25 NOVEMBER 2024 PROGRAMME
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From 08.00
Registration and networking, tea and coffee in the Great Hall
Telford Theatre
Morning moderator: Professor Jim Hall, President, ICE | Professor of climate and environmental risks, University of Oxford
09.00-09.10
Welcome
Professor Jim Hall, president, ICE | Professor of climate and environmental risks, University of Oxford
09.10-09.25
Keynote – Embedding value and outcome across the lifecycle of infrastructure
Nick Smallwood, CEO, Infrastructure and Projects Authority
09.25-10.00
Fireside chat: How can the industry meet the challenges facing infrastructure delivery?
Ed McCann, founding director: Expedition Engineering and past president of the ICE in conversation with Professor Jim Hall
10.00-10.30
How can the public sector support better productivity in infrastructure projects
Gemma Tetlow, chief economist, Institute for Government
10.30-11.00
Coffee and networking in the Great Hall
11.00-12.30
Stream A (Telford Theatre) – Integration and systems thinking
What does good looks like? Short presentations from each speaker followed by panel and audience Q&A
Andrew Page, head of commercial services, Anglian Water
Eloise John, director of energy, AECOM
Anthony Kolanko, commercial manager for the UK and Ireland, Wavin
Ed Udon, programme director, Environment Agency
Stream B (Smeaton Room) – Design champions
Interactive session exploring the role of a design champion and how they can drive better outcomes and design in infrastructure projects. Led by:
Harbinder Birdi, creative director, Birdi & Partners
Judith Sykes, member, NIC Design Group
12.30-13.30
Lunch and networking in the Great Hall
Afternoon moderator: Janet Greenwood, Director, Major Projects Advisory, KPMG
13.30-15.00
Stream A (Telford Theatre) – Modernisation and industrialisation
What does good looks like? Short presentations from each speaker followed by panel and audience Q&A
Richard Lennard, executive commercial director, New Hospital Programme
Eva MacNamara, director, Expedition Engineering and Useful Simple Trust
Michael Burgess, senior project engineer, TfL
David Buttigieg, senior project manager, TfL
Stream B (Smeaton Room) – Outcomes and value
Interactive session exploring how the industry can design and build with outcomes and value at the heart of projects, to ensure the needs of communities are put first.
Tim Chapman, partner and director – transport, cities and infrastructure, BCG
Natalie Cropp, sustainability group director, Tony Gee and Partners
15.00-15.30
Tea and networking in the Great Hall
15.30-16.25
Industry panel – infrastructure in 2035
How are you modernising practices to meet the demands of the public, society and the economy?
Jason Tucker, Director of Strategic Delivery, Anglian Water and Chair of the Infrastructure Client Group’s Management Board, member CLC
Judith Sykes, senior director, Expedition Engineering | member, NIC Design Group
Alasdair Reisner, Chief Executive, CECA
Mark Coates, Vice President of Infrastructure Policy Advancement, Bentley Systems
Brittany Harris, CEO and founder, Qualisflow
16.25-17.00
The Big Interview
How can leaders cascade and drive better performance across infrastructure?
Rachel Ellison, managing director of advisory, Mott MacDonald
Jo Jolly, director, director of environment and innovation, Ofwat in conversation with Janet Greenwood