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Program

ProMAC 2006 will bring together the frontline thinkers and practice = leaders=20 from around the world to discuss the pivotal role that Transformative = Project=20 Management plays in the achievement of change, building of adaptive=20 organisations, and the advancement of the inclusive society across = business,=20 industry, government, and community around the world. The Conference = will cover=20 various project management areas such as the role of project management = in=20 research, whole of enterprise project management, e-Government and = projects,=20 social projects, infrastructure projects, project management in the = education=20 and health sectors, technology projects and other project related = themes. The=20 anticipated industry sectors to be represented (but not limited to) are=20 Information Technology and Systems, Aerospace, Energy, Defence, = Construction,=20 Pharmaceutical, High-tech manufacturing.

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Detailed Conference Program

W= ednesday=20 27 September
Th= ursday 28=20 September
Frid= ay 29=20 September

NEW SESSION Regional & = International Project=20 Management Development Panel

Leaders In Project Management Join New Panel Session At The = 3rd=20 International Conference On Project Management (Promac = 2006)

Future Directions For Project Management
As the = leaders=20 of the world's foremost project management institutes are decending on = Sydney=20 for this exciting international conference and due to popular demand, = the=20 ProMAC2006 Organising Committee has extended the Conference Program to = include=20 the =91Regional and International Project Management Development = Panel=92=20 on the afternoon of Tuesday the 26th of September at the Hilton = Hotel.

Regional And International Project Management Development = Panel=20
The first event associated with ProMAC2006 explores current = trends=20 in project management as seen by the world=92s leading project = management=20 organisations.

Date: Tuesday 26 September 2006 =
Time:=20 1430 - 17:00
Venue: Ballroom A, Level 3, Hilton = Hotel,=20 Sydney
Cost: No Additional Cost For Registered = Promac 2006=20 Delegates If Not Registered For The Promac 2006 Conference The Cost For = The=20 Panel Session Is Only $125 (includes Panel Session, Welcome Cocktail = drinks and=20 Exhibition Entry)

The panel of leaders (listed below) in project management = will give=20 their views on developments and initiatives relating to the profession = of=20 project management and then answer questions from the assembled members = of the=20 project management community. An opportunity too special to miss!

Session=20 Chair:
Peter = Dechaineux	Representing Engineers Australia = (EA)
The speakers=20 are:
Mr Adesh = Jain	President, International Project = Management=20 Association (IPMA) and President, Project Management Associates = (PMA) -=20 India
Mr Iain = Fraser	Chair, Project Management = Institute (PMI)=20 Board of Directors
Dr Yuichi = Kanda	President, Society of Project = Management=20 (SPM) - Japan
Dr David = Dombkins	President, Australian Institute = of Project=20 Management (AIPM)
Mr Peter = Dechaineux	Representing Engineers Australia = (EA)
Prof Ali = Jaafari	President, Asia Pacific = International=20 College (APIC) - Australia

Following these presentations the speakers will form a panel to = discuss=20 matters of mutual interest. Questions from the floor will be = welcome.

Book tickets for Regional & International Project Management = Development=20 Panel

Please note the Regional &=20 International Project Management Development Panel is included in the=20 registration fee for the ProMAC 2006 Conference. If you are already = registered=20 for the conference you are able to attend this special session. =

If you ONLY wish to attend the = Regional=20 & International Project Management Development Panel please click on = the=20 below button to register your details and pay. The registration fee of = $125=20 includes attendance at the session, entry into the Industry Exhibition = and=20 Welcome Cocktail Drinks.

ProMAC 2006-Program at a Glance

Saturday 23 September =
09.00	Allied Meetings
Sunday 24 September
09.00	Allied Meetings
Monday 25 September
09.00	Allied Meetings

Tuesday 26 September=20
12.30-18.00	Registration open
14.00-16.30	Project Management Experts Panel
17.00-18.30	Welcome Reception & Exhibition Opening
19.30-2300	Australian, Project Management Institute (PMI) Professional = Awards=20 Dinner

Wednesday 27 September=20
08.00-09.00	Registration
09.00-09.30	Opening Ceremony
09.30-10.00	Plenary Keynote
10.00-10.30	Plenary Keynote
10.30-11.00	Morning Tea and Exhibition open
11.00-1300	Keynote Stream presentations, Concurrent technical paper=20 presentations
13.00-14.00	Lunch - Exhibition and poster viewing
14.00-14.30	Plenary Keynote
14.30-15:30	Keynote Stream presentations, Concurrent technical paper=20 presentations
15:30-16.00	Afternoon Tea
16.00-17.30	Concurrent technical paper presentations
19.00-23.00	PMAA National Awards Gala Dinner

Thursday 28 September=20
8.00-17.30	Registration
8.30-9.00	Plenary Keynote
9.00-10.30	Keynote Stream presentations, Concurrent technical paper = presentations=20
10:30-11.00	Morning Tea and Exhibition open
1100-13.00	Keynote Stream presentations, Concurrent technical paper = presentations=20
13.00-14.00	Lunch - Exhibition and poster viewing
14.00-14.30	Plenary Keynote
14.30-15:30	Concurrent technical paper presentations
15.30-16.00	Afternoon Tea
16.00-17.30	Keynote Stream presentations, Concurrent technical paper=20 presentations
18.00-22.00	ProMAC 2006 Conference Dinner

Friday 29 September
8.00-16.00	Registration
8.30-9.00	Plenary Keynote
9.00-10.30	Keynote Stream presentations, Concurrent technical paper=20 presentations
10:30-11.00	Morning Tea and Exhibition open
11.00-13.00	Keynote Stream presentations, Concurrent technical paper=20 presentations
13.00-14.00	Lunch - Exhibition and poster viewing
14.00-14.30	Plenary Keynote
14.30-15:30	Keynote Stream presentations, Concurrent technical paper=20 presentations
15.30-16.00	Afternoon Tea
16.00-17.00	Plenary Keynote & Closing Ceremony =

Keynote Speakers =

Mr Kim Gillis, = Deputy Chief=20 Executive Officer-DCO Australian Govt
Mr David Norris, General = Manager=20 Application Services - IBM
Mr Wayne Abba, Abba=20 Consulting
Mr=20 Alan Harpham, Chairman- APM Group Ltd
Mr Ali Baghaei, Director = Naval=20 business group, ADI and Vice President Thales Naval Australia=20
Mr Ids=20 Groenhout, Executive Director East-SMEC
Mr Junzo Nakajima =96 = Vice=20 President and Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief = Innovation=20 Officer of Information and Telecommunications Systems Group =

Mr Kim Gillis

Mr=20 Gillis was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer on 24 April 2006 and = will=20 perform this role in conjunction with his ongoing duties as Program = Manager,=20 Amphibious Deployment and Sustainment Program, which he commenced in = September=20 2004.

Mr Gillis has extensive project management experience in=20 shipbuilding. Previously with Austal Ships (since 2001), in 2002 he took = on the=20 position of Vice President Military Projects. He spent 20 years with the = Australian Customs Service in various roles, including Director Marine=20 Acquisitions for the Bay Class Patrol Boats. He was the joint bid = manager for=20 the DMS/Austal SEA 1444 project and the Austal project manager for the = General=20 Dynamics design and construction bid for the United States Navy Littoral = Combat=20 Ships.

David Norris

As General Manager Application Services for IBM = , David is=20 responsible for the marketing, sales and delivery of all Application = Services in=20 Australia and New Zealand. David joined IBM in 1979 and started his = career=20 working in the Internal Application Group building and supporting = systems for=20 IBM internal use. Since 1992 David has held senior roles in IBM's = services=20 business managing the Systems Integration business, Application = Outsourcing and=20 large accounts.

David is a certified IBM Project Manager and = holds a=20 degree in physics from London University. In his current role, David = leads a=20 team of 2000 staff including over 300 Project Managers. =

Innovation is a=20 topic in which David has a keen interest. One area in particular which = has=20 challenged his thinking is in applying innovative techniques and = approaches to=20 highly successful , world class operations. David led the IBM = Application=20 Management Services team through 2001-2004 on its journey to gain the = highest=20 possible level of achievement in attaining an internationally recognised = Capability Maturity Level (CMMi) Level 5 for the organisation. Where to = from=20 here? Since the CMMi Level 5 achievement , David has led his team in = addressing=20 the apparent dichotomy of implementing innovative change techniques to = an=20 organisation already operating at world's best practice.

Wayne Abba

Wayne Abba is a=20 public sector EVM expert who heads up Abba Consulting=97a firm that = teams with=20 government entities and the private sector on integrated project = management=20 solutions. Recent clients include the US Navy, the Federal Aviation=20 Administration and the US Agency for International Development. He is an = expert=20 advisor to a US Government Accountability Office team that is writing a = Guide to=20 Cost Estimating and EVM for auditors and all agencies. He also is a = part-time=20 member of the Research Staff at the Center for Naval Analyses, a=20 federally-funded research and development center in Alexandria, = Virginia. Mr.=20 Abba is one of the most sought after presenters on EVM and related = topics, with=20 recent engagements in Sweden, Japan, India, Portugal, Turkey and=20 Norway.

In 1999, following a distinguished career with the United = States=20 government, he received the Project Management Institute=92s = Distinguished=20 Contribution Award for advancing project management in the public and = private=20 sectors. He is a corporate member of the National Defense Industrial = Association=20 and a principal author of NDIA management guides that are being adopted = by the=20 US Office of Management and Budget for use by all government agencies = and their=20 contractors. As president of the PMI College of Performance Management = in=20 2002-2003, Mr. Abba began development of the Practice Standard for = Earned Value=20 Management. PMI published the standard in 2005, making this powerful = technique=20 for integrating the project management disciplines accessible to project = managers worldwide.

Alan Harpham BSc MBA FAPM FCMC

=20 Alan describes himself as being on his 4th career, as what Charles Handy = calls=20 =91a portfolio manager=92. Alan is an independent management consultant; = focused on=20 business start-ups, programme management, project management and = executive=20 coaching =96 individuals and teams.

He is the Chairman of the = APM Group, a=20 global Accreditation, Registration and Examination Certification Body = for key=20 elements of Best Practice in programme and project management (see=20 www.apmgroup.co.uk). Key elements of Best Practice include the UK = Government=92s=20 PRINCE2, Managing Successful Programmes and Management of Risk (PPM). = APM Group=20 started life as the trading arm of the Association for project = management in the=20 UK, but became wholly independent in 2000. He is also a non-executive = director=20 with Subject Matters, a consultancy specializing in organizing=20 business-to-business events, conferences and exhibitions (see=20 www.subjectmatters.co.uk). He is also helping his son with the start-up = a new=20 e-commerce business in the sport and leisure sector =96 The Sports and = Leisure=20 Community Limited (see www.majorsporty.com). He was a founding director = of P5 =96=20 the Power of Projects, a consultancy specialising in the application of = project=20 and programme management in owner/client organisations (see = www.p5.co.uk). Prior=20 to this he was Group Marketing Director for The Nichols Group and before = that=20 Managing Director of Nichols Associates =96 a leading UK consultancy = specialising=20 in PPM. Before that he was an early director of Cranfield University=92s = School of=20 Management=92s MSc in project management (one of the very first such = programmes in=20 the world 1982-86.) He started his career as a civil engineer with John = Laing=20 and held various roles there including section engineer through to = International=20 M & E Contracts Manager.

He has a big interest in = spirituality at=20 work and is a member of www.spiritatwork.org, on the selection committee = of the=20 International Spirit at Work Awards, a trustee of MODEM, (see = www.modem.uk.com),=20 a steward of www.spiritinbusiness.org, and a member of CABE. He is also = a member=20 of the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants. His other interests = include=20 hill walking and watching rugby union.

Ali Baghaei

Mr=20 Ali Baghaei commenced work with ADI as director, Naval business group in = February 2005.

His wider responsibilities as the VP Thales Naval=20 Australia include the Thales Underwater Systems business.

Before = joining=20 ADI, Ali was employed by the UK Ministry of Defence as director of the = A$30=20 billion Future Aircraft Carrier and Maritime Airborne Surveillance and = Control=20 projects.

Prior to that, Ali, a chartered engineer, worked in a = range of=20 senior management roles in the UK. These included chief marine = engineering=20 officer, client's representative for the delivery and acceptance of = various=20 classes of new ships, and engineering, construction and project manager = with GEC=20 Alsthom for nuclear and combined cycle power stations in the UK and Far = East. He=20 was also a general/engineering manager with the Mersey Docks and Harbour = Company=20 in the UK and production director with British company Kvaerner Govan, = where he=20 was responsible for the production of ships of various classes. =

Ali=20 holds a master of engineering degree in mechanical and manufacturing = engineering=20 with distinction. He is a fellow of the British Institute of Mechanical=20 Engineers and a member of the Royal Corp of Naval Constructors. =

Klaas(Ids) Groenhout

Ids=20 Groenhout is SMEC's Executive Director East, overseeing SMEC's = operations in=20 North Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific.
Over the past 30 years = Ids has=20 worked in a wide range of surveying and engineering activities in the = public and=20 private sectors and in academia. Ids has Bachelor of Surveying (Honours = Class 1)=20 and Master of Science degrees from the University of NSW.
Since = joining SMEC=20 in 1981 he has had long term assignments in Thailand, Malaysia and = Indonesia and=20 short term assignments in most of the countries in which SMEC = operates.
In=20 the past 12 years Ids has undertaken a variety of management roles in = the=20 company including Principal Surveyor, Manager CADD, Regional Manager = Indonesia=20 and General Manager Highways and Transportation which is SMEC's largest = sector=20 group.

Only day available 27/09/06!

Junzo Nakajima

Junzo=20 Nakajima had been engaged in system development for the government and = public=20 corporations since he joined Hitachi in 1972.
In 2001, he was = appointed to=20 the Corporate Officer and the General Manager of Government & Public = Corporation Information Systems Division, Hitachi Ltd. After his = two-year career=20 as the President & Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Data Systems = Solutions=20 Holding Corporation (USA), he returned to Hitachi as the Chief Operating = Officer=20 of Information & Telecommunication Systems Group in 2005.

He = is=20 currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer of=20 Information & Telecommunication System Group in Hitachi, Ltd. =

Project Management = Experts=20 Panel: Keynote Speakers

Dr. Yuichi Kanda, Toyo University Faculty of Engineering = Department=20 of Mechanical Engineering (SPM)
Mr Adesh Jain, = President=20 -International Project Management Association = (IPMA)
Prof.=20 Ali Jaafari, President and Principal Executive Officer-Asia Pacific=20 International College and Honorary Professor-The University of Sydney=20
Dr. David Dombkins, National President -Australian = Institute of=20 Project Management (AIPM)
Mr Iain Fraser, Fellow PMINZ, PMP = Chairman, PMI Board of Directors-Project Management Institute (PMI) =
Mr Peter Dechaineux, = Engineers=20 Australia

Adesh Jain

Adesh=20 Jain is the first non-European President of International Project = Management=20 Association (IPMA), Switzerland since 1965. IPMA comprises 40 countries. = Adesh=20 is one of the most renowned project management Gurus who is shaping the=20 profession globally. On his return to India in 1973 from America, he was = one of=20 the key architects in laying strong foundation for the Information = Technology=20 industry in India for which he was awarded Fellowship by the late = President of=20 India, Dr. SD Sharma in 1991.

Adesh Jain is a missionary in = leading=20 societies & organizations to become project oriented. He has = redefined=20 project management to strategic delivery or realisation of a vision or = awakening=20 of a dream.

Peter Dechaineux

Peter Dechaineux is a Fellow of the Institution of = Engineers=20 Australia. He is a mechanical engineer who served in the Royal = Australian Navy=20 for 40 years, retiring in 1993 with the rank of Commodore. During the = latter=20 part of his naval career he became involved with many of Navy=92s = shipbuilding=20 projects and was the Director General of Naval Production from 1986 to = 1991.=20 During this appointment he became interested in project management and = formed=20 the ACT chapter of the AIPM (then the Project Managers=92 Forum) and = became the=20 Chapter President. Later, in 1991, he was elected National President for = a=20 period of two years and has subsequently taken an active role in the = continuing=20 development of the Institute. He was instrumental in pioneering and = co-authoring=20 the National Competency Standards for project management and assisted = Engineers=20 Australia in developing project management competencies for = engineers.

Conference Focus

The theme of ProMAC2006 is transformation through = project and=20 program management. Some of the key issues to discuss are:

Project and Program Management for achieving accelerated change = across and=20 within organisations, government agencies and communities;=20
The role of project management in research, R.&D. product = development=20 and business start-ups, including stimulation of innovation and wealth = creation in a knowledge-rich society;=20
Whole of enterprise project management: key to unlocking wealth = creating=20 potential of organisations;=20
e-Government and projects: prioritising initiatives, leveraging = knowledge,=20 optimising for the results and whole of government information value=20 management;=20
Social projects: economic basis, vis-=E0-vis triple bottom line = valuation=20 and achievement of industrial and social changes to respond to the = aspirations=20 of community and citizens at large for higher standards of living and = greater=20 social harmony;=20
Infrastructure projects: stakeholders value maximization, = sustainability,=20 risks and performance management;=20
Project management in the education and health sectors: how can we = reform=20 these sectors of the economy on the face of shrinking funds and = increasing=20 expectations;=20
Technology projects: how to make technology projects and programs = respond=20 to enterprise innovation and performance needs; how to improve the = success=20 rate of projects in the technology sector.

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