OMEGA SEMINAR PROGRAMME 2021-2022

The Seminar Programme allows the OMEGA Centre to provide a platform to present findings of recently completed and on-going infrastructure projects globally, and to engage with a wide audience from academia and praxis.The OMEGA Centre has undertaken a wide range of research and consultancy studies on several pressing issues related to: the treatment of “Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity” in project decision-making, the “Power of Context” on such decision-making, and the role of “Sustainability and Sustainable Development Visions” for mega project infrastructure investments.The seminar programme invites speakers involved in a variety of aspects of mega infrastructure project developments with a view to encouraging cross-disciplinary collaboration and knowledge-transfer. Past and current contributions to the Seminar Programme draw from OMEGA Centre researchers, as well as external speakers, including: journalists, public officials, consultants, investment bankers, industry leaders and academics.The OMEGA Seminar Programme is open to everyone interested in issues, challenges and achievements in mega infrastructure development across all sectors, especially those associated with major project developments overseas. The seminars are recorded and videoed, with outputs posted (subject to permission) on the OMEGA Centre Website.By drawing on experts from many disciplines, various sectors and different countries, the OMEGA Seminar Programme looks to stimulate debate on crucial topics, such as: infrastructure investments as agents of change, project challenges of sustainability and financing and technological opportunities for project developments within the global market.The seminars especially looks to foster the generation of innovative approaches to tackling/addressing current and future threats, risks and opportunities of contemporary megaproject decision-making and decision-making in future environments.

University College London - OMEGA Centre

Toward More Holistic Approaches to Mega Transport Project Appraisal in Latin America Daniel Oviedo
Lecturer in University College London

Daniel Oviedo
Lecturer in Urban Transport and Development Planning 
Bartlett Development Planning Unit 
University College London 
AbstractDr. Oviedo’s presentation examines the evolution of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) infrastructure to a fully integrated public transit system and its effects on social and spatial inequalities in the rapidly changing and socially segregated urban environment of Bogotá, Colombia. Building on concepts of accessibility and social exclusion plus concerns for transport-related inequalities, this presentation combines conceptual and empirical elements of urban development and transport planning analysis to frame a critical perspective as to what ‘success’ means for public transport megaprojects such as BRTs not only for the city of Bogotá and Latin America more generally but also for the Global South. Drawing on research spanning a decade, this presentation reveals how a growing public transport system influenced by a major new infrastructure investment project can contribute to structural urban transformations, reflecting among other things, how events such as health emergencies can call into question the role of large infrastructures for urban development.

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