Invitation NAP contact meeting "Project Management in an increasingly volatile world" February 13th 2025

Dear member,

We are delighted to invite you to the NAP contact meeting on February 13^th, themed “Project management in an increasingly volatile world”.

NAP has found two highly appreciated speakers from the TU Delft and Gasunie, to guide you through theories and experiences on the challenges and adaptations, which are currently expected in our world of project management.

Navigating project complexity in volatile times
In a world that is increasingly volatile for various reasons, projects are becoming more and more deprived of a stable and predictable environment. We say: complexity is increasing. Part of the function of projects is to limit that external complexity by shielding it from dynamics and volatility: developing a good asset is already complicated enough without the client who is constantly having new demands, the scope constantly changing, the prioritized value drivers constantly shifting, etc. Therefore, we shield of our projects: the internal complexity is great, which makes excluding external complexity logical and desirable.

But now, as the assumptions about the supposedly stable external world become increasingly vulnerable due to volatility, projects also become more vulnerable. What answers can be given on how to deal with this? From more flexibility in the project to warmer relationships with the environment, from more decentralized and broader responsibility in projects to more agile forms of early scope development. A volatile world does not become more stable or predictable, but the chance that an asset that we can use will come out of the project may increase. On February 13^th, Wijnand Veeneman will share a first look at the possibilities.

Wijnand Veeneman is a professor of governance of infrastructure and mobility at Delft University of Technology. Together with his team, he has been studying for thirty years how we make decisions about infrastructure and mobility and how the solutions are shaped precisely by the way decisions are made. A large part of his work is about how this manifests in projects. He is the scientific director of NGinfra, a role in which he has shaped and directed their research programme with 7 Dutch universities since 2014 for 6 Dutch infrastructure managers (Rijkswaterstaat, ProRail, Vitens, Alliander, Port of Rotterdam, and Schiphol), including cross-sectoral projects. Since 2006, he has been teaching project management at Shell, focusing on dealing with more complex stakeholder environments.

The underground hydrogen storage project HyStock
Storage of Hydrogen is essential for the future Hydrogen market and infrastructure. It plays an important role in balancing the system, bridging the differences between the production and offtake profiles. The need for balancing services will increase looking at the projected growth of renewable hydrogen production with a volatile profile. HyStock is in the position to develop these balancing services already in the first phases of the market. This is an important stepping stone towards a mature hydrogen market. Storage is essential to facilitate investments of electrolyser and import projects of other parties in the hydrogen system.  
The project scope of HyStock is the development of the first fast cycle underground hydrogen storage facility in the Netherlands, consisting of 4 salt caverns and one above ground facility. Bert Stouwie is the 2nd speaker of this contact meeting.

Bert Stouwie is working as project manager for the HyStock project. He has worked for N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie since 2006 and until 2017 only for natural gas projects. Since 2017 he has started the first hydrogen projects in Zuidwending (including electrolyser, refueling station and borehole test). Since 2020 he was involved in the feasibility study for the HyStock project, which has resulted in full-time involvement in the HyStock project at the moment with a focus on both above ground and sub-surface facilities.

When & where: February 13^th, Hotel Houten
Time: 17h00 - 21h30
Program: Network drink, Presentations and Dinner
The meeting is in the English language

We believe that attending this meeting will provide you with an opportunity to gain insights and learn from the best in the field, while providing opportunities to network with other professionals who are passionate about the process industry.

You can participate by sending an e-mail to info@napnetwerk.nl. This will help us to organize the meeting.

We are looking forward to see you February 13^th at the NAP network meeting.

Jaap Reijntjes
Managing Director
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Stichting NAP
Postbus 1058
3860 BB NIJKERK
Tel.: 033 - 247 34 60
E-mail: info@napnetwerk.nl
Website: www.napnetwerk.nl

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