Sustainable Futures for Project Delivery Conference - 6 October 2021
Project X invites you to join our on-line conference
In the UK, post-pandemic recovery plans are founded on an assumption of improved project delivery to Build Back Better with ‘faster’, ‘fairer and ‘greener’ projects. This creates an unprecedented opportunity for academics and project delivery professionals to come together and consider how we can transform the performance of large-scale projects.
Throughout the day we consider three questions:
What are the challenges of transitioning to a more sustainable future?
What are the implications for project delivery capabilities, skills and standards?
How can we come together to pool our knowledge and ideas to navigate this change?
The registration link is here. Please note that all attendees must register in order to receive the joining instructions.
About Project X
Agenda
The morning promises a lively debate between academics, industry and UK government champions to examine next steps in the transition to Net Zero given the recent IPCC’s report and warning from the UN Secretary-General of “code red for humanity”. Later we hear from the National Audit Office on lessons learnt for projects delivered at Speed based on the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in the UK. The morning ends with a thoughtful discussion of the challenges of sustaining a reflexive learning mindset based on our latest capabilities research.
In the afternoon join our research teams and choose from parallel sessions on (1) How and when to apply data analytics to improve project delivery performance (2) Pathways to improve benefits realisation and the importance of leadership buy-in, governance, reporting and a benefits driven-culture (3) What works from our governance research. (4) Latest thinking on organisational capability implied by the latest Transforming Infrastructure Performance report from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (UK Cabinet Office).
The final sessions of the day examine how we can come together to crystallise our ideas and plan next steps in our journey to a more sustainable future for project delivery and project delivery research.
The agenda can be found here
Why attend?
Hear about the latest reports and policy thinking from UK central government
Engage with policy makers, funders, industry and government champions
Join our research and professional community debates
Meet others with similar policy and academic interests
Speakers
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Rachel Skinner
President, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
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Professor Mike Lewis
Project X Academic Lead
Professor of Management, University of Bath
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Dr. Fiona Spencer
Project X Deputy Director
Director of Function, Profession & Standards, Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA)
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Peter McGettrick
Managing Director of Advisory, Turner & Townsend
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Dame Meg Hillier MP
Chair of Public Accounts Committee
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Professor Paul Nightingale
Project X Academic Lead
Professor of Strategy and Associate Dean for Engagement at the University of Sussex Business School, former Director of Special Projects with the Economic and Social Research Council
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Terri Harrington
Project X Director
Sponsorship Director, National Highways
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Matthew Vickerstaff
Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of Project Finance, Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA)
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Professor Andrew Davies
Project X Academic Lead
RM Phillips Freeman Chair and Professor of Innovation Management, SPRU (Science and Policy Research Unit), University of Sussex Business School
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Gill Evans
Project X Cabinet Office Lead (Capabilities Theme)
EU Exit Portfolio Director, HM Revenue & Customs
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Emma Willson
Director Major Project Delivery Hub, National Audit Office (NAO)
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Professor Naomi Brookes
Project X Academic Lead
Professor, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), Warwick University
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Dr. Rebecca Vine
Lecturer in Accounting, University of Sussex Business School
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Dr. Rehema Msulwa
Research Associate, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
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Professor Mike Bourne
Project X Academic Lead
Professor of Business Performance, Cranfield University School of Management
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Dr. Richard Kirkham
Project X Academic Lead
Reader in Civil Engineering, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
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Dr. Juliano Denicol
Lecturer in Project Management, Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL
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Phillippa Groome
Doctoral Researcher, SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit), University of Sussex Business School Business School
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Professor Andrew Edkins
Project X Academic Lead
Professor of the Management of Complex Projects, The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL
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Dr. Dicle Kortantamer
Research Fellow, Centre for Change, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (CENTRIM), University of Brighton
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Dr. Jas Kalra
Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Newcastle University Business School
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Dr. Vedran Zerjav
Associate Professor in Infrastructure Project Management, Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL
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