Conference programme

With thanks to Donnie MacNichol, Team Animation for assistance in programme planning.

DAY ONE: Tuesday 24^th April 2007
08.00-09.00	Registration
09.00-09.10	Chairman’s opening remarks Dr Martin Barnes, President, The Association for Project Management
09.10-09.50	Why change often doesn't work Philip Cox-Hynd, Managing Director, Change Management Solutions Ltd
09.50-10.30	Doing it the Virgin way: creating a projects division to deliver on time and to budget Irene MacDonald, Project Delivery Manager, Virgin Atlantic
10.30-10.45	Speaker question time: put your challenges and issues to the experts Dr Martin Barnes, Philip Cox-Hynd, Irene MacDonald
10.45-11.15	Morning refreshments & exhibition
11.15-11.55	Project management: the engine of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care turnaround Lisa A. DiTullio, Director, PMO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
11.55-12.35	Five tips to prevent project failure Mark Dickson, Programme Manager, HR Transformation, Centrica
12.35-12.50	Speaker question time: put your challenges and issues to the experts Dr Martin Barnes, Lisa A. DiTullio, Mark Dickson
12.50-13.30	Lunch & exhibition
13.30-15.00	Workshop 1	Workshop 2
	Putting people passion and pragmatism back into project management Lindsay McKenna, Managing Director, Lindsay McKenna Limited	How to adopt and make best use of project management in your organisation Ron Rosenhead, Director, Project Agency in association with Team Animation
15.00-15.30	Afternoon refreshments & exhibition
15.30-16.10	Managing politics and stakeholders to ensure delivery of business outcomes from key programmes Colin Bartle-Tubbs, Head of Programme Management, Serco
16.10-16.50	Partnering with the MoD - a BAE Systems Perspective Paul Goodge, Head of Project Management, UK and Rest of the World, BAE Systems
16.50-17.00	Speaker question time: put your challenges and issues to the experts Dr Martin Barnes, Colin Bartle-Tubbs, Paul Goodge
17.00-17.05	Chairman’s close of day one Dr Martin Barnes, President, The Association for Project Management
18.30-19.00	Champagne reception
19.00-Late	Gala dinner
	After-dinner speaker Richard Noble, OBE
DAY TWO: Wednesday 25^th April 2007
08.20-08.30	Chairman’s opening remarks Stephen Carver, Director, ALS Consultants
08.30-09.10	Project portfolio management: creating order from the confusion of project overload Professor Chris Edwards, Professor in Management Information Systems, Cranfield School of Management
09.10-09.50	Sustaining Business Benefit following Major Change Ian Kennedy, Global Procurement Manager - Specialised Industrial Lubricants, BP Castrol
09.50-10.00	Speaker question time: put your challenges and issues to the experts Stephen Carver, Professor Chris Edwards, Ian Kennedy
10.00-10.30	Morning refreshments & exhibition
10.30-12.00	Workshop 1	Workshop 2
	High performance teamworking: lessons from the wild Lindsay McKenna, Managing Director, Lindsay McKenna Limited	Re-engineering the change process - A vision for 2012 Andrew Hudson, Managing Director, ChangeDirector
12.00-12.40	Lunch & exhibition
12.40-13.20	Delivering business value through ICT Dave Rowson, Head of Projects and Resources, Leeds City Council
13.20-14.00	Enhancing your team's understanding of the role of risk in decision making Robert Buttrick, Programme Manager, BT Global Services
14.00-14.10	Speaker question time: put your challenges and issues to the experts Stephen Carver, Dave Rowson, Robert Buttrick
14.10-14.40	Afternoon refreshments & exhibition
14.40-15.20	Our journey into best practice project management Gareth Mills, Project Manager, MWH Nuclear Services
15.20-16.00	Implementing Project Portfolio Management Gareth Alden, Systems Manager, Central IT, GlaxoSmithKline
16.00-16.10	Speaker question time: put your challenges and issues to the experts Stephen Carver, Gareth Mills, Gareth Alden
16.10-16.15	Chairman’s closing remarks Stephen Carver, Director, ALS Consultants