Consulting Engineers, the British Property Federation, and the Scottish Building Contract Committee, together with two organisations of subcontractors – the Confederation of Associations of Specialist Engineering Contractors and the Federation of Specialists and Sub-Contractors (later superseded by the National Specialist Contractors Council and the Specialist Engineering Contractors) – and three local authority associations - of county councils, of metropolitan authorities and of district councils. Annual lecture The JCT Povey Lecture (jct-povey-lecture) is an annual event at which an eminent person is invited to speak on significant matters that are relevant to the construction and property industry. The purpose of the lecture is to encourage ways of continuing to improve the quality and value of construction output. The Povey Lecture was inaugurated in 2003 to honour Philip John Povey, who had served the JCT for some fifty years. A barrister by profession, from 1951 Povey was a legal adviser to the NFBTE (later the Construction Confederation) and at the same time began to assist the Joint Secretaries of the JCT, later succeeding Howard Close as NFBTE Joint Secretary before being appointed the first Secretary-General of the restructured Joint Contracts Tribunal Limited in 1998, retiring from JCT at the end of 1999. He died suddenly in 2001. Speakers and their papers have been: Professor Alan Penn (2019) - Our digital future: space and place in a digital world Richard Threlfall (2018) – Ann Bentley (2017) – Tony Giddings (2016) – The Hon. Sir Vivian Ramsey (2015) – Tony Bingham (2014) – Peter Hansford (2013) – A Time for Partnership Paul Drechsler (2012) – At the Crossroads – a wasted generation or inspired talent. The power to choose. Mike Putnam (2011) – The Journey to Deep Green Paul Morrell (2010) – Ambition in an Age of Austerity Francis Salway (2009) – Leading on Sustainability Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP (2008) – The construction industry and Government Bob White (2007) – Innovation in the change agenda James Wates (2006) – Joining up the dots: How the construction industry should punch its weight Professor Peter Brandon (2005) – Design, Procurement and IT: Rolling back the frontiers of management? Professor Roger Flanagan (2004) – Risk – yours, mine and ours – what is happening in the world Richard Saxon CBE (2003) – Vision for the Industry (formerly known as construction). References Chappell, David (2007) Understanding JCT Standard Building Contracts - 8th ed . Anthony Speaight, Gregory