Network with conference delegates over welcome drinks. 

This welcome cocktail reception is open to all participants - Registration is required. 

Ticket price: Included.
 

Session to include: How infrastructure is transforming lives and nations’ prospects. Examples of megaprojects that have made a difference. What does ‘good’ infrastructure investment look like? The role of engineers in building a better world.

Speakers will outline how infrastructure development is being used by countries to revitalise their economies and ‘build back better’ in the face of economic challenges. The session will look at sustainable infrastructure for the long term, the role of large-scale significant infrastructure projects and highlight the key role of engineers in ensuring that investment in infrastructure makes a positive difference.

Moderator: Sarah Prichard, UK Chief Operating Officer, Buro Happold

Session to include: What steps can be taken by financiers, funders and clients to de-risk investments to make major and strategically significant infrastructure projects more attractive and bankable for those organisations looking to invest in them. What can the IFIs do practically to de-risk and leverage in investment? The role of clients in funding projects. Managing risk and dealing with uncertainty. Bridging the world’s multi-trillion-dollar investment gap in order to achieve net zero by 2050.

How can the key issues of lack of funding, climate change and technology challenges be addressed and overcome to encourage investment in the major infrastructure the world badly needs?

Speakers to be drawn from financiers and funders, the MDBs and IFIs, consultancy firms working in the field and also politicians and/or government officials.
 

Moderator: Manish Kothari, Board Member, FIDIC - USA
 

Session to include: This session will delve into the critical theme of carbon management within the infrastructure sector, spotlighting the FIDIC Carbon Collaboration Initiative. It will explore innovative strategies and frameworks aimed at significantly reducing carbon footprints through comprehensive lifecycle carbon management. The discussion will highlight the initiative’s structured approach to integrating sustainability in project planning and execution, particularly focusing on the newly established FIDIC Carbon Management Framework (CMF).

Panelists will discuss the importance of establishing a globally recognized carbon benchmarking framework and how it influences project financing and compliance with international sustainability standards. The session aims to provide insights into effective stakeholder engagement, leveraging local and international standards, and utilizing strategic data assessment to enhance project sustainability.

Participants will include leading professionals across various sectors, including engineering, consulting and sustainable development, all contributing their diverse expertise to advance low-carbon infrastructure globally.

Moderator: William Cox, CEO, Aurecon, Australia

Session to include: The different routes to delivery in a diverse word. The importance of capacity building. Knowledge sharing and skills transfer. The role of the MDBs and IFIs. Working with inexperienced stakeholders, including clients and governments.

Speakers to be drawn from MDB/IFIs, consultancy firms operating in the developing world, regional governments and officials, the development community and clients.
 

Moderator: Prashant Kapila, Board Member, FIDIC - India

Potential forum to discuss key and emerging issues in the contract management and project delivery arena.

Moderator: Thanos Totsikas, General Manager, FIDIC Credentialing

Co-Moderator: Martina Hess, Board Member, FIDIC

Please note that this forum will be operated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Given the overwhelming interest in this year’s event, we anticipate that spots will fill up quickly. Arriving early will give you the best opportunity to join the sessions you’re most eager to attend.

Forum to discuss key and emerging issues in the digital and technology sphere.
 

Moderator: Dr Stacy Sinclair, Chair, FIDIC DTC

Please note that this forum will be operated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Given the overwhelming interest in this year’s event, we anticipate that spots will fill up quickly. Arriving early will give you the best opportunity to join the sessions you’re most eager to attend.

This Forum is for adjudicators, dispute board members, members of the FIDIC President’s List of Adjudicators, dispute board practitioners and other industry participants who are experienced and knowledgeable in applying dispute avoidance techniques and are active in engineering, construction and infrastructure industry to discuss the latest key global issues in the dispute avoidance and adjudication arena.  

Engage with members of FIDIC’s Presidents list of Adjudicators and other dispute board practitioners in enlightening discussions about the most critical issues in the dispute avoidance arena and explore FIDIC's Practice note on dispute avoidance and gain valuable insights on the DAAB role and practical strategies for effective conflict management in construction projects. 

The session is divided into two strategic topics listed under the "more info" tab. The forum will conclude with key takeaways.  

Welcome Address:
•    Catherine Karakatsanis, FIDIC President 

Co-Moderators:
•    John Papworth, FIDIC Certified Adjudicator, International Arbitrator, Mediator and Expert, UK 
•    Daduna Kokhreidze, General Counsel, FIDIC, Switzerland
 

This is an additional event open to all registrations - Registration required.

Ticket price: CHF 190 (excluding VAT)
Ticket price includes transfer, dinner, drinks and entertainment.

Dress code: smart casual

Location: Kiosque des Bastions

Further information available here.

The industry and the world has to decarbonise to hit net zero targets by 2050? We are losing this battle as we increasingly aim for 2.2 to 3 degree rise in global temperatures.
 

Session to include: Dealing with the political process to ensure stability and get things done, Using social value and the ESG agenda to advocate for good infrastructure development, Focusing on whole-life costs and the real price of delivery, Best practice in project advocacy, Working together and collaboration.

Speakers to include politicians, ESG experts, funders making a difference, advisors to clients, public affairs and lobbying professionals.
 

Moderator: Linda Darr, CEO, American Council of Engineering Companies - USA

Session to include: A showcase of world-class groundbreaking construction and infrastructure projects from around the globe that highlight how through their ingenuity engineers are making a difference and helping to build a better world. Projects featured will be drawn from all of FIDIC’s global regions.

Like last year’s session in Singapore, this session will highlight key, world-leading projects that have made or are making a positive difference. Speakers will be those involved in the projects and those who benefit from them.
 

Moderator: José Joaquín Ortiz García, Board Member, FIDIC - Colombia

Session to include: this session will finish the main conference sessions with an industry leaders panel that reflect and provide their expertise and views on the lessons of the past two days, the challenges we now face and how we need to move forward.   

Moderator: Luis Villarroya, Board Member, FIDIC - Spain

Forum to discuss key and emerging issues facing professionals involved in people management and related matters.

Moderator:
•    Wendy Lasebikan, Legal HR and Compliance Advisor, FIDIC, Switzerland

Co-Moderators:
•    Chantal Dagnaud, Board member, FIDIC, France
 

Please note that this forum will be operated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Given the overwhelming interest in this year’s event, we anticipate that spots will fill up quickly. Arriving early will give you the best opportunity to join the sessions you’re most eager to attend.

This Forum is for adjudicators, dispute board members, members of the FIDIC President’s List of Adjudicators, dispute board practitioners and other industry participants who are experienced and knowledgeable in applying dispute avoidance techniques and are active in engineering, construction and infrastructure industry to discuss the latest key global issues in the dispute avoidance and adjudication arena.  

Engage with members of FIDIC’s Presidents list of Adjudicators and other dispute board practitioners in enlightening discussions about the most critical issues in the dispute avoidance arena and explore FIDIC's Practice note on dispute avoidance and gain valuable insights on the DAAB role and practical strategies for effective conflict management in construction projects. 

The session is divided into two strategic topics listed under the "more info" tab. The forum will conclude with key takeaways.

Welcome Address: 

•    Martina Hess, Board member, FIDIC

Co-Moderators:
•    John Papworth, FIDIC Certified Adjudicator, International Arbitrator, Mediator and Expert, UK 
•    Daduna Kokhreidze, General Counsel, FIDIC, Switzerland

Presenters:
•    Yann Schneller, Partner, Darci, France
•    Taner Dedezade, Barrister and Partner, Howard Kennedy LLP, UK
 

There is increasing recognition that the two greatest challenges of our time – climate change and biodiversity loss – cannot be meaningfully addressed without a fundamental shift in how we conceptualise, design and construct our infrastructure.  

In 2023 FIDIC, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, World Wildlife Fund, and AECOM developed an award winning ‘living playbook’ to expand global recognition of nature-positive infrastructure approaches for years to come. 

The playbook provides an insight into the global state of play and acts as a tool for supporting the implementation of nature-based solutions. It also represents the exciting starting point of a much more ambitious goal of creating a ‘living playbook’ that will continue to expand global recognition of nature-positive infrastructure approaches for years to come as we progress towards new solutions and construction techniques that are truly nature-positive. 

This year, we launch the latest addition to this living playbook. This new section on procurement, will set out how client-side actors – funders, developers, government departments and agencies, and contractors – can now incorporate significant content on nature-positive infrastructure into their procurement process project briefs and scopes of work, thereby ensuring that nature is front of mind during infrastructure planning and design, rather than an afterthought. 

The report finds there are four key themes and messages that are needed to improve the implementation and development of nature positive infrastructure solution. Join us to debate this latest addition and get insight into where we are going next.  

Moderator:
•    Basma Eissa, Head of Policy, ESG & Sustainability, FIDIC, Switzerland

Please note that this forum will be operated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Given the overwhelming interest in this year’s event, we anticipate that spots will fill up quickly. Arriving early will give you the best opportunity to join the sessions you’re most eager to attend.

FIDIC Global Infrastructure Awards Gala Dinner is open to all participants - Registration is required. 

Ticket price: Included (with some exceptions).

Dress code: Black Tie or national/traditional dress