Doing Business Better

20-21 November 2018, Park Plaza Riverbank Doing business better

Day 1 – State of the industry

08.15 Registration and refreshments

09.00 Opening from day one chair Declan Curry, business journalist

Long-term outlook

09.10 Political address The future role of the industry in designing, building and maintaining the built environment Richard Harrington, minister for business and industry

09.40 Keynote address Disruptive technology what it might mean construction – the trends to watch, embrace and challenge Jeremy White, executive editor, Wired UK

10.15 Keynote address Technology – Diversity – Brexit: opportunities and challenge ahead for the industry Angus Dodd, chief executive, Quintain

10.45 Networking refreshment break • 1-2-1 meetings • Legal Clinic with Chris Leadbetter, senior associate, Clyde & Co

Infrastructure

11.15 Client interview HS2 – driving the project towards construction and engaging with industry and communities Mark Thurston, chief executive, HS2

11.45 Project snapshot Tim Jones, project director- Lower Thames Crossing, Highways England

11.50 Client snapshots Sharing the priorities of the infrastructure sector in the next three years: Rob McIntosh, route managing director, Network Rail Ian Cartwright, director capital delivery, National Grid Peter Mumford, executive director of major projects, Highways England Sian Thomas, head of asset management, Tideway

Housing

12.30 Keynote interview The reality of the residential development boom and what government policy means for developers Sir Edward Lister, chairman, Homes England

11.30-13.00 Roundtable in association with NOCN (invite only) Upskilling the workforce for the industry of 2030 Chaired by: Zak Garner-Purkis, head of content, Construction News

13.00 Networking lunch • 1-2-1 meetings • Legal Clinic: Brexit and its implications for your business, with Chris Leadbetter, senior associate, Clyde & Co and Olivia Blessington, senior associate, Clyde & Co. If you would like to attend, please email: [email protected]

Property

Chair: Melanie Leech, chief executive, British Property Federation

14.00 Client interview Revolutionising the way office space is designed, developed and used Robby Shah, director of development for EMEA, WeWork

14.30 Project snapshot Adrian Hill, head of frameworks, Scape

14.35 Client snapshots Discussing the outlook and changes ahead for the office sector: Lynn Smith, senior director – development, Aviva Investors Beth West, head of development, Landsec

14.00-15.30 Roundtable in association with IFS (invite only) How can we use information to create more productive construction companies? Chaired by: Damon Schünmann, associate editor, Construction News

15.30 Networking refreshment break • 1-2-1 meetings • Legal Clinic with David Hansom, partner, Clyde & Co and Olivia Blessington, senior associate, Clyde & Co

Residential

Chair: Nick Clare, head of project management, JLL

15.55 Project snapshot Julia Gregory, director of projects, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

16.00 Client snapshots Debating how we will bring forward new residential developments in the short-medium term: Brian Ham, executive director of development, Home Group Olivia Harris, chief executive, Dolphin Living James Lidgate, chief executive, Legal & General Homes Austen Reid, group director of development, Clarion Housing Group

Next five years

Chair: Tom Fitzpatrick, editor, Construction News

16.45 Leaders panel Shaping a resilient, adaptable and profitable business David Barwell, chief executive UK&I, Aecom Rob Bradley, CEO, Bouygues UK Juliette Stacey, group CEO, Mabey Group Gianluca Racana , director, Zaha Hadid Architects James Wimpenny, CEO, Bam Construct

17.30 End of day one

17.35 Networking drinks reception

Day 2 – Hot Topic seminars

07.30 Breakfast briefing (2 day pass only) What are companies doing to boost productivity in the supply chain and promote leaner and more cost-effective solutions? Isabelle Adams, head of scheme design, Crossrail 2 Richard Baldwin, head of development, Derwent Nirmal Kotecha, director of capital programme and procurement, UK Power Networks Andrew Pearce, deputy director, asset management, Environment Agency Chaired by Simon Rawlinson, head of strategic research and insight, Arcadis

08.30 Registration and refreshments

Health, Safety and Wellbeing seminar Technology seminar

09.00 Welcome from chair 09.00 Welcome from chair Lawrence Waterman, founder partner, Sam Stacey, challenge director: Park H&S transforming construction, Innovate UK

09.10 Opening address 09.10 Opening address The scale of the challenge – surveying Transforming Construction under the the impact poor safety, health and industrial strategy wellbeing practice are having Sam Stacey, challenge director: Lawrence Waterman, founder partner, transforming construction, Innovate UK Park H&S 09.30 Panel discussion 09.30 Client in focus: Tideway Smart data, smart assets, smart Challenging working practices to drive delivery – how are we utilising the the next step change in safety technology available Steve Hails, director of health, safety David Bray, A14 Cambridge to and wellbeing, Tideway Huntingdon improvement scheme, Highways England 09.50 Panel discussion Huda As'ad, head of performance, How is technology and changing Infrastructure and Projects Authority work practices presenting new Malcolm Horne, head of asset opportunities for the industry on management, Severn Trent safety? Heather Bryant, health, safety, 10.10 Spotlight talk environment & sustainability director, Where next for digital engineering? Balfour Beatty Jon Kerbey, director, BIM, HS2 John Dunne, group health, safety, environment & quality director, Wates 10.30 Networking refreshment break Samantha Mepham, health & safety manager, RLB Chair: Binyamin Ali, features editor, Martin Worthington, SHEQ director, Construction News Morgan Sindall 11.00 Panel discussion 10.30 Networking refreshment break Outlining why offsite and modular construction is central to the future of 11.00 Putting the structures in place to the industry tackle mental health Michelle Hannah, director, Cast Martin Coyd, operations director – Maya Jani, expansion procurement health, safety & wellbeing, Mace director , Heathrow Robert Meakin, partner, Clyde & Co 11.30 Panel discussion Sarah Williamson, technical director, What approaches are companies Laing O'Rourke taking to improving occupational health and are the impacts being 11.50 How will technology change already felt? construction companies in the coming Henrietta Frater, HSE and wellbeing decade? manager, The Crown Estate Matt Keen, construction industry strategist, Autodesk Keith Gibbs, head of HR – IP track, Network Rail 12.00 Panel discussion Margaret Grahamslaw, head of Construction in 2030 – challenging our occupational health and wellbeing, thinking on how technology will shape B&CE and alter the industry Jonathan Jones, senior health, safety & Roma Agrawal, associate director, wellbeing business partner, buildings + places, London, Aecom Environment Agency Adrian Del Maestro, global research and thought leadership director, PwC 12.10 Panel discussion Richard Porter, strategy lead, Meridian Setting the agenda for wellbeing and Mobility tackling the deficiencies Matt Keen, construction industry Ben Channon, senior architect and strategist, Autodesk mental wellbeing ambassador, Assael Architecture Keith Prince, business unit HS&E leader, Laing O'Rourke

11.00-12.45 Roundtable in association with Aecom (Invite only) Maximising value in the procurement process and the impact for partnership and productivity Chaired by: Tom Fitzpatrick, editor, Construction News

12.45 Networking lunch • 1-2-1 meetings

Skills seminar Post Carillion industry seminar

13.45 Opening welcome from chair 13.45 Opening welcome from chair David Price, reporter, Construction Zak Garner-Purkis, head of content, News Construction News

13.50 The changing workplace and 13.50 Opening address workforce – Generation Z 10 months on – the impact and legacy Dan Gregory, director, Deloitte of Carillion’s collapse James Frith, member of parliament 14.20 Panel discussion for Bury North Attracting the next generation into construction 14.20 Panel discussion Catherine De Marco, deputy director Responsibility and accountability – infrastructure skills, Department for discussing what the post Carillion Transport market means for the supply chain. Simon Lawrence, programme director, Victoria Brambini, managing director, major infrastructure tracking, Scape Group Infrastructure and Projects Authority Rob Groves, regional director, Argent Lucy Gaitskell, UCEM apprentice David Frise, chief executive, Building and contract manager, Sovereign Engineering Services Association Housing Andy Robinson, CEO, Colmore Tang 15.10 Networking refreshments break 15.10 Networking refreshments break 15.30 Driving Industry Change - Key Aspects Chaired: Helen Yeulet, skills delivery in Network Rail's delivery of CP6 director, FIS Stephen Blakey, commercial projects director, infrastructure projects, 15.30 Short-term solutions – how we will fill Network Rail the need for skilled people in the next five years 15.50 Panel discussion Rebecca Lovelace, founder, Building better – how the BuildingPeople construction supply chain needs to change 15.50 Panel discussion Ann Bentley, global board director, Putting training at the heart of Rider Levett Bucknall recruitment and retention Mark Davey, chairman and founder, Mark Buckton, head of construction, Kaicer NOCN Chris Davies, managing director, DRS Anne Newman, people director, United Bond management Living Robin Dobson, director of retail Jonathan Seddon, chief executive, development, Hammerson

Seddon Group 16.30 Closing remarks from chair and end of 16.30 Closing remarks from chair and end of seminar seminar

19.00 onwards – the Construction Talent Awards