AGENDA

DAY 1 (18 April 2012) Room 1

8:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:15 AM 10:00 AM Track 1: Best Design Practices 10:15 AM Track 2: Case Histories

Room 2

Room 3

Room 4

Registration and Breakfast Welcome by Ocial of the Government of Panama Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker): Planning Prerequisites for Successful Projects Coee Break Track 3: Case Histories General Overview of the Infrastructure for a large Mining Project in Panama
(Leo Flanigan, Engineering Manager for Minera Panam) (TBD)

Track 4: Project Financing Financing Trends in Large Infrastructure Projects

(Peter Vonk Corportate VP, Finance and Investment Banking CAF)

The Port of Miamis Deep Dredge project and International Lock and Dam Design Experience its interconnections with highway, airport, (Dr. Sam X. Yao, Chief Engineer of Ben C. Gerwick, and railroad networks
Inc.) (Port of Miami Director - Bill Johnson)

11:00 AM

Management of Natural Risks in Large Infrastructure Projects

(Dr. Gregory B. Baecher, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Maryland)

Katrina Through Your Rear View Mirror

(Dr. W. Marcuson, Retired Head of the)Geotechnical Laboratory, ERDC, USACE

Design of the Third Bridge over the Panama Canal

(Horacio Ibarra, Chief Engineer, The Louis Berger Group)

Financial Planning of the Canal Expansion Program

(Jos Barrios Ng, ACP Deputy Administrator)

12:00 PM 1:30 PM

Lunch Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker): Managing Mega-Infrastructure Projects

(Steven L. Stockton, U.S. Corps of Engineers Director of Civil Works)

Track 5: Project Planning 2:15 PM The Evolution of the Corps of Engineers Seismic Design Criteria
(Dr. Robert L. Hall, Retired Head of the Structures Laboratory, ERDC, USACE)

Panama Metro Project

(Roberto Roy, Panama Metro Executive Secretary)

Seismic Design of Underground Structures: Lessons from the Failure of the Daikai Station in Japan
(Dr. Antonio Bobet, Profesor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University)

Risk & Performance Management in Megaprojects

(Dr. Mladen Radujkovic, IPMA VP Research and Education)

3:00 PM Latest technology for concrete gravity dam design

(Dr. Anil K. Chopra, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley)

Special Foundation Engineering Latest development in the construction of Cut O Walls for Dikes and Dams
(Hans-Joachim Bliss, Director Overseas Division of BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH/ Germany)

Security Risk Assessment for Dams & Navigation Locks

(Dr. Enrique Matheu, Chief Dams Sector Branch, Oce of Infrastructure Protection, DHS)

Intercultural Management Competence for Project Success

(Robert Mori, Director of Special Projects in Tenova)

3:45 AM 4:00 PM

Uncertain Geotechnical Truth and Cost E ective High-Rise Foundation Design (2009 Terzaghi lecture)
(Clyde N. Baker,P.E., Hon.M.ASCE, NAE, Senior Consultant AECOM)

Coee Break Projects Mazar and Tocoma. Techical and Constructive Antithesis Infrastructure Risk Management - Role of
(Carlos Augusto Ramrez Orejuela, Coyne et Bellier & Lionel Ciampi, Tractebel Engineering)

Project Delivery Methods

(Albert Bast, P.E., Senior VP, National Director Surface Transportation Infrastructure and Environment URS Corporation)

Public-Private Sector Partnerships

(Todd Kiel, Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, DHS)

4:45 PM 6:00 PM

Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned from the Development of Recent Large Infrastructure Projects

Conclusion of Day 1

DAY 2 (19 April 2012) Room 1

8:00 AM 8:30 AM Track 6: Canal Expansion Design Issues 9:15 AM Temporary Protection Structures for Major Infrastrtucture Projects
(Dr. Pietro Sembenelli, President of SC SEMBENELLI CONSULTING srl)

Room 2

Breakfast
(Alberto Alman Zubieta, ACP Administrator)

Room 3

Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker): The Road to the Panama Canal Expansion Track 7: Canal Expansion Lock Design Preliminary Design of the new Locks
(Jos De Regge, Tractebel Engineering - Technum Coyne et Bellier)

Track 8: Project Risk Management Insurance and Risk Management

(Bob Peilow, Managing Director of Special Client Services, Willis Limited)

10:00 AM 10:15 AM

Coee Break Evolution of Excavation Design in the Canal

(Dr. James Michael Duncan, Distinguished Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech)

Risk Management in the Canal Expansion (Eamonn Moroney - Executive Director Construction Design of New Locks
(Michael Newbery & the CICP team) Risks, Willis Limited)

11:00 AM

Design of Excavations for the Paci c Access Channel

(Max DePuy, Manager of the Geotechnical Engineering Branch of ACP)

Quality Assurance for the Canal Expansion

(John Lopacki, New Panama Canal Locks Quality Manager, CH2M Hill)

12:00 M 1:30 PM

Lunch Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker): Best Practices in the Management of Large Projects
(Lee McIntire, CEO of CH2M Hill)

Track 9: Canal Expansion Construction 2:15 PM Seismic Design Requirements for the Canal Expansion Structures
(Dr. Julian Bommer, Professor of Earthquake Engineering at the Imperial College of Science and Technology)

Track 10: Project Management

Construction of New Locks

(GUPC team)

Management of the Canal Expansion Program I

(ACP/CH2M Hill team)

3:00 PM

Design of Borinquen Dam 1E

(Dr. Lelio Mejia, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., Principal Engineer and Vice President, URS Corporation )

3:45 PM 4:00 PM

Coee Break Hydraulic Modelling for the new PostPanamax locks

(Tom De Mulder, Senior hydraulic expert, Flemish Authorities, Department of Mobility and Public Works Flanders Hydraulics Research)

Construction of Borinquen Dam 1E (Mark Barkau, Principal Dam Engineer URS Holdings, Inc.)

Management of the Canal Expansion Program II

(ACP/CH2M Hill team)

4:45 PM 6:30 PM

Panel Discussion: Contributions from the Canal Expansion Program to the Engineering Profession

Banquet

DAY 3 (20 April 2012)

8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker): Major Infrastructure Projects in Panama
(Federico Surez, Ministro de Obras Pblicas)

Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker): The Panama Canal Expansion Program

(Jorge L. Quijano, VPE, Ingeniera y Administracin de Programas, ACP)

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