SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

(Please note that the symposium program is provisional only and may be subject to changes)
[Updated : 16 February 2004]

PROGRAM FORMAT

The program is designed in such a way that allow attendees to choose which presentations they would like to attend. Apart than the Executive Perspective sessions on the mornings of Wednesday (18-Feb) and Thursday (19-Feb), the presentations are split into 3 tracks that will occur concurrently. Attendees are free to move between tracks during the breaks and seating at each individual presentation is based on a first come first served basis.

Wednesday (18-Feb-04)
8:00am	Morning Tea & Registration
9:00am	Welcome & Opening Remarks - Eleanor Haupt
9:30am	Executive Perspectives - Fred Tuckwell
10:00am	Executive Perspectives - Peggy Poindexter
10:30am	Break
11:00am	Executive Perspectives - Nathan Brumby
11:30am	Executive Perspectives - Ken Nishi
12:00pm	Executive Perspectives - Terry Stevenson
12:30pm	Luncheon
2:00pm	Robert Bolton-Case Study Complex Mining and Processing environment - Theory of Constraints(TOC)	Ray Broadbent-Adapting Prince2's Organisational Concepts - Beyond the Text Book	Traci-Ann Byrnes-Upcoming Changes in Earned Value Management
2:45pm	Fred Manzer-Removing the Fear Factor from Plans	Elizabeth Barber-Extending EV to incorporate the Human and Risk Factors of Projects	Greg Moores-Performance Management in a Portfolio Policy Agency
3:30pm	Break
4:00pm	Rob Loader-Project Benefits Realisation Aligning Business Benefits with Corporate Strategy	Robert Bolton-Theory of Constraints Breakthrough Solution of Project Management	Edmund Lawler-Improved Project Scheduling and Status Reporting[IPSSR]
4:45pm	Stephen Keys-Project Management Systems	T Scuteri & S Pirie-PM Software : Vendor Hype or Substance	Robin Walters- Practical Difficulties and Lessons Learnt in Implementing IPSSR
5:30pm	Break		Special Interest Session *(See Below)
6:00pm	Reception (Cocktail Party)

Thursday (19-Feb-04)
8:00am	Morning Tea & Registration
9:00am	Executive Perspectives - P. K. Mohanty(IAS)
9:30am	Executive Perspectives - Simon Dekker
10:00am	Executive Perspectives - James Thomson
10:30am	Break
11:00am	Executive Perspectives - Jim Walker
11:30am	Executive Perspectives - Peter Croser
12:00pm	Executive Perspectives - Peter Hill
12:30pm	PMI Presentation - Gordon Bartlett
12:40pm	Luncheon
2:00pm	Brian Barrett-The Integrated Baseline Review Process	Simon Wild-Project Governance, the use of key Indicators to Manage Projects	Greg Mills-Lifting Performance by Integrating Business Systems into the Project
2:45pm	Suzanne Fewell-The Organisational Interoperability Maturity Model	Rob John-3rd Party Certification of Earned Value Management Systems	Jo Adams-Project Start-up:Establishingthe Project Environment for Success
3:30pm	Break
4:00pm	Kym Henderson-Earned Schedule:a breakthrough Extension to EV Theory	Manish Agarwal-Designing Integrated Performance Management System in Government	Stuart Garrett-Software Metrics on the AEW&C Project
4:45pm	Michael Donovan-Leadership Development through Business Mentoring	George Stratton-Architecting the Raytheon Production Cost Model (RPCM)	Steve Grimmett-Performance Management Experiences with the AEW&C Project
5:30pm	Break		Special Interest Session *(See Below)
7:00pm	Conference Dinner

Friday (20-Feb-04)
8:00am	Morning Tea & Registration
9:00am	R Dua & K James-Managing the Unmanageable by Leveraging EVPM to Establish Results Based Service Level Agreements	Greg Smith-Schedule Risk Assessment	Sue Tongue-Performance Management and Corporate Governance
9:45am	Neil Miller-Performance Management Data Collection: Is Project Management Enough?	Kenn Dolan-Productivity for Project Managers : Mindmapping	Brad Grey-Project Governance
10:30am	Break
11:00am	Roland Horat-Delivering a new commercial performance management methodology	Vladimir Liberzon-SDPM - Truly Integrated Project Scope, Schedule, Cost, Resource and Risk Management	Adhip Tan-A Value-Serviced Systemic Balanced Scorecard for Sustainable Competitive Advantage
11:45am	Martin Vaughan-How to Choose skills, style and attributes of Project Managers	S Barr & P Price-Cascading Organisational Strategy into The Procurement Process	Diane Dromgold-Re-adjusting Project Management Fundamentals
12:30pm	Luncheon Post Lunch Speaker : Peter Goldsbury A Radical Leadership Culture that Transforms Ordinary Projects
2:30pm	Wrap up and Farewell

* Special Interest Sessions:
Wednesday (18th Feb 04) 5:30pm - 6:00pm	Open Forum - "Do we need a Project Management terminology standard?" Forum Chair : Dr Raf Dua, member of Standards committee (OB-014 EV)
Thursday (19th Feb 04) 5:30pm - 6:00pm	Open Forum - "One year with AS4817. What do you think of it?" Forum Chair : Greg McGlone, Chair of Standards committee (OB-014 EV)
Friday (20th Feb 04) 2:00pm - 4:00pm	Meeting of the Standards Committee (OB-014EV) - committee members only