Sustaining the future: Addressing grand challenges through megaprojects

Day 1 – Projects, organisations, and people for a sustainable future

Thursday, November 21st - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza Campus

9,30 Registration opens

10.00 – 10,30 Institutional Welcome

10,30 -11,30 Lectio Magistralis: Rodney Turner - University of Leeds

11,30 – 11,40 Division into parallel sessions

11,40-13,00 Parallel sessions

13,00-14,00 Lunch break

14,00–15,00 Lectio Magistralis: Juliano Denicol - University College of London

15,00 – 15,10 Divison into parallel sessions

15,10-16,40 Parallel Sessions

16.40-17,00 Debriefing

Day 2 – Tackling Grand Challenges with Megaprojects

Friday, November 22nd - Sala dei Teatini, Piacenza

9,30-10,20 Megaproject Stakeholders' Round Table 1

10,20-10,45 Coffee Break

10,45-12,15 Megaproject Stakeholders' Round Table 2

12,15-12,45 Award ceremony:

• best paper,
• best case study,
• best young paper (under 30)

12,45-13,00 Farewell

Light lunch

14,30 - 17,00 PhD Research Development Workshop (hosted at Politecnico di Milano Piacenza Campus)

• 14,30-15,30 - Meet the Editors: How to publish on top tier academic journals
  • Nathalie Drouin - Editor in Chief - International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
  • Martina Huemann - Editor in Chief - International Journal of Project Management and Project Leadership and Society
  • Giorgio Locatelli - Editor in Chief - Project Management Journal
• 15,30-17,00 - The Challenges of Project Management Research (Francesco Di Maddaloni - University College of London)

18.30 - 20,00 FUORI MeRIT - Italian language (hosted at Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano)

• Round Table about Piacenza Megaprojects with International and local stakeholders