33rd Annual Conference: Major Projects - Opportunities for a New Government

The aim of the Major Projects Annual Conference this year is to help us to formulate some advice to the incoming Government. Draft letter to Government – see below: Dear New Government, Congratulations on your recent electoral success. No doubt you will be using the next few months to focus on what is important and to prioritise in advance of the next spending review. The major projects that you have in your portfolio – including Crossrail, HS2, Universal Credit, the Maritime Portfolio, the Borders portfolio (Home Office) and Digital Britain (Broadband) along with many others that are being delivered within Departments will make up a significant proportion of your spending commitment for the life of this Parliament, if not the next. We believe that we, the Major Projects Community, can help you to realise the benefits that these projects aim to achieve in a cost effective manner through the identification of savings and investment opportunities. Our annual conference, held on 24th September, deliberated how we can help you to tackle four key issues:  Improving productivity  Reducing costs  Improving agility  Incorporating innovation  Building a sustainable workforce Our recommendations to you are….. If you want to contribute to the development of the recommendations to Government and to help formulate our thinking as to how best to support Government in the delivery of their huge portfolio of programmes and projects, then register your interest to attend our Annual Conference by sending an email to: events@majorprojects.org Topic: Major Projects - Opportunities for a New Government Date: Day 1: 23 September (18:45 hrs drinks reception) Day 2: 24th September 2015 (8:30 – 16:30 hrs) Venue: The Royal Berkshire Hotel, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 0PP We are pleased to announce that we have already confirmed John Kingman, Second Permanent Secretary, Ian Jones, Chief of Operations, Royal Mail, Raphael Scheps, CEO, Converge, Maggie Buggie, Global Head of Digital Sales and Marketing, Cap Gemini, MIchael Macfarlane, Head of Programme for River Class Batch 2, BAE Systems, James Barry Head of Customer Business, Rolls-Royce, Dr David Marsh, Director, DIGA (MoD) and five panelists: Neil Couling CBE, Director General, Universal Credit Programme, Dr Michele Dix CBE, MD Crossrail 2,Dr Peter Hansford, Government Construction Adviser, Anna Stewart, CE, Laing O’Rourke as contributors at this conference. Guest Speaker, Wednesday evening 23rd September 2015: Sir Danny Alexander, (Former Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2010–2015)