OVERVIEW

Keynote Speakers 

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DAY 1 | 30 AUGUST

THE PROGRAMME

DAY 1 | 30 AUGUST

08:00 – 18:00

REGISTRATION

13:00 – 14:15

NETWORKING LUNCH

 

SPEAKERS

TOPIC

14:15 – 14:30

Dr Kishoor Pitamber

Chairman’s welcome

14:30 – 15:15

Mark Langley

PMI President and CEO’s
Welcome Address

15:15 – 16:00

Georges Mpoudi Ngole

Opening Plenary

17:00 – 19:00

OPENING OF EXHIBITION & COCKTAIL FUNCTION

  

DAY 2 | 31 AUGUST

07:00-09:30

REGISTRATION

 

SPEAKERS

TOPIC

08:30-09:30

Jason Drew

Sustainable Business Development Across Africa

09:30-10:00

David Ireland

Bridging the Cultural Divide: The Missing Link when Managing Projects across African Borders

REFFRESHMENT BREAK IN EXHIBITION VENUE

 

Breakaway: Deliver Projects Successfully

Breakaway: Leadership and Stakeholder management

10:30-11:00

Sidney Laud Schandorf

Aligning Projects With Corporate Strategy: The Strategy Definition Problem

Ayobami Oladejo

Project Management And Leadership

11:00-11:30

Dapo Ladeji and Emeka Agbayi

Project Management In Developing Africa: Factoring In Local Content Issues

Lambert Ofoegbu

Leading in Complex Project Environments of Continuous Changing Demands by Stakeholders

11:30-12:00

Anton Olivier

The Nine Vital Components For Successful Strategy Execution In The Public Sector

Kwame A Yeboah

Managing Stakeholders To Eliminate The Risk Of Project Failure: The Edikan Gold Project And Adamus Project experiences

12:00-12:30

Q & A Session

Q & A Session

12:30-13:30

NETWORKING LULNCH IN THE CONSERVATORY

 

Breakaway: Delivering Projects Innovatively using Latest Techniques

Breakaway: PM Framework in Africa

13:30-14:00

Martin Madiba Ebongue

Innovation Project Management Driving African Economies To Sustainable Competitiveness

Sudesh Pursad

Africa Focus: Economic Growth = Executing Successful Projects

14:00-14:30

Meghan Brinkley

Issues Project Managers Face Today

T.Zuofa, E.G Ochieng &
B Edokpolo

Future  direction  of Project Management education  in Developing Countries: the Case of Nigerian universities

14:30-15:00

Nick Bradshaw

How can the PMO & Change Practitioner of Today Use New Approaches to Address The Digital Transformation Dilemma?

Anthony Olawale Birch

Fast Forward Africa

15:00-15:30

Q & A Session

Q & A Session

15:30-16:00

REFRESHMENT BREAK IN THE CONSERVATORY

16:00-16:30

JC Kruger

Challenges & Innovative Solutions: MOMA – the fun construction project in Northern Mozambique – a reflection

16:30-17:30

Poster Review
 19:00-22:30

Gala Dinner and Networking

 

DAY 3 | 1 SEPTEMBER

07:00-09:30

REGISTRATION

TIME

SPEAKERS

TOPIC

08:30-09:30

Dr. Imtiaz Sooliman

Critical Issues in Africa & Crisis Management

09:30-10:00

Walter Ginevri

PMI Education Foundation, “A sustainability model for schools in the Congo”

REFFRESHMENT BREAK IN EXHIBITION VENUE

 

Breakaway: Project impact on the Bottom Line

Breakaway: Enabling Project and Programme Success

10:30-11:00

Karen
Taylor Vermaak

Overcoming the complex nature of project management in the development sector: learnings from health screening in SA rural schools

Cathy Du Plessis

Safeguarding Projects with Independent Programme Assurance

11:00-11:30

Shiraz Elias Mohamed Ahmed Elsaid

How Projects Affect Business: Projects in Bank of Khartoum 

Quinton Van Eeden

Managing Programme Risk –More than just the Sum of the Parts

11:30-12:00

Dr. Fredrick E. Kitoogo, Abdul Nsubuga

Project Management in Government – The Ugandan Landscape

Sid
Bwenifora

Moving to Incremental, Iterative Approaches for Enterprise Programme / Project Management

12:00-12:30

Q & A Session

Q & A Session

12:30-13:30

LUNCH BREAK IN THE CONSERVATORY

 

Breakaway: Delivering Value

  Breakaway: Enabling Organisational Project Management

13:30-14:00

Olfa Hamdi

Driving Construction Field Productivity through Workface Planning: a case study from Nigeria

Olanrewaju Oderinde

Managing Projects in Organizations without Standardized Project Management Processes

14:00-14:30

Vivienne Ogbonna

Delivering Real Value in Construction Projects

Shadreck Phiri

Incorporating Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (CSR) in Project Management for the Information Technology (IT) Sector: Barriers and Enablers

14:30-15:00

Everlyn Mwangi, PM

Managing  Data  Projects;  The  value  of  Impact  Sourcing  in  a Developing worl

Martin Smit

Development and implemention of a project life cycle methodology (PLCM) in abigorganisaton

15:00-15:30

Q & A Session

Q & A Session

15:30-16:00

REFRESHMENT BREAK IN THE EXHIBITION VENUE

16:00-16:30

 T. Zuofa1a, E.G. Ochieng

Appraising the Challenges of Virtual Project Teams in Nigeria

16:30-17:00

Dickinson Agyapong- Bempa (PMI Region Mentor – Africa) & Dr Kishoor Pitamber (PMI Africa Conference Chair & PMI SA Chapter Past President)

Official Closing

* Please note that this programme is subject to change by the conference organisers