Day 1 - Plenary session
Symposium Chairman: Bjørn Andersen

• Morning bird program - Oscarsborg and World War 2: The sinking of Hitler's warship Blücher
  Peder A. Berg, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Finance

• Updates on Project Governance in Norway
  Peder A. Berg, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Finance

• Project Governance in China “Change is the only Constant” – with Historical Perspective
  Chai Shougang, Vice-president, Investment Association of China
  David Lee, DNV Sustainability Centre Beijing

• Lessons from the Reconstruction of Pentagon after the 9/11 Assault
  Lee Evey Walker, Former Program Manager, Pentagon Renovation, USA

Day 1 - Session 1
Complexity in different sectors – major projects up front
Session chair: Mary McKinlay Session host: Torbjørn Aass 

• Complexity in Defence Projects
  Mary McKinlay, Trustee and Board Member, APM, United Kingdom

• Complexity in Major Programmes - Tools, Techniques and Governance
  Simon Henley, Rolls-Royce Defence and ICCPM, United Kingdom

• Carbon capture and storage – a viable option?
  Jon Østensvig, Terramar AS, Norway

• The Conspiracy of Optimism
  Tim Banfield, Director, UK National Audit Office 

• Conspiracy of optimism in international procurement – Why Mega Projects Fail and a Roadmap for the Future
  Stephen Hayes, CEO, International Centre for Complex Project Management, Australia

Day 1 - Session 2
Governance at different levels – the institutional issues
Session chair: Lynn Crawford Session host: Ole Jonny Klakegg

• Value of Project Governance
  Lynn Crawford, Professor, Bond University, Australia

• Sponsoring Change
  David Shannon, Senior interim manager and advisor, Oxford Project Management Ltd, United Kingdom

• Project, Program, and Portfolio Management in Companies
  Roland Gareis, WU Vienna University of Economics and Roland Gareis Consulting, Austria

• Practice versus Best Practice: Applying Existing Knowledge and Expertise
  Eilif Holte, Dipl Phys.ETH, Holte Consulting, Norway

• Governance of Major Road Projects  - The Danish Budgeting Model      
  Jens J. Holmboe, Director Construction Division, Danish Road Directorate

Day 1 - Session 3
Lessons from different countries – various governance regimes
Session chair: Christophe Bredillet Session host: Hallgrim Hjelmbrekke

• Governance and the specific context of projects: situations and conventions
  Christophe Bredillet, Professor, France

• Quebec's Framework Policy for Major Public Projects : 2 years later                 
  Alain Parenteau, Associate Secretary Treasury Board of Quebec, Canada

• A Bid to Become Olympic. Tromsø: Small Town and Big Stakes
  Henning R. Vahr, Principal Consultant, Det norske Veritas, Norway

• NASA Governance Model in Action: Mission to Pluto
  Edward J. Hoffman, Director, Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership, NASA, USA

• A Japanese Program Governance Model for Building the Future -  constructivist philosophy, methodology and European application
  Hiroshi Tanaka, President, Project Management Association of Japan

Day 2 - Session 1
Complexity in different sectors – major projects up front
Session chair: Eddy Westerveld Session host: Olav Torp

• The complexity perspective applied in large infrastructure projects     
  Eddy Westerveld, Senior Consultant, AT Osborne, Netherlands

• Complexity in High Energy Physics Projects: the LHC accelerator at CERN
  Jurgen de Jonghe, Head of Project Mgmt and Resource Planning Section, CERN, Switzerland  

• Rebuilding Holmenkollen Jump Hill. High Ambitions and a Runaway Process
  Øyvinn Høie, Director, Metier, Norway

• The Programme for Nuclear Waste Management in Sweden: Financial and Economic Risk Analysis and Risk Management
  Peter Stoltz, Senior Economist, Swedish Radiation Safety Authority

Day 2 - Session 2
Governance at different levels – the institutional issues
Session chair: Ralf Müller Session host: Nils O.E. Olsson 

• Project Governance: Procedural Straight Jacket or Freedom of Arts?
  Ralf Müller, Associate Professor, Umeå School of Business, Sweden

• The Project Management Cuckoo in the Business Nest 
  Terry Cooke-Davies, Executive Chairman, Human Systems International, United Kingdom

• Organizational Value. Re-thinking  Project Management Practice
  Janice Thomas, Program Director, Athabasca University, Canada

• Constructing an Olympic Dream and Learning for Further Projects
  Stewart Clegg, Professor, University of Technology, Australia

Day 2 - Session 3
Lessons from different countries – various governance regimes
Session chair: Tore Haavaldsen Session host: Ola Lædre 

• Sustainability Assessments of Major Investments
  Candice Stevens, Former Sustainable Development Advisor OECD, France

• A comparative survey of the application of SIA in the UK, Brazil and Nigeria
  Donald MacRae, Independent Consultant, United Kingdom

• Public participation to enhance the effect of sustainability impact assessment
  Kerstin Arbter, Consulting Engineer, Büro Arbter, Austria

• O3 - Transportation infrastructure development in Oslo the next 30 years
  Stein Berntsen, Executive Vice President, Dovre Group, Norway

Day 2 - Plenary session
Symposium Chairman: Bjørn Andersen

• Logical Minimalism in Strategy and Formulation of Objectives
  Knut Samset, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Program Director, Concept

• Panel session with Session Chairs
  Chaired by Brian Hobbs, Professor, University of Quebec at Montreal