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Sunday, September 03, 2006
Hiroshi Tanakia Awarded Honorary Ph.D. (Philosophiæ Doctor Honoris Causa) by ESC Lille
Mr. Hiroshi Tanka, one of the world’s foremost leaders in the project management professional world, has been awarded an honorary Ph.D. (Philosophiæ Doctor Honoris Causa) by the Lille School of Management (ESC Lille) in Lille, France.
The honorary degree was presented to Mr. Tanaka on 26 August 2006 in Lille by Professor Christophe N. Bredillet, Associate Dean Postgraduate Programs, and Director of ESC Lille’s Programs in Strategy, Program and Project Management, at the ESC Lille in France. Mr. Tanaka was participating in a Doctoral Seminar sponsored jointly by ESC Lille and the University of Technology, Sydney. Attendance at the annual Five-day seminar was "by invitation only" for Masters, MBA, and Doctoral students currently enrolled at either ESC Lille or the University of Technology Sydney; their Supervisors; Adjunct and Visiting Professors; and Fellows of ESC Lille and UTS, along with researcher friends and colleagues of these programs and partner universities.
Hiroshi Tanaka, known to his friends as Hiro, is the National President of the Project Management Association of Japan (PMAJ), a professional organization formed in 2005 by the merger of the Japan Project Management Forum (JPMF) and the Project Management Professionals Certification Center (PMCC).
Mr. Tanaka was the founder and the National President of the Japan Project Management Forum (JPMF). He is also a fellow and special project management delegate of the Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (ENAA). One of the best known experts in project management worldwide, Mr. Tanaka has been a speaker at PM conferences in more than 20 countries. He is a long time member of PMI, IPMA-PMA (India; fellow), IPMA-SOVNET (Russia), AIPM (Australia), PMCC (Japan) and SPM (Japan). Mr. Tanaka is also a global editorial advisor to www.pmforum.org.
Founded in 1892, ESC Lille (Lille School of Management – www.esc-lille.com) is one of the oldest business schools in France, with campuses in Lille and Paris. It is also the first institution outside North America to receive GACPM accreditation by the Project Management Institute (PMI®). The project management program at ESC Lille was inaugurated in 1979. ESC Lille offers postgraduate programs in project management: two masters in project & program management (one taught in English, the other in French), a MBA in Strategy, Program & Project Management (English), and a PhD in Strategy, Program & Project Management (English). ESC Lille research activities in project & program management are grouped together into the International Centre for Project Management and Analysis (CIMAP).
The honorary degree was presented to Mr. Tanaka on 26 August 2006 in Lille by Professor Christophe N. Bredillet, Associate Dean Postgraduate Programs, and Director of ESC Lille’s Programs in Strategy, Program and Project Management, at the ESC Lille in France. Mr. Tanaka was participating in a Doctoral Seminar sponsored jointly by ESC Lille and the University of Technology, Sydney. Attendance at the annual Five-day seminar was "by invitation only" for Masters, MBA, and Doctoral students currently enrolled at either ESC Lille or the University of Technology Sydney; their Supervisors; Adjunct and Visiting Professors; and Fellows of ESC Lille and UTS, along with researcher friends and colleagues of these programs and partner universities.
Mr. Tanaka was the founder and the National President of the Japan Project Management Forum (JPMF). He is also a fellow and special project management delegate of the Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (ENAA). One of the best known experts in project management worldwide, Mr. Tanaka has been a speaker at PM conferences in more than 20 countries. He is a long time member of PMI, IPMA-PMA (India; fellow), IPMA-SOVNET (Russia), AIPM (Australia), PMCC (Japan) and SPM (Japan). Mr. Tanaka is also a global editorial advisor to www.pmforum.org.
Founded in 1892, ESC Lille (Lille School of Management – www.esc-lille.com) is one of the oldest business schools in France, with campuses in Lille and Paris. It is also the first institution outside North America to receive GACPM accreditation by the Project Management Institute (PMI®). The project management program at ESC Lille was inaugurated in 1979. ESC Lille offers postgraduate programs in project management: two masters in project & program management (one taught in English, the other in French), a MBA in Strategy, Program & Project Management (English), and a PhD in Strategy, Program & Project Management (English). ESC Lille research activities in project & program management are grouped together into the International Centre for Project Management and Analysis (CIMAP).
