractors and machinery in a changing world Evolution of the world market of combined harvesters | Tentative : Guiseppe Gavioli, Vice President, Tractor Product CNH Tentative : Paul Snauwaert, Product Development Manager, CNH Zedelgem |
| 4.30 p.m. | Workshop “Training / Climmar skills” | Gilbert Daverdisse, SEDIMA (F) Andreas Furgler, SMU (CH) |
| 5.00 p.m. | Report of workshop “e-commerce with “go4tractors” and EDI / Communication” | Ulrich Beckschulte, H.A.G. (D) |
| 5.30 p.m. | End of the 1st day of congress activities | |
| 7.30 p.m. | Meeting point in the lobby of Jolly Hotel - Transfer to the restaurant “Spinnekopke” – Dinner | |
Saturday 20th October 2007
| 8.30 a.m. | Presentation of XXX | Speaker |
| 8.50 p.m. | Report of workshop “Garden machinery” | Andreas Furgler, SMU (CH) |
| 9.05 p.m. | Report of workshop “Legislative / Lobbying” | Baudouin Misselyn, VEREMABEL (B) |
| 9.20 a.m. | Turnover-, costs and result-structures in European dealerships – Ratios – Model D | Ulrich Beckschulte, H.A.G. (D) |
| 9.25 a.m. | Warranty conditions and costs in Europe – Model E | Dr. Manfred Kandelhart, (A) |
| 9.40 a.m. | Results of the follow up of the “Dealer satisfaction index” | Michel Bombon, SEDIMA (F) |
| 10.15 a.m. | Coffee break | |
| 10.30 a.m. | Agribex 2007 : International Fair for Agriculture, Stockbreeding, Garden, Parks and green spaces | Michel Christiaens, SG AGRIBEX/FEDAGRIM (B) |
| 11.00 a.m. | Climmar – Presentation of the website | Gilbert Daverdisse, SG CLIMMAR |
| 11.15 a.m. | Climmar – Financial results 2006 / Proposal of budget 2007 | Gilbert Daverdisse, SG CLIMMAR |
| 11.30 a.m. | View on the next Climmar congress 2008 in Austria | Dr. Manfred Kandelhart, ARGE (A) |
| 11.45 a.m. | Conclusions of the congress and perspectives 2007 | Michel Monsel, President CLIMMAR |
| 12.30 a.m. | End of the congress activities | |
| 7.00 p.m. | Meeting point in the lobby of Jolly Hotel - Transfer to the restaurant “La maison du cygne” - Dinner | |
Sunday 21st October 2007
| All day long | Individual departures |