GSD
April 23-25, 1999

CONFERENCE PROGRAM 
 

Friday Evening, April 23, 1999 
Welcome & Keynote Address
 

5:00 - 5:45	Registration Location:  Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge
6:00 - 6:45	Cocktails at the Loeb House; 17 Quincy Street
	Host: Peter Rowe Dean, GSD
7:00 -	Dinner & Welcome; at the Loeb House: 17 Quincy Street
	Spiro Pollalis Professor of Design Technology and Management GSD
7:45 -	Sense and Respond, Capturing Value in the Network Era
	Richard Nolan William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
	John Macomber Lecturer, MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering Chairman, George B. H. Macomber Company

Saturday, April 24, 1999 
Three Frontiers: Electronic Models, Project Networks, and Information Markets
 
 

8:00 - 8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00	The Internet and Society
	Charles Nesson  William Weld Professsor of Law, Harvard Law School Director, Berkman Center
9:00 - 9:30	Design Without Boundaries: A Vision for the Industry
	Carol Bartz Chaiperson and CEO, Autodesk Corporation
9:30 - 10:00	Enterprise Information Technology
	Keith Bentley CEO, Bentley Systems
10:00 - 10:30	Refreshments
10:30 - 10:50	Global Project Information Management
	Jas Dihllon  CEO, Blueline Online
10:50 - 11:10	Creating a Market for Network Design Tools
	William Tucker Principal, EVOLV
11:10 - 11:30	Building Business Value on the Internet
	Darryl Magana CEO, Bidcom
11:30 - 11:50	Strategic Management in the Construction Value Chain
	John Macomber CEO, Collaborative Structures
11:50 - 1:30	Lunch - Buffet, Harvard Faculty Club
	Consolidating Construction Information Markets
	Arol Wolford Chairman, Construction Market Data Group
1:30 - 2:30	Case Study:  The Venetian
	Larry Rocha CIO, Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo
2:30 - 3:30	Blurring Organizational Boundaries
	Howard Stussman,  Editor-in-Chief, Engineering News Record
3:30 - 4:00	Refreshments
4:00 - 5:00	Panel Discussion: Toward Construction Project Networks
	Moderators:  Spiro Pollalis Professor of Design Technology and Management Jeffrey Huang Assistant Professor, Harvard Design School
7:00 -	Dinner
7:45 -	Current Works / Disney Concert Hall
	James Glymph,  Principal, Frank O. Gehry & Associates  Massimo Colomban,  Chairman, Permasteelisa Group

Sunday Morning, April 25, 1999 
Workshop Groups 
 

8:00 - 8:30	Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30	Networks; The Deep Structure of Organizations
	Karen Stephenson President of NetForm  Professor of Management, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA
9:30 - 9:45	Goals for Workshops
	Spiro Pollalis Professor of Design Technology and Management GSD
9:45 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 11:45	Internet Strategy Workshops
	Group 1: Changing Delivery Methods, Procurement Strategies, Condition Assessment and Facility Management Facilitator: Charles Thomsen, Chairman, 3DI Discussion Topics:  Design Build, Bridging, Delivery Order Type Contracts Group 2:  Partnering and the Virtual Construction Team Facilitator:  Larry Bonine, President, Pinnacle Leadership Group Discussion Topics: Teaming, facilitation, change management, process design Group 3:  Information Technology and Process Reengineering Facilitator: Richard Nolan, Harvard Business School Discussion Topics: Process Focus, Market Segmentation, Strategic Alliances and Partnerships, Change Management, Benchmarking, and Implementation Strategies Group 4:  Legal Issues for a Networked AEC Industry Facilitator:  Chris Noble, Hill & Barlow Discussion Topics: Changing Contracts, Interstate/International Laws, Risk Management, Changing Insurance Requirements
11:45 - 12:15	Reports from Workshops
12:15 - 12:45	Closing Remarks
	Spiro Pollalis Professor of Design Technology and Management GSD
12:45 -	Optional Lunch