Day 1, 6 March

Contract Administration. Why?

• Bilal Ruhi Al-Sharif, Water Authority, Project Management Unit, Jordan
• Dr. Rafal Morek, FIDIC, TG 15 member and K&L Gates, Partner, Poland
• Giorgi Ioseliani, CMC LLC, Georgia
• Leo Grutters, Author of FIDIC 2017 Forms of Contracts (Red, Yellow, Silver) and Adjudicator on FIDIC President’s List, Germany

Contract Administration. How?

• Nugzar Gasviani, Roads Department, Deputy Chairman, Georgia
• Volodymyr Yaremko, Sayenko Kharenko, Senior Associate, Ukraine
• Giorgiana Tecuci, Friendly Reviewer of FIDIC 2017 Forms of Contracts (Yellow) and SCPA Tecuci Paltineanu, Partner, Romania
• Brian Barr, Adjudicator on FIDIC President’s List, United Kingdom  

Role of the Engineer

• Svend Poulsen, Author of FIDIC 2017 forms of contracts (Red, Yellow, Silver) and COWI, Chief Project Manager, Denmark
• Eugenio Zoppis, Project Manager, Salini Impregilo S.p.A., Italy  Article
• Irakli Khergiani, ACEG Board member and Dohwa Engineering co. Ltd, Regional Representative and Project Manager, Georgia
• Paul Taggart, Adjudicator on FIDIC President’s List and Construction Contract Services LLP, Owner, United Kingdom

Engineer and Dispute Avoidance / Adjudication Board – effective dispute resolution

• Jeremy Glover, Legal Reviewer of FIDIC 2017 forms of contracts (Red, Yellow and Silver) and Fenwick Elliott, Partner, UK - UAE
• Karen Gough, Friendly Reviewer of FIDIC 2017 forms of contracts, 39 Essex Chambers, United Kingdom
• Giovanni Di Folco, FIDIC Accredited Adjudicator and Techno Engineering & Associates Group, President & Senior Partner, Romania and UAE
• Daduna Kokhreidze, Georgian Association of Consulting Engineers – President, and Nodia, Urumashvili and Partners, Partner, Georgia

Day 2, 7 March

Best Practices in adapting the FIDIC forms of contracts and agreements to national requirements in the Central Eastern European and Eurasian region

• Sandro Nozadze, World Bank, Procurement Specialist, Georgia
• Jomanah Al Btoush, FIDIC Young Professional Forum Steering Committee, Chair, and Arabtech Jardaneh, Jordan
• Rafat Al Buri, FIDIC Young Professional Forum Steering Committee, Member, KSA

Case studies from the region

• Zurab Pichkhaia, Anaklia Development Consortium, CFO, Georgia
• Fatma Cölasan, GEN-TES Engineering Ltd., Owner / Managing Director and ATCEA, Past President,Turkey
• Irakli Kordzakhia, DRC Dispute Resolution Center, Court Member, Georgia
• Aliaksei Daryin, Sorainen, Senior Associate, Belarus
• Svitlana Reva, Public Union Interstate Consultants Engineers Guild

Variation clauses from the public / MDB procurement perspective

• Evgeny Smirnov, Friendly Reviewer of FIDIC 2017 forms of contracts (Red, Silver) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Procurement Policy Dept. - Associate Director, Policy Advisor, UK
• Sandro Nozadze, World Bank, Procurement Specialist, Georgia
• Svitlana Teush, Redcliffe Partners, Head of Real Estate and Construction, Counsel for Energy and M&A, Ukraine
• Taner Dedezade, FIDIC accredited trainer and Corbett & Co., Barrister, United Kingdom
• Mathias Fabich, EIC Working Group “Contract Conditions” Chairman and PORR Bau GmbH, Head of Contract Management and Prequalification Department, Austria

Understanding how the [1999 and 2017] FIDIC Contract deals with time

• Jeremy Glover, Legal Reviewer of FIDIC 2017 forms of contracts (Red, Yellow and Silver) and Fenwick Elliott, Partner, UK - UAE
• Cremona Cotovelea, Friendly Reviewer of FIDIC 2017 forms of contracts (Red and Silver) and SCPA Tecuci Paltineanu, Partner, Romania
• Nina Tsaturova, ACEG, Board member and Nodia, Urumashvili and Partners, Associate, Georgia
• Octavian Dan, Driver Trett, Technical Director, United Kingdom
• Levent Irmak, Friendly Reviewer of FIDIC 2017 forms of contracts, Modern Construction Consulting, Founding and Managing Partner, Turkey

Payments. Good management and parties satisfaction

• Giorgiana Tecuci, Friendly Reviewer of FIDIC 2017 forms of contracts (Yellow) and SCPA Tecuci Paltineanu, Partner, Romania
• Zaza Bakuradze, Peri LLC, Project Manager, Georgia
• Florin Niculescu, FIDIC Accredited Adjudicator and AB Initio, Owner, Romania
• Kevin Rudden, European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations, President, Belgium and Garland Consultancy, CEO, Ireland