PROGRAM

13 March
8:30 - 9:00	Welcome Address and Introduction to DRBF Giorgiana Tecuci, President of DRBF Region 2 Board of Directors Jeremy Glover, President of DRBF Executive Board of Directors
9:00 - 10:30	If You Fail to Plan, You Are Planning to Fail Dispute Prevention in Road and Rail Construction Projects: Common Challenges in Road and Rail Construction - Technical specifications - Qualification & evaluation criteria - Type of contract - Selection of DB materials
10:30 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:30	What We Must Always Foresee is the Unforeseen Unforeseen Conditions and Variations - Emerald Book approach vs. other standard contracts - Unforeseen conditions - GDR/GBR
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 15:00	Life in Plastic is NOT Fantastic Greener Projects - Innovative Technologies - What Should A DB Know? - Green procurement - The depth of sustainability in tunneling - BIM for project parties and DB members - AI and new technologies
15:00 - 15:30	Break
15:30 - 17:00	The Paper Reality Records and Evidence Brought to the DBs - Types and priority of evidence in projects with tunnels - Specific tunneling documents - Expertise of the DB members
17:30 - 19:30	Cocktail Reception
14 March
9:00 - 10:30	The Ins and Outs of the Emerald Book for Dispute Board Practitioners Pt. 1 Leo Grutters
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30	The Ins and Outs of the Emerald Book for Dispute Board Practitioners Pt. 2 Leo Grutters
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 15:00	Recommendations vs. Decision: An Oxford-Style Debate Pt. 1 Jeremy Glover
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00	Recommendations vs. Decision: An Oxford-Style Debate Pt. 2 Jeremy Glover