Inaugural Session

Presentation

0800 Registration and Morning Coffee

0845 Exhibition Opening

1015 Session One

1000

Tuesday 10th May 2016Radisson BLU Hotel, Sharjah - U.A.E.

0830 Chairman’s Opening Remarks & Welcome

Dr. Rashid Alleem, Founder & Executive Chairman Alleem Corporation, Sharjah, UAE

0915 SEWA Project Management Module

Dr. Rashid Alleem, Founder & Executive Chairman Alleem Corporation, Sharjah, UAE

1035 Managing the Unknown within the Entrepreneurial Project

Dr. Tariq Abdulsalam Omer, CEO Alkhubara Consulting & Development, Dubai, UAE

1135 Target Value Design

Prof. Mohammed Arif, Professor of Sustainability and Proces Management University of Salford, UK

1015 Underground Substations Concepts with Special Consideration of ME Environmental Conditions

Dirk Barz, Senior Project Manager Transmission Solutions, Energy Management, Siemens LLC, Dubai, UAE

1055 Project Management - Best Practices

Owais Ali Khan, Business Development Manager Wärtsilä Gulf FZE, Dubai, UAE

1155 Program Management and Benefits Realization Najmul Hussain, Program Director - PMI Certifications Blue Ocean Academy, Dubai, UAE

8th

PROJECT MANAGEMENTC O N G R E S S W E E K

Annual

1115 EPC Trends in ME Power Market

Tariq Shaikh, Head of Projects – Gulf, GE Power – Middle East, Gas Power Systems General Electric (GE), Dubai, UAE

1215 Importance of Facility Management at the Design and project stage Dilip Khatwani, Chief Executive Officer Reliance Facilities Management LLC, Dubai, UAE

1235 - 1330 Prayer Time, Networking Lunch

1330 Second Session

1535 Third Session

1520

1720 END OF CONGRESS

1715 Grand Raffle ( SPONSORED by Developer Bldg. Cont. )

1430 Determinants of Software Project Performance: Implications from a Cross-National Study

Dr. Santanu Roy, Professor-in-Charge, Dual Country Program Institute of Management Technology, Dubai, UAE

1410 Project Management Practices in the MILRES Wind Turbine Project

Dr. Gurdal Ertek, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT Dubai), Dubai, UAE

1635 Innovation Project Management

Catrine S.V. Sutter, CEO & Founder Catrine Sutter IT | BUSINESS | INNOVATIONS, Doha, Qatar

1615 Achieving Project Success: Behaviors of Project Players Nikki Zadegan, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Business Development Officer mBELLAb Power Solutions LLC, Abu Dhabi, UAE

1350 Innovative Project Management through Technological Enhancements

Dr. Mohammad Tariq, Executive Chairman Paradigm Pioneers Group, Dubai, UAE

1655 Managing Major Projects Constraints; Reflections & Insights

Prof. Sunny Gervin Nyemah, Managing Partner Bentley Kantor & Company, Dubai, UAE

1330 Multi Criteria Decision Making Application in Project Management Fikri Dweiri, PhD, Vice Dean - College of Engineering University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

1500 Importance of Float in Project Management

Sameh Monir El-Sayegh, Ph.D., PMP, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

1555 Ten golden rules to make it a successful Project

Dr Hussain Ahmed, Prof. in Petroleum Engineering American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

1450 The Project Manager in a Teen

Ahmed Rayyan Abbassi, 9A Dubai Scholars Private School, Dubai, UAE

1535 Project Leadership Prof. Dr. Gouher Ahmed, Professor of Strategic Leaderhip

and International Business