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3rd Athens PM Best Practices Conference
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3rd International Athens Conference on
Project Management Best Practices

Hellenic American Union Conference Center — Athens, Greece — June 23, 2008

Only €450!

Register Now – seating is limited

Earn 8 PDUs for attending!


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Guest Speaker Topics:

  • New challenges in assessing and re-engineering project management processes in view of all future AIRBUS programs

  • Lessons learnt from managing a diverse portfolio of technical projects

  • Advanced project management concepts in a global enterprize

  • Lessons learnt from 6-sigma projects implementation in marketing and sales in pharmaceuticals

  • Developing a project execution plan

  • Organizational development issues in adopting project management systems

  • Implementing project portfolio management: Processes, techniques, benefits and challenges

  • Stakeholders Management: The project sponsor's curse

  • Technology projects and programs at a large financial services firm - CIBC - keys for success

  • Behavorial and contextual perspectives in large, complex projects

  • Requirements management - Avoid "scope creep"

  • Project finance in construction projects

  • Tracking large scale EU research projects: Adopting free enterprise project management at EuroFound

  • Project server software solutions

  • Is it necessary to have a Greek Project Management Certification, which is internationally accepted? Necessities, plans & actions
Guest Speakers

Ian Dawkins
Vice President and Head of Program
Development for Future Programs, AIRBUS

Martin O'Neil, MSc, PMP
Director of Project Management
Bombardier Transportations (Western Europe Services)


Dr. John-Paris Pantouvakis
Assistant Professor & Director, Centre for Construction Innovation
National Technical University of Athens

Grigoris Androutsopoulos
Project Management (PM@Siemens)
Country Coordinator, Siemens AE

Anthony Eve, PMP, MAPM, P2 Practitioner
VP of Consulting
Business Management Consultants

Jim Halpenny
Head of ICT European Foundation for the
Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

John Hermarij, PMP
Consultant
Dhirata, The Netherlands

Bob Gibson, PMP
Partner and Director of Quality
Business Management Consultants

Thomas Giolmas
Head of Corporate Development
J&P Avax SA

Nicos Kournounakis, MASc, MBA, PMP
Project Management & Strategy Consultant, Eworx SA
Adjunct Professor, Hellenic American University

Nicholas Molfetas
Solutions Sales Professional, Enterprise & Partners Group
Microsoft Hellas

Michael Staunton
Executive Development and Succession Planning Director
VT Group PLC

Zoe Stefanidou
Head of Key Account Management
Novartis Hellas

Kostas Theofanides
Engineering Manager
BP-Greece

Kory Williams, MBA, PMP
Director, Project Management Integrated Service Delivery Organization
CIBC World Markets

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Sponsors


Hellenic American Union

 


Business Management Consultants

 


Project Management Institute

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Preliminary Agenda

8:30 am
Registration


9:00 - 9:15 am
Welcome/Introductions

Leonidas-Phoebus Koskos
Executive Director, Hellenic American Union
Executive Vice-President, Hellenic American University


KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

9:15 - 10:00 am
New challenges in assessing and re-engineering project management processes in view of all future AIRBUS programs

Ian Dawkins
Vice President and Head of Program Development for Future Programs
AIRBUS

10:00 - 10:45 am
Lessons learnt from managing a diverse portfolio of technical projects

Martin O'Neill
Director of Project Management
Bombardiet Transportation Services (Western Europe)

10:45 - 11:15 am
Coffee Break

PARALLEL SESSIONS

11:15 - 12:00 pm
Advanced project management concepts in a global enterprise

Grigoris Androutsopoulos
Project Management (PM@Siemens)
Country Coordinator, Siemens AE

11:15 - 12:00 pm
Lessons learnt from 6-sigma projects implementation in marketing and sales in pharmaceuticals

Zoe Stefanidou
Head of Key Account Management
Novartis Hellas

11:15 - 12:45 pm
Workshop: Developing a Project Execution Plan

Bob Gibson, PMP
Director of Quality
Business Management Consultants

12:00 - 12:45 pm
Organizational development issues in adopting project management systems

Michael Staunton
Executive Development & Succession Planning Director
VT Group PLC

12:00 - 12:45 pm
Implementing project portfolio management: Processes, techniques, benefits and challengs

Nicos Kourounakis
Strategy & PM Consultant, Eworx
Adjunct Professor, Hellenic American University

12:45 - 1:45 pm
Lunch

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

1:45 - 2:30 pm
Stakeholders Management: The project sponsor's curse

John Hermarij
Consultant
Dhirata

PARALLEL SESSIONS

2:30 - 3:15 pm
Technology projects and programs at a large financial services firm - CIBC - keys for success
Kory Williams, PMP
Director, Project Management, Integrated Service Delivery Organisation
CIBC World Markets

2:30 - 3:15pm
Behavorial and contextual perspectives in large, complex projects
Kostas theofanides
Engineering Manager
BP-Greece

2:30 - 4:30 pm
Workshop: Requirements management
Anthony Eve, PMP, MAPM, P2 Practitioner
VP of Consulting
Business Management Consultants

3:15 - 3:45 pm
Coffee Break

3:45 - 4:30 pm
Project finance in construction projects

Thomas Giolmas
Head of Corporate Development
J&P Avax SA

3:45 - 4:30 pm
Tracking large scale EU research projects: Adopting enterprise project management at EuroFound

Jim Halpenny
Head of ICT, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
EuroFound

4:00 - 4:30 pm
Project server software solutions

Nicholas Molfetas
Solutions Sales Professional, Enterprise & Partners Group
Microsoft Hellas SA

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

4:30 - 5:15 pm
Is it necessary to have a Greek Project Management Certification, which is internationally accepted? Necessities, plans & actions

Dr. John-Paris Pantouvakis
Assistant Professor, Centre for Construction Innovation
NTUA

5:15 - 6:00 pm
Round table discussion - Challenge the Experts

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