Collaborative Conversations West Midlands: Why Collaboration is Key

Overview

RICS West Midlands is pleased to collaborate with The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Landscape Institute (LI), Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).

Those working in infrastructure must not only deliver technical excellence, but also collaborate and communicate the benefits it delivers to society. It is vital to bridge the gap between technical experts and non-technical audiences, building public trust, value and understanding. Collaboration across our institutions and disciplines results in raising standards, knowledge sharing and innovation.

Lunch is included along with a fantastic line up of speakers!

To ensure you are catered for on the day, please book your place through the website selecting your membership institute.

By booking for this event you agree to share your details with RICS, CIOB and your associated institute.

Agenda

• 12:30 - Arrival and lunch
• 13:00 - Panel session and Q&A's
• 14:30 - Close

Key topics

• Keynote address from ICE president David Potter.
• Learn about a new strategic combined authority initiative to improve major infrastructure delivery.
• Hear case studies from projects in the region which, without collaboration, would simply not be possible will also be discussed.

Learning outcome

• Key intiatives fostering cross-authority collaboration.

Speakers

Keynote speaker:

• David Porter, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and Director of Engineering & Transformation at DfI, Fellow of ICE, Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering and Fellow of Engineers Ireland
   

Panel speakers:

• Laurence Vickers BSc (Hons) MSc MCIOB MAPM MQSi NECReg AMICE, Commercial Director, MEPC Limited
• Ross Fittal, Commercial Director, MEPC Limited
• André Gardner, Associate Director, BM3 Architecture Ltd, Landscape Architect CMLI and Consultant Ecologist MCIEEM
• Craig Wakeman, Head of HS2 & Strategic Partnerships, West Midlands Combined Authority