Conference Handbook
Advocacy and policy activity Page 13
FIDIC Global Infrastructure Conference Page 14
Welcome message from the FIDIC president and CEO Page 3
General information Page 5
Download FIDIC s Global Infrastructure Conference 2022 event app Page 9
Sponsors and exhibitors Page 21
Table of Contents
Conference media partner Infrastructure Global Page 22
FIDIC business model and governance structure Page 12
Social events Page 24 events Page 28
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Geneva tourism Page 29
Conference MC and presenter Page 17
Conference theme Page 16
Organiser Page 10
Conference speakers and moderators Page 17 Conference programme Page 18
Welcome message
As the world emerges from the Covid pandemic and with thoughts turning to global recovery and rebuilding economies, it is appropriate that this year s conference has a very forward-looking and optimistic theme, Building a better tomorrow, by investing today: Sustainable infrastructure development to improve community wellbeing . The time for change is now and this conference will focus on how our industry, and indeed society, engineers a sustainable future in a way that benefits communities worldwide.
from the FIDIC president and CEO
Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE CEO, FIDIC
On behalf of everyone at FIDIC and also our Swiss member association, USIC - the Union Suisse des Sociétés d Ingénieurs Conseils, we are delighted to welcome all delegates and visitors to the wonderful city of Geneva for this 2022 FIDIC Global Infrastructure Conference. We are especially pleased to welcome you all in person after the challenges of the global pandemic, which have meant that we have had to meet virtually online over the past two years.
As well as attending key sessions, panels and forums, attendees at the FIDIC Global Infrastructure Conference 2022 will also have the opportunity of networking with decision-makers from consulting engineering firms, contractors, governments, civic society, international organisations and financial institutions. This is why our conference is seen as the world s stand-out international event for the infrastructure and built environment industry, so please do take the opportunity to have those discussions, make new connections and renew old ones to make the most of your time here in Geneva.
The engineering, construction and infrastructure sector plays a crucial role in shaping the places where we all live and, as such, our discussions over the next three days are of vital importance. Our industry makes a real difference and creates the infrastructure that supports global communities and their quality of life. That means we have a great responsibility to people today and to future generations in ensuring that the work that we undertake is carried out sustainably and with consideration for the environment in all its forms.
We re sure that we speak for everyone when we say that it s fantastic to be meeting face-to-face after so long apart and our discussions and deliberations at this flagship conference are sure to be all the better for that.
Speaking of making the most of your time, please do also enjoy the social events that we have organised as part of the conference programme, which include our annual FIDIC Global Infrastructure Awards Dinner where we celebrate and highlight the best of our industry and the positive difference it makes to society
Anthony Barry President, FIDIC
Once again, FIDIC is delighted to welcome you to Geneva and we wish you a successful conference.
FIDIC has assembled a high-profile line-up of leading speakers from a range of influential organisations at this conference. We are delighted to be bringing together the world s premier engineers and other stakeholders from the global construction and infrastructure sector at our annual event, which is always a highlight of the FIDIC calendar. Over the next few days, you will hear from global leaders who will address the key issues our industry faces and offer their insights and opinions to a genuinely international audience. The issues and challenges we face are indeed global and therefore we need global solutions to solve them. That is why this international conference is so important.
• The Hotel is a ten-minute walk from the city s main train station, Gare Cornavin.
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• Using buses, the closest stops are Navigation Bus 1, 25 or Mont Blanc Bus 6, 8, 9, 25.
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• The train from Geneva International Airport to the Cornavin train station takes six minutes.
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The conference will take place at Fairmont Grand Hotel Geneva. From this location, delegates can enjoy convenient conferencing facilities, comfortable guest accommodation and an ideal base from which to explore the many sights Geneva city has to offer.
Geneva International Airport.
For airport transfer, reconfirmation of plane tickets, airline or train schedules, please call the Concierge Desk by dialing 9324 from your room or call the hotel at +41 22 908 93 24.
Public transport
The airport taxi rank is located directly in front of the Arrivals Hall of Terminal 1. Fares between the airport and city range from CHF 35 to CHF 45 and depend on traffic density, the time of the day and the number of passengers.
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As part of your hotel stay in Geneva, hotels can issue travel cards free of charge to use public transport. To access this benefit, you will need to ask the reception at the hotel and an electronic travel card will be sent to the email address you provide to them at check in.
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For car rental availabilities and reservations, please contact our hotel partner Sixt located in the hotel by calling +41 22 908 04 60 or call our Concierge Desk by dialling 9324 from your room.
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FIDIC will have staff available to assist conference attendees at a welcome booth outside the arrivals area at Geneva airport on Saturday 10 September and Sunday 11 September from 09.00 - 18.00 CET.
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The main conference will take place on 12 - 13 September 2022. Please refer further down in the document for the full conference programme and timings.
FIDIC main conference - Fairmont Grand Hotel, Ballroom ABC, 1st Floor
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FIDIC Welcome reception - Fairmont Grand Hotel, Foyer ABC, 1st Floor
Delegates are kindly requested to keep their mobile phones on silent mode in meeting rooms when conference sessions are in progress.
For any enquiries contact the FIDIC Events team at events@fidic.org
Purchases on site
The FIDIC Welcome Reception is included for all conference registered participants, and will take place on Sunday 11 September 2022, 7.00 - 10.00 PM.
Exhibition area - Fairmont Grand Hotel, Foyer ABC, 1st Floor
The conference exhibition area will be accessible from 08h00 on 12 September until 17h30 on 13 September 2022.
Mobile phones
The Fairmont Grand Hotel Geneva is a non-smoking venue. Participants are requested to go to the designated smoking area to smoke.
Conference delegates will be able to purchase FIDIC books and branded merchandise at the FIDIC booth. Only credit card payments will be accepted.
Wi-Fi name: FIDICGIC22 - Access code: Geneva22! (Available for the full conference area)
Smoking policy
Conference participants can network in one of the many public areas in the venue and can make use of the online networking space on the Conference InWebsite.orderto
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schedule any networking meetings, you can do so on the following tabs on the events website:
This page shows the people attending this event. Click on the request meeting button to set up a meeting with someone, which may be in-person at the venue or online on the platform.
Download FIDIC s Global Infrastructure Conference 2022 event app FIDIC s Global Infrastructure Conference 2022 event app is now open and ready to use! Click on the button below or scan the QR code to download the Attendee Mobile app and search for FIDIC GIC 2022 which will give you access to the following features: • Conference agenda • Speakers • Attendees • Sponsors • Geneva tours • FIDIC website • Post a question • Locations • Social media Please note all the features mentioned are accessible once you have logged in to the app using your reservation login credentials.
• Improve and develop FIDIC s training and publishing activities.
• To promote and encourage the development of FIDIC Future Leaders in the consulting engineering industry.
Organiser
FIDIC, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, is the global representative body for national associations of consulting engineers and represents over one million engineering professionals and 40,000 firms in approximately 100 countries worldwide. The buildings and infrastructure sector in which FIDIC members work contributes around US$36trillion to global FoundedGDP.in
1913, FIDIC is charged with promoting and implementing the consulting engineering industry s strategic goals on behalf of its member associations and disseminating information and resources of interest to its members.
• Be the recognised international authority on issues relating to consulting engineering best practice.
• Enhance the image of consulting engineering.
FIDIC Objectives
• Actively promote high standards of ethics and integrity among all stakeholders involved in the development of infrastructure worldwide.
• Maintain and enhance FIDIC s representation of the consulting engineering industry worldwide.
• Promote and assist the worldwide development of viable consulting engineering industries.
• Promote and enhance the leading position of FIDIC s forms of contract.
FIDIC business model and governance structure
FIDIC board committees
These statutes and bylaws govern a range of issues including membership, the election of the board and the running of various committees and operations.
FIDIC is transparent and accountable to its members, stakeholders and clients. Information on the deliberations of our board, committees and task groups are made available via the FIDIC website and we issue regular press releases and statements on FIDIC s work.
FIDIC is governed by a set of statutes and bylaws which have been agreed by member associations and are updated as required and ratified at the General Assembly Meetings (GAM) during the annual conference.
FIDIC business model and governance structure
FIDIC Regional model structure
Advocacy and policy activity
FIDIC activities - G20/OECD quality infrastructure SOW 2021 - 2022 Media products
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events that take place during the FIDIC Global Infrastructure Conference include parallel discussion forums, the FIDIC Global Infrastructure Awards Dinner and the Future Leaders Management Certificate training
FIDIC organises its annual Global Infrastructure Conference to furhter its goals. This conference is the major international event of the consulting engineering industry. The venue of the conference changes continent and region every other year to ensure global representation. The conference brings together the world s premier engineers and infrastructure stakeholders from across the Otherglobe.FIDIC
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publications which include information for consulting engineers, project owners and international development agencies, contract documents and client/consultant agreements, as well as international best practice guides.
• The role of consulting engineers in delivering sustainable solutions and the net zero agenda.
• What do we mean by sustainable solutions and how do we implement them?
Conference theme
As the world starts to slowly emerge from the Covid pandemic and with thoughts turning to global recovery and rebuilding economies, this year s FIDIC annual Global Infrastructure Conference has a decidedly forward-looking theme. Building a better tomorrow, by investing today: Sustainable infrastructure development to improve community wellbeing will focus on how we engineer a sustainable future in a way that benefits communities
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• The investment angle and the key role of investors and financiers.
will bring together the world s premier engineers and infrastructure stakeholders from across the globe. After two years of online conferences, this 2022 event will be held face-to-face and is an important international gathering for our industry.
Building a better tomorrow, by investing today Sustainable infrastructure development to improve community wellbeing
Some of the key issues to be discussed at the conference include:
• Project risk and reward and getting the balance right.
• Gaining industry recognition for our people and projects.
• Social and community value reviewing the current landscape, including procurement trends and the government and client drivers for value.
• The role of state actors in a post-Covid world.
• CEOs of large international consulting engineering groups
• Working together to build sustainable communities in a post-Covid world.
• How do we inspire the next generation, develop skills and nurture talent?
• How can we truly procure for value?
• Attorneys, insurers, constructors, investors, asset operators, FIDIC members association
• Future Leaders
• Why investing in a sustainable future starts now?
• The future of cities and the key role they play. (Potential cities forum - C40 tie-in)
• Developing a global community focus ensuring no one is left behind.
• Professionals from academia and research centers
• What are the key sectors that will drive future development?
• The role of the MDBs and international financial institutions.
• Officials from multilateral development banks
• Executives from private-sector firms that build, operate or finance infrastructure projects
• Government representatives involved in making decisions regarding infrastructure investment and regulation
• Infrastructure industry professionals
Conference attendees include:
• Decision-makers from companies providing technology and management solutions
A certificate of attendance will be provided to each conference (12-13 September 2022) participant which may be used for CPD verification in your local region.
• Engineering in the new normal .
• The key trends and mega-issues facing society and what these mean for the industry.
• How to de-risk investment and delivery
• How do we meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals and define common measurement criteria?
Conference MC and presenter
Isabelle Kumar is a journalist with more than 20 years experience and has covered every big business and political story in Europe during her career.
Most recently she anchored the prime-time evening news on Euronews. She has also travelled the world interviewing countless heads of state, government representatives, CEOs and celebrities, generating more than two million views on IsabelleYouTube.hasmoderated and presented at many high-level global events, including the first ever EU presidential debate, deep dives on key issues at the Davos World Economic Forum and fireside chats with the CEOs of Coca Cola, Tesco and LOreal at the Consumer Goods Forum. She has presented award ceremonies for the UN and chaired a private lunch with former German chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders.
Her interviews include presidents and prime ministers from Russia, Iran, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Italy and Portugal as well as the heads of the UN and the European Commission. She has spoken to the King of Jordan, the prince and princess of Monaco, interviewed Richard Branson, Andrea Bocelli, Mike Tyson and Karl Lagerfeld, to name but a few.
Before heading to Euronews, Isabelle worked for CNN, APTN and Reuters.
Isabelle Kumar United Kingdom
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Conference speakers and moderators
Conference programme
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Federation programme
FIDIC s federation programme boasts a list of events for FIDIC members to network and discuss the implementation of FIDIC s strategic priorities and future plans. The programme will be held from 8-14 September 2022further details are available below.
The Fairmont Grand Hotel Geneva will serve as the official venue for our FIDIC 2022 Global Infrastructure Conference. Fairmont s main ballroom will host the main conference events, including the welcome evening reception taking place on Sunday 11 September and the main conference from 1213 September, as well as the sponsor exhibition and networking breaks.
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our Silver Sponsor BG Ingénieurs Conseils Thanking our Bronze Sponsors B-Act Quantum Vintage Nippon Koei World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
our Gold Sponsors Aon Schneider Electrics
Sponsors & Exhibitors
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our Headline Sponsor Bentley Advancing Infrastructure
During the conference, IG will be reporting live, including on social media, and interviewing speakers and participants on the key issues facing the industry.
You can email Infrastructure Global at editorial@infra.global
Conference media partner
With new technology and digitisation speeding up work processes quicker than ever before, there is an opportunity for those at the cutting edge of infrastructure to take a leadership role and shape the future of our world. IG offers the global industry and all those who work within it the chance to promote their work and insight to an international audience, raising awareness of that work and the companies behind it.
IG aims to provide a platform for the sector on an international basis to report its latest news, provide analysis and thought leadership through comment, opinion and feature articles and to give a voice to the companies, organisations, people and personalities that work in one of the most important business sectors on the planet.
If you work in the international construction and infrastructure sector, IG wants to hear from you. Send your news, views, comment, opinion and features to the team and make sure that what you are doing is reported in Infrastructure Global.
FIDIC s media partner for the conference is Infrastructure Global (IG), the news and information platform for the international construction and infrastructure IGsector.ispassionate
about global infrastructure and the contribution it makes to the quality of life of citizens around the world. The global infrastructure market totalled US$3.1 trillion in 2017 and is expected to reach US$4.4 trillion in 2022, growing by 7% on an annual average basis. This is a massive sector providing significant economic and social benefit on a world scale.
Follow IG on Twitter at @infraglobal1 and on LinkedIn here.
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Venue layout
Venue layout
Second floor
Venue: The Fairmont Grand Hotel - Foyer ABC
Description:Dr
Social events
the Kempinski Hotel, the centrally located Fairmont Grand Hotel Geneva offers a lavish experience overlooking the Jura Mountains and Lake Geneva. The welcome cocktail reception will be held on the entirely exclusive second floor complete with gorgeous views of Mont Blanc and the Jet Deau.
Date: Sunday 11 September 2022
FIDIC Welcome Cocktail Reception
Whether you ve attended the Future Leaders workshops and/or other various FIDIC activities, or have just arrived for the conference, we invite you to join us for an informal gathering on the first evening of the main event. Catch up with colleagues, make new friends, network with CEOs, decision makers from major consulting engineering firms, international institutions representatives and delegates from over 80 different countries attending the FIDIC Formerlyconference.knownas
Time: 7.00pm-10.00pm
Venue: Ballroom, President Wilson Hotel, Quai Wilson 47, 1211 Geneva. Dress code: Formal black tie or national dress.
Social events
FIDIC Global Infrastructure Awards Dinner
FIDIC Project Awards 2022
Date: Monday 12 September 2022
Description: This year s FIDIC Global Infrastructure Awards Dinner will be held in the President Wilson Hotel in Geneva. Enjoy a memorable evening in the company of your fellow guests, exquisite cuisine, and fantastic entertainment. The presentation of the FIDIC Awards 2022 will be one of the highlights of the gala programme and details of the awards being presented are listed below. Registrants will receive separate joining instructions for this event.
NB: Please note this event is now SOLD OUT. All registrants will receive separate information.
Time: 7.00pm to 01.00am
These awards recognise, highlight and reward the achievements and successes of consulting engineering member firms across the globe and the important impact their projects have on social, economic and environmental quality of life around the world.
FIDIC Member Association Excellence Awards 2022
The FIDIC Member Association Excellence Awards recognise, reward and highlight the achievements and successes of FIDIC s international member associations. The awards recognise the work they do representing the global consulting industry and are made across different categories to celebrate the excellence of FIDIC members and how they operate in this ever-dynamic industry.
• Best publication or website
• Best advancement of a cause, advocacy campaign or event
The three categories are:
FIDIC s Future Leaders Awards acknowledge and promote the remarkable achievements of future leaders in the consulting engineering industry worldwide and encourage effective participation of future leaders in FIDIC.
Social events
• Diversity and inclusion initiative
Future Leaders Awards 2022
Step into Swiss culture at the FIDIC 2022 Local Colour Night. Discover the local cuisine and the well-developed beverage industry. Enjoy your last night of the conference by experiencing the local customs of beautiful Switzerland.
Local Colour Night
Dress code: Smart casual.
(Optional paid event)
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This event is paid for separately and registrants will receive separate information about this event.
NB: Please note this event is now SOLD OUT. All registrants will receive separate information.
Date: Tuesday 13 September 2022
Social events
Time: 7pm - 10pm
Click here for further information on the many tours being offered by Geneva Tourism Bureau.
FIDIC invites business leaders to explore Geneva, a global city of business, finance, diplomacy and culture and host to many international organisations, including, of course, FIDIC!
Geneva Tourism
Renowned for its innovation, engineering and breathtaking landscape that unites southern Europe via the Alps, Switzerland is home to four national languages with four distinct cultures, food, wine and landscape.
The 2022 FIDIC International Infrastructure Conference takes place in the French-speaking city of Geneva. A vibrant international city nestled in the bay where the Rhone leaves Lac Léman, at the foothills of the Alps, Geneva is home to many international governmental and non-governmental organisations including the European seat of the UN.
Visitors can enjoy a boat trip on or a dip in the lake, visit lovely vineyards, do exclusive shopping, or go for a hike in the mountains. Geneva and its lake are must-sees and if there is time delegates should visit other locations like Berne, Lucerne and Zurich, or journey further afield to the mountains of Zermatt, Gstaad and Jungfrau region.
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