Programme

Tuesday 24 August 2010

08:30 - 09:30 Registration, Westpac Stadium Function Centre
09:00 - 13:00 Site Visit #1: Meridian Energy's West Wind Farm
13:30 - 17:00 Site Visit #2: Tales & Rails

09:00 - 17:00 Dr David Hillson, Risk Doctor
"Project Risk Management"
Lisa Di Tullio, Lisa DiTullio & Associates
"Start your Engines: How to Initiate and Plan your Projects"
Janine Gould, Communicate Consultants
"Increase your Impact and Presence - the Way to Orchestrate Success"
17:00 - 18:30 Registration, Westpac Stadium Function Centre
17:30 - 20:00 Welcome Function
Speaker: Janine Gould


Programme is subject to change

Wednesday 25 August 2010

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07:30 - 17:30 Registration, Westpac Stadium Function Centre
07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast Session: "What do employers really want? - or, how to get the right job for you?" Speaker:  Justin Partington, Telecom NZ
09:00 - 9:30 Formal Opening: Westpac Stadium Function Centre
09:30 - 10:45 Keynote: Dr David Hillson "Understanding and Managing Risk Attitudes"
10:45 - 11:15 Morning Tea
11:15 - 12:15 Make your projects sing: How to uncover that song at the heart of your work.
Mark Jamieson
Quality assurance in high risk projects - What to ask and when to ask it.
Grant Avery
Conducting the flow - Keeping a super-city on the move.
Pat Randles
Leverage your Cultural Intelligence (CQ) in project performance.
Anastasia Dzenowagis
Inland Revenue’s Lean Six Sigma journey – Building to a crescendo.
Tony Sutherland
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch
12:45 - 13:15 PMINZ Annual General Meeting
13:30 - 14:45 Keynote: Phil Sprey "My Song: The Risks and Rewards of Success"
14:45 - 15:15 Afternoon Tea
15:15 - 16:15 Getting the work done through others - Having the conversations that matter.
Digby Scott
Orchestrated to the score 'We're all in this together'.
Alister Watt
Project Management Saves Lives
Chris Cattaway
Performance review: XT.
Paul Touhey
OPM3: Understanding, Implementing and Reaping the benefits of project management maturity
Sean Whitaker
16:30 - 17:30 How to keep your project communication and your plan in the same key!
Paul Rayner
Why projects fail - Key success factors in large project management assignments.
Pawel Grzabka
The Identify Verification Service - A delivery in concert.
Bill Moses
How do you become a great composer when you’re the conductor?
Brian Rowe
Panel discussion. Orchestrating success in projects and business - under the spotlight
Dr David Hillson, Phil Sprey, Jane Farley.
MC Terry Williams
18:30 - 24:00

Conference Dinner and PMINZ 2010 Awards

"Puttin' on the Ritz"

Wellington Town Hall

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Thursday 26 August 2010

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07:30 - 13:00 Registration, Westpac Stadium Function Centre
07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast Session: "The Big Picture: the vital role project management plays in the health of organisations and in New Zealand's wealth."   Speaker: Kerry McDonald
09:00 - 10:00 Wowing the audience when you are the supporting act - The leadership challenges of programme and project roles.
Karen Tregaskis
Statistics New Zealand’s census programme: Rehearsing for success in 2011.
Carol Slappendel
Should a composition be constrained to a fixed length? - The constraints Annual Capital Budgets impose on effective programmes and projects.
Barry Gilliland
Project portfolio management:  You can't manage the plan until you have a plan.
Lisa Di Tullio
Getting the right players on board – What makes a good project manager?
Alan Grant
10:00 - 10:30 Morning Tea
10:30 - 11:45 Keynote: Martin Snedden "Hosting Rugby World Cup 2011"
11:45 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Harmonising leadership & motivation.
Martin Aitken
Composing the future of project management in New Zealand for 2025 and beyond.
Anastasia Dzenowagis
Portfolio optimisation - A simple melody.
Youssef Mourra
Investment Logic Mapping - Music to my ears.
Meakin, Wallwork & Baker
Driving Costs out of Programmes/Projects.
Iain Fraser
14:15 - 15:15 Starting on the right note - A guide to project kick- off workshops.
Heather Beddow
Tapping the tune: Communication risk to your inner caveman.
Gary Fehr
Preparing to enter the orchestra pit: A conductor's perspective.
Byron Roff
Project management software: Your portfolio in harmony.
Matt Williams

15:15 - 15:45 Afternoon Tea
15:45 - 17:00 Grand Finale - You don't want to miss this!
17:00 Conference completion

Programme is subject to change