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CRGP Seminar Series
Seminar Outline, Autumn Quarter, 2010
Time/Place: Typically Wednesdays 12.15 PM Y2E2 Room 253
| Date/Location | Speaker | Topic | Abstract/Readings/Slides
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| 10/27/2011
| Martha Gross
| Aligning Public-Private Partnership Contracts with Public Objectives for Transportation Infrastructure
| Biography, Abstract, Slides
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| 10/13/2010
| Arno Eerikki Kourula
| RE-culture and RE-business at the Base of the Pyramid: Practices in Brazil, India, Russia and Tanzania
| Biography, Abstract, Slides
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| 10/20/2010, 4:15PM in RM. 105
| Sara Marks
| Does user participation lead to sense of ownership for rural water systems? Evidence from Kenya
| Biography , Abstract, Slides
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| 10/27/2010
| Cheryl Chi
| China's environmental challenges and a proposed research agenda in the infrastructure sector
| Biography, Abstract
, Slides
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| 11/2/2010 4:30pm - 5:30pm Y2E2, Rm. 270
| Andre Doree
| A decade of Dutch construction industry reform: From fraud to fruitful
| Biography, Abstract, Slides
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| 11/3/2010 4:15pm - 5:30pm Y2E2, Rm 155
| Sinem Korkmaz
| Improving the Delivery of Sustainable, High Performance Buildings: Path Toward an Integrative Approach
| Biography, Abstract, Slides
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| 11/10/2010
| Inkeri Ruuska
| Implementing a replication strategy in uncertain and complex investment projects
| Biography, Abstract, Slides
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| 11/17/2010
| Charlotte Thornton
| Eco-City Design & Development: Musings on a Solar-Hydrogen Driven Theory of Zero-Emissions Land Use & Urban Design | Biography, Abstract
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| 12/2/2010
| Dana Gavrieli
| How Industry Structure Retards Diffusion of Innovations in Construction: Challenges and Opportunities
| Biography, Abstract
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| 12/9/2010
| Yongqiang Chen
| Analysis of Project Delivery Systems Selection in Chinese Construction Industry
| Biography, Abstract, Slides
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Seminar Outline, Spring Quarter, 2010
Time/Place: Typically Tuesdays 12.00pm-1.00pm Y2E2 Room 253
| Date/Location | Speaker | Topic | Abstract/Readings/Slides
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| April 21 | James Finlay, VP, Commercial Appraisal Manager, Wells Fargo Bank - RETECHS, Los
Angeles, CA
| High Performance Green Commercial Building Valuation - What’s it Worth?
| Biography, Abstract, Slides |
| April 27 | Charlotte M. Thornton, Co-founder, The ReCLAIM Land & Health Trusts
| Scaled Solar Solutions: The socio-economic-political-enviro advantages of solar
technology when design engineered to end foreign oil imports
| Biography , Abstract
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| May 4
| Christina Davis, Co-founder, Unique Real Estate Solutions
| Homeownership Program: Unique Real Estate Opportunities
| Biography, Abstract
, Slides
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| May 11 | Henry Chan, PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford
| Renegotiation Approach in Public-Private Infrastructure Concessions - A Strategic,
Cultural, and Institutional Perspective
| Biography, Abstract
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| May 12 | John Taylor, Columbia University
| Examining the Role of Occupant Networks to Influence Building Energy Consumption
| Abstract and Biography, Slides
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May 18
Y2E2 270
| Nicole Woolsey Biggart Professor of Management and Sociology, Graduate School of Management, UC Davis AND
Thomas D. Beamish, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, UC Davis
| Social Heuristics: Decision making and Innovation in a Networked Production Market
| Biographies, Abstract
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| May 25 | Cheryl Chi, PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford
| Understanding How Local Institutions Affect International Projects in Less Developed
Countries
| Biography, Abstract
, Slides
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| June 2
| Stephan Jooste, PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford
| PPP Enabling Organizations in a Field Perspective: Evidence from Three Case Studies
| Biography, Abstract
, Slides
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Seminar Outline, Winter Quarter, 2010
Time/Place: Typically Wednesdays, 12:00noon - 1:00pm, Y2E2 Room 270
| Date/Location | Speaker | Topic | Abstract/Readings/Slides
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| January 13 | Li Kaimeng | Infrastructure Investment and Sustainable Development in China: Achievements, Problems, Cause and Future Prospects | Biography, and Slides
| | January 19; *(Tuesday at 3:15)/Y2E2 300 | Susse Georg | Innovations in sustainable construction: Ideas and practice | Biography, Abstract and Slides
| | January 20/Y2E2 CR 382 | Hubert Chang | Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Project Development | Biography & Abstract
| | January 27 | Daniel Armanios | Sustainable Development as a Community-of-practice: Insights from Rural Water Projects in Egypt | Biography and Reading
| | February 3 | Andreas Phelps | Socio-technical moderators of information flow on complex construction projects: a field study of healthcare project teams | Biography and Abstract
| | February 10 | No Seminar | will be held in this week |
| | February 17 * 12.00pm room 180 Y2E2 | Cheryl Chi | Understanding expatriates' work in international projects--cases of high speed rail projects in China and Taiwan | Biography
| | February 24 | No Seminar | will be held in this week |
| | March 3 | Walid Nasrallah | Sufficient Conditions for the rise of corruption in a society: insights from an agent-based model | Biography
| | March 10 | Lloyd Nam | PPP for Value for Money: The Korean Experience
| Biography and Abstract
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Seminar Outline, Autumn Quarter, 2009
| Date/Location |
Speaker |
Topic |
Abstract/Readings/Slides |
| October 7 |
| Manuel Alvarinho , President and Cofounder of the Water Regulatory Council |
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| The Challenge of Water for All. Do we really know how to make business for the poor? |
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Biography, and Abstract |
| October 14 |
Dominic Spaethling
Vice President, Parsons
Brinckerhoff , San Francisco |
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| Planning HST for the Peninsula: Opportunities and Challenges |
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Biography, and Abstract |
| October 21 |
| Lars Frederiksen , Assistant Professor,Imperial College London |
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| Knowledge integration and replication processes: The Dongtan ecocity project |
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Biography,Slides and Abstract |
| October 28 |
| John Karn , principal of Arup & project manager for Arup/PB |
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| The Doyle Drive Reconstruction Project |
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Abstract |
| November 4 |
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No Seminar |
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| November 11 |
| Afaneen Alkhazraji , University of Technology, Baqhdad Iraq |
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| Application of GIS on The Iraqi Electrical System |
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Slides ,Video and Rail Map |
| November 18 |
| Henrik Riisgaard , Aalborg University Denmark |
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| Survival of the unfittest - Megaproject Policy and Planning: Problems, Causes, Cures |
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Biography, and Slides |
Seminar Outline, Spring Quarter, 2009
Time/Place: Typically Wednesdays, 12:15-1:15pm, Y2E2 Room 105
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Abstract/Readings/Slides
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| 1-April | Ole Helby Petersen, Copenhagen Business School | Public-Private Partnerships in Europe: a meta-governance perspective | Abstract and Reading
| | 08-April; *12noon-1pm | Cindy Guan, Stanford University | A Study on Transaction Advisors and Nodal Agencies in India | About the study, PPT slides
| | 15-April | Rodrigo Pizarro, Stanford University | The Impact of the World Diffusion of Environmental Policy: The Case of Biodiversity Conservation | Abstract
| | 22-April | Nuno Gil, Manchester University | Set In Concrete At The Last Responsible Moment: Customer Involvement In Developing Complex Products And Systems | Reading, PPT slides
| | 29-April | Andy Davies, Imperial College | From iconic design to lost luggage: Innovation at Heathrow Terminal 5 | Readings-Davies et. al. 2009, PPT slides
| | 06-May | Lite Nartey, Wharton Business School | Stakeholder Management | TBD
| | 13-May | Anders Ryom Villadsen, Institute for Economy, Aarhus University | The international tendency to modernize the public sector: an empirical study of the modernization of Danish municipalities 1983-2000 (with institutional theory) | Readings-Villadsen, 2009, PPT slides
| | 20-May | Witold (Vit) J. Henisz, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Preferences, Structure, Influence: The Engineering of Consent | Readings-Witold, 2009, PPT slides
| | 27-May | Gary Griggs, Former Chairman of Parsons Brinckerhoff Americas | Technology, Innovation and Opportunity in the Development of the Modern Transit System | Abstract
| | 03-June | Noel R. Berry, Parsons Brinckerhoff | CA High Speed Train System (tentative) | TBD
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Seminar Outline, Winter Quarter, 2009
| Date/Location | Speaker/Disc. leader | Topic | Readings/Slides
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| Thursday, February 26, from noon -1:00 PM @ Y2E2 Rm TBD | Darryl Goodson, Senior Vice President, Stacy and Witbeck Incorporated | California's SR-91: A Case Study of PPP Approaches for Development of infrastructure Projects | -
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Seminar Outline, Autumn Quarter, 2008
Time/Place: Typically Wednesdays, 12 - 1pm in Y2E2 Room 292
| Date/Location | Speaker/Disc. leader | Topic | Readings/Slides
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| Monday, 6 Oct., Rm105 Y2E2 | Meg Taylor, Compliance Advisor & Ombudsman of IFC | Addressing Social, Envionmental & Community Concerns in the Context of Large-scale Global Development Projects | Power point slides
| | Oct. 8 | Vikas Kumar, CRGP Visiting Scholar from Bocconi University | The Performance of Business Firm Groups During Institutional Transition: A Longitudinal Study of Indian Firms | Kumar et al.
| | Oct. 15 | Henry Chan | Fairness/Reciprocity vs. Opportunism as an Explanation for Renegotiations of Concession Agreements | Power point slides
| | Oct. 22 | Jeff Morgan (CEO) and Stefaan Poortman (Manager, International Development), Global Heritage Fund (co-hosted with SBE) | A Model for Integrated Community-based Conservation and Development | GHF White Paper
| | Oct. 29 | Nuno Gil, CRGP Visiting Scholar from Manchester University | Reconciling Conflicting Institutional Logics in Design: Insights from Cases of Involving Teachers in New High-School Developments | Power point slides
| | Nov. 5 | Open ... TBA | Open ... TBA | -
| | Nov. 12 | Stephan Jooste | Assessing the Long-Run Effects of PPPs on Public Sector Capacity | Power point slides
| Nov. 19 | Lite Nartey, CRGP Visiting Researcher | Stakeholder Engagement | Power point slides
| | Nov. 26 | Markus Hallgren, Doctoral Student/Lecturer, Umea School of Business | Managing the unexpected: Projects-as-Practice observations | Power point slides
| | Dec. 4 | Open...TBA | Open...TBA | -
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Seminar Series on Global Projects
Description
Format: A journal club seminar where we will all read a paper or two in advance each week and an assigned discussion leader will lead the discussion of the paper/s at the seminar.
Topics: Topics vary from week to week, but generally revolve around issues related to Global Projects.
Enrollment: Open to researchers, faculty and graduate students from engineering, business, law, sociology, economics, etc.
Time/Place: Tuesdays at 10am.Y2E2 room #155
Seminar Outline, Spring Quarter, 2008
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| 3-May | Mervi Murtonen | Risk management approaches in global engineering projects | Power point slides
| | 13-May | Yang Bo | Study on Project Organization Structure for multi projects Hydropower Development Enterprises in China | Power Point Slides
| | 20-May | Cheryl Chi | Role of Expatriates in Global Projects | Power point slides
| | 27-May | Anand K. Sharma, Chair Professor Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Research work at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore | Power Point Slides
| | 3-June | Xuehua Zhang | Agencies, Courts, Citizens: Environmental Enforcement in Hubei Province, China | Power Point Slides
| | 1-July at 1:30-3:00pm; Location 101 or 105 in Y2E2 | Tuomas Ahola, HUT, Finland | Identifying and describing the mechanisms through which inter-organizational relationships affect the efficiency of project implementation in inter-firm project networks | Power Point Slides
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Brown Bag Seminar on Governance of Global Projects - Description
Format: A journal club seminar where we will all read a paper or two in advance each week and an assigned discussion leader will lead the discussion of the paper/s at the seminar.
Topics: Topics vary from week to week, but generally revolve around issues related to Governance of Global Projects.
Enrollment: Open to researchers, faculty and graduate students from engineering, business, law, sociology, economics, etc.
Credit: 1 unit, students who wish to sign up for 1 unit of credit contact Ray Levitt ray.levitt@stanford.edu.
Time/Place: Wednesday, 12 noon to 1pm, CIFE Conference room, 2nd floor, Building 550;
Food:Bring your lunch!
Seminar Outline, Autumn Quarter, 2007
| Date | Speaker/Disc. leader | Topic | Readings
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| 3-Oct | Ray Levitt | Stakeholding | Stoney and Winstanley
| | 10-Oct | Dick Scott | Sociological perspectives | Hult & Walcott, Ch 4 & 5 Wilson "bureaucracy"*
| | 17-Oct | Hilary Shaffer | Comparative Planning Regimes | 1)Arnstein, 2) Bucrie & Cayford*, 3) CAO Interventions...
| | 25-Oct Thursday, 4-5pm Note: Location Hewlett 102 | Vit Henisz | Global Legitimacy, Local Legitimacy and the Incomplete Implementation of a Diffused Practice: Neoliberal Reform in the Global Electric Power Industry.
Another Presentation by Vits-
Dynamic Influence Mapping of Dynamic Influence Mapping of PPP Stakeholders PPP Stakeholders. | Zelner, Henisz and Holburn (2007), other optional readings Henisz, Zelner and Guillen (2005), Henisz, Zelner (2005)
| | 31-Oct (note change from 29th) | Dick Scott | Trans-national Governance |
Ch 1 & Ch 12- Djelic&Sahlin-Andersson,
| | 7-Nov | Adam Nicolopoulos | Project Governance | NJ Asset Evaluation Report other optional readings Miller and Hobbs (2005), OGC (1999)
| | 14-Nov | Adam Nicolopoulos (contd from last week) | See above | See above
| | 21-Nov | N/A | Thanksgiving Recess | N/A
| | 28-Nov | Henry Chan | Dynamics of Bargaining Power in Projects | Das and Teng, Inkpen and Beamish
| | 5-Dec | Ray Levitt | Coordination needs over the life cycle of projects: Matrix Swing / Clockspeed
| Peter Morris,
Charlie Fine Carrillo
| | 12- Dec | Ryan Orr | Regulatory Governance | Andreas_Performance, Andreas_Benchmarking
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* reading material not linked will be available by Ray's office by Thursday 5pm the week before.
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CRGP Seminar Series
Global Projects Seminar - Description
Format: Weekly presentations by experienced industry practitioners and academics.
Topics: Topics vary from week to week, but generally revolve around issues related to large, complex, global development projects at various scales -- i.e. infrastructure development, urban and rural development, the development of brand-new cities in India and China.
Enrollment: Open to researchers, faculty and graduate students from engineering, business, law, sociology, economics, etc.
Credit: 1 unit, CEE245a
Time/Place: Mondays, 12 noon to 1pm, Thornton 110;
Food: CRGP provides pizza and drinks!
For more Information: Email Suad Ali, suada@stanford.edu
Global Projects Seminar - Outline, Autumn Quarter, 2006
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Topic
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| 25-Sep | Sabeer Bhatia | Founder, Hotmail; Chief Architect & Founder, Nano City
| Planning the development of Nano City: A sustainable
new city at the foothills of the Indian Himalayas
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| 2-Oct | Ron Shumway | Consulting Professor, Berkeley Civil Engineering; Former Director, KPMG Forensic; Former Principal Counsel, Bechtel | Avoiding and settling disputes on international construction projects
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| 6-Oct, Friday, Note: Building 370-Room 370
| Ian Bremmer | Founder & President, Eurasia Group; Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute; Faculty, Columbia University; Previously a National Fellow, Hoover Institution | Understanding and coping with political risk in the context of large infrastructure projects
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| 9-Oct | N/A | Rescheduled to 6-Oct, Friday | N/A
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| 16-Oct | Ryan Orr | Executive Director, CRGP | International infrastructure investment: The legacy & lessons of distressed and failed projects
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| 23-Oct | Andrea Goldstein | Senior Economist, OECD; Formerly with Foreign Investment Advisory Services at World Bank | South-to-South Economic Linkages: The Rise of Investment and Trade between the Developing Countries
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| 30-Oct | Steve Kadivar |
Chairman, Baku World Trade Center JV; Stanford Alumnus | Pioneering the development of a major land development project in Azerbaijan
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| 3-Nov Friday, Note: Building 370-Room 370 | John Horstkoetter |
Planning Project Manager | Case Study: The $25+ Billion Alaska Gas Pipeline Project
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| 6-Nov | Greg Huger | Founder & Managing Partner, AirliePartners | Mapping and communicating with stakeholders effected by oil & mineral extraction projects
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| 13-Nov | Don Evans | Director; President and Group Chief Executive, CH2M HILL (#1 program manager worldwide) | The business of Global Program Management: The Case of the London Olympics
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| 20-Nov | N/A | Stanford is closed. | N/A
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| 27-Nov | Todd Rowland | Zurich North America | The Role of Insurance in Domestic & Global Projects
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| 4-Dec | Karen Seto | Center Fellow, Center for Environ. Science & Policy, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Assistant Professor, Department of Geological & Environ. Science
| Lessons learned from the development of new cities in India & China
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| 11-Dec | Gerald West | Recently retired senior MIGA (World Bank group) official; Adjunct Professor Georgetown University; author (with Ted Moran) of a book series on International Political Risk Management | The role of political risk investment insurance in private infrastructure investment
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