From the Co-Chairs – Construction Law International – December 2022
We would like to start by thanking each and every one of you who attended the IBA Annual Conference in Miami. After a two-year hiatus, it was a pleasure to be together. Many things changed during the pandemic, and it was good to find that the things that make the IBA International Construction Projects (ICP) Committee special did not. Old friends picked up on conversations right where they left off and new friends joined right in.
As with prior conferences, the ICP Committee had the privilege of hosting five substantive sessions. Our sessions focused on infrastructure in developing countries; collaboration and alliance of agreements; sustainable project decommissioning; risk allocation on infrastructure projects; and ESG in the construction industry. Thanks to the efforts of the moderators and the speakers, each of the sessions was high quality, engaging and educational. Special thanks to all who participated in the sessions including: Aisha Nadar, James Banda, Ricardo Barreiro-Deymonnaz, David Beckstread, Evgeny Smirnov, Bill Barton, Thais Chebatt, Christian Johansen, Claus Lenz, Andreas Roquette, Doug Oles, Katherine Bell, Sarah Biser, Luli Hemmingsen, Tuomas Lehtinen, Bruce Reynolds, Julio Cesar Bueno, Roberta Downey, Rory Kirrane, Richard Shaban, Janet Walker, Aarta Alkarimi, Sara-Jane Fick, Doug Jones and Sarah Sinclair.
In addition to our educational sessions, we enjoyed our committee dinner and excursion. Our dinner had over 80 attendees and all enjoyed conversation and laughs in the warm air of the balmy Miami evening. It was an enjoyable event, as was our committee excursion, during which we viewed alligators and took an airboat ride through the Florida Everglades.
Our next opportunity to be together will be at our 8th Biennial Conference in Berlin on 16–18 March. We look forward to seeing you there. However, before we rush into 2023, we hope you have time to look back on the past year with family and friends, during the upcoming holiday season.
We wish you all happy holidays and a prosperous new year.
Joseph Moore
Hanson Bridgett, San Francisco
jmoore@hansonbridgett.com
Jean-Pierre Van Eijck
Spant Advocaten, Eindhoven
jvaneijck@spantlegal.com
Co-Chairs, IBA International Construction Projects Committee