PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

(Please note that the provisional programme is subject to change pending speakers confirmation)

[Updated : 25 September 2003]


PROGRAM FORMAT

The programme is designed in such a way that allow attendees to choose which presentations they would like to attend. Apart from the Executive Perspective sessions on the mornings of each day, 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.


DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY 8 OCTOBER
Chaired by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald
8:00 am
Morning Tea & Registration
8:45 am
Welcoming Remarks
9:15 am
Keynote Address - Lord Bach of Lutterworth
Minister for Defence Procurement, MoD, UK
10:00 am
Executive Perspective - Steve Mogford
Chief Operating Officer - Programmes, BAE SYSTEMS, UK
10:30 am
Morning Tea
11:00 am
Executive Perspective - Admiral Sir Jonathon Band KCB
Commander-in-Chief Fleet (CINCFLEET), Commander-in-Chief East Atlantic (CINCEASTLANT), Commander Allied Naval Forces North (COMNAVNORTH), CINCFLEET Royal Navy, UK
Performance Management Regime of CINCFLEET Royal Navy
11:45 am
Executive Perspective - David Gould
Deputy Chief Executive, Defence Procurement Agency, UK
12:30 pm
Luncheon Speaker - Brigadier(Retired) Bill Kincaid
Associate Fellow of RUSI UK
Leadership and Motivation
2:15 pm
Track 1
Hugh Bellars
FIST Industry Manager, DPA, UK, &
David Tibbs
FIST Programme Manager, Thales Optronics UK
Down Selection by competitive IBR and lessons learned from payment by earned value
Track 2
Jeff Smith
Business Improvement Manager, BAE SYSTEMS UK
Balanced Scorecard
Track 3
Richard Waite
Programme Director, BAE SYSTEMS UK
Integrating Technical Measures with Cost, Schedule and Scope Management
3:00 pm
Track 1
Rami Acouri
Manager, Public Works and Government Services, Canada
Earned Value in Performance Based Contracting
Track 2
Paul Kahn
CEO, Thales Avionics Ltd, UK
Delivering Customer Satisfaction through Process Improvement
Track 3
Randall Smith
Professor, Financial Management, Defence Acquisition University, USA
Integrated Project Analysis
3:45 pm
Afternoon Tea
4:15 pm
Executive Perspective - Stan Porter
Executive Director 5, Defence Procurement Agency, UK
Supplier Performance Management
5:00 pm
Executive Perspective - Peter Fielder
Chairman of Project Management Council, BAE SYSTEMS, UK
Improving Project Performance
5:45 pm
Break
6:15 pm

8:00 pm
Cocktail Party

DAY 2 - THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER
Chaired by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald
8:00 am
Morning Tea & Registration
9:00 am
Executive Perspective - Miles Shepherd
Chairman, Association for Project Management, UK
9:30 am
Executive Perspective - Jean Potage
Corporate Purchasing Director, Thales Group, France
Supply Chain Management
10:00 am
Executive Perspective - Stephen Bungay
Director, Ashridge Strategic Management Centre, UK
What makes Organisations Intelligent?
10:30 am
Executive Perspective - Nicholas Durham
Programme Director, Rolls-Royce plc, UK
Integration of programmes to deliver business objectives
11:00 am
Morning Tea
11:30 am
Executive Perspective
Graham Farrant & John Tatam
Chief Executive, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, UK &
Director of Corporate Strategy, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, UK
Balanced Scorecard
12:00 pm
Executive Perspective - Brigadier Keith Prentice
Type 45 Destroyer IPT Leader, Defence Procurement Agency, UK
Re-Thinking Time and The Management of Time
12:30 pm
Executive Perspective - Ali Baghaei
CVF IPT Leader, Defence Procurement Agency, UK
Future Aircraft Carrier Project
1:00 pm
Buffet Lunch

2:30 pm
Track 4
Fred Payne
Director Program Management & Engineering, BAE SYSTEMS North America, USA
People and Processes
Track 5
Steve Wood
Programme Management Specialist, Rolls-Royce, UK
Integrated Programme and Performance Management in a volatile environment
Track 6
Hillary Sillitto
Engineering Director, Thales UK
Technical Metrics - putting a value on End Product performance
3:15 pm
Track 4
David Bright
Senior Manager, BMT, UK
Performance Measurement - The Measurement of Partnering in a Refit Environment
Track 5
Sandra Hoskins
President, The Kellan Group, Canada
Project Management Pathology : The Forensics of Recovering a Project in Trouble
Track 6
Stephen Jewell
Advisor Risk Management - Group Technology, BP UK
Driving Value with Risk Management
4:00 pm
Afternoon Tea
4:30 pm
Track 4
Steve Bruggenwirth
Director, Tribal Government Consulting Ltd, UK
Benefits Management
Track 5
Patrick Weaver
Senior Consultant, Fallon Project Management Pty Ltd, Australia
Project Control using AS4817-2003 Project Performance Management using Earned Value - The VIPER Experience
Track 6
David P Jacobs
Director, Profit from Information Ltd, UK
Delivering Maximum Business Value and Benefits from Information Systems Technology
5:15 pm
Track 4
Alec Fearon
Director, Technical Management Consultancy Ltd, UK
Sound principles properly applied really do bring project success!
Track 5
Dr. Raphael Dua
General Manager, Micro Planning International Asia Pacific, Australia
Leveraging Earned Value Performance Management to Establish Results Based Service Level Agreement
Track 6
Robert Shields
UKCeB Task Force, UK Council for Electronic Business, UK
Enabling Secure Collaboration - Sharing Information in an Environment of Regulation
6:00 pm
Break
7:00 pm
Pre Dinner Drinks
7:30 pm
Conference Dinner Sponsored by BAE SYSTEMS
Dinner Speaker : Professor Bill Weinstein
Professor of International Business, Henley Management College, UK

DAY 3 - FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER
Chaired by Lloyd Carter, Managing Director, MTCAustralAsia Pty Ltd
8:00 am
Morning Tea & Registration
9:00 am
Executive Perspective - David King
Nimrod IPT Leader, Defence Procurement Agency, UK
Nimrod MRA4 Programme
9:30 am
Executive Perspective - Robert Stow
Vice President of Engineering, BAE SYSTEMS North America, USA
Business Improvement through Maturity Model Frameworks
10:15 am
Break
10:45 am
Track 7
Geoff Roberts
Senior Consultant, Primavera Systems Inc. UK
Integrated Business Planning the key to managing a Total Business
Track 8
Terry Bowd
EVM Cell - Pricing & Forecast Group, DPA UK
MoD EVM Initiatives
Track 9
Marcel Chiranov
Monitoring & Evaluation Manager, QED Group, Romania
Using Performance Measurement Plan as planning tool in "Foggy Environment"
11:30 am
Track 7
Peter Gallagher
Project Management Director, BAE SYSTEMS UK
Getting the Best Out of Performance Management Reviews
Track 8
John Wild
Director, GatleyHall & Company Ltd UK
Benchmarking Performance - Exploiting information and knowledge
Track 9
Dr. Parviz Rad
Distinguish Service Professor and Director, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Project Success in Friendly, and Unfriendly Environments
12:15 pm
Luncheon Speaker - Tom McCann
CEO, Solve Interactive USA
Third Party Certification of EVM Systems
2:00 pm
Track 7
Fred Manzer
Professional Staff, Centre for Systems Management Inc, USA
Integrated Risk Management
Track 8
Roland Horat
Managing Director, SuperTech Project Management Pty Ltd, Australia
Commercial Applications of EVM
Track 9
Dr. Tim Stockert
Principal and Owner, Innova Group inc, USA
People and Performance
2:45 pm
Track 7
Tony Welch
Senior Programme Manager, BMT UK &
Val Jonas
Managing Director, Risk Decisions Ltd, UK
Risk Management and EVM - An Integrated approach to handling Management Reserve
Track 8
Richard Tostevin
Business Planning Manager, Westland Helicopters Ltd, UK
Sales and Operations Planning at Westland Helicopters
Track 9
Kathryn James
Nurse Unit Manager - Operating Suite, Latrobe Regional Hospital, Australia
Managing the Unmanageable - Implementing Work Force Planning using EVPM methodology in a public hospital environment
3:30 pm
Executive Perspective - Rear Admiral Nigel Guild
Executive Director 4 and controller of the Navy, Defence Procurement Agency, UK
The Fundamentals of Innovation - Doing the Basics Right
4:00 pm
2nd UK International Performance Management Symposium Concludes