News, Views & Comments from the World of Building Service Contractors Feb 2014 WFBSC ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Diversey Sturtevant, WI 262-631-4001 www.sealedair.com Kaercher Germany www.kaercher.com WFBSC MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS Association de Empresas de Limpieza Buenos Aires, Argentina Norberto Peluso [email protected] Building Service Contractors Association of Australia Crows Nest, NSW, Australia [email protected] Quebec Building Service Contractors Association, Inc. Montreal, Quebec, Canada Roger Gauthier [email protected] Building Service Contractors Association International Chicago, Illinois, USA Chris Mundschenk [email protected] Building Service Contractors of New Zealand,Inc. Auckland, New Zealand Marja Verkerk [email protected] Bundesinnungsverband des Gebaeudereiniger-Handwerks Bonn, Germany Johannes Bungart [email protected] Cleaning and Support Services Association London, United Kingdom Linda Casey [email protected] Febrac Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil Adonai Arruda [email protected] Ricardo Garcia [email protected] Building Managers Association of the ROC Taipei, Taiwan Kenneth Kao [email protected] Federation des Enterprises de Proprete Paris, France Carol Sintes [email protected] Japan Building Maintenance Association Tokyo, Japan Keizo Kozen [email protected] Korean Association of Sanitary Maintenance Seoul, Korea Young Hoi Um [email protected] OSB S’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands [email protected] Final preparations underway for The World Federation of Building Service Contractors congress in New York The 20th Conference is now just over a month away and delegates can look forward to presentations by some of the biggest names in the industry. It’s due to take place from the 6th -9th April with content organised around three ‘big ideas’ designed to help contractors grow their businesses over the coming years -strategy, health and people. Keynote speakers include Peter Diamandis, co author of the New York Times bestselling book Abundance -The Future is Better Than You Think; Steve Forbes, chairman at Forbes Media and internationally respected authority on economics, inance and corporate leadership; Jim Collin, student and teacher of enduring great companies; and Dr Richard Besser, worldwide healthcare expert. There will also be a panel from the industry, comprising Henrik Slipsager of ABM Industries, Jeff Gravenhorst of ISS, Markus Asch of Kärcher, Stan Doobin from Harvard Maintenance, Claude Bigras of GDI Facility Services, Martyn Freeman from MITIE, OCS International’s Chris Cracknell and Dr Ilham Kadri from Sealed Air Diversey Care. Ticket and booking information can be found here: www.WFBSC2014.com Page 1
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