Programme and presentations - Concept Symposium 2014
Programme and presentations
Programme and presentations
Day 1 – Thursday 25 September |
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0800-0845 |
Morning Bird Program: Despairing Men crave Desperate Projects Peder A. Berg, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Finance, Norway |
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0845-0900 |
Break |
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0900-0915 |
Opening Statement by the Concept Symposium Chairman Bjørn Andersen, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
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0915-0945 |
Updates on Project Governance in Norway Peder A. Berg, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Finance, Norway |
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0945-1030 |
Heritage of «Titans», Innovations, Trends, Leadership, Choice |
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Vladimir Pirojkov, President, Centre of Industrial Design and Innovation Astrarossa Design, Russia |
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1030-1045 |
Break |
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1045-1130 |
Exploring the Opportunity Space Knut Samset, Professor Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Director Concept, Norway |
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1130-1215 |
Norway - Resource Curse and Public Spending Jørn Rattsø, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
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1215-1315 |
Lunch |
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1315-1400 |
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Session 1 Opportunities and Project Governance Session Chair Heidi Bull-Berg, Research Manager Concept/SINTEF |
Session 2 Project Management Session Chair Hallgrim Hjelmbrekke, Researcher Concept/NTNU |
Session 3 Evaluation and the Effects of Investments Session Chair Håkon Finne, Research Manager Concept/SINTEF |
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Opportunities, Requirements and the Conceptual Choices
Erik Magnus Sæther, Partner Oslo Economics Norway |
What Drives the Decision to Deliver a Project through Project Alliancing in Australasia? Derek Walker, Program Director RMIT University Australia |
Political Frameworks and Private Investments in Power Generation for the German energy transition |
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1400-1445 |
Value through Collaborative Working in UK Construction Projects Don Ward, Chief Executive Constructing Excellence United Kingdom |
Early Underestimation of Costs
Morten Welde, Researcher Concept Research Program Norway |
- some Experiences with OECD DAC Standards Tale Kvalvaag, Director, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation Norway |
1445-1530 |
Front End Management in the United States Edd Gibson, Professor Arizona State University USA |
Bloodhound SSC - A Project / Program with Problematic Governance Mary McKinlay, Professor Mary McKinlay Projects Ltd United Kingdom |
Monitoring the German Energy Transition Hans-Joachim Ziesing, Dr. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Energiebilanzen Germany |
1530-1545 |
Break |
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1545-1630 |
Perverse Incentives and their Effects Gro Holst Volden, Research Director Concept Research Program Norway |
Project Budgets and Portfolio Value Steve Wake, Chairman Association for Project Management United Kingdom |
The Significance of Minimal Evaluation of Major Investments Håkon Finne,Senior Research Scientist SINTEF Technology and Society Norway |
1630-1715 |
Think2Impact™ - A Practical Application of Systems Science Stephen Hayes, |
Sponsoring Projects: Developing an Organizational Capability Terry Cooke-Davis, Founder and Senior Consultant Human Systems International Limited United Kingdom |
Rebuilding the Government Complex after the 2011 Oslo Bombing Stein Berntsen, President Consulting Dovre Group Plc Norway |
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Symposium Dinner – Hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance – Meeting place: Library |
Day 2 – Friday 26 September |
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Session 4 Megaprojects Session Chair Morten Welde, Researcher Concept/NTNU |
Session 5 Decisions and Management Session Chair Nils Olsson, Professor Concept/NTNU |
Session 6 Conceptual Choices and Governance Regimes Session Chair Ola Lædre, Associate Professor Concept/NTNU |
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0900-0945 |
High Speed Rail in Great Britain Henry Overman, Professor London School of Economics United Kingdom |
Decision Making and Management of Major Projects Halvard Kilde, CEO Metier Norway |
A Vision of Earth 2052 and its Implications for Decisions Today Jørgen Randers, Professor BI Norwegian Business School Norway |
0945-1030 |
Lessons from a new Railway in Northern Sweden - The Bothnia Line Helena Braun Thörn, Deputy Director Centre for Transport Studies Sweden |
Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants – The Uncertainty Analysis Simon Carroll, Senior Analyst Swedish Radiation Safety Authority Sweden |
Major Projects Authority: What we are doing to help Departments Improve Project Execution Tim Banfield, Director Strategy Major Projects Authority, Cabinet Office, United Kingdom |
1030-1045 Break |
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1045-1130 |
Anders Magnus Løken Principal Consultant, DNV GL Norway |
Kim Bang Salling, Associate Professor Technical University of Denmark Denmark |
Conceptual Appraisals in the Swedish Transport Sector Inga-Maj Eriksson, Long Term Planner Swedish Transport Administration Sweden |
1130-1215 |
Major Sports Events: Why the Cost Overruns? Harry Arne Solberg, Professor Trondheim Business School Norway |
Investing in Culture – Megalomania in a Miniature Country? Knut Samset, Program Director Concept Research Program Norway |
Project Governance: Owners Involvement and Accountability Jan Høegh, Partner Holte Consulting as Norway |
1215-1315 Lunch |
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1315-1330 |
Statement by the Symposium Chairman Bjørn Andersen, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
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1330-1415 |
From Traditional Project Management to Strategic Project Leadership Aaron Shenhar, Professor of Project and Technology Management Technological Leadership Institute, The SPL Group USA |
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1415-1430 Break |
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1430-1515 |
A 6000% rate of return: the UK Government’s answer to improving Programme Delivery Simon Eccles, Dr, Department of Health, United Kingdom |
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1515-1530 |
Summary Remarks and Closing Statement Gro Holst Volden, Research Director, Concept Research Program, Norway |