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Program and presentations

Concept Symposium 2016

Program and presentations

 

All abstracts for the presentations in one file.

 

 

Day 1 – Thursday 8 September 2016
 

 

Morning Bird Program: Vanity in projects

Peder A. Berg, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Finance

 

Opening statement by the Symposium Chair

Bjørn Andersen, Professor, NTNU, Norway

 

Updates on project governance in Norway

Peder A. Berg, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Finance

 

The petroleum sector in crisis – or business as usual?

Petter Osmundsen, Professor, University of Stavanger, Norway
 

 

Updates on project governance in six OECD countries

Knut Samset, Professor NTNU and Program Director Concept Research Program, Norway

 

Initiation of Major Projects in BP

John R Brownridge, Appraisal General Manager, British Petroleum, UK
 

Session 1

Flexibility in projects - curse or boon – and for whom?

Chair: Nils Olsson

Professor, NTNU

Session 2
Mega projects and economic viability

Chair: Heidi Bull-Berg

Research manager, SINTEF

Session 3
Contractual measures and
ambitious strategies

Chair: Ola Lædre

Associate professor, NTNU

Projectification, Innovative Capacity and Flexibility: Macro- and micro level perspectives.

Andreas Wald, Professor,

University of Agder

Norway

Feasibility study of a fixed link across the Oslo fjord

 

Anders Jordbakke, Project manager, Norwegian Road Administration

Norway

International experience with implementation strategies

 

Olav Torp,
Associate professor, NTNU
Norway

 

Flexible project management strategies with real options thinking and Scenario Planning

Maartje van Reedt Dortland,

Advisor, Cadastre Land Registry and Mapping Agency, The Netherlands

 

The economic case for Crossrail


Paul Buchanan, Partner

Volterra,  
United Kingdom

 

Exploring the Application of the Alliance Delivery Model within UK Rail  Infrastructure: A Case Study

Neill David Carruthers, Senior Consultant, PTP Associates Ltd,  UK

 

Are Real Options sufficiently appreciated in project evaluations?


Jan Rune Baugstø,
Analysis manager, Atkins Norway

 

Megaprojects - the productivity gap, uncertainty and economic viability

Alexander Budzier, Fellow in Management Practices,

Saïd Business School, Oxford, UK

 

 

Let metrics talk and let experts do their job – Experiences with the Best Value Approach
Wiebe Witteveen, Partner,
Best Value Group,
The Netherlands

 

The Evolution of the Quebec Governance Framework
Maude Brunet, MSc, University of Quebec in Montreal

Canada

 

Major projects - Cost creep from design to decision
Heidi Ulstein, Partner,

Menon Economics
Norway

 

Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) in Norwegian Bridge Projects
Paulos Abebe Wondimu, Msc,

NTNU

Norway

 

Flexible and frightened - or flexible and fearless?
Steve Wake, Chair, Association for Project Management
United Kingdom

 

 

The governance of mega airport construction projects in China

Dr. Guangshe Jia, Professor,

Tongji University,
China

 

The contract strategy at Ringeriksbanen
Stein Berntsen, Managing Director,  Dovre Group Consulting AS
Norway

 

 

 

 

Day 2 – Friday 9 September 2016

Session 4
Financing public infrastructure


Chair: Morten Welde

Researcher, NTNU

Session 5
Sustainable investments


Chair: Gro Holst Volden

Research Director, NTNU

Session 6
Evaluation to improve practices


Chair: Håkon Finne

Senior Researcher, SINTEF

 

The trade-off between private and public funding of transport infrastructure
Svein Bråthen, Professor,

Molde University College
Norway

 

New energy solutions in Statoil

 

Stein Trygve Briskeby,
Principle Engineer, Statoil ASA

Norway

 

Ex ante and ex post evaluation – making use of evaluation results
 

Knut Samset,
Professor, NTNU/Concept
Norway

 

Agency costs in the privatization of social infrastructure financing
 

Espen Solheim-Kile, MSc,

University of Agder

Norway

 

Sustainability and Performance for Government Programs in the Digital Environment

Stephen Hayes
CEO, StrategyDotZero,
Australia

 

Learning across hospital projects by a shared evaluation agency

 

Kari Gro Johanson, Project Director,
Helse Stavanger HF/Sykehusbygg HF
Norway

 

Financial uncertainty of the Fehmarn Belt fixed link


Hans Schjær-Jacobsen,
Senior Consultant, RD&I Consulting,
Denmark

 

Environmental considerations when selecting public investment projects 


Merete Saugestad,

MSc, BI Norwegian Business School

 

Towards an Optimal Evaluation System
 

Jarle Haarstad,

Senior partner, Scanteam,
Norway

 

The impact of government failure on the selection and implementation of privately financed infrastructure projects.

Mark S. Hellowell, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh,
United Kingdom

 

Aspects of sustainability – New harbour in Kirkenes


Elin Kverneggen, Head of department, Project Advisory and Analysis, Holte Consulting, Norway

 

Dutch politicians’ use of cost-benefit analysis


Niek Mouter, Postdoctoral researcher  
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands

 

Statement by the Symposium Chair

Bjørn Andersen, Professor, NTNU, Norway

 

The probable, the uncertain, and the hypothetical: Problems of assessment and communication

Karl Halvor Teigen, Professor emeritus University of Oslo and Adjunct research scientist Simula Research Laboratory  Norway
 

 

Governing major public sector projects in the United Kingdom

Timothy Augustus Banfield, Consultant, The Nichols Group, UK

 

Summary remarks and closing statement

Gro Holst Volden, Research Director, Concept Research Program, Norway

 

Pictures from the symposium

 

 

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