Featured Speakers

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  Bill MeyerVice President Project Execution Development Foster Wheeler

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  Terry HughesProject Director Tullow Oil

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  Arthur RuizEPS Deputy Manager Petrobras

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  Greg GowansDirector, Logistics & Expediting CH2M HILL

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  David SenkoDirector of Construction SK E&C

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  Henry OcandoSite Leader PDVSA Ecuador

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  Steve KnappAssociate Principal Lean Project Consulting

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  Simon HemsPartner Ince & Co

What was covered in Houston?

• Improve your standards and guidelines for projects and engineering: Ensure your approach optimizes safety, cost and schedule
• Ensure operational readiness and smooth project delivery for controlled and flawless execution
• Anticipate and overcome scarcity challenges and competition for essential resources to control impact on timing, design and costs
• Decide the optimum work scope to move offsite as prefabrication and the value of lean construction principals for remaining onsite man-hours
• Improve your risk awareness and better anticipate the impact of external factors on your project and global logistics operation
• Develop world class negotiation skills, robust contracts and enhanced relationships with key suppliers and local communities
• Meet Project Managers, leading EPC/OEMs and the global logistics/shipping industry in an interactive, practical and highly networked environment

The availability of labour and the provision of specialized equipment for the transportation and installation of projects are just two important challenges critical to successful project execution.  With some scarcity issues emerging in 2011, the anticipated boom in projects being commissioned in 2012 will increase competition, drive costs and may create severe shortages though 2013, 2014 and beyond.

Within this framework, Project Leaders face difficult decisions over how to plan project delivery and ensure operational readiness.  Driven by safety, cost and schedule, huge efforts are being made to develop procedures and guidelines and to deliver flawless project execution.  But, with often an insular focus and with many external factors influencing the global supply chain and challenging environments to operate in, are you confident you have the optimal strategy and relationships in place? 

This forum provided an important and unique opportunity for project managers, leading EPC/OEMs and logistics specialists to improve project planning and gain visibility on project requirements for the next 18 months. 

Benefits of attending?

• Test your expertise, gain external focus to enhance your plans and develop new insights and skills
• Identify and secure the assets and services you need for logistical fulfilment.  Avoid planning in a vacuum: Understand the supply and delivery issues your key partners face
• Examine your project plans and supply chain resilience and determine how to de-risk critical elements to ensure smooth project execution
• Learn what projects are forthcoming and strategies to execute them: Peer test your plans and strategy and identify business opportunities

Dedicated, assisted networking opportunities built into the agenda: Make new contacts and enhance existing ones.  Form the relationships you need to meet your goals. 

Who Attended?

This was a highly interactive conference with extensive audience participation and networking, attended by Heads of Projects, Project Services and Advisors, Heads of Logistics, Construction and Business Development at:

• Energy, Power, Mining
• EPCs
• OEMs
• 3PLs
• Riggers
• Freight Forwarders
• Transportation Providers of all modes 
• Other logistics, and heavy lift specialists

If you missed the meeting and are interested in attending next year then you can take advantage of the priority early registration prices - click here to register