Program and presentations

Program and presentations

– CONCEPT SYMPOSIUM 2018

All abstracts for the presentations in one file

Day 1

Day 1 – Thursday 6 September
0900-0915	Opening statement by the Symposium Chair Bjørn Andersen, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
0915-0945	Updates on Project Governance in Norway Ingvild Melvær Hanssen, Chair, Concept Research Program, Chief Specialist, Ministry of Finance, Norway
0945-1030	Updates on Governance Research in Norway Gro Holst Volden, Research Director, Concept Research Program, Norway Knut Samset, Professor, NTNU and Program Director, Concept Research Program, Norway
1045-1115	Project Governance in UK Defence Acquisition – Still trying to 'Get There' Liz Lee-Kelley, Visiting Fellow, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
1115-1145	The Ministry as Project Owner – Value for money or Higher risk? Thor Arne Aass, Director General, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Norway
	Session 1 Trends, Visions and Emerging Paradigm Shifts Chair: Heidi Bull-Berg Research Manager, SINTEF	Session 2 Strategic Project Success Chair: Gro Holst Volden Research Director, Concept	Session 3 Early Estimation and Cost Management Chair: Hilde Aspenberg Jordal Researcher, Concept
1315-1400	Opportunities in a Circular (Industrial) Economy & Performance Economy Walter R. Stahel, Visiting Professor, University of Surrey, Switzerland	The Symbolic Value of Megaprojects Alfons H. van Marrevijk, Professor Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands	Cost Escalation before the Formal Decision to Build Morten Welde, Senior Researcher Concept Research Program, Norway
1400-1445	Digitalisation and Consumer Demand – the Empirical Evidence Andreas Löschel, Professor of Economics, University of Münster, Germany	Insights from the British Government’s Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) Tom Tolfree, Chief Economist Infrastructure and Projects Authority, United Kingdom	Designing to Cost in Built Environment Projects Herman Glenn Ballard, Research Director, Project Production Systems Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, USA
1445-1530	Trends and Paradigm Shifts in the Age of Disruptions Knut Samset, Professor, NTNU and Program Director, Concept, Norway	Project Value Creation in a Public Setting Markus Laursen, External Lecturer, Aarhus University, Denmark	How to avoid Scandalous Cost Growth? Stein Berntsen, Managing Director, Dovre Group Consulting AS, Norway
1545-1630	Realizing Value from the Digital Transition Anne Marte Sand Haarberg Program Assurance and Risk Manager DNV GL, Norway	Neglected and Underestimated Impact of Transport Investments Petter Næss, Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway	Cost Estimation in Equinor; Adapting to Markets in Change Øystein Holth, Manager Estimation Equinor, Norway
1630-1715	Hyperloop – How could it Impact the Society Mika Vilhelm Mannervesi, Director, City Development Services, City of Salo Finland	How can we use Cost‐Benefit Analysis to select the Right Projects? Nina Kristine Fossen, Senior Economist, Oslo Economics, Norway	Inaccurate Cost Forecasts: Development of Costs over Time Chantal Cantarelli, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Sheffield University Management School, United Kingdom

Day 2

Day 2 – Friday 7 September
	Session 4 Project Evaluation Ex-ante and Ex-post Chair: Morten Welde Senior Researcher, Concept	Session 5 Project Implementation Strategies Chair: Ola Lædre Associate Professor, NTNU	Session 6 Priorities, Preferences and Decision-making Chair: Håkon Finne Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF
0900-0945	Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Netherlands – Application and Use of Results Bert van Wee, Professor Delft University of Technology The Netherlands	Cost Management in Business Contracts Olav Torp, Associate Professor Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway	Prioritisation at Programme and Portfolio level in the UK Geraldine Barker, Director Project Delivery, National Audit office, UK
0945-1030	The What Works Network: Increasing the Use of Evidence Based Policy Making Mihiri Yasmin Seneviratne, Senior Policy Advisor, Cabinet Office, United Kingdom	Contracts in Public Construction Projects Compatible with Market Demands and Competition Julie Brodtkorb, CEO Norwegian Association of Heavy Equipment Contractors, Norway	Regional Victories or National Success? Building roads across Norway Elin Kverneggen, VP Project Advisory and Analysis, Holte Consulting, Norway
1045-1130	Ex post Evaluation of Large Public Projects – Experiences from Norway Gro Holst Volden, Research Director, Concept Research Program, Norway	Contract Strategies Road and Rail – Similarities and Differences Norway and Sweden Simen Olstad, Partner, Concreto, Norway	How are Experts’ Uncertainty Intervals Perceived by Non-experts? Karl-Halvor Teigen, Professor emeritus, University of Oslo and Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
1130-1215	Governing a Mega IT-project for the Norwegian Department of Social Security (NAV) Øyvind Tendal, Consulting director, Metier OEC, Norway	How Contract Strategies Impact Project Success W. Edward Back, Professor and Department Head, University of Alabama, USA	Obstacles to Efficient Decisions Hilde Singsaas, Director General Government Agency for Financial Management, Norway
1315-1330	Symposium Knowledge Retention Assessment Bjørn Andersen, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1330-1400	Lessons from Research and Management of Polar Bears in the Extreme North Thor Larsen, Dr. Philos, Researcher, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
1400-1430	Electrification of Aviation and its Impact on National Transport Dag Falk-Petersen, CEO, Avinor, Norway
1445-1515	The front-end of Projects – Structuring using a PMI literature survey Terry Williams, Director, Risk Institute, University of Hull, United Kingdom
1515-1530	Summary Remarks and Closing Statement Gro Holst Volden, Research Director, Concept Research Program, Norway