Programme

Monday 8 October

Time

Content

15.00-17.00

Registration at Copenhagen Marriott Hotel

18.00-20.00

Welcome reception at the Copenhagen City Hall
hosted by Klaus Bondam, Mayor, City of Copenhagen, Denmark

Tuesday 9 October

Time

Content

8.00-8.30

Registration and coffee

8.30-8.40

Welcome

Lone Møller Sørensen, Director, Danish Building Research Institute - Aalborg University, Denmark.

8.40-9.10

Revaluing Construction - the double challenge of looking inward and outward

Peter Barrett, CIB President and Pro Vice- Chancellor, University of Salford, United Kingdom

9.10-9.30

Opening of the conference

Michael Dithmer, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Business and Economic Affairs, Denmark

9.30-10.30

Keynote presentation:
Solutions without boundaries - lessons from the clean-up of Rocky Flats, and other successful projects
Nancy Tuor, Vice Chair, CH2M HILL, USA

10.30-11.00

Coffee/tea

11.00-12.30

First parallel sessions:

Crossing geographical boundaries:
Value through globalisation - company strategies and operations

Achieving success in China - the experience of a UK construction management company
Chengde Chen, Chairman, Sino-Infrastructure Partnership, PR China

Successful expansion of overseas business in India and Dubai – experience of a Hong Kong contractor 
Jackson Cheong, Vice-President, China State Construction Engineering, Hong Kong SAR, PR China

The Federation MultiComplex - how does a foreign contractor achieve success in Moscow?
Karl Almstead, Vice President, Turner Construction, USA

Crossing organisational boundaries:
Successful project teams - the client as leader and integrator

Partnering in the Nordic countries
Jacob Norvig Larsen, Senior Researcher, Danish Building Research Institute - Aalborg University, Denmark

Achieving world class teams through a focus on safety 
Steve Bowers, President, Global Safety Management Consultants, USA

Creating a successful contractual framework for partnering - in the UK and Arabian Gulf
David Mosey, Partner and Head of Projects and Construction, Trowers and Hamlins, United Kingdom

Crossing product boundaries:
From short-term delivery to life-time services

A European approach to whole life costs and performance
John Connaughton, Director, Davis Langdon Consultancy, United Kingdom

Strategies to improve adaptability in office buildings
Siri Hunnes Blakstad, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

12.30-13.30

Standing lunch buffet

13.30-15.00

Second parallel sessions

Crossing geographical boundaries:
Taking advantage of international resources

Using international skills - a UK contractor's experience of the European labour market
Stephen Quant, Human Resources Director, Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil, United Kingdom

Success factors in international joint ventures
Christian Brockmann, Professor, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany

European PPP road projects from a lenders perspective
Christian Kummert, Managing Director, DEPFA BANK plc, Ireland

Crossing organisational boundaries:
Promoting integration through virtual construction

Constructing Swire's One Island East Tower with the aid of new collaborative technologies
Martin Riese, Director, Gehry Technology Asia, Hong Kong SAR, PR China

How European contractors are using virtual construction
Wilfred van Woudenberg, Chairman,  International Virtual Construction Platform, The Netherlands

Revaluing Facilities Management through the Sydney Opera House exemplar project
Peter Scuderi, Chief Operating Officer, Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation, Australia

Crossing product boundaries:
Moving towards zero-defects: Getting it right - the first time!

Reforming the building industry: The Norvegian Building Cost Programme
Egil Skavang, Chief Executive Officer,  The Building Cost Programme, Norway

Modular systems: Raising quality through industrialised manufacturing of housing
Anders Larsson, Chief Executive Officer, Open House, Sweden

Supplier management as a key element of performance 
Markus Neumann, Manager, Volkswagen AG, Germany

15.00-18.00

Transport to Malmö and technical tours

Housing tour

Civil engineering tour

18.00-22.00

Conference dinner at Malmö City Hall

hosted by Anders Rubin, Deputy Mayor, City of Malmö, Sweden

22.00-23.00

Return to Marriott Hotel Copenhagen

Wednesday 10 October

Time

Content

9.00-10.30

Third parallel sessions:

Crossing geographical boundaries:
Land development in an international marketplace

Transforming an industrial area into an internationally competitive urban landscape
Lars Holten Pedersen, Chief Executive Officer, Carlsberg Properties, Denmark

Constructing Coega – an integrated deep water port and economic zone for world markets

Pepi Silinga, Chief Executive Officer, Coega Development Corporation, South Africa

Investment in infrastructure in Shanghai and its impact on the construction sector

Bai Yun, Chief Engineer, Shanghai Urban Construction Group, PR China

Crossing organisational boundaries:
Construction reform programmes

Reforming the Dutch construction sector: Lessons from PSIBouw 

Henk van der Horst, Chief Executive Officer, PSIBouw, The Netherlands

From relection to emergence - lessons from South Africa
Ronnie Khoza, Chief Executive Officer, Construction Industry Development Board, South Africa

Crossroads of change: Hong Kong's response to the 'Construction for Excellence' report
Andrew Baldwin, Formerly Dean, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China

Crossing product boundaries:
Designing for people - user-driven innovation

Working with people - participatory design-tools
Tina Saaby, Partner, WITRAZ architects, Denmark

ACCOR – an example of client/user driving innovation

Frédéric Bougrain, Researcher, CSTB, France

Optimising design with client and user inputs - experience of using the Design Quality Indicators
William Hawkings, Policy and Operations Manager - Design Quality, Construction Industry Council, United Kingdom

10.30-11.00

Coffee/tea

11.00-12.00

Keynote presentation:

International collaboration: Experiences from the Elephant House in Copenhagen ZOO

Armstrong Yakubu, Partner, Foster + Partners, United Kingdom and Haakon Löe, Director, Ramboll, Denmark, 

12.00-13.00

Standing lunch buffet

13.00-14.30

Fourth parallel sessions:
Crossing geopgrapical boundaries:
International performance metrics

Comparing European construction industries - lessons and issues
Bernard Williams, Consultant, Bernard Williams Associates, United Kingdom

Ten years of benchmarking American engineering and construction firms
Stephen R. Thomas, Associate Director, Construction Industry Institute, USA

Measuring productivity amongst Norwegian contractors

Thorbjørn Ingvaldsen, Senior Researcher, SINTEF, Norway

Crossing organisational boundaries:
Spectacular projects - a source of inspiration and innovation

Delivering the London Tunnels for High Speed 1, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
Ian Blight, Project Director,  Halcrow, United Kingdom

Creating world-class stadia - making the impossible happen through innovative design and financing 

Frits Scheublin, Director, BAM Engineering, The Netherlands

Highlights from Henning Larsen Architects' international portfolio 

Louis Becker, Architect, Director and Partner, Henning Larsen Architects, Denmark

Crossing product boundaries:
Emerging technologies - redefining the product

The integrated building envelope - lessons learned from a development project
Mikkel Kragh, Associate, Arup, United Kingdom

Redefining healthcare infrastructure: integrating services and the built environment

James Barlow, Professor, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Measuring performance and value in manufactured housing
Pekka Huovila, Chief Research Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

14.30-15.00

Coffee/tea

15.00-15.45

Keynote presentation:
Construction: An industry in transition
Fred Moavenzadeh, James Mason Crafts Professor and Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

15.45-16.30

Panel discussion: 
Redefining the boundaries - are we seeing 'the death of construction' as we know it?
Chair: Henrik L. Bang. Panellists: Sven Landelius, Frits Scheublin, Peter Scuderi, Jackson Cheong and Fred Moavenzadeh

16.30-17.00

Closing observations and thanks

Lone Møller Sørensen, Director, Danish Building Research Institute, Denmark and Wim Bakens, Secretary General, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, The Netherlands

17.00-18.00

Reception