08:15 – 09:10 Registration, Tea/Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
09:10 – 11:00 POLICY AND BEST PRACTICE
09:10 Chair’s Welcome and Introduction
Malcolm Noyce, Executive Director - the Major Projects
Association (CONFIRMED)
09:20 Keynote Address
‘Major Public Infrastructure Projects - Driving the UK
economy’
* Public Private Partnership Policy
* An overview of the new Infrastructure Lending Unit
* An update on PPP Policy for major projects moving
forward
* The increasing range of ways private sector can engage
with the public sector in this area.
Charles Lloyd, HM Treasury
09:40 'Achieving success across the Government's Portfolio of Major
Projects’
* Policy to delivery - starting off right
* Methodologies of major projects
* Tools for monitoring the portfolio of major projects
* Managing relationships between public/private sector
project teams
Philip Cooper - Portfolio Leader - Major
Projects Directorate Office of Government
Commerce (CONFIRMED)
10:00 Aggregate Industires - Case Study
Bill Bolsover - CEO - Aggregate Industries (CONFIRMED) 10:20 Question and Answer Session
10:35 – 11:05 Mid-Morning Tea/Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
11:05 – 12:45 INVESTMENT AND DELIVERY - THE CHALLENGES AHEAD
11:05 Industry Best Practice Case Study
Parsons Brinckerhoff - (CONFIRMED)
11:25 Waste – An Update on the Waste Infrastructure
Development Programme
John Burns - Director of Waste Implementation Programme
DEFRA (CONFIRMED)
11:45 Delivering More for Less in a Changing World
Nirmal Kotecha - Major Projects Director - Highways
Agency (CONFIRMED)
12:05 The National Portfolio Management Framework (NPMF™)
Russell Jones - Portfolio Lead
BPM
12:25 Question & Answer Session
12:40 -13:45 Lunch, Networking and Exhibition
13:45 – 14:30 MASTER CLASS / SEMINAR SESSION
Delegates can choose from a selection of interactive master classes
delivered by experts in the field, focussing on distinct aspects of major
project delivery
14:30 – 15:00 Afternoon Tea / Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
15:00 –16:45 DEFINING THE FUTURE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
15:00 ‘The future of major project delivery in the UK’
* An overview of the role and responsibilities of the IPC
* Relationship to the national spatial infrastructure plan,
planing policy and local planning authorities
* Strategy for public engagement over major projects
* Key projects which the IPC will be considering
Sir Michael Pitt - Chair
Infrastructure Planning Commission
(CONFIRMED)
15:20 ‘Updates on sustainable major project delivery’
* Good practice in resourec-efficient procurement, design
and delivery in major projects
* Free tools ro reduce waste, cut costs and iicrease
sustainablity
* How to measure and enhance the CSR credential of your
major projects
* Best practice examples from education, waste, health, water
and transport infrastructure projects
Dr David Moon - Programme Manager
Construction Procurement - WRAP
(CONFIRMED)
15:40 Conference Concluding Address:
The Partnerships UK Perspective – critical lessons
learned
* A vision for the future approaches to public/private partnership
project
* The creation of PPP noels for specific sectors
* Applying the lessons from PFI to other types of PPP
* The key challenges ahead for everyone involved in major
project delivery and how to realise the opportunities
James Stewart - Chief Executive - Partnerships UK
(CONFIRMED)
16:00 Question and Answer Session
16:25 Chair’s Round-up of the Day and Conference Close