
3-4 April, 2023
In a world beget by grand challenges from climate change, social inequality to polarised politics and biodiversity loss, it has become increasingly difficult for infrastructure development projects to progress unless they attend to wider social and environmental concerns.
This growing interdependency between projects and context is at tension with a legacy of Western norms ruling capital investment and project management.
With managers at crossroads, join the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and School of Project Management at the University of Sydney to further the debate, and learn new trends from top policymakers, managers and scholars in the field.
Monday 3rd April
Coffee & Registration: 8.30-9.00am
9.00-9.45am Introduction: Jennifer Whyte & Nuno Gil, and Keynote: Paula Jarzabkowski
9.45-10.45am Industry Panel: Megaproject Governance and Societal Value Production
Chair: Jennifer Whyte
Coffee break: 10:45-11.15am
11.15-12.45pm Symposium: Collaborative Governance towards Value Creation and Distribution
Chair: Nader Naderpajouh
Lunch: 12.45-1.45pm
1.45-3.15pm Industry Panel: From Megaprojects to Megaprograms – Integration and Adaptation
Chair: Peter Colacino
Coffee break 3.15-3.45pm
3.45-5.15pm Symposium: Collaborative Practices, Tools, and Methods
Chair: Ken Chung
Drinks Reception: 5.30pm onwards
Tuesday 4th April
9.00-10.30am Industry Panel: Industrial Megaprojects: Quo Vadis ?
Chair: Nuno Gil
10.30-11.00am coffee break
11.00-12.30pm Symposium: Collaboration Drivers in a Competitive World
Chair: Suhair Alkilani
Lunch 12.30pm - 2.00pm
- Expressions of Interest with submission of extended abstract (750 words):25 November, 2022
- Notification on acceptance of Abstracts: 9 December 2022
- Submission of Full papers: 1 March, 2023
- Conference: 3-4 April, 2023
International Advisory Committee
Andrew DAVIES, University of Sussex Business School, UK
Nuno GIL, Alliance Manchester Business School, UK
ChongQing GUO, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, China
Young Hoon KWAK, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA
Yun LE, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, China
Andrea PRENCIPE, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
Peter LOVE, Curtin University, Australia
Ashwin MAHALINGAM, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Nathalie DROUIN, Université du Québec à Montréal Monique AUBRY, Université du Québec à Montréal
Local Technical and Organizing Committee
Jennifer WHYTE, University of Sydney, Australia
Nuno GIL, Visiting Professor, University of Sydney, Australia
Suhair ALKILANI, University of Sydney, Australia
Ken CHUNG, University of Sydney, Australia
Nader NADERPAJOUH, University of Sydney, Australia
Tooran ALIZADEH, University of Sydney, Australia
International Advisory Committee
Andrew DAVIES, University of Sussex Business School, UK
Nuno GIL, Alliance Manchester Business School, UK
ChongQing GUO, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, China
Young Hoon KWAK, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA
Yun LE, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, China
Andrea PRENCIPE, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
Peter LOVE, Curtin University, Australia
Ashwin MAHALINGAM, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Nathalie DROUIN, Université du Québec à Montréal
Monique AUBRY, Université du Québec à Montréal
Local Technical and Organizing Committee
Jennifer WHYTE, University of Sydney, Australia
Nuno GIL, Visiting Professor, University of Sydney, Australia
Suhair ALKILANI, University of Sydney, Australia
Ken CHUNG, University of Sydney, Australia
Nader NADERPAJOUH, University of Sydney, Australia
Tooran ALIZADEH, University of Sydney, Australia
The workshop will be held at the University of Sydney, and hosted by the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership – a global leader in building leadership capability and capacity to transform the performance of projects.
With a home in the School of Project Management, it brings together research, industry, policy and government to transform how we conceive, set-up, deliver and benefit from projects.
The venue for the 9th International Megaprojects “Theory meets Practice” Workshop will be on the University of Sydney’s main Camperdown Campus. This is well-located, with substantial outdoor space and leisure facilities and is also a good base for exploring Sydney, with easy transport to major sights, the harbour and beaches.