Join over 3,000 mining professionals in Lima Peru, from June 24–26, 2026, for three days of a time to reimagine what mining can be through Trust , Transformation and Technology. WMC 2026 is a global platform for collaboration and action.
Available until 31 of March, 2026
Includes sales tax – Includes lunch
Bent Flyvbjerg is Professor Emeritus at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and at the IT University of Copenhagen. He is an economic geographer by training.
He is co-author, together with Dan Gardner, of the book How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project (2023). The book examines why most large projects fail and proposes practical principles to successfully deliver large-scale initiatives with reduced uncertainty.
He is internationally recognized as “the world’s leading expert on megaprojects,” according to the global consulting firm KPMG.He is Chair and co-founder of Oxford Global Projects, an initiative dedicated to improving the planning and delivery of megaprojects worldwide. Throughout his career, he has advised governments including those of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Denmark, as well as Fortune 500 companies, multilateral banks, and international organizations such as the European Commission and the United Nations.
In recognition of his global impact, he was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in 2002.
