Speakers

Robert Gan, PMPPresident,PMI Malaysia Chapter

Greg Hyde, PMP Director, SSC PartneringAustralia

Ananthan SanggarHead of PMO, APAC & Middle East(AMEA) BT Global Services

Mike Benson, PMPProgram/Release Manager Enbridge Pipelines, Canada

Hameed Mohammed Rafeek, PMPHead of PMO, HOT Engineering & Construction CoKuwait

Jan Mandrup, PMPSenior Project Manager IBM, Thailand

Marzikmal OmarRegional Project Manager Asia Pacific, Citi Group

Frederic L. Casagrande, PMPPMO Expert, Head of PMO Emiraje Systems, Dubai

Ben De HaldevangGeneral Manager, Asia Pacific PCUBED, Singapore

Regional Conference on Project Management

Dear Attendees,

Project Management is nowadays seen as the application of knowledge, skills, methods, tech-niques and tools to the activities of a project, aiming to satisfy its requirement and achieve success at several levels. More than ever before, companies need to be able to respond quickly, focus resources and deliver projects on time and within budget. A project manager’s success is often linked to his or her ability and skill in identifying and managing and risk as well as minimiz-ing the impact of changes of both the project scope and product scope.

“Regional Project Management Conference 2014” hosted by Zenith Bizness Excellence, is a 2-day event that will give you the skills and knowledge to stay on top of your work through a more pro-jectized and productive work environment. This 2-day conference is developed to uncover the best practices, gain insights of latest trends and challenges of project management across the industries. Industry thought leader as well as hands on practitioners provides engaging content through keynotes, panels and interactive discussions on how effective project management can help achieve superior business performance.

This is a “not-to-be-missed” event. The conference enables professionals and wider community to:

• Listen to inspirational leaders and motivational speakers

• Exchange expertise and knowledge

• Gain in-depth critical knowledge to be a successful project management practitioners

• Acquire practical tips and approaches to achieve successes in programs, projects and other cross boundaries

• Learn the trends, emerging practices and practical tips in project management

• Provides insights to the challenges, lessons learned, trends and future directions in project management in international scale.

• Influential speakers – sharing thought leadership and best practices techniques

• Interactive conference sessions- delegates are encouraged to contribute to the panel and ask questions

I look forward to meeting you in April 2014.Yours Sincerely,

AmeliaSenior Conference Producer - APAC

08:00 • Registration and Refreshment

09:00 • Chairman’s Opening & Welcoming Remarks

09.20 - 10:00 • Keynote Address: An Outlook on Project Management across Asia Pacific< Speaker > Robert Gan, President Project Management Institute Malaysia Chapter

10:00 - 10:40 • How an Effective Project Management Can Help Achieve Superior Business Per-formance?< Speaker > Hameed Mohammed Rafeek, Head of PMO, HOT Engineering & Construction Co, Kuwait

10:40 - 11:10 • Networking Break

11:10 - 11:55 • Turning Disaster into Success

As project managers we know the challenge in keeping the project on track by meeting scope, qual-ity, budget and schedule targets. Statistics show that a significant number of projects end in failure, whether partial or complete. There are numerous factors that can contribute to the negative outcome. If an organization finds itself with a high profile project that is in jeopardy of complete failure, what can be done? This session will focus on the Project Rescue, and includes:

• Recognizing the situation• Identifying the problems including root cause• Termination vs. Rescue• The Rescue Process• How to avoid the problems in the first place< Speaker > Mike Benson, Principal Blackstone Project Management, Enbridge Pipelines, Canada

11:55 - 12:40 • The Essentials of Assessing and Managing Risk in your projects

• The Governance around Risk Management• Promoting Risk management Culture• Assessing risks – Top Down & Bottom Up approaches• Managing risks – Key elements of a Risk Register• Stakeholder Risk Profiles<Speaker > Frederic L. Casagrande, PMO Expert & Head of PMO, Emiraje Systems, Abu Dhabi

12:40 - 13:40 • Networking Luncheon

13:45 - 14:30 • Effective People Skills for Project Managers- A Requirement for Project Success<Speaker > Ben de Haldevang, General Manager, Asia Pacific, PCUBED, Singapore

Conference Day OneRegional Conference on Project Management

22nd April 2014

13:45 - 14:30 • Effective People Skills for Project Managers- A Requirement for Project Success<Speaker > Ben de Haldevang, General Manager, Asia Pacific, PCUBED, Singapore

14:30 - 15:15 • Tactical Project Cost Cutting

Organisations cannot shrink themselves to success. Short-term to cut costs (including project budgets) can heighten risks and can be much like squeezing a balloon and expecting it to get smaller. Greg will share his insights into:

• Why successful companies keep cutting costs• The impact this can have on projects over the medium to longer term• Alternatives available to achieve successful and sustainable project outcomes.<Speaker > Greg Hyde, Director, SSC Partnering, Australia

14:30 - 15:15 • Governance & Project Management: How to Get Governance to make Projects Successful?

Project managers are accountable for project governance. Governance defines how a project or pro-gram is directed and controlled. Good governance will allow the Right People to make the Right Deci-sion at the Right Time, which is imperative for a successful project. Therefore, project managers are encouraged to devote significant attention and focus to define and develop good governance. Dur-ing this presentation, the speaker will cover the various aspects of governance and associated best practices. He will also elaborate why governance should be a continuous process which is refined and improved though out the project lifecycle, rather than a ‘one-time effort’<Speaker > Ananthan Sanggar, Head of PMO, APAC & Middle East Africa (AMEA), BT Global Ser-vices, Singapore

16:00 - 16:20 • Coffee Break

16:20 - 17:00 • Roundtable Discussion – Q & A Sessions

These 30 minutes discussions designed to help you increase your networking opportunities, to allow you to share ideas and ask question to get help you were looking for from the others in your field.

• Robert Gan, President Project Management Institute Malaysia Chapter

• Mike Benson, Principal Blackstone Project Management, Enbridge Pipelines, Canada

• Frederic L. Casagrande, PMO Expert & Head of PMO, Emiraje Systems, Abu Dhabi

• Ben de Haldevang, General Manager, Asia Pacific, PCUBED, Singapore

• Greg Hyde, Director, SSC Partnering, Australia

• Ananthan Sanggar, Head of PMO, APAC & Middle East Africa (AMEA), BT Global Services, Singapore

Conference Day OneRegional Conference on Project Management

22nd April 2014

08:00 • Registration and Refreshment

09:00 • Chairman’s Opening & Welcoming Remarks

09:15 - 10:30 • A Simple Approach to Understanding and Assessing Project and Portfolio Management

Understanding and assessing the health and complexity of project and project portfolio is key factors to ensure successful execution of your project deliverable. In this session we will share an approach for understanding project complexity and assessing the health of your project to ensure no surprise in your project execution. Main topics of the session are:• Approach to understanding the complexity of your project• How to address complexity in your projects• Approach to assessing the “health” of your project<Speaker > Jan Mandrup, Senior Project Manager/Program Manager, IBM, Thailand

10:30 - 11:30 • Networking Break

11:00 - 11:50 • Managing Stakeholder Expectations and Engagements<Speaker > Ben de Haldevang, General Manager, Asia Pacific, PCUBED Singapore

11:50 - 12:45 • Panel Discussion: How Project Management can enable better business performance in diverse Sectors?

12:45 - 13:50 • Networking Luncheon

13:50 - 14:30 • Managing Multiple Projects Effectively (KIV)

14:30 - 15:30 • Project Management in an Agile Environment (KIV)

15:30 - 16:00 • Networking Break

16:00 - 16:50 • Optimism Can Sink a Project

Leadership and a project’s success, tend to go hand-in-hand. However, when a project fails, it doesn’t happen all of a sudden, usually over a period of time… and is often preceded by a period of optimism- why? The speaker will share his insight into:

• Why a leader’s “can-do” attitude can work against them and stifle their project team.

• Key leadership stages and intervention points….to secure a successful outcome

• The anatomy of a failing project

• When can a project be considered a success?

Conference Day TwoRegional Conference on Project Management

23rd April 2014

Speakers ProfileRegional Conference on Project Management

Robert has been trained in Accountancy, System Analysis & Design, Project Management and Business management. Over the last 20 years he has helped and coached business owners and their team in addressing business issues, procedure realignment, provision of alterna-tives, proposing work-around solutions and business process improvements. Robert has served as a Consulting manager in KPMG Consulting (APAC) and as Principal consultant in PwC Consulting (East Asia) managing projects in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Indone-sia. The projects he has managed are of various complexities and include systems for companies involved in mega projects and projects of multi-national scope. The training and career development gained over the years has enabled Robert to gain the honour of Distinction in the Cambridge International Diploma in Project management. Robert is also an ACTION International trained business coach. He currently lectures at various universities and at The University of Notting-ham MCcal Framework Analysis, Change Management, Negotiation skills, Team development and motivation.

Ben runs the Asian practice for PCUBED, having joined from PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was head of Post Deal Services for Singapore. He has spent the last 14 years working with clients going through a transformation, either deal related or internal. In that time, he was been engaged in over 60 projects in a variety of sectors and locations. The last 4 years he’s been based in Asia. Ben joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in January 2005. Previously, he co-founded Integrum Limited in 2000, a specialist post-merger integration specialist, operating in financial ser-vices, with a focus on providing robust, strategic objective orientated program management coupled with an explicit focus on culture, com-munications and human capital management. The business was sold to PwC in February 2005. Ben spent the 10 years before this in executive search, running practices in the corporate finance, equity research and asset management sectors, working in Europe, USA and Australia. He trained as a convertible bond specialist, latterly with NatWest Markets. He writes frequently on integration issues in business, most recently, “A new direction in M&A integration” for the Journal of Global Business and Operational Excellence.

Robert Gan,PMP®, CID-PM (Distinction), AICA, NCC Systems Analysis & DesignPresident, PMI Malaysia Chapter

Ben De HaldevangGeneral Manager, Asia Pacific PCUBED, Singapore

Greg is an experienced business-change executive, who specialises in leading programs to improve business and operational performance. He achieves significant uplift in capability, by identifying and sustainably. He has had 25+ years of experience, extending across performance excellence, finance, information management, project management and shared services. His industry experience spans banking, life insur-ance, general insurance, superannuation, funds management, custody management, health services, debt collection, legal services, recruit-ment, investment advisory services and tax administration services. Greg is a Member of the Australian Institute of Project Management, a Certified Practicing Project Director, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants

Greg Hyde, PMP Director, SSC PartneringAustralia

Global Senior Project Manager, Risk Manager and Trainer with +15 years experience Delivering Complex Business projects to global clients

Jan Mandrup, PMPSenior Project Manager IBM, Thailand

Experienced PM with total 7.5 years experience in Project, Risk and PMO Management. Accrediated with PMI-RMP, PMP, ITIL Foundation, CCNA and Toastmaster Competent Communicator credentials. Programme/Project Experience: Transition & Transformation, Telco Node Rollout, Data Centre, Tech Refresh, Business Operations Merge, IT Consulting and BU Budget Management.

Ananthan SanggarHead of PMO, APAC & Middle East(AMEA) BT Global Services

Speakers ProfileRegional Conference on Project Management

Mike is the Principal of Blackstone Project Management Ltd. He is a Senior Project and Program Manager and is recognized as an innovative, results-oriented leader with a career history of visible achievements delivering large scale technological solutions in both the IT and EPC fields. Mike has 20+ years of project management experience, and has led projects from initial concept to post-implementation and sustain-ment. He uses formal project management techniques and engages clients and other stakeholders to ensure projects are completed to meet requirements, and has strong vendor management skills.

Mike Benson, PMPProgram/Release Manager Enbridge Pipelines, Canada

Frederic holds a Masters Degree in Management & e-business and is PMP® certified (Project Management Professional). He is serving as a PMI® volunteer as the Vice President for Technology & Communications of the Program Management Office Community of Practice (the larg-est PMO focused global community worldwide), and is recognized as a subject matter expert and frequently asked to speak at conferences. Founder of one of the first web agencies in France in 1997, he joined a major European telecommunications provider in Switzerland in 2000 to manage all aspects of software development and user experience for their next generation IP services.

Hameed Mohamed, PMP is a graduate Engineer, currently working as General Manager in AL HAMAAD SONS CONTRACTING CO, Kuwait. He has 19 years of both construction & project management experience covering Oil & Gas and Infrastructure projects in the Middle East. He worked as a Head of PMO in HOT Engineering & Construction Co., a leading contracting company at Kuwait and actively involved in the implementation of Project Control Process. He has good experience as an instructor at Kuwait Society of Engineers in project management and performed as speaker in both 13th & 14th International Conference held in Bahrain by PMI Arabian Gulf Chapter, a fabulous event. He has delivered several technical presentations on effective project management. In the past, he worked in Oman & Saudi Arabia and actively involved in several Aramco, SABIC & PDO projects. Being a PMP, he possesses substantial experience in cost & time management and well versed in project planning software applications. He is an aspirant of PgMP & CCE also

Frederic L. Casagrande, PMPPMO Expert, Head of PMOEmiraje Systems, Dubai

Hameed Mohammed Rafeek, PMPHead of PMO, HOT Engineering & Construction CoKuwait