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The NDA’s 41st Annual
Convention returned to its
traditional Las Vegas venue
of the Mirage Hotel during
the week before ConExpo.
D&Ri
was there and reports
pictorially
The event once again featured an equipment
exhibition in one of the ballrooms in the
Convention Centre of the Mirage
An innovation this year was the welcoming cocktail reception held in the exhibition room and sponsored by
Volvo – not just the cocktails went down well with the exhibitors,
D&Ri
understands
Keynote speaker
at the NDA’s 41st
Annual Convention
was past US
Secretary of Energy
and Nobel Prize
winning physicist
Steven Chu
The high reach training simulator developed by the
NFDC together with Volvo was a highlight at the event,
and was in constant use during the opening hours
NFDC president William Sinclair
addressing the gathering during the
Gala Dinner on the final night of the event
William and NDA president Jeff Kroeker share a
‘wee dram’ from a traditional Scottish drinking
vessel known as a quaich
EDA president Pilar de la Cruz, standing beside Jeff,
extended greetings from the European demolition
industry, as well as inviting delegates to attend the
EDA’s Summer Convention in Madrid in JUne
