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Agenda and Program |
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Registration |
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About the IPMA FOCUS Festival of Knowledge |
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IPMA FOCUS Host, Venue Address |
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Co-organizers and Sponsors |
Agenda and Program
Dates: 14th and 15th March 2012;
Venue: De Doornkraal HCH Boutique Hotel, 8 Lower Long Street, Riversdale, Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa (see http://www.dedoornkraal.com)
IPMA Research Expert Seminar Programme
Riversdale 2012
International Project Management Association (IPMA) Research Expert Seminar
"Organizational Performance Management"
Venue: De Doornkraal Historic Country House Boutique Hotel
Riversdale, Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa
Wednesday, 14th March 2012
| 09:00 to 09:15 | Welcome Address: Mayor of Hessequa, Emor Nel |
| 09:15 to 09:30 | Opening Address: Prof Branè Semolic Chairman of IPMA Research Management Board; Director of INOVA Consulting; and Head of Project & Technology Management Institute, FL-University of Maribor, Slovenia. |
| 09:30 to 10:30 | "Homo Sapiens Corridor: Tracing humankind's earliest journeys along the southern Cape coast".
Presenters: Dr John M Anderson: Palaeobotanist (retired), 'South African National Biodiversity Institute' (SANBI), Pretoria. |
| 10:30 to 11:00 | TEA |
| 11:00 to 12:00 | "The Importance of Explicit and Tacit Knowledge in Organisational Performance". Prof Erik Schmikl: Vice-Principal: Tuition and Programme Delivery, Cranefield College. |
| 12:00 to 13:00 | "The role of Product Development and Integrative Innovation in Organisational Performance". Prof Leif Henriksen: Associate Professor, Institute of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark.DK, Denmark. |
| 13:00 to 14:00 | LUNCH |
| 14:00 to 15:00 | "How the Human Aspect in Project and Programme Management contributes to Organisational Performance". Lunga Msengana: Project Manager, Vodacom, Midrand, Johannesburg; Masters graduate of Cranefield College; Associate Part-time Lecturer at Cranefield College and National Executive member of APMSA. |
| 15:00 to 16:00 | "How Organizational Performance Management can help eliminate Project Hand-0ver Resistance". Chris Uys: Project Manager (ECPB/WDP and RDP), Transnet, Pretoria; Masters graduate of Cranefield College. |
| 16:00 to 16:15 | TEA |
| 16:15 to 17:15 | Key Learning of the day. |
| 17:15 to 18:15 | Guided tour of the De Doornkraal Wine Estate vineyard and cellar, and tasting of De Doornkraal's Aan't Vette wine. (Your host: Pieter Steyn). |
| 19:00 till late | Dinner at the De Wingerdt Restaurant, De Doornkraal Boutique Hotel. (Optional Extra). |
Thursday, 15th March 2012
| 09:15 to 10:15 | "For top Performance modern organisations require Sustainable Innovation Systems". Prof Branè Semolic: Chairman of IPMA Research Management Board, Director of INOVA Consulting; and Head of Project & Technology Management Institute, FL-University of Maribor, Slovenia. |
| 10:15 to 11:15 | "Achieving top Organisational Performance through Programme Managing the Supply Chain". Prof Pieter Steyn: Principal, Cranefield College; and past IPMA Research Management Board member. |
| 11:15 to 11:45 | TEA |
| 11:45 to 12:45 | "Social Networking and Organisational Performance". Dr Les Squires: Founder and President of Group Commons LLC; and IPMA Research Management Board member. |
| 12:45 to 14:00 | LUNCH |
| 14:00 to 15:00 | "New trends of Education and Certification of Project Leaders and Project Management Supporters". Klaus Pannenbaecker: Trainer and Assessor with German Project Management; past President of IPMA; Foreign Assessor to the Association of Project Management South Africa. |
| 15:00 to 16:00 | "Organizational design and IPMA PM and PSS Certification: A „best practice” towards organizational performance". Wessel Pieters: Managing Director APMSA_Sert. |
| 16:00 to 16:20 | TEA |
| 16:20 to 17:20 | Key Learning and final Conclusions. |
| 19:00 till late | Dinner at the De Wingerdt Restaurant, De Doornkraal Boutique Hotel. (Optional Extra). |
