Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Programme

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) - Project Management and Public Administration: Reconciling Project Success and Public Value

10:45-11:15 – Coffee Break

11:15-12:30 – Paper Presentations

11:15 - 12:30 – Parallel session, track chair: Francesco Di Maddaloni (Room 13)

Araja Aliaga - Holacracy and project management: Are flat organizations the new normal for project managers?

Arcuri, Cantoni, Di Nauta - Dynamics of stakeholder relationships in megaprojects across the project management life cycle: multi-level governance and multi-actor relations

Malatesta, Mancini - AI-enabled Contractual Knowledge and Risk Governance in EPC Projects: A conceptual framework and Research agenda    

Marini, Minelli - The mega-project of science as multilevel governance: the case of Italian individual performance indicators (ANS)

11:15- 12:30 – Parallel session, track chair: Primiano Di Nauta (Room 15)

Mariani, Araja Aliaga, Atencio, Mancini - Designing transitions through projects: the Project Transition Canvas as a tool for systemic change

Zecchin - Bridging Environmental Protection and Profit Corporate Interests in Megaprojects: Any Changes Following the EU Directive 2024/1760?

Barabaschi, Rizzi - Public–Private Partnerships in the Logistics Sector: Reflections from a Local Case Study

Cellerino, Rokio, Jungwirth, Mancini -  Bridging Public and Private Interests through Social Impact in Megaprojects

12:30-13:30 – Lunch at Residenza Gasparini - Il Fienile

13:30-14:30 – Paper Presentations

13:30 - 14:30 Parallel session, track chair: Erik Humberto Araja Aliaga (Room 13)

Micozzi, Montefusco - Ultra-broadband Megaprojects. Project Management as a Methodology to Minimize Project Risk

Grossi - The Hainan Medical-Tourism Megaproject, China

Purpura - Current and Prospective Tax Measures to attract Megaprojects to Italy

Iovino, Franco, Armenia, Di Nauta - Systemic bottom-up approach to Project Management for a sustainable Project Governance

13:30 - 14:30 Parallel session, track chair: Franca Cantoni (Room 15 – authors only on line)

Zhang - Co-creation or Co-destruction? A Co-evolutionary Framework for Dynamism in Stakeholder Engagement

Zhao - Creating Value by Projects for Society: A systematic literature review

Caccialanza, De Nito, Canonico - Sustainability Disclosure, Stakeholders, and Legacy in Olympic Games: A Preliminary Comparative Assessment of Milano Cortina 2026 and Torino 2006

Yichen, Mariani, Mancini - Generation of Project Portfolio Benefits: Linking Activities to Particularized Benefits

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

15:00-16:15 – Roudtable: Filling the gaps between public and private interest in megaprojects management: the PA's perspective - Chair: Marco Arcuri,  ASSOPM President (italian language)

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)

18:15  Guided Visit at Galleria Alberoni

20:15 Standing Buffet Dinner - Grande Albergo Roma Terrace


Day 2

Friday, November 21st, 2025

9:30-9:45 – Welcome

9:45-10:45 – Personal and interpersonal skills in megaprojects management:

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: Fillin g the gap between public and provate interests in megaprojects: ethical aspects (in italian language)- Chair: Marco Arcuri, presidente ASSOPM

13:00-14:00 – Lunch at Foyer (beside Sala Piana)

14:00-15:00 – Martina Heumann, Full Professor of Project Management, University College London / WU Vienna 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 CapitaleEvolution of the governance system of the relationship with the citizen: from call center to a digital citizen service (italian language)

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

17:00-17:15 – Goodbye and awards