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Jong-Shin Kim to discuss PM in Korea at ProMAC 2008 Project Management Conference in Anchorage in September
The ProMAC 2008 conference team has announced that Mr. Jong-Shin Kim, President & CEO of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., will deliver a keynote speech during the plenary session on September 17, 2008. Mr. Kim’s speech will be entitled "Present and Future of PM (Project Management) in Korea." The ProMAC 2008 Project Management Conference, "Project Management Leading Managerial Revolutions", will be held at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, Alaska during September 15-18, 2008. This conference follows previous successful ProMAC conferences in Singapore, Japan, and Australia.
Mr. Jong-Shin Kim is currently President and CEO of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) Co., Ltd, in Seoul, Korea. Mr. Kim graduated from Seoul National University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 1972; completed Advanced Industrial Strategy Program from the College of Engineering at Seoul National University in 1997; Completed Advanced Management Program from the College of Business Administration at Seoul National University in 2005; Completed Advanced Law Program from the College of Law at Seoul National University in 2007; Graduated from Ajou University in Korea with a Master of Business Administration in 2008; and was Awarded an Honorary Ph.D. in Business Administration from SoongSil University in Korea in 2008.
Since joining the company in 1972, Mr. Kim has held the following positions at Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and at KHNP: Chief Manager at KEPCO’s Paris Office; Deputy General Manager of Construction Project Office; General Manager of Nuclear Technology Office; General Manager of Overseas Project Division; General Manager of Power Generation Division; Director of Kori Nuclear Power Division; Senior Vice President of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd; President & CEO of Korea Western Power Co., Ltd; and President & CEO at present time. He is currently Chairman of the Korean Project Management Association (KPMA), vice-chairman of the Korean Standards Association, and directors of several other leading Korean organizations.
Korea established the KPMA in 1991, which is similar to PMI functionally. As KPMA has spread the professional knowledge of PM, PM is being introduced into all fields of industry such as construction, engineering, IT, R&D etc. At present, KPMA has 45 group member firms and about 3,500 personal members, and it makes efforts to encourage the use of PM in Korea by launching educational campaigns, publishing academic papers and regularly opening symposiums.
By bringing PM into business operations, Korea has been successfully performing large projects such as the Gyeongbu (Seoul-Busan) express railway construction, online real estate registration system, 765kV transformer substation construction and Sanha platform building of DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd). KHNP has been successfully constructing nuclear power plant that consists of about 80,000 activities, and plans to constantly shorten the construction schedule from 63 months (Yeonggwang unit 3, completed in 1995) to 47 months (Shinkori unit 1, scheduled to be completed in 2011).
According to Mr. Kim, "From now, KPMA will not only reinforce its cooperation with prominent international PM organizations such as PMI and AACE in the US, ICEC and IPMA in Europe, and SOVNET in Russia, but also build a cooperative system with the Korean government, industry and academia. Also, we will develop a Korean PM knowledge and qualification system. Based on this Korean PM Model, we will train PMPs and spread PM in various fields of industry and public organizations in Korea."
ProMAC International Project Management Conferences are promoted through an international partnership of The Society of Project Management (Japan), the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), the Asia Pacific International College (APIC) in Australia, the University of Alaska Anchorage and other participating academic and professional institutions. ProMAC has been established as a series of international conferences for academia and practicing project managers to gather and interact with each other. Successful ProMAC Conferences have previously been held in Singapore in 2002, Tokyo in 2004 and Sydney in 2006.
The ProMAC 2008 conference will serve as an important forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences needed to revolutionize today’s project management knowledge and techniques for the future. Special plenary sessions featuring top executives and government officials will be held to exchange their practices and plans. Numerous paper presentations and workshops will be held. For details, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/.
The ProMAC 2008 conference host and lead sponsor is the Masters of Science program in Project Management (MSPM) at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Other sponsors include the PMI Anchorage Alaska Chapter, the Society of Project Management (Japan), Asia Pacific International College (Australia), Alaska Communications Systems (ACS), Alaska Airlines, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company , ASRC Energy Systems, British Petroleum (BP), ConocoPhillips, CH2MHill, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Hawk Consultants LLC, NANA Development Corporation, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The general conference co-chairs are Dr. Jang Ra, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA (Chair); Prof. Ali Jaafari, Asia Pacific International College, Australia; Dr. Osamu Ohno, Society of Project Management, Japan; and Prof. Khim Teck Yeo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The Project Manager is Danny Elmore, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Since joining the company in 1972, Mr. Kim has held the following positions at Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and at KHNP: Chief Manager at KEPCO’s Paris Office; Deputy General Manager of Construction Project Office; General Manager of Nuclear Technology Office; General Manager of Overseas Project Division; General Manager of Power Generation Division; Director of Kori Nuclear Power Division; Senior Vice President of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd; President & CEO of Korea Western Power Co., Ltd; and President & CEO at present time. He is currently Chairman of the Korean Project Management Association (KPMA), vice-chairman of the Korean Standards Association, and directors of several other leading Korean organizations.
Korea established the KPMA in 1991, which is similar to PMI functionally. As KPMA has spread the professional knowledge of PM, PM is being introduced into all fields of industry such as construction, engineering, IT, R&D etc. At present, KPMA has 45 group member firms and about 3,500 personal members, and it makes efforts to encourage the use of PM in Korea by launching educational campaigns, publishing academic papers and regularly opening symposiums.
By bringing PM into business operations, Korea has been successfully performing large projects such as the Gyeongbu (Seoul-Busan) express railway construction, online real estate registration system, 765kV transformer substation construction and Sanha platform building of DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd). KHNP has been successfully constructing nuclear power plant that consists of about 80,000 activities, and plans to constantly shorten the construction schedule from 63 months (Yeonggwang unit 3, completed in 1995) to 47 months (Shinkori unit 1, scheduled to be completed in 2011).
According to Mr. Kim, "From now, KPMA will not only reinforce its cooperation with prominent international PM organizations such as PMI and AACE in the US, ICEC and IPMA in Europe, and SOVNET in Russia, but also build a cooperative system with the Korean government, industry and academia. Also, we will develop a Korean PM knowledge and qualification system. Based on this Korean PM Model, we will train PMPs and spread PM in various fields of industry and public organizations in Korea."
ProMAC International Project Management Conferences are promoted through an international partnership of The Society of Project Management (Japan), the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), the Asia Pacific International College (APIC) in Australia, the University of Alaska Anchorage and other participating academic and professional institutions. ProMAC has been established as a series of international conferences for academia and practicing project managers to gather and interact with each other. Successful ProMAC Conferences have previously been held in Singapore in 2002, Tokyo in 2004 and Sydney in 2006.
The ProMAC 2008 conference will serve as an important forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences needed to revolutionize today’s project management knowledge and techniques for the future. Special plenary sessions featuring top executives and government officials will be held to exchange their practices and plans. Numerous paper presentations and workshops will be held. For details, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/.
The general conference co-chairs are Dr. Jang Ra, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA (Chair); Prof. Ali Jaafari, Asia Pacific International College, Australia; Dr. Osamu Ohno, Society of Project Management, Japan; and Prof. Khim Teck Yeo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The Project Manager is Danny Elmore, University of Alaska Anchorage.
