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25 years of the European Lift Association

25 years of the European Lift Association

A thank you to the host, the Association of Swiss Lift Companies (VSA), from ELA President Roberto Zappa (l.) to VSA President Patrick Hess and Silvia Glaus-Zinder from the VSA office. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(from left to right): Patrick Hess, Silvia Glaus-Zinder, Roberto Zappa and ELA Managing Director Luca Pezzini. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

The gala dinner in the evening started with a standing reception - time for networking! (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

In the foreground Achim Hütter, member of the ELA Board and VFA Chairman, and Andreas Wespi (r.), ELA Vice President (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Happy about the anniversary: ELA President Roberto Zappa (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

First two, then ... (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

... three standardization experts (from left): Carsten Hendriksen (Code Officer EMA and Chairman of the ELA Committee Codes & Standards, Esfandiar Gharibaan, Chairman of CEN/TC 10 and Dr, Gerhard Schiffner, ELA Board Member (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

The festive gala dinner ... (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

The ELA conference on May 5 had the theme "Safety in maintance". (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

In conversation: Esfandiar Gharibaan (l.) and Roberto Zappa (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Christian Brauchlin and Frank Roussel (r.) (Schindler) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Eberhard Vogler (l., TK Elevator) and his predecessor Dr. Gerhard Schiffner (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Riza Latif (r.) und Savaşal Sayın (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Lucca Pezzini welcomes the participants. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Guest speakers: Daniela Rondinelli (Member of the European Parliament, Employment and Social Affairs Committee) and Colin Lustenhouwer (European Economic and Social Committee) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

ELA President Roberto Zappa (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Daniela Rondinelli (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

About 80 participants had come to Lucerne. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Colin Lustenhouwer (European Economic and Social Committee) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Massimiliano Dragoni (European Commission) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Wim Koster (President of the European Elevator Association) moderates the debate of the first part. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Ebru Gemici-Loukas, Chairwoman of the ELA Statistical Committee (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Ana Efata, Member of the ELA Safety, Education & Training Committee (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Carlos Latorre, Head Global Safety at Schindler (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Giorgio Manfredi (Archetype - an artificial intelligence platform) (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

ELA Vice President Andreas Wespi moderates the third part of the presentation. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Gero Gschwendtner (Chairman of ISO/TC 178 and Convenor of CEN/TC 10/WG 2) could also only participate remotely. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Esfandiar Gharibaan (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Paulo Medeiros (President Global Elevator Safety Forum) was remotely connected from Brazil. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Two remote speakers at the conference: Liu Jianwei (l.) of the China Elevator Association, and Graham Worthington, president of the Pacific Asia Lift and Elevator Association. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

The chairmen of the ELA committees (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

The ELA team (from left): Sylvie Hua, Lucca Pezzini and Gaëtane Van Laethem. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

ELA President Roberto Zappa (r.) and ELA Vice President Andreas Wespi (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Harold Bussing, Chairman of the Energy & Environment Committee, in conversation with Savaşal Sayın (ELA Board Member). (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Massimo Bezzi (l.), President of the European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EFESME), in conversation with Andreas Wespi (center) and Roberto Zappa (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

Lucca Pezzini (center) between former ELA Presidents Jean-Pierre Chauvarie (l.) and Philippe Lamalle (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

A wonderful ending: The participants treated themselves to a boat trip on Lake Lucerne on Saturday morning. (Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

(Photo: © Ulrike Lotze + John Gale)

25 years of the European Lift Association

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25 years of the European Lift Association

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25 years of the European Lift Association

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25 years of the European Lift Association

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25 years of the European Lift Association

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25 years of the European Lift Association

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25 years of the European Lift Association

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25 years of the European Lift Association

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25 years of the European Lift Association

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25 years of the European Lift Association

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May 2023

Work and celebrate - that could have been the motto for this anniversary: 25 years ago, the European Lift Association (ELA) was founded. Some 80 participants met in Lucerne, first for the official General Assembly. In the evening there was a festive gala dinner, followed the next day by the ELA Conference with numerous presentations on the subject of "Safety in Maintenance". Most of the speakers were on site, but some were online via streaming from China, Brazil, Hawaii and Austria. The conference ended on Saturday morning with a boat trip on Lake Lucerne.

LIFTjournal will report on the conference in the next issue.