28th Annual Conference of the 
INTERNATIONAL GROUP FOR LEAN CONSTRUCTION                    

6-10 July 2020 - Technical Conference
11-12 July 2020 - Summer School for PhD Students

This is the premier conference on Lean Construction. It is hosted annually by the International Group for Lean Construction (iglc.net), a network of researchers and industry professionals around the world who are involved in advancing the theory and developing the practices of Lean Construction.

 

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TECHNICAL CONFERENCE - 6-10 July 2020

    Click on the button below to view the conference agenda with the times participants will meet LIVE on zoom.
    Registered conference participants will be given access to papers and pre-recorded presentations several days before the event. 

     

     

    SUMMER SCHOOL FOR PhD STUDENTS - 11-12 July 2020 hosted on Zoom

    VALUE
    PROPOSITION

    Join us at our Annual Conference, this year for the first time hosted 'in the cloud.'

    The themes of the Conference are:

    • Contract and Cost Management
    • Enabling Lean with Information Technology
    • Last Planner® System
    • Lean and BIM
    • Lean Theory
    • Learning and Teaching Lean
    • People, Culture, and Change
    • Product Development and Design Management
    • Production Planning and Control
    • Production System Design
    • Safety, Quality, and Green-Lean
    • Supply Chain Management and Off-Site Construction

    Meet like-minded people. 

    Take advantage of this opportunity to learn about and sharpen your Lean thinking.

    We will have great conversations, engage in a rich exchange of ideas, and have fun. 

    Get feedback on the paper you have submitted, in a double-blind peer review process.

      Each accepted paper will:

      All accepted papers will be made available online, open access:

      • included in the IGLC28 Conference Proceedings edited by the Technical Conference Chairs

      All presentations will be pre-recorded by the presenters and we will organize them in sessions available for viewing online during the conference. If and how to make them available after the conference remains to be determined.

      EVENT
      OVERVIEW

      The technical conference this year is spread out over 5 days (not condensed in 2.5 days as we have done in the past) and the timing of presentations varies. Please see the AGENDA section of this web page for details.

      Presenters should make themselves available to participate in a question-and-answer session about their presentation. The conference agenda shows the times of these live question-and-answer sessions.

      Since we are in uncharted territory this year, we are rethinking how to run the conference. In a Lean fashion, we will aim to structure it using one-piece flow, avoiding parallel sessions as much as we can so that participants will be able to attend most if not all sessions of their interest. We have yet to figure out how we will handle sessions in small "bursts" with perhaps 100+ participants on zoom, but in a nutshell, here is roughly what we have in mind for a typical session: 

      • Sessions will comprise about 4-5 papers, each one presented in 10 minutes.
      • Authors will pre-record their 10 minute presentation, so conference participants can view them in advance (at a time convenient for them, asynchronously) and submit questions to the session moderator in advance of the live session.
      • At the scheduled IGLC28 Conference time, the session moderator and presenters will convene in zoom, to address live the Q&A and discuss session-specific topics raised by any participants who zoom in at that time. This session "burst" is expected to last about 20-30 minutes.
      • The schedule will then have a break for 30-60 minutes until the next session "burst" takes place.

      In addition to typical sessions, we may also have some longer presentations and possible some Lean game rooms :) 

      Our plan for organizing these is as follows:

      • The agenday shows the timing of the live sessions.
      • We will advise authors whether their presentation will be 10 minutes (papers presented in a session) or 20 minutes long (papers presented in a plenary session).
      • We will provide authors with a powerpoint template so they can prepare their presentation accordingly.
      • Authors will pre-record their presentation and then send us their .mp4 file and .ppt file. 
      • We will develop a schedule of discussion sessions and post papers, presentations, and powerpoints online at least 24 hours prior to those sessions for viewing by registered participants. 

      MEET THE
      TECHNICAL CONFERENCE CHAIRS

       

      MEET THE
      TRACK CHAIRS

      Thais Alves
      Glenn Ballard
      Frode Drevland
      Fidelis Emuze
      Farook Hamzeh
      Vicente Gonzalez
      Lauri Koskela
      Ola Laedre
      Olli Seppanen
      Min Liu
      Zofia Rybkowski
      Daniela Viana

      Iris D. Tommelein

      IRIS D. TOMMELEIN 
      Professor
      Director, Project Production Systems Laboratory
      Engineering and Project Management Program
      Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
      University of California, Berkeley, USA

       EMMANUEL DANIEL
      Senior Lecturer
      Construction Management
      Course Leader MSc Offsite Housing Construction
      School Architecture and Built Environment
      University of Wolverhampton, UK

      MEET THE
      SUMMER SCHOOL CHAIRS

      James Smith

      JAMES SMITH
      Assistant Professor
      Construction and Facilities Management Program
      Brigham Young University
      Provo, Utah, USA

      Details on the summer school will be provided on a separate page. 

      Clarissa Biotto

      CLARISSA BIOTTO 
      Lecturer
      Civil Engineering Department
      Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar)
      Brazil

      ABOUT THE
      LOCATION

      Clouds above Berkeley, CA. (c) Image by Iris D. Tommelein, April 2020.

      Clouds above Berkeley, CA. (c) Photo by Iris D. Tommelein, April 2020. 

      Berkeley, California

      We hosted the 7th Annual Conference of the IGLC in 1999 in Berkeley, California.

      The 28th Annual Conference this year is special!  It will be the first time that our group meets online. Participants will be meeting colleagues and speaking with authors in virtual meeting rooms, hosted on ZOOM. 

      FEES
      AND
      DEADLINES

      REGISTRATION CATEGORIES AND FEES 

      Participants should choose one of the following options and can take advantage of the early bird rate if they register before Friday 5 June 2020:

      1. Author Presenting a Paper that's been Accepted:  $200 early bird, $250 thereafter
      2. Professional / Author NOT Presenting a Paper: $200 early bird, $250 thereafter
      3. Student (full time) Participating in Conference: $50 early bird, $80 thereafter
      4. Summer School Student (not participating in conference itself): $0 - free but you need to be invited! Details will be posted on the Summer School page. 
      5. Conference Organizer

      Recognizing that registration fees may still prevent students and some professionals from participating, the IGLC28 organizers will gladly accept the support from benefactors. Contributions may be made via the registration website, using one of two categories:

      1. Scholarship Donor: suggested amounts $50, $100, $250
      2. Conference Sponsor: suggested amounts $500 (Bronze), $1,000 (Silver), $2,000 Greg Howell Lean Game Room, $2,500 (Gold), $5,000 (Platinum)

      These options are further explained on the registration page.

      IMPORTANT STEPS AND DEADLINES FOR PARTICIPANTS

      5 June 2020: Each author who will present a paper must have duly registered.

      At least one author of every accepted paper must register at full cost to present their work and participate in the conference. One author can at most present two papers. 

      To register for this event or to modify a current registration, please follow the links on this website. The email address of the attendee is needed to register. You will be able to print a payment receipt upon completion of your registration. 

      Authors must have uploaded on the CMT site:

      1. the camera-ready copy of their paper(s) and
      2. the corresponding copyright release form(s)

      15 June 2020: Presenters must have submitted the file with their Powerpoint presentation on the CMT site

      22 June 2020: Presenters must have submitted

      1. a video recording of their presentation (.mp4 file) (how to submit it will be clarified later) and
      2. a release form to allow us to post the video online during the conference and in perpetuity

       

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