The 2010 IPAF Summit and International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs) will be held on 25 March 2010 at the Grange St. Paul's Hotel, 10 Godliman Street, London EC4V 5AJ, UK. The venue is close to St. Paul's Cathedral in the centre of London's financial district, The City.

The awards are being jointly organised by Access International and IPAF for the second time.

The deadline for submitting award entries was 11 January 2010.

Queries on the awards can be directed to Murray Pollok, managing editor of Access International, on +44 (0)1505 850 043 or murray.pollokkhl.com

The IAPAs promise to be a successful annual event that salutes best practice, raises the profile of the access sector worldwide and provides a top-class networking opportunity for rental companies, end users and suppliers.

The IAPAs are preceded by the IPAF Summit Networking Event and the IPAF Summit. The IPAF Summit Networking Event on the evening of 24 March will take place in the world-famous Cabinet War Rooms from where Winston Churchill directed his military campaign. This is a unique opportunity to meet colleagues and do business. The event is open to all IPAF members and to people holding a ticket for the IAPA dinner. Places are strictly limited and only pre-registered guests will be admitted.

The IPAF Summit starts at 13:30 on 25 March and is open to all. A world-class line-up of speakers will look at current market conditions and consider why “Safety is a Management Issue”. Confirmed speakers include Andrew Studdert, CEO of US-based NES Rentals, David Shipman, chairman of UK-based AFI-Uplift, Jennifer Mathis, partner with Ducker Research,  and Simon Rooks, UK managing director of Tyco Fire Solutions. Click here to register for the free IPAF Summit which precedes the IAPA dinner.

IAPAs 2010

• AWARDS SHORTLIST
• AWARDS CATEGORIES
• CRITERIA AND JUDGING
• JUDGING PANEL
• SPONSORSHIP
• DINNER BOOKINGS
• VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION
• GETTING THERE
• IPAF SUMMIT
• IPAF SUMMIT NETWORKING EVENT

Close to 400 access industry professionals attended the first ever International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs) in Dublin on 2 April 2009. Click on the links below to see the first award winners, the shortlist, and images from the event.

IAPAs 2009 

• FULL LIST OF AWARD WINNERS
• IMAGES FROM THE IAPAs