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Join Us for a Discussion – Upcoming Roundtable Meeting
Date: Friday, February 10, 2012
“Betrayed by Best Practices – How Excessive Focus on Conventional Wisdom Kills Big Projects, and What to do about it.”
Our speaker will be Richard (Dick) Westney, Founder/Chairman of Westney Consulting Group Inc. Dick’s talk will challenge how we view some of our most cherished best practices such as front-end loading, and propose some fresh thinking that leads to better practices for large projects in today’s high-risk environment. A supporter of the Rice Global Forum for many years, Dick founded Westney Consulting in 1978, and is the author or co-author of 5 books on project management.
Dick plans an interactive format by asking each table to use the lunch period (1130 – noon) to answer three questions and be prepared to report their results during the session. There will be three sets of questions so not all tables have the same ones.
This will make it much more fun as well. Dick will incorporate the report-backs at various stages in the presentation.
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Welcome to the Rice Global Engineering & Construction Forum
The Rice Global E & C Forum is the only organization focused solely on the discussion and study of problems and opportunities facing the contracting side of the E & C industry. The Rice Global E&C Forum (RGF) has a vision to be the premier venue for discussion of critical issues impacting the future of the global E & C industry.
The mission of the RGF Council is to accomplish its vision through collaboration with Rice University, by conducting an Annual Forum and holding monthly roundtable meetings within a neutral environment.
XIV Annual Forum Presentations – “Strategic Vision for a Brand New World”
2011 speaker presentations are now available for our 2011 registered attendees. The presentations are loaded on our Annual Forum archival website. 2009 & 2010 speaker’s presentations may also be found at our Annual Forum archival. No login is required to access. Prior to 2009, Annual Forum presentations are available on this website. On the navigation bar, click on “Presentations” then “Past Forums”. As in past years, Forum XIV attendees had unmatched access to a prestigious roster of Executives of Owners/Operators, Federal Government Policy Advisors, Financial Experts and Academicians who shared their high-level perspectives on the crucially important issues raised by current E&C activity and the effects of escalating globalization.
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