Bridging Public and Private Interests in Megaprojects: Practical and Theoretical Implications

Day 1

Thursday, November 20th, 2025

9:00-9:30 – Registration

9:30-9:45 – Welcome

9:45-10:45 – Keynote – Lavagnon Ika – Full Professor of Project Management Telfer School of Management (Ottawa) - title of the speech: Project Management and Public Administration: Reconciling Project Success and Public Value

10:45-11:15 – Coffee Break

11:15-12:30 – Paper Presentations

12:30-13:30 – Lunch

13:30-14:30 – Paper Presentations

14:30-15:00 – Francesca Pupparo, ASSOPM board member, Presentation of the National Observatory ASSOPM (italian language)

15:00-16:15 – Roudtable: Colmare il divario tra interessi pubblici e privati nei megaprogetti: il punto di vista della PA - Chair: Marco Arcuri, presidente ASSOPM (italian language)

• Primiano Di Nauta, Università degli studi di Foggia, Full Professor of Business Organization
• Federico Fioravanti, Psicologo del lavoro e delle organizzazioni
• Paolo Micozzi, Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca, Executive
• Daniele Ricciardi, ASSORUP, President

16:15-16:45 – Coffee Break

16:45-18:00 – Giuseppe Sassano, Senior Consultant, Oxford Global Projects - Reference Class Forecasting (MASTERCLASS per practitioners, italian language)

Day 2

Friday, November 21st, 2025

9:30-9:45 – Welcome

9:45-10:45 – Le competenze personali e interpersonali nei megaprogetti:

• Luigi Vanore, CEO A4PM - title of the speech: Team Management e Creazione di Valore nei Megaprogetti: integrare interessi pubblici e privati per una governance collaborativa 
• Federico Fioravanti, Psicologo del lavoro e delle organizzazioni - title of the speech: Mega-leadership per mega progetti? Sostenere un approccio sistemico alla convergenza tra interessi pubblici e privati

10:45-11:15 – Coffee Break

11:15-11:45 – Presentation of the ASSOPM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (in italian language)

11:45-13:00 – Roudtable: Colmare il divario tra interessi pubblici e privati nei megaprogetti: Aspetti etici - Chair: Marco Arcuri, presidente ASSOPM

• Michelangelo Anderlini, Biopap, President
• Giovanni Colombo, Transparency Italia, General Secretar
• Davide D’Arcangelo, Public Innovation Manager, President
• Lucia De Grimani, CNA Impresa Donna Roma, President
• Massimo Folador, entrepreneur, writer, consultant and trainer of Business Ethics

13:00-14:00 – Lunch

14:00-15:00 – Martina Heumann, Full Professor of Project Management, University College London / WU Vienna – title of the speech: From purpose to impact : Reconciling Public and Private Interests in Megaprojects

15:00-16:15 – Carolina Cirillo, Director of the Department of Service Quality Monitoring and Institutional Communication, Roma Capitale – Evoluzione del sistema di gestione delle relazioni con i cittadini: da Call Center a Digital Citizen Service

16:15-17:00 – Giulio Drei, Value Group, Lab “AI and Megaprojects” – title of the speech: AI-powered megaproject management

17:00-17:15 – Goodbye and awards