Annual Conference 2021 – Major Projects 2061: Lessons, Ambitions and Practice for the next 40 years

In October 1981 the Major Projects Association held its first seminar. This Annual Conference marks the beginning of our 40th anniversary celebrations in which we look backwards and forwards. During this event we hope to re-introduce positive major project practices which have fallen out of habit, to take a hard look at current ways of working (are they best practice or just current practice?). We will showcase members who are delivering “the future today” – bringing future practices into today’s major project delivery. We will look at the immediate future (2035) as well as forty years into the future through the lens of two case studies to help us reimagine our future and crucially, to begin to plan it.

The conference will be delivered as a physical event and we are offering one space per organisation on a first come, first served basis (additional spaces may be available closer to the time of the event). Spaces are offered at no charge (attendance is covered under your organisation’s membership fee) and include accomodation at the venue for the evening of Monday 13th September.

Please contact us for details on booking.

We are delighted to confirm Rohit Talwar as this year’s conference keynote speaker…

Rohit Talwar, CEO, Fast Future

Rohit Talwar is a global futurist, award-winning keynote speaker, author and CEO of Fast Future. His primary expertise lies in helping clients understand and shape the emerging future and develop transformational visions and strategies to deliver large scale change. He has a particular interest in how we can advance business, society and individual lives by harnessing the power of new thinking, innovation and disruptive developments in fields such as economics, construction, AI, blockchain, new materials, and the genetic sciences.

His clients include Aeroports de Paris, Andritz, Atkins, Ball Corp, BP, Danaher Corporation, DHL, Deloitte, Denver Airport, Diamond Trading Corporation (De Beers), Dubai Airport, EdF Emaar, Enel, EY, Gammon, Heathrow, Hyundai, International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, Jardines, KPMG LLP, Laing O’Rourke, Lendlease, Los Angeles Airport, Mott MacDonald, Mumbai Airport, Nakheel, PwC, Schipol Airport, Shell, Swiss Singaport (Aditya Birla Group), Tata, Thames Water, Vancouver Airport, Volkswagen UK, and numerous governments around the world.

Rohit is the co-author and lead editor of seven books – Designing Your Future; The Future of Business; Beyond Genuine Stupidity – Ensuring AI Serves Humanity; The Future Reinvented – Reimagining Life, Society and Business; A Very Human Future – Enriching Humanity in a Digitized World; Aftershocks and Opportunities – Scenaries for a Post-Pandemic Future; and The Opportunity at the Edge – Change, Challenge, and Transformation on the Path to 2025.

His latest book – Aftershocks and Opportunities 2 – Navigating the Next Horizon – will be published on September 28th and brings together contributions from over 30 future thinkers from around the world. The book explores critical ideas, possibilities, and scenarios for how the political, economic, societal, technological, and business landscape could play out in the coming years.