Conference "Capital Project Lifecycle Management – From Green Field to iField"

Capital projects are being implemented in various industries in Russia. The top positions in terms of investment are occupied by fuel and energy, transport, construction and property development. Moreover, according to forecasts from the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, growth in these sectors is set to continue in the coming years. Therefore, ensuring capital project management efficiency at every stage of the lifecycle is top of the agenda for companies today.

On 20 November 2013 at the "Capital Project Lifecycle Management conference –  From Green Field to iField" in Moscow – over 100 representatives of different industries gathered to discuss how specific project approaches and IT can facilitate capital project management in the current climate.

The conference organizer – ITPS – together with the Group's partners managed to set up a platform via which a productive exchange could take place between companies implementing large capital projects, operating organizations, engineering companies, consulting companies, and providers of technical solutions.

Presentations were given by experts from Russian and international companies – Siemens, IBM, LUKOIL Overseas, Oracle, ZAO MDS Grupp, ITPS, Petroleum Experts, ClickSoftware, Fiatech, Ventyx (ABB), and OpenText.

The audience comprised top managers and division managers from finance, production and IT departments, as well as capital project management specialists from companies such as Gazprom Neft, Rosseti, LUKOIL oil company, Rosneft oil company, Aerodromdorstroy, Atomenergoproekt, RN-Inform, INTER RAO Energy Efficiency Centre, Globalstroy-Engineering, the Russian State Registration Chamber, Kazakhoil-Aktobe, etc.

Various topical issues were discussed at the conference:

• Modern approaches to capital project lifecycle management (ISO 15926, FIATECH's Capital Projects Technology Roadmap), architecture and composition of supporting IT solutions.
• The use of PLM systems for capital project lifecycle management, demonstration of practical experience using systems based on Oracle Primavera, SAP, system integration.
• Applications for business process management at different stages of capital projects, best practices for their use by Russian companies (planning and control systems, deadline management, project resources and costs, project design document management, procurement management, groupware, etc.).
• Process management at the Production stage with examples from oil and gas companies. Demonstration and discussion on using the most in-demand solutions and tools, such as application of modeling tools during planning of reservoir pressure maintenance system modification, integrated modelling as a decision support tool, PM management concepts based on KPIs, etc.

Further details on all materials from the event can be found on the official conference website www.capitalprojects.ru