9 (9am AEDT) November and 16 (7pm AEDT) November 2023 (Online)
As we face a changing world it is imperative to think differently about projects and their leadership. The John Grill Institute for Project Leadership’s 2023 International Symposium on “Project Leadership in a Changing World” will discuss the latest insights through a series of keynote panel sessions and paper presentations with leading researchers in the field.
Projects are a form of organising used to envisage futures – interventions into existing social, technological and natural systems. We are committed to educating and researching project leadership for a digital, net-zero future. This can be achieved by addressing challenges that span a range of industries such as software, organisational change, infrastructure and new energy.
Our series of Project Leadership in a Changing World International Symposia are designed to share the latest thinking on project leadership across an international research, policy and practice community.
The Morning Session of our 2023 Third International Symposium on Project Leadership in a Changing World will be held on 9 November at 9am (AEDT) and the Evening Session will take place on 16 November 7pm (AEDT). You can view the agenda and list of speakers below.
Agenda
November 9 (Morning Session – 9am AEDT)
9:00am – 9:15am Morning: Introductions and Welcome
Speaker: Professor Jennifer Whyte, Director of the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership
9:15am – 9.50am Session 1: Projects and the Energy Transition
Chair: Professor Jennifer Whyte, Director of the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership
Panellists:
- Mr Chris Ashton, CEO of Worley
- Mr Terry Chapman, General Manager Project Delivery | Electricity Transmission at APA Group
- Professor Deanna D’Alessandro, Director of the Sydney Net Zero Initiative
9:50am –10.25am Session 2: Projects for Resilience in a Changing World
Chair: Associate Professor Petr Matous, Associate Head of School (Research) at the School of Project Management
Panellists:
- Professor Paula Jarzabkowski, Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Queensland
- Dr Nader Naderpajouh, Interim Head of School at the School of Project Management
- Mr Roger Swinbourne, Major Projects Sustainability Leader and Consultant
10:25am –11:25am Research Keynotes in Brief
Chair: Associate Professor Julien Pollack, Associate Professor at the School of Project Management
Presentations:
- Constructing the Sydney Opera House – 50 Year Anniversary by Dr Paolo Stracchi
- Digital Twins in Projects by Dr Neda Madi
- Project Governance in Digital Health by Dr Natalie Smith
- AI in Construction 4.0 by Dr Žiga Turk
- Sydney Megaproject Ecology by Dr Lara Mottee
- Policy framework for cross regional cooperation strategies in the Greater Bay Area’s construction industry by Professor Geoffrey Shen
11:25am –11:30am Final Remarks
Speaker: Professor Jennifer Whyte, Director of the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership
November 16 (Evening Session – 7pm AEDT)
7:00pm – 7:10pm Evening: Introductions and Welcome
Speaker: Professor Jennifer Whyte, Director of the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership
7:10pm – 7:50pm Session 3: How AI is Changing Project Leadership
Chair: Professor Jennifer Whyte, Director of the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership
Panellists:
- Professor Stefan Williams, Director of the Digital Sciences Initiative
- Dr Dicle Kortantamer, Lecturer in Project Management at the University of Leeds
- Mr Matt Gijselman, Director – Public Policy & Advocacy (APAC) at Bentley Systems
7:50pm – 8.50pm Research Presentations
Chair: Dr Nader Naderpajouh, Interim Head of School at the School of Project Management
Presentations:
- Leading psychologically safe digitally-enabled project teams by Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki
- Decentralized Project Delivery on the Crypto Common: Conceptualization, Governance Mechanisms, and Future Research Directions by Dr Jens Hunhevics
- Response strategies for community stakeholder engagement by Associate Professor Ken Chung
- Designing the transition to operations in large inter-organizational projects: Strategy, structure, process, and people by Ms Xinyue Zhang
8:50pm – 9.00pm Final Comments & Best Research Presentation Award
Speaker: Professor Jennifer Whyte, Director of the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership
Award presenter: Dr Mehdi Rajabi Asadabadi, Lecturer at the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership
Call for Papers – Special Collection: Project Leadership and Society
Please click the icon on the side for more information regarding the publication. Deadline December 15, 2023.
For more details and to submit your paper to the Special Collection, please click here.
