Seminar downloads

The Major Projects Association run a series of seminars for its members to improve the initiation and delivery of major projects through the interaction of its members. All their seminars are recorded and a summary report is available for non-MPA members here. 

16-06-2009
Success is "soft" people skills

14-05-2009
Power Generation in a Developing Economy - an   international experience from South Africa

31-03-2009
Managing Complexity in Major Projects

24-02-2009
The Planning Act 2008

05-02-2009
The Future of Major Projects

04-12-2008
Beyond the London Games

12-11-2008
The Investor, the Board and Major Projects

23-09-2008
26th Annual Conference - Regenerating London - examples from major cities

03-06-2008
The Private Delivery of Public Services

14-05-2008
Testing and Commissioning

23-04-2008
Britain needs the best Project Managers: Where will they come from?

19-03-2008
Sustainability, Climate Change And Carbon Footprint

07-02-2008
Delivering High speed 1: The Successes and the Lessons

05-12-2007
The Growing influence of IT on major projects

14-11-2007
The Importance of Starting Well

23-10-2007
T5 Case Study Seminar

19-09-2007
25th Annual Conference - The Impact of Contracts on Project Behaviour and Outcome

12-06-2007
Nuclear Decommissioning Moves Ahead

01-05-2007
Is The Secret of Successful Projects in The Management of Design and Engineering

18-04-2007
Benefits Management and the Business Case

13-03-2007
Managing The Resource Gap

30-01-2007
The Application of Technology in Managing Demand

05-12-2006
Management Styles and Leadership

15-11-2006
Learning Lessons from Completed Projects

18-10-2006
Rethinking Project Management

19-09-2006
24th Annual Conference - Making Project Management Work

20-06-2006
The London Games - Managing Delivery

07-06-2006
Managing Dispersed Project Teams

06-04-2006
Corruption - Damage, Risk and Prevention

22-03-2006
Managing Changes in Projects

28-02-2006
A New Generation of Nuclear Power Stations - Are we Ready?

02-02-2006
How can MPA Member Organisations Make Better Use of UK Academic Resources

17-11-2005
Change Management

28-09-2005
23rd Annual Conference - Sensible clients get sensible projects

06-07-2005
Corporate Responsibility

24-05-2005
Risk transfer and allocation in PFI / PPP projects

17-05-2005
Stakeholder Management

20-04-2005
Lessons from a Major IT Project

10-03-2005
The International Market Now

16-02-2005
The Project Manager's Tool Kit - Time to Move on?

01-11-2004
Managing Joint Ventures and Alliances

01-09-2004
22nd Annual Conference - Developing the People Resource

01-06-2004
Financial Management in Major Project Businesses

01-05-2004
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link

01-04-2004
Strategic Planning of Major Projects

01-01-2004
Major Project in a Volatile Environment: Lessons from the Telecoms Sector

01-11-2003
Learning from Project Failures

01-09-2003
21st Annual Conference - PFI/PPP Projects - are they Working?

01-06-2003
The Management of Unexpected Projects

01-05-2003
Cleaning up the UK

01-02-2003
Lessons from High Technology Development Projects

01-01-2003
Bringing Change to a Dynamic Business: The BBc Property Outsourcing Projec

01-11-2002
Creating a Workforce Fit to Deliver Major Projects

01-09-2002
20th Annual Conference - The Management of Change

01-06-2002
Supply-Chain Management

01-05-2002
The Americans and the French: Do They Do It Better?

01-04-2002
Crossrail

01-03-2002
Systems Integration for Major Projects

01-01-2002
Alliancing/Partnering

01-11-2001
Canary Wharf

01-09-2001
19th Annual Conference - Setting Objectives and Understanding the Client's Business

01-06-2001
Transfer of Project Management Competence within and Across Organisations

01-05-2001
Effective Teams for Complex Projects

01-04-2001
Hong Kong International Airport

01-03-2001
The Impact of E-Commerce

01-01-2001
The Smart Procurement Initiative - "Faster, Cheaper, Better"

01-11-2000
The Jubilee Line Extension

01-09-2000
18th Annual Conference - The Client/Designer Interface

02-06-2000
Strategic Use of insureance in Complex Projects

01-06-2000
Project Recovery - Breaking the Cycle of Failure

01-03-2000
The Newbury Bypass

01-01-2000
Major Projects in a Changing Financial World

02-11-1999
Managing High Technology and Innovative Projects

01-11-1999
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link

01-09-1999
17th Annual Conference - Managing the Environmental Risks to Major Projects

01-05-1999
So Where Do We Stand Now?

01-04-1999
The Learning Organisation

01-03-1999
Heathrow Express

01-01-1999
Dealing with the Millennium Bug - Lessons for Major Projects

01-12-1998
Current State of Liability for Environmental Risks

01-09-1998
16th Annual Conference - Managing Major Event Projects

01-06-1998
Risk and Contingency Management

01-05-1998
Project Evaluation

01-03-1998
The Great Man - Made River Project in Libya

01-02-1998
Private Finance in Cultural Contexts

01-01-1998
Managing Completion Risks

01-12-1997
From Dreaming to Doing - How Projects Happen

01-09-1997
15th Annual Conference - Dimensions of IT

01-06-1997
The South African Experience

01-05-1997
Tsing Ma Bridge

01-02-1997
A New Age of Rail?

01-12-1996
Decommissioning Major Projects

01-09-1996
14th Annual Conference - National Approaches to Transport Integration

01-06-1996
Socail Costs and Benefits

01-04-1996
Surfing the Private Finance Initiative

01-02-1996
The Hub Power Project

01-12-1995
Partnering: Competition V Cooperation

01-10-1995
13th Annual Conference - The Changing World of Risks

01-09-1995
Network Infrastructure

01-03-1995
Thailand and Indo-China

01-01-1995
Nuclear Waste Disposal

01-12-1994
Sizewell B: A Case Study

01-10-1994
12th Annual Conference - Making Major Projects Happen

02-09-1994
The Impact of Environmental Health-and-Safety Factors on Major Projects

01-09-1994
The Management of Difficult Projects

01-07-1994
Road Privatization

01-04-1994
Topical Issues in Project Financing in Eastern and Western Europe

01-12-1993
Technology and Telecommunications

01-10-1993
11th Annual Conference - An Integrated Tansport Policy

01-09-1993
Major Projects in South America

01-07-1993
Asian Idioms of Capitalism

01-06-1993
Nuclear Power: The Future

01-04-1993
Management of Safety-Critical Systems

01-02-1993
The Peace Dividend

01-01-1993
Russia and Eastern Europe

01-12-1992
Asian Infrastructure Projects

01-11-1992
The Environment and Global Warming

01-10-1992
10th Annual Conference - Removing Barriers to Long-term Major Projects

01-07-1992
Project Sovereign

01-06-1992
Major Projects in the Leisure Industry

01-02-1992
Major Projects in Hong Kong

01-12-1991
The Bangladesh KAFCO Project

01-09-1991
9th Annual Conference - Privatizing British Rail and British Coal

01-06-1991
Getting Major Infrastructure Projects Off the Ground

01-04-1991
Potential Major Projects Underground

01-02-1991
Cleaning up the Mediterranean

01-12-1990
Air Transport Infrastructure

01-09-1990
8th Annual Conference - The Changing Context of Major Projects

01-05-1990
Hazardous Waste

01-04-1990
The Occasional Major Project Owner/Sponsor

01-12-1989
Project Opportunities in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc

01-09-1989
7th Annual Conference - L'Europe Pour Qui?: European Major Projects in the 1990's

01-06-1989
Tornado: A Case Study of a Major Defence Project

01-04-1989
The Privatization of the Electricity Supply Industry

01-02-1989
Why Design? The Role of Design in Major Projects

01-12-1988
The International Commercial Exploitation of Advanced Technology

01-11-1988
6th Annual Conference - Communications Horizons

01-06-1988
Risk Assessment in Initiating Information Technology Projects

01-04-1988
Current Changes in Contracting Practice

01-02-1988
Boot for Britain?

01-12-1987
Organizational Implications of large Information Technology Projects - Big Bang

01-11-1987
5th Annual Conference - The Planning and Inquiry Process and Infrastructure Projects

01-06-1987
The Finance and Organisation of European Space Projects

01-04-1987
International Negotiation

01-02-1987
The Redevelopment of London's Docklands

01-12-1986
The People Factor in Managing Major Projects

01-11-1986
4th Annual Conference - International Collaboration

01-06-1986
Technology and the Management of Major Projects

01-04-1986
The Preconditions of Success and Failure in Major Projects

01-02-1986
Projects in the Near Future

01-12-1985
Why Major Projects go Wrong

01-10-1985
3rd Annual Conference - The Japanese Approach

01-06-1985
Political Risk in the Major Project - What does it Mean?

01-04-1985
The Broad Problems Facing Owners on Giant Megaprojects - Past and Future

01-01-1985
Overcoming Delays in Major Projects

01-12-1984
Port of Jebal Ali

01-10-1984
Management - Monitoring or Interference?

01-07-1984
2nd Annual Conference - The Application of Scenario Planning to Major Projects

01-06-1984
The Division of Risk Between The Equity Shareholders and the Consortium

01-04-1984
Joint European Torus the Special Problems of Advanced Technology Projects

01-01-1984
The Balance of Experience and Uncertainty in Major Projects

01-12-1983
The Thames Barrier

01-10-1983
Negotiation of Construction Projects

01-05-1983
Catastrophe Risks

01-01-1983
The Concorde Project

01-12-1982
Relationships and Motivation in International Projects

29-10-1982
Causes of Effects of Delay in Major Projects

01-05-1982
Oil and Gas Financing

01-04-1982
Unresolved Problems of Project Organisation

01-02-1982
Unresolved Problems of Risk

01-01-1982
Risks in International Project Finance

01-12-1981
The Channel Tunnel The Lessons of 1970 To 1975

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