Automotive Fleet, July 2019
AUTOMOTIVE FLEET I JULY 2019 30 RAISES THE BAR The 2019 Global Fleet Conference was held June 4 6 2019 at the Hilton Miami Downtown in Miami Fla and featured its seventh consecutive record year of attendance with 372 attendees The conference featured presentations on topics pertinent to global fleet managers that include fleet strategies industry trends regional market reports global procurement best practices and more as well as an abundance of networking opportunities New to the conference this year were innovative half day deep dive symposiums that focused on four subject specific categories impacting global fleets The Global Fleet Deep Dives addressed safety mobility productivity and vocational fleets Regional market reports covered during the conference included trends in European fleet management a special three part market report covering fleets in South America including Mexico Brazil and other key LatAm markets Keynote speakers were Tim Cavanaugh of Cavanaugh Consulting on the impact of disruptive mobility technologies on global fleet management and Sheryl Connelly of Ford who discussed global business trends that will impact fleet mobility AF 2019 GLOBAL FLEET CONFERENCE Tim Cavanaugh global product marketing business development director for Cavanaugh Consulting speaks during the opening keynote address The Impact of Disruptive Technologies on Global Fleet Management It covered how mobility technologies will alter multinational fleet operations A panel on fleet markets in Brazil Mexico Argentina and other South American nations l to r Sergio Lecue of ALD Automotive Arturo Simone of RDA Renting Kevin Kibilds of MSD Mexico Jaime Bringas of Teva Pharmaceuticals Mexico Joao Andrade of Localiza and Ricardo De Bolle of Element Arval Global Alliance Paul Hollick left managing director of Miles Consultancy moderated a panel on how to develop a global fleet program which included members of Mondelez Internationals entire global fleet team John Dmochowsky second from left senior fleet manager responds to a question Attendees gather for a group photo on the second day of the Global Fleet Conference The latest conference marked another year in record attendance with 372 attendees The conference is now in its seventh year and alternates between Europe and North America The Global Fleet Conference is co produced by Bobit Business Media publisher of Automotive Fleet magazine and Nexus Communication publisher of Fleet Europe magazine The 2020 Global Fleet Conference will be held May 26 27 2020 at the Sheraton Roma in Rome Italy BY MIKE ANTICH AND ANDY LUNDIN
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