Conference presentations

Thursday, September 8 2022

12.00-13.30

14.00, 10 mins

Lunch

Welcome of delegates
Speaker: Denis Schnœbelen, Chairman ARGE

14.10, 30 mins

Transforming a conservative business into a digital world – three key success factors
Speaker: Urban Doverholt, Chairman SEM Group

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14.40, 30 mins

ARGE’s Lead (Pb) Reduction programme: Taking up the lead challenge
Speaker: Hans Weissenböck, General Secretary ARGE

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15.10, 30 mins

CE marking: Potential impact of draft for a new Construction Products Regulation
Speakers: Stephan Schmidt, Managing Director FVSB (DE), Pierre Vilain, Head of Product Compliance and Standards at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEIA, Frédéric Ducloyer, Director General UNM (FR)

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15.40, 30 mins

COFFE BREAK

16.10, 20 mins

Other relevant EU regulations, directives, policies, initiatives: A brief overview
Speaker: Hans Weissenböck, General Secretary ARGE

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16.30, 30 mins

Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association in North America: An update
Speaker: Peter Rush, Chairman Kellen company, representing BHMA (USA)

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17.00, 45 mins

Key note speaker

Cybercrime – who´s behind, what are the consequences and can you protect yourself?
What makes cybercrime possible to commit and is it possible to protect yourself? That’s exactly what you can do and it’s both easy and almost free!
Speaker: Jan Olsson, Police Superintendent,  is Sweden’s leading expert in the field with over 20 years of experience of national and international fraud.

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Friday, September 9 2022

09.30, 20 mins

Renewed ARGE EPD and digital future of EPD: What lies ahead?
Speaker: Hans Weissenböck, General Secretary ARGE

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09.50, 20 mins

ARGE and BIM: What level of engagement seems feasible?
Speaker: Kai-Oberste Ufer, Head of AEC Planning Tool & Configurators at dormakaba

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10.10, 20 mins

Smart Door Locking (SDL) devices for smart homes: ARGE’s normative approach
Speaker: Håkan Hedlund, Board member SEM Group

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10.30, 20 mins

Master Key System (MKS) data protection: Roll-out of Technical Specification starts.
Speaker: Neil Rule, Managing Director Access2 (UK)

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10.50, 30 mins

COFFE BREAK

11.20, 15 mins

ARGE Conference 2023: Invitation to come to Prague
Speaker: Vladimír Chládek, Chairman MEZA (CZ)

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11.35, 45 mins

Key note speaker

Digital change in the industry
The evolution of  a mechanical locking cylinder to a fully electronic locking system to illustrate the impact this development has on owners, operators and facility managers.          
Speaker: Robert Siegmund, SVP & Head of Commercial Development EMEIA, ASSA ABLOY. In the industry since 1995 and Robert has worked for many MNCs mainly in the areas of product management, sales and in general management. This includes Häfele, OBI, Geze, Würth and ASSA ABLOY.

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12.20, 10 mins

12.30 Lunch

Conclusions, wrap-up and closing of the business part of the Conference
Speaker: Denis Schnœbelen, Chairman ARGE

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