Agenda & Topics of Gyan Lahari - Project Management Conference 2012 by PMI PCC

1. Conference Agenda
Friday Apr 13th 2012, Inaugural Ceremony
S.NO Timings Topic Description
(IST)
1 17:15 to 17:25 Kick start of celebrations Ten year celebrations to kick start, along with welcome note and
briefing of the agenda by the chapter.
2 17:30 to 18:10 Inaugural Address Project Management Discipline has been an underlying current in the
transformation that has happened to our Nation in every field; be it in
Information Technology, Science, Engineering, Defense, Bio
Technology, or Medicine or even Policy making. The time has come to
see that Project Management practice precipitates out beyond the
Business improvements and Process improvements, to transform and
reap benefits in Economic Growth.
Importance of Project Management - A Catalyst in Economic
Growth.
3 18:15 to 18:30 A decade it was! PMI Pearl Chapter milestones of last ten years, membership growth, innovative
initiatives, remarkable achievements, global recognitions; expansion in
City Chapter Journey
terms of benefits and value to the member community, challenges
faced in the journey and measures taken to overcome them.
4 18:35 to 19:25 Project Management as a The 20th century brought organizational management of routine
operations to a high level. But executing change in an increasingly
Strategic Competency
fast-paced and competitive world remained a challenge – one that
project management has evolved to meet.
This session followed by Q&A with participants emphasizes that project
management is a profession distinct from “management in general” and
gives examples of organizations that are aligning their projects and
programs with strategic goals.
5 19:30 to 19:45 Role of PMI India in Brief of initiatives taken by PMI India during the last few years to reach
out to Government, Industry and Academia in promotion and adoption
advocating Project
of professional Project Management practices in India.
Management in our
country
6 19:50 to 20:20 Special Recognitions Recognition of exceptional chapter volunteer leaders, past chapter
board members and advisors who have remarkably contributed for the
chapter in promoting project management profession within the region
during the last few years.

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7 20:25 to 20:30 Closing note Highlights of the next day sessions
Dinner follows
Note:
Counters & Help desks to support Registrations and Seating plans will be available at the venue from 16:00pm.
PMI Credential holders will get 2 PDU’s for attending inaugural ceremony.
Saturday Apr 14th 2012, Conference Sessions
S.NO Timings Topic Description
(IST)
1 09:15 to 09:25 Welcome note Welcome note with briefing of inaugural session and agenda
for the day by the chapter.
2 09:30 to 10:00 Key note Address Key note address to Inspire, Ignite & Initiate actions in making
Project Management - A Catalyst in Economic Growth.
3 10:05 to 11:05 Challenges and trends in the Guest lecture from Infrastructure and BFSI sectors.
execution of large projects;
Inherent complexity of Infrastructure projects involves
multiplicity of stakeholders, compliance to regulations and
 Infrastructure clearance, implementations through public private
partnerships. Recession also had an adverse affect on daily
collection of BOT (Build operate and transfer) projects
 BFSI
especially road and water.
Banking sector has seen tremendous expansion in the recent
years; especially in core banking and commercial solutions and
hence security, risk management need to be given primary
importance in the implementations of large projects.
Session Break

3. Conference Agenda
4 11.20 to 12.20 Challenges and trends in the Guest lecture from Automobile and Oil & Gas sectors.
execution of large projects;
New product development, time to market, innovations, varied
product families are considerations for Indian automobile
 Automobile sector. When consumers seek Comfort, Safety, Reliability,
Solid build, Responsiveness, Mileage and effective Customer
Service facility at a low cost!
 Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas sector is challenged to bridge the gap between
demand and supply. Long term, innovative and high-quality
project management, engineering and design are needed to
manage successful projects.
Summarizing key learning’s and upcoming trends in
5 12.20 to 12.25 Quick learning’s and
Infrastructure, BFSI, Automobile and Oil & Gas Industries from
upcoming trends in all the the above sessions.
four industry sectors
6 12:30 to 13:30 Project Management as a tool How can Project Management become a tool in playing a
significant role while improving socio economic status of India?
to improve Socio Economic
status of our country Panel discussion with Academia, Civic Society and
Government representatives.
Lunch
7 14:45 to 15:45 Turnaround of Challenging Experience sharing sessions from IT and Defence sectors on
turnaround of challenging projects.
Projects - applying lessons
learnt from failures to The desire to achieve self reliance and technology
recovery towards profitable enhancements through long duration projects offers challenges
growth in Defence sector.
 IT IT projects have been facing significant failure rates and both
vendors and buyers of services and product organizations
have had many lessons to learn.
 Defence
Turnaround and learning: a mechanism for turning-round a
challenging project and ways of improving learning – in the
widest sense – to avoid repeating the same mistakes again
and again!
8 15:50 to 16:50 Strategy to Action: Program Overview of various common models of PMOs, and also how
to address some of the common questions like: “isn’t it an
Management Office (PMO) 2.0 unnecessary bureaucratic process?”; “Is it a control or a
- Graduating from Tools & support function?” This would also provide an insightful
Operations to Strategy for perspective on the evolution of PMOs and moving to the next
Transformation! generation version PMO 2.0, in the Indian context, the
challenges and demands from the PMO 2.0 as indispensible
for “business transformation” and as “Strategy Execution
Offices”.

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Session will be followed by Q&A that would address ways to
overcome current hurdles to PMO maturity among others.
9 16:55 to 17:05 Felicitations Felicitation of conference speakers
10 17:10 to 17.40 Valedictory address Summarizing event proceedings of both the days, guidelines
and suggestions to shape the Next decade of PMIPCC along
with Thank you note.
Note:
Counters and Help desks to support Registrations and Seating plans will be available at the venue from 8:00am.
PMI Credential holders will get 8 PDU’s for attending these conference sessions.
Disclaimer: PMIPCC has the right to amend the agenda- timings, topics and speakers without prior notice.