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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME




Wednesday 11 June

Delegate arrival in Hamburg (free evening)
WUWM Retail Market Work Team dinner (by invitation only)

Thursday 12 June

Arrival in Hamburg or participation in the Borco-Höhns visit

08.00

Depart for Rotenburg

09.00 – 12.00

Optional visit to Borco-Höhns with lunch

12.00 – 13.00

Return to Hamburg from Rotenburg

 

 

12.00 - 14.00

Conference Registration and Coffee

14.00

Conference official opening:
Mr Torsten Berens, Managing Director, Hamburg Wholesale Market
Mr Axel Gedaschko, Senator at the Ministry of Economics
and Labour Affairs
Mr Paul Westley, Chairman, WUWM Retail Section, United Kingdom

14.30 - 16.00 Discussion on lobbying the European Commission and related
2008 activities
Coffee
16.00 - 16.20 Presentation from Michael Weinreich, German Market Traders
Association (BSM), Hamburg
16.20 - 16.40 Presentation from ‘Living City’ Foundation
Conference finishes for the day

18.00 – 20.00

European Football Championships 2008 – public viewing on the Heiligengeistfeld (close to hotel)
18:00 Croatia versus Germany
20:45 Austria versus Poland

 

 

20.30

Dinner in Hotel Hafen Hamburg


Friday 13 June


06.00

Bus departs to Hamburg Wholesale Market from Hotel Hafen Hamburg

06.30 – 08.00

Coffee and visit of the market

08.00 - 8.30

Bus returns to Hotel Hafen Hamburg

08.30

Light breakfast in the registration area of the meeting venue

 

 

09.00 – 10.45

Session 1 – Effective Community Involvement in Market (Re)Development

 

Chairperson:
Mr Uwe Kluge, Chairman, GFI, Germany
Speakers:

  • Dr Christoph Krupp, Mayor of Hamburg-Bergedorf, Germany
  • Mr Peter Groenendaal, City of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Ms Alicia O’Reilly, IOMST (Irish Organisation of Market and Street Traders), Ireland

 

 

10.45 – 11.00

Coffee

 

 

11.00 – 12.15

Session 2 – Efficiency in Market Promotions

 

Chairperson:
Mr Jean-Paul Auguste, Chairman, GroupeGeraud, France
Speakers:

  • Mr Malcolm Veigas, Head Markets, Bradford City Council, UK
  • Mr Krys Zasada, NABMA Policy Advisor, UK

 

 

12.15 – 13.15

Lunch

 

 

13.15 – 14.30

Session 2 continues

  • Mr Peter Joppa, Managing Director, Duisburg Market, Germany
  • Mr Albert Beltran Ruiz, Municipality of Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain

 

 

14.30 – 14.45

Coffee

 

 

14.45 – 16.15

Session 3 – Technical Innovations in Market Equipment and Practices

 

Chairperson:  
Mr Lothar Geissler, Managing Partner Borco-Höhns, Germany
Speakers:

  • Mr Renaud Riou, Lombard et Guerin, France
  • Mr Roberto Alonso, E.N. Mercasa, Madrid, Spain
  • Mr Franz Kopecky, Vienna Market, Austria
  • Mr Maarten de Graaf, Market Advisor, HBD/CVAH, Netherlands

 

 

16.15 – 16.30

Conference summary and delegate feed-back re: next event  

16.30

Conference ends

 

 

18.00 – 20.00

European Football Championships 2008 – public viewing on the Heiligengeistfeld
18:00 the Netherlands versus France
20:45 Romania versus Italy

Free evening

Saturday 14 June



08.30 – 13.00

Visit to Großneumarkt and Langenhorner Markt, two retail markets within the City of Hamburg