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Monday, November 10, 2008
GTRI Executive Delivers Keynote Speech at 22nd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Rome
Reported live from the IPMA World Congress in Rome
The second day of the 22nd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Rome, Italy on Monday 10 November 2008 began with a keynote speech by Mr. Peter Tensmeyer, Deputy Director for the Office of North and South American Threat Reduction in the GTRI program office. Kicking off the day at 9:00 a.m., Mr. Tensmeyer presented a summary of the management of one of the world’s most important security programs, the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI).
The GTRI is a global program financed by the U.S. government that includes portfolios of projects in countries around the world, with a critical global mission – to protect society from the malevolent use of nuclear or radiological materials that could be used in an improvised nuclear device (IND) or radiological dispersal device (RDD), commonly referred to as a radiological “dirty bomb.” The program involves the cooperation and coordination of governmental bodies, contractors and project teams in more than 100 countries.
The formal title of Mr. Tensmeyer’s speech in Rome was “Project Management techniques applied to a worldwide challenge: Reducing the Global Threat of Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism.” Pete described the scope of the GTRI program, some of the results achieved to date, and difficulties ahead. He focused on management challenges, mentioning some of the technical and management concepts and tools being implemented on the program.
This was an exciting speech, as Mr. Tensmeyer described how modern professional project management is being used to protect society from the threat of nuclear terrorism. This was also apparently the first time that this program has been presented to the world’s project management professional community. Approximately 1,000 participants listened to Mr. Tensmeyer’s address at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome. At the end of his speech, Pete thanks the project management professional community for developing the concepts and approaches now being used for managing this important global program.
The local host organizations for the ROMA 2008 World Congress – Project Management to Run – are the Italian Project Management Academy and the Italian National Association of Industrial Plant Engineering (ANIMP). The President of ANIMP is Mr. Fabrizio Di Amato; the President of the Italian PM Academy is Mr. Roberto Mori; the Congress Chairman is Mr. Luigi Iperti; and the Project Manager for IPMA 2008 is Mr. PierMarco Romagnoli. For registration, schedule and other information, visit the conference website at www.ipmaroma2008.it.
Founded in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the world’s oldest project management professional organization. IPMA is an international federation of more than 45 national PM societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. IPMA’s Annual World Congress is one of the largest and most important gatherings of project management authorities and leaders each year. The president of IPMA for 2008 is Veikko ValilaM; president-elect for 2009/10 is Brigette Schaden. Additional information about IPMA is available at www.ipma.ch.
Reported live from Rome by David Pells and Nelson Soucek who were covering the IPMA world congress for PMForum, along with a number of PMForum global advisors and international correspondents.
The GTRI is a global program financed by the U.S. government that includes portfolios of projects in countries around the world, with a critical global mission – to protect society from the malevolent use of nuclear or radiological materials that could be used in an improvised nuclear device (IND) or radiological dispersal device (RDD), commonly referred to as a radiological “dirty bomb.” The program involves the cooperation and coordination of governmental bodies, contractors and project teams in more than 100 countries.
The formal title of Mr. Tensmeyer’s speech in Rome was “Project Management techniques applied to a worldwide challenge: Reducing the Global Threat of Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism.” Pete described the scope of the GTRI program, some of the results achieved to date, and difficulties ahead. He focused on management challenges, mentioning some of the technical and management concepts and tools being implemented on the program.
This was an exciting speech, as Mr. Tensmeyer described how modern professional project management is being used to protect society from the threat of nuclear terrorism. This was also apparently the first time that this program has been presented to the world’s project management professional community. Approximately 1,000 participants listened to Mr. Tensmeyer’s address at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome. At the end of his speech, Pete thanks the project management professional community for developing the concepts and approaches now being used for managing this important global program.
The local host organizations for the ROMA 2008 World Congress – Project Management to Run – are the Italian Project Management Academy and the Italian National Association of Industrial Plant Engineering (ANIMP). The President of ANIMP is Mr. Fabrizio Di Amato; the President of the Italian PM Academy is Mr. Roberto Mori; the Congress Chairman is Mr. Luigi Iperti; and the Project Manager for IPMA 2008 is Mr. PierMarco Romagnoli. For registration, schedule and other information, visit the conference website at www.ipmaroma2008.it.
Reported live from Rome by David Pells and Nelson Soucek who were covering the IPMA world congress for PMForum, along with a number of PMForum global advisors and international correspondents.
