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- 1st ICEC and IPMA Global Congress incorporating the 5th World Congress on Cost Engineering, Project Management, and Quantity Surveying and 19th International Cost Engineering Congress
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 23 - 26 April 2006 - 10th PAQS Congress - Advancing new frontiers
Singapore, 21-24 May 2006 - PMSA International Conference 2006
Johannesburg, 30 May - 1 June 2006 - CIQS/RICS Americas Joint Conference
Nassau, Bahamas, 8-11 June 2006 - AACE International 50th Anniversary Meeting
Las Vegas, United States of America, 19-22 June 2006 - 11th PAQS Congress - Construction for a different direction
New Zealand, 2007
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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Incorporating the 5th ICEC World Cost Engineering, Project Management, Cost Management and Quantity Surveying Congress
All ICEC members and friends are invited to the the 1st ICEC and IPMA Global Congress which will be held between 23-26 April next year in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
This Congress incorporates both the 5th ICEC World Cost Engineering, Project Management, Cost Management and Quantity Surveying Congress and the IPMA Global Congress on Project Management.
The hosts of the conference, the Slovenian Project Management Association (ZPM), have been longstanding members of both ICEC and IPMA and have organised several international events for Slovenian and foreign experts in the past.
The Congress has already generated first responses all over the world and several experts have already promised their contribution by chairing the workshops, or special panels, open forums and holding key presentations. Among them, we have to emphasise Prof. Basie Verster, the Chairman of ICEC, Dr Kenneth Humphreys, the Secretary/Treasurer of ICEC, Adesh Jain, the President of IPMA, Sebastian Dworatschek, IPMI, Michel Thiry, Valense Ltd., Robert Hisrich, the Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies Marketing from Cleveland’s Weather head School of management and numerous other experts.
The Slovenian Ministry of Transport supports the conference and we also expect some other Ministries to become the supporters of this event. Several companies decided to play the role of sponsors of the Congress, including KD Group and the biggest Slovenian construction company SCT d.d. We also expect a number of supporters, associates, and partner associations from several partner countries to join soon. The Congress is promoted and advertised by all the associating organizations worldwide. We expect some of the leading companies in the world to participate in the Congress and present their case studies.
Academics, CEO’s, heads of governments, NGO’s, project consultants, trainers, Universities offering workshops, courses and seminars, developers, entrepreneurs, top Government officials and experts from all over the world will attend the congress. It is truly an excellent opportunity for all those who are interested in learning about the global trends in managing projects and in value management or ensuring the value for project stakeholders.
The World Congress will have at least four major parallel Streams depending on number of papers submitted and 7 different topics as mentioned above. Detailed programmes are available on our website.
The International Scientific Committee will ensure high quality of the accepted papers. So we are inviting potential active participants to submit their papers on the mentioned topic for the Congress.
Dear friends and colleagues We live in the era of globalisation, fast technological development and constant change. The ability to quickly adapt to changes is becoming one of the key competences in the contemporary business world. Classical structures of company management are giving way to new forms of more flexible, project-network organisations. Project work is spreading increasingly to all segments of economic and noneconomic organisations. Specialisation, technological excellence, "outsourcing", "networking", the ability to rapidly develop and adapt to changes are becoming the measures of business success in the modern world. The same goes for the international organisations such as ICEC (International Cost Engineering Council) and IPMA (International Project Management Association). The first congress, which they are organising together, marks their integration into a network of international organisations which are developing the profession of project management at a global level. This Global Congress of ICEC and IPMA on Project Management is the first and exemplary cooperation of both major world project management and cost engineering organisations addressing Value Management – How to Ensure Value for Project Stakeholders. We are kindly inviting professionals, managers and researchers to participate in this excellent international event. Dr Brane Semolic Andrej Kerin M.Sc For further information contact Alenka Kregar:Invitation to the Congress from Dr Brane Semolic and Andrej Kerin
President of the International Scientific Committee
President of the Slovenian Project Management Association (ZPM)
Vice Chairman of ICEC
President of the Organising Committee
Vice President of ZPM Contact details
E-mail alenka.kregar@cd-cc.si
Phone - 386 1 2417133;
Fax - 386 1 2417296.
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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.
Call for Papers
Invitation to submit a paper for the Conference in now open. Papers will organized into sub-theme namely Quantity Surveying/Cost Engineering, Alternative Disputes Resolution & Contract Laws, Project Management/Construction Management, Facilities and Assets & Development Management, Information Technology/Innovation and Environmental Health and Safety. A synopsis of not more than 250 words is required for submission of papers. Please send the synopsis of your paper by 30 December 2005 to:
10th PAQS Congress Secretariat
c/ Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers
20 Maxwell Road, #10-09B Maxwell House
SINGPORE 069113
Phone: 65 6222 3030
Fax: 65 6225 2453
Email: paqs2006@sisv.org.sg
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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: Among the goals and objectives of the 2006 Conference are to: 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 Click here to return to top of screen
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:
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: Call for papers You are invited to submit papers for the CIQS/RICS Americas Joint Conference to be held on June 8-11, 2006 in Nassau, Bahamas. A synopsis of not more than 250 words is required for assessment of proposed papers. Please send the synopsis of your paper to info@ciqs.org no later than December 31, 2005 For further details please click here or email CIQS Executive Director, Lois Metcalfe. Click here to return to top of screen
11th PAQS Congress -
Construction for a different direction
9-13 June 2007, Auckland, New Zealand
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