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Report on the PM-04 Project Management Conference organized in Chios, Greece from 29-31 May 2008
Reported by Professor John-Paris Pantouvakis in Athens
The PM-04 > 4th SCPM and 1st IPMA/MedNet Conference on Project Management, held on the Greek Island of Chios during 29-31 May 2008 has been completed successfully last week. The Conference was organized by the Centre for Construction Innovation (www.innovation.view.gr/) National Technical University of Athens & the Dept. of Financial & Management Engineering (http://www.fme.aegean.gr/fme_en.htm), University of the Aegean. The Conference was officially sponsored by the profPM (http://cem.civil.ntua.gr/profpm/index.en.php) project (Network of Project Managers in Greece – Sustainable Professional Development) and a number of industrial sponsors. PMForum was the official Media Partner.
More than 150 participants and 60 speakers from 20 countries contributed to the Conference. The 500+ pages Conference ISBN proceedings are offered free of charge to the PM-Forum’s readership. They can be downloaded at http://cem.civil.ntua.gr/pm04-proc.rar in compressed format [20 MB]. Also, printed copies of the proceedings for concerned organizations & libraries in Europe and the Mediterranean are available by contacting Dr. J.P. Pantouvakis at jpp@central.ntua.gr.
Selected papers from the PM-04 conference will also be published in a revised form in the International Journal of Engineering and Management and the Journal of Studies in Regional & Urban Planning. In addition, PMForum will publish selected papers in future editions of the popular monthly PM World Today eJournal (www.pmworldtoday.net).
The pre-conference activities included a seminar on “Best value practices from the USA” given at the Hellenic American Union (http://www.hau.gr/) in Athens on the 27th of May. Professor Kashiwagi of Arizona State University addressed an audience of 20+ participants and explained his innovative ideas and practices.
The pre-conference activities also included a project management standards workshop organized in Chios on May 29. During this workshop, the new ELOT-1429 Greek standard related to the managerial capability of organizations implementing public interest projects took place.
Prof. Kashiwagi during the pre-conference seminarProf. P. Fitsilis (TEI Larissa) explained the new standard. Prof. Nino Grau, Vice President of IPMA responsible for standards informed the audience about global project management standardization initiatives (esp. those of ISO) and IPMA’s involvement whereas Prof. J.P. Pantouvakis and Prof. K. Kirytopoulos joined the speakers in answering the audience’s questions and concerns. The two-hour event was actively attended by more that 60 delegates.
The Conference itself started in early afternoon on May 29. The event has been saluted by the Prefecture of Chios, the Mayor of the City of Chios, Prof. M. Mimikou, Dean of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Prof. I. Karkazis, Dean of the Business School, University of the Aegean and Prof. A. Loizos, Director of the Department of Construction Engineering & Management, National Technical University of Athens. Salutations by the Technical Chamber of Greece and the Union of Hellenic Scientists for Protypation and Standardization have also been made.
Following the salutations, the first three keynote speakers addressed the Conference. Prof. M. Kagioglou, University of Salford, spoke on “Benefits realization – Bringing back the purpose of Project / Programme Management”. Why manage projects? To achieve benefits! Should we manage the projects as such or the benefits accrued from them? The talk contributed to finding the answer on this basic question.
Prof. Dean Kashiwagi, Arizona State University, questioned the applicability of project management itself. Do we really need to manage projects or should we create the structural framework by which they can run by themselves? New controversial ideas were presented at an audience that some accepted the principle and some opposed it as non-applicable.
The keynote speeches were completed by Gilles Caupin, PMAmbassador™ and Secretary General of MedNet who spoke on “Certification of Project Management Competences in the Mediterranean”.
For a full report on the 2008 PM-04 Project Management Conference in Chios, Greece, click here.
The PM-04 > 4th SCPM and 1st IPMA/MedNet Conference on Project Management, held on the Greek Island of Chios during 29-31 May 2008 has been completed successfully last week. The Conference was organized by the Centre for Construction Innovation (www.innovation.view.gr/) National Technical University of Athens & the Dept. of Financial & Management Engineering (http://www.fme.aegean.gr/fme_en.htm), University of the Aegean. The Conference was officially sponsored by the profPM (http://cem.civil.ntua.gr/profpm/index.en.php) project (Network of Project Managers in Greece – Sustainable Professional Development) and a number of industrial sponsors. PMForum was the official Media Partner.
Selected papers from the PM-04 conference will also be published in a revised form in the International Journal of Engineering and Management and the Journal of Studies in Regional & Urban Planning. In addition, PMForum will publish selected papers in future editions of the popular monthly PM World Today eJournal (www.pmworldtoday.net).
The pre-conference activities included a seminar on “Best value practices from the USA” given at the Hellenic American Union (http://www.hau.gr/) in Athens on the 27th of May. Professor Kashiwagi of Arizona State University addressed an audience of 20+ participants and explained his innovative ideas and practices.
The pre-conference activities also included a project management standards workshop organized in Chios on May 29. During this workshop, the new ELOT-1429 Greek standard related to the managerial capability of organizations implementing public interest projects took place.
Prof. Kashiwagi during the pre-conference seminarThe Conference itself started in early afternoon on May 29. The event has been saluted by the Prefecture of Chios, the Mayor of the City of Chios, Prof. M. Mimikou, Dean of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Prof. I. Karkazis, Dean of the Business School, University of the Aegean and Prof. A. Loizos, Director of the Department of Construction Engineering & Management, National Technical University of Athens. Salutations by the Technical Chamber of Greece and the Union of Hellenic Scientists for Protypation and Standardization have also been made.
Following the salutations, the first three keynote speakers addressed the Conference. Prof. M. Kagioglou, University of Salford, spoke on “Benefits realization – Bringing back the purpose of Project / Programme Management”. Why manage projects? To achieve benefits! Should we manage the projects as such or the benefits accrued from them? The talk contributed to finding the answer on this basic question.
Prof. Dean Kashiwagi, Arizona State University, questioned the applicability of project management itself. Do we really need to manage projects or should we create the structural framework by which they can run by themselves? New controversial ideas were presented at an audience that some accepted the principle and some opposed it as non-applicable.
The keynote speeches were completed by Gilles Caupin, PMAmbassador™ and Secretary General of MedNet who spoke on “Certification of Project Management Competences in the Mediterranean”.
For a full report on the 2008 PM-04 Project Management Conference in Chios, Greece, click here.
