LIST OF SPEAKERS

[Updated : 22 February 2006]

 

EXECUTIVE SPEAKERS

 

Hon Justice Michael Kirby

AC CMG, High Court of Australia

 

[Biography]

Norm Gray

Deputy CEO

Australian Defence Materiel Organisation

Australia

 

 

 

[Biography]

Susan Dart

Head of Project Management Coaching

Defence Materiel Organisation

Australia

 

 

 

[Biography]

Neil Albert

President

PMI - CPM

USA

The Globalization of Earned Value Management

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Dr Gül Izmir

Deputy Director-General

Research, Funding and Business Analysis

NSW Department of Community Services

Australia

Performance Based Contracting - Challenges for the NSW Department of Community Services (DoCS)

 

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Jim McDowell

CEO

BAE Systems

Australia

 

 

 

[Biography]

Richard Hartley

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force

USA

Cost Analysis in the United States Air Force

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Debbie Tomsic*

Senior Program Analyst

Office of Under Secretary of Defence

USA

Revised U.S. Department of Defense Earned Value Management Policy

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Dr Patricia Galloway

Chairman of the Board

PMI College of Scheduling

The Urgent Need for Leadership in Project Controls Management Ethic

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Peter Madsen

Business Improvement &

Project Management Director

BAE Systems
Australia

Tiered Scheduling

 

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Steve Garfein

Managing Director

RPM Systems Corporation

USA

Howard Hughes beyond “The Aviator”

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

* Provisional

 

TRACK SPEAKERS

(in alphabetical order)

(presentations are based on Case Studies)

A V Ramam

Vice President

SSA Global

India

Enterprise Process Change Management –

Embracing cross cultures and contemporary performance management practices

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Adam McInnes

CEO

Open Windows
Australia

Contract Management; Essential tools to good Governance

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Alan Abrahams

Supervising Consultant

Object Consulting Pty Ltd

Australia

Productivity Accounting: Enhance the Performance Management of your Software Projects

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Alistar Bowden

Senior Consultant,

Nielsen Wurster Asia Pacific

Australia

EPC(M) risk transfer; fact or fiction?

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Annette Garcia

Project Manager

Sealord Group

New Zealand

Business benefits from a PI programme

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Catherine O'Gorman

EDS Service Excellence

Asia Pacific

Creating a Culture of Service Excellence – A Case Study

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Cecily Macdougall

Managing Director

Building4Business Pty Ltd

Australia

Quantify Business Benefits to Justify your Project for Investment and Demonstrate Organisational Achievement

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Craig Terrey

Project Analyst

Thales Training & Simulation Pty Ltd

Australia

Earned Value Performance Management in a Fixed Price Project Environment: Some Results and Lessons

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

David Hodes

Managing Director

The TOC Centre of Australia Pty Ltd

Australia

TOC - Toward an Operations Maturity Model

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Debbie Richardson & Andrew Jacopino

Defence Materiel Organisation

Australia

Use of R&M measures in Australian defence aerospace performance based logistics contracts

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Gordon Comins
Managing Director

Primavera
Australia

A realistic approach to Earned Value Management
 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Jamie Forgan

General Manager

WST Pacific

Australia

Earned Value Software: Making the Right Choice

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Janet Hunter

Managing Partner

Etvia

Australia

Governance: “Would you like a drink with that?”

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Jim Muir

EVMS Manager

Raytheon

Australia

Effective Planning – Integrating Scope Definition, Scheduling, Cost Estimating, Risk Management and Earned Value

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

John Howarth

Managing Director

Tanner James Management Consultants

Australia

Managing Successful Programmes

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Julie Smith

Airservices

Australia

Embedding Managerial Leadership - The Requisite Organisation

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Lakshminarayana Kompella

Snr Project Manager

Wipro Technologies

India

Project Management Methodology for Knowledge Transfer Projects

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Lloyd Carter

Managing Director

MTC AustralAsia

Do principles of Performance based Contracting really exist?
 

[Abstract & Bio]

Dr Lynn Crawford

Managing Director

Human Systems (Asia Pacific) Pty Ltd

Governance, Leadership and Control: The Role of the Executive Sponsor

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Cdr Mat Williams & Lloyd Evans

New Zealand Defence Force

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s Performance Measurement Framework

[Abstract & Bio]

Madhavan Rao & Sanjiv Varma

Satyam Computer Services

India

Change management initiatives – Innovations in implementing enterprise wide performance

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Michael Bennett

Senior Consultant
SMS Management & Technology
Australia

Becoming a high performance Organisation through effective Corporate Governance programs

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Neil Miller

CEO

TASKey

Australia

Software for Corporate Governance; Increasing productivity and improving corporate governance at the same time

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Patrick Weaver

Director

Mosaic Project Services

Australia

Float - What is it; Who owns it…..

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Dr Paul Walsh

Australian Graduate School of Management

Sponsored by Cognos

Strategy-Led Reporting: The Last Frontier

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Pradip Mehta &  & Melanie Lok

USA

Case Study on Implementing a Web-based Integrated Capital Planning and Project Management System

[Abstract & Bio]

Quentin Redman & George Stratton

Raytheon Missile Systems

USA

Implementing RMS Engineering’s DTC Metric

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Rammohan Subramaniam

Senior Director

Convasys Corporation

USA

Approach to Yield measurements in Software Factory Model Enterprises

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Rob John

Senior Consultant

MTCAustralAsia Pty, Ltd

Recent changes and initiatives relating to AS 4817 Project Performance Management using Earned Value

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Stephanie Dawson

Port Authority of NY and NJ

USA

Aligning Capital Planning To Core Businesses

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Steve Garfein

Managing Director

RPM Systems Corporation

USA

Strategic Portfolio Management

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Susan Wood

PMI-CPM Vice President

for Conference and Events

USA

EVM Is Everywhere

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Val Jonas

CEO

Risk Decisions Group

UK

Practical Corporate Governance - Life Beyond Compliance

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]

Vladimir Liberzon

General Director

Spider Management Technologies

Russia

Managing Project Success

 

 

[Abstract & Bio]