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- 10th
PAQS Congress - Advancing new frontiers
Singapore, 21-24 May 2006
- 11th
PAQS Congress - Construction for a different direction
New Zealand, 2007 - AACE
International 50th Anniversary Meeting
as Vegas, United States of America, 19-22 June 2006 - CIQS/RICS
Americas Joint Conference
Nassau, Bahamas, 8-11 June 2006 - PMSA International Conference 2006
Johannesburg, 30 May - 1 June 2006
21-26 May 2006, Singapore
The trend towards globalisation and re-engineering in the construction and real estate industries is well established.
With political, social and economic barriers being gradually removed, the emergence of regional and international markets has led to an increase in cross border investments and developments. Amidst this climate, the Asia Pacific region has witnessed tremendous growth potential. This rapid growth in real estate development and construction has inevitably resulted in greater awareness of and attention to the real estate and construction practices across geographical borders.
With the advancement of information technology, the real estate and construction industries across borders are confronted with the challenge of re-engineering so as to achieve sustainable growth in the knowledge-based economy.
The 10th PAQS Congress presents an excellent opportunity for participants namely, quantity surveyors, cost engineers, project managers, estate & property managers and other real estate and construction professionals, to collaborate their efforts in advancing the new geographical frontier in globalisation and technological frontier in re-engineering.
Summary of Program:
- Sunday 21 May 2006:
- Registration;
- PAQS Council Meeting;
- ICEC Region IV Meeting; and
- President's Dinner.
- Monday 23 May 2006:
- Opening Ceremony;
- Plenary Session I (RICS President, Zhang Xingwang, Sri Lanka and Goh Hgan Hong);
- Parallel Sessions 1 & 2 (Peter Cox/Takayoshi Sato, Huangyang/Makoto Hiraga/Hiroshi Sugita, Liuyu/Jeremy Lu, Syed Abdul Harris bin Syed Mustapa, Dr Florence Ling);
- Parallel Sessions 2 & 4 (Jill Pollock/PengMing, Dr Anthony Mills/Jeremy Wu, Michael Byng).
- Tuesday 24 May 2006:
- Parallel Sessions 5 & 6 (TT Chueng/Ma Gui Zhi), John Lowry/Dr Teruyuki Fujikami, Dr Philip Chan/Jiang Jinyu/Dr Arun V. Parwate);
- Parallel Sessions 7 & 8 (Dr Evelym Teo/A/P Wan Maimun Abdullah, Peter Smith/Ong Hock Teck);
- Plenary Session II (Ong See Lian, Anita Liu and Professor Dr Hamzah Abdul Rahman/
Faizul Azli Mohd Rahim/Norhanim Zakaria;Mahanim Hanid);and - Closing Ceremony.
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30 May - 1 June 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa
Project Management South Africa (PMSA) in cooperation with PMI® South Africa Chapter invites you to their international conference for 2006: Growth and Collaboration for a Project Management Profession
The USA Department of Defence and NASA seem to be the first recorded organisations to have made use of project management, and this was as far back as the 1950s. Since then, and with the assistance of a number of associations worldwide such as the PMI® and APM, project management as a discipline has developed and emerged in almost every industry sector. While the industry sectors it has permeated may be vastly different from each other, proven project management methodologies have crossed these boundaries to offer a practical, logical and structured approach to managing essential operations within organizations, offering managers the tools with which to plan, control costs, resources and expectations, and realise success where chaos once prevailed.
The content of the Growth and Collaboration for a Project Management Profession Conference 2006, will offer something for everyone, whether your focus is on, for example, technology implementations, engineering, construction or projects for social development. This will be achieved through a critical review process to select world-class material from the submissions received, and a comprehensive programme that offers different presentation streams, workshops, discussion forums and keynote addresses.
Broadly, the Conference focus areas will include:
- Development projects;
- Best practice processes and methodologies for project management;
- Project management training and education;
- Professional development;
- Technology for project management;
- Managing project requirements of different industry sectors; and
- Maintaining a customer focus in project management.
Among the goals and objectives of the 2006 Conference are to:
- Promote knowledge sharing between delegates from different countries and backgrounds, with similar experiences;
- Develop project management as a profession by providing a forum for debate and discussion;
- Enable formal and informal networking between like-minded individuals, in the process promoting collaboration;
- Address capacity development in project management and identify areas of concern;
- Acknowledge the interdisciplinary nature of project management and identify best practice in the various industries in which it is practices; and
- Industry and academia commit to growing project management as a profession.
Those who are new to the field of project management, and individuals wanting to pursue project management as a career frequently ask how they can develop as project managers.
According to Lesley Rider, past president of Project Management South Africa (PMSA), project management professional (PMP), trainer and member of the project management standards generating body (PMSGB), "Worldwide there is a shift from project management being something a person accidentally gets into, to acknowledging that there are professional project people in the form of consultants, support services and project team members and managers." This points to the definition of a profession. According to Rider, "The building blocks of a profession are research, commitment to a consistent way of doing things, formation of a pool of knowledge, and this pool of knowledge being formalised into standards. Those standards become the reference point from which qualifications, training and job descriptions can be developed. The professional bodies then define recognition processes such as certification or licensure that include expectations of meeting standards in terms of education and work experience and compliance to a code of ethics.
"The initial standards for project management were the bodies of knowledge developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Association of Project Managers (APM)," says Rider. "During the 90s and now, there is a move to performance standards for individuals. It is also important to recognise that you don't achieve successful projects just by having competent individuals, you also need a competent organisation, in terms of systems, styles and recognition that programme and project work is subtly different from operational work."
'Professionalising' project management, therefore, raises a number of discussion topics for industry and academia alike. Should South Africa have its own standards, or integrate those that exist globally into something that makes sense for our environment? How can project management become strategically aligned to business objectives so that organisations can reach a level of maturity in terms of the various disciplines that project management embraces? What tools and techniques exist for developing the profession in the vast number of industries in which it is now being practiced?
These are just some of the questions emerging in the project management environment, that need to be addressed in an open forum. The 2006 conference is just such an opportunity, where different local and international experts share their views on best practices not just in growing project management as a profession, but also add to a goring body of knowledge in project management practices.
More information is available of the conference web site: http://www.pmisa.org.za/conference
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8 - 11 June 2006, Nassau, Bahamas
For the first time ever, leading property professionals from across the Americas will converge to share their latest insights on adding value for clients.
Current trends facing property professionals in the Americas revolve around several key issues:
- Firstly, there is the impact of regional economics and development practices. Significant variations in the effective use of latest techniques and technology are manifested from the small to large markets. Multiple professional bodies operate in isolation resulting in fewer common standards, codes and regulations;
- Secondly, alternate investment strategies and project delivery models must be explored and the lessons learned defined as a basis for next steps development;
- Thirdly, building on the value of the assets created is an immense challenge for property professionals in the region; and
- Lastly, higher education trends and current construction industry research initiatives are critical to the success of expanding the influences of property professionals in the Americas real estate market.
This joint CIQS/RICS Americas conference is an excellent forum for Owners, government agencies, Real Estate professionals, Project Managers, quantity surveyors and cost engineers to come together and effectively dialogue. The purpose is to find constructive and innovative ways to collectively develop a sense of how we can move forward together.
The seminar theme revolves around the following topics:
- Regional Economics and Development Practices in the Americas;
- Alternative Investment and Project Delivery Models;
- Building on Value of the Asset; and
- Education and Research.
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AACE International's 50'th Anniversary Meeting
Total Cost Management - We're All In!
19 - 22 June 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Don’t miss out on this excellent opportunity to network with your peers, earn CEUs/PDHs and attend the latest papers on cost, schedule and management at AACE’s 50th Anniversary Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. Take a chance with Lady Luck, dine from buffet to gourmet, tee off at one of the many championship golf courses, watch a spectacular stage show or a top-name celebrity show, visit an engineering wonder and one of the world’s largest man-made lakes and the Hoover Dam – it’s all waiting for you in Las Vegas!
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- Technical Program
AACEI has added four new exciting tracks to this years' meeting. Owner Issues, Adverse Conditions, Earned Value Management and Total Cost Management; - Seminars
A full set of continuing education seminars in conjunction with this years' Annual Meeting, covering a wide range of topics. The seminars are offered prior to the Technical Program, and also immediately afterwards; - Schedule of Events; and
- Registration.
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11th PAQS Congress -
Construction for a different direction
9-13 June 2007, Auckland, New Zealand
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