Known globally as The Risk Doctor, Dr David Hillson PMP HonFAPM FIRM is an international risk management consultant and Director of Risk Doctor & Partners (www.risk-doctor.com), offering specialist risk management consultancy and training across the globe, at both strategic and tactical levels. With twenty-five years of risk consulting experience, David is recognised internationally as a leading thinker and practitioner in risk management. He ...read more

More recently known as New Zealand’s major concert promoter, Phil Sprey has a reputation for creative innovation undertakings and for tackling challenges few would dare contemplate. Phil’s tenacious approach to a diverse range of events is premised by detailed homework and an ‘everything is possible’ attitude.

His history spans senior positions with New Zealand’s leading entertainment and leisure corporations. As the senior group marketing executive and then General Manager of the ...read more

Martin Snedden was appointed to the position Chief Executive of RNZ 2011 Ltd in December 2006 and took up the position in May 2007. RNZ 2011 is a joint venture company established by the New Zealand Government and the New Zealand Rugby Union to organise and deliver the Rugby World Cup 2011 Tournament. In 2011 New Zealand plays host to ...read more

Master Class Presenter

Lisa is a leading force in project and business management. She is the principal of Lisa DiTullio & Associates, LLC, a training and consulting practice dedicated to introducing project management as a business competency, enabling organization to improve decision-making, instill accountability and enhance communications. She is founder of Your Project Office, a service firm providing virtual project office support services to organizations not yet ready for a full-time PMO.

She is the editor of ProjectBestPractices, a quarterly newsletter from ...read more

Master Class Presenter

Janine is a founder and director of Communicate Consultants. She has over twenty years’ training experience specialising in verbal communication skills; working with groups ranging from senior management to raw recruits in both the private and public sectors Over the past two years Janine has also worked with people in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur on Leadership and Influencing.

Janine is accredited to the DiSC Behavioural Style Inventory; certified in the frameworks of the Conflict Resolution Network of Australia and ...read more

Breakfast Session Speaker, Wednesday 25 August 2010

Justin Partington is currently Head of Project Governance within Technology and Shared Services for Telecom New Zealand.  The Project Governance team is the integration of a Project Management practice of 190+ people and a Project Quality and Business Assurance function which supports their delivery.

Justin originally trained in the field of RF engineering and communications as a civilian with the Royal Air Force in the Uited Kingdom, working with all of the armed forces.  He ...read more

Breakfast Session Speaker, Thursday 26 August 2010

Kerry McDonald is currently company director/chairman of Opus International Consultants Limited and i-lign Limited; a director of Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd; and Deputy Chairman of the NZ Institute of Economic Research. He is also President of the Institute of Directors, a Trustee of WWF New Zealand and a Life Member (and past Chairman) of the Australia-New Zealand Business Council.

Kerry initially trained as an economist and continues a rich and diverse career. He joined Comalco ...read more

Panelist, Wednesday 25 August

Jane Farley is from Auckland and has been a volunteer leader since joining the Project Management Institute (PMI) in 1996. Jane is a past president of PMINZ and in 2003 was awarded “Fellow of PMI New Zealand” (FPMINZ) for her volunteering and her significant contributions to the chapter.

Jane is currently a director on the 2010 PMI Board of Directors and a member of PMI’s Strategic Planning & Program Alignment (SPPA) Committee.  ...read more

With twenty years of business coaching, management and training experience, Terry has a wealth of knowledge and skills on challenging the status quo, getting the best out of people and helping others learn how to get the best out of people. Paralleling this life has been ten years as a ...read more