Malcolm Harbour CBE served as Member of the European Parliament, representing the West Midlands Region of the UK, from 1999 to 2014. He was Chairman of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee from 2009 to 2014 and Committee Co-ordinator for the European Centre Right Group (EPP-ED) from 2004 to 2009. He was also Vice-Chairman of the Parliament's Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA) from 2002 to 2014, and a Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Delegation to Japan.

After retiring as an MEP, he became Senior Adviser on the Single Market to the European Policy Centre, and Senior Adviser to Teneo Brussels. He is a Council Member of the University of Birmingham. In 2017 he was invited to Chair a Local Government Association Task Force to promote innovation procurement. In 2019 he became an Associate of the Connected Places Catapult, and supports their Challenging Procurement team.

Jon is the Director of Infrastructure, Enterprise and Growth at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, (the government's centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects). He advises on project delivery across half of the government's major projects; his £350bn portfolio includes all major transport, industry, energy, housing, foreign affairs, environmental and digital.

Prior to joining the IPA, Jon spent ten years in executive roles within the utilities sector for Thames Water, BT Openreach and Clancy. Responsibilities included business strategy, transformation, capital programmes, operations, commercial, international supply chain and logistics. Jon pioneered long-term collaborative alliance contracts and behavioural procurement techniques, winning national awards as both Client of the Year and Supplier of the Year.

Einav is the Chief Commercial Officer at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), a position which Einav has held since November 2017.
Defra’s work impacts every one of us, and Einav’s team is proud of the work it does to contribute to combatting climate change by supporting both Government targets around Net Zero and global agreements which set out to protect our planet and our oceans. The Team Einav leads helps to deliver on projects like rewilding meadowland, reversing the decline of our peatlands, planting new trees, and building new flood defences. Work which is critical to our future and our grandchildren’s future.
Prior to joining Government, Einav held several senior roles across a range of sectors including Health, Property, Banking and Retail. In December 2018 Einav was also appointed a NED of Fera Science Ltd. Einav sits on the Audit and Business Development Committees as well as the Board for the world-class science and research institute.
Einav leads a winning team in Defra and recent awards have included the Civil Service Data Awards, the Procurement Leaders Award, and Excellence in Procurement Awards. Einav’s approach is to champion excellence, customer focus, value for money, sustainable outcomes, and high ethical standards. Einav is also a vocal supporter of campaigns to promote more equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace and frequently highlights the importance of creating a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.
Einav holds a First-class degree in Psychology and a Masters with distinction from Oxford University.

What is the role of logistics in large infrastructure, and what best practice can we take from other sectors to ensure project delivery?

At a time when our society faces unprecedented challenges, the concept of value for money is evolving to encompass more than just the outputs from new infrastructure assets. There is a growing emphasis to realise broader benefits and societal outcomes established in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies that are intrinsically linked to organisational objectives and purpose.

Clients need to evolve their overarching strategic ambitions whilst maintaining progress in the delivery of projects and programmes, ensuring there is a clear demonstration of the value that is being generated. Conventional approaches to delivering benefits from a commercial perspective need to evolve to keep pace with this rapidly changing, higher risk environment. In this address we will present an evolution to the traditional model and the benefits that this approach could bring to your infrastructure projects.

The UK’s 2nd National Infrastructure Assessment is the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC’s) five-yearly look at the UK’s biggest infrastructure goals over the next 20-30 years, and what we need to do from now onwards to achieve them. It focuses on 3 big strategic challenges: promoting productivity and economic growth across all regions; supporting the transition to net zero; and improving climate resilience and the state of the natural environment. The assessment makes costed recommendations to government across the range of economic infrastructure in the NIC’s remit, covering public and private spending and related policy requirements from mass transit to heat pumps, waste management to climate resilience.

The presentation will give an overview of the assessment including over-arching, cross-cutting and sector-specific recommendations and where those involved in infrastructure planning, commissioning, delivery and provision fit into this picture

The New Hospital Programme is the biggest hospital building programme in a generation. It is a dramatic shift in the way we deliver major healthcare projects in England, building hospitals that will transform the health sector and set new standards for the way we build future social infrastructure. We will create world-class health facilities through innovation and collaboration, empowering clinical professionals to deliver the best possible care for patients.

We are replacing outdated infrastructure with modern, innovative, and environmentally sustainable buildings to provide top-class healthcare services and facilities for patients, staff and local communities. Digital technology will change the way healthcare is delivered in these facilities. Smart technology will reduce basic and repetitive tasks and free up time for patient care. Our mission is to help NHS Trusts to provide high-quality, sustainable care for patients, deliver intelligent hospitals, develop national capability, and build better, build faster and build a sustainable legacy.

Balancing Opportunity and Risk – the Challenges Ahead for UK Infrastructure