A Deeper Dive: asset
management and infrastructure
briefing on KSA investment.
Day 1
Introduction from Moderator
Paul will set the scene for the two-day discussion that will aim to review the key strategies by which stakeholders can benefit from the 5,200 construction projects ongoing in Saudi Arabia, worth a colossal US$819 billion. He will preview the style of presentations that viewers can enjoy in the coming sessions and the perspectives that they aim to present.
Keynote Dialogue
What are the most effective strategies for market entry? How can we ensure smooth- running of a mega-project involving potentially scores of stakeholders? What are the optimum approaches for driving client satisfaction and repeat business? This ‘Fireside Chat’ format will ask provocative questions in a conversational format – and the answers are sure to be full of highly practical wisdom.
Infrastructure Masterclass
Peter Docwra is the only person in the world to have organised and delivered two G20 Summits – the last one being the only virtual edition ever staged. Here, he delivers a detailed case-book of the approaches that worked, the logistical hurdles that had to be overcome, and the lessons these teach us for doing high-level business in KSA at governmental level.
VIP Presentation
What is the role of advanced software in project logistics and delivery? How can we Interpret software solutions as overcoming many of the traditional hurdles and what are Resources and the training required to maximise their benefits? Here, a senior Practitioner highlights some of the key approaches and applications, using real subject expertise to present a compelling and informative software briefing.
Technology Briefing
In this conversational, ‘Fireside Chat’ format, Paul Godfrey speaks to Brad Barth about how the integrated InEight management platform helps make large scale project work more manageable while setting increasingly favourable project horizons. Plus, a review of the factors that fall in the remit of ISO55001, such as planning, scheduling and risk, along with estimating and project cost management. Also, what are the other elements in the Asset Management portfolio impacted by the InEight toolkit?
Moderator summing-up; day closes
Day 2
Panel Discussion: Innovation delivery and Technology
In what ways can powerful innovation re-write the rulebook when it comes to project delivery, conception and execution? Are factors such as AI, self-coding and IoT comprehensively changing the timeframes and resources that we have for so long taken as rigid and inevitable? Here, an expert panel debates the impact of Innovation and Technology, looking at the new changes in the frame, the benefits that they bring – and also the warning signs not to be ignored.
Key Themes:
- Utilising an integrated project management platform
- The role of technology in embracing/unifying diverse stakeholder objectives
- Technology as a bridge between private and public sectors
- Retro-fitting technology platforms to expedite project completion and delivery
Moderator Paul Godfrey, Events and Conference Producer, CPI Trade Media
Confirmed panellists:
- Mike Paul, Managing Director, InEight EMEA
- Prakash Senghani, Head of Digital Delivery, JLL
- Gavin Britton, Digital Portfolio and Products Director, Atkins
Panel Discussion: Asset & Project Management
Taking its lead from the contents of ISO55001, the panel of experienced industry Champions assesses some of the dynamic changes that are increasingly evident in the techniques of Asset Management – and the wealth of protocols, procedures and deliverables that the phrase involves. Part of the dialogue here will aim to separate the key categories within ISO 55001 from those seen across the cluster of Project Management benchmarks and create real, tangible working practices and goalposts.
Key Themes:
- Essentials of planning and scheduling in relation to mega-projects, particularly where the public sector is involved
- Down-the-line, multi-stakeholder management
- Lessons learned about estimating and project cost control
- The role of effective enterprise management
Moderator Paul Godfrey, Events and Conference Producer, CPI Trade Media
Confirmed panellists:
- Paul Bogan, Chief Digital Officer, Serco
- David Fulham, Operations Director, Middle East & Africa, AMCL
- Peter Docwra, Former Executive Director, G20 Summit, Riyadh
- Ash Toma, Regional Strategic Asset Management Director Middle East, Atkins
VIP Presentation
What does the phrase ‘Digital transformation’ actually entail and how can it be of lasting value to an organisation as it bids to be quicker, more profitable, better-resourced and more client-aware? This presentation reviews the key processes followed by a world- class business and identifies useful goalposts, working timeframes and the best practice objectives at the root of the Digital Transformation journey. It also asks how the success of that journey can be measured in practical terms.
Changing Nations, Changing Lives
As Pavilion Director of the Saudi Arabian Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, Bharat Limaye’s considerable success is based on many years of working in KSA across a raft of key infrastructure initiatives, embracing healthcare, transport and education and reporting to government ministers and senior figures holding seven and eight-figure budgets. This is a detailed case study focusing the approaches that work and the professional practices and organisational techniques that best reap effective results and highly profitable outcomes.