Programmes Demystified - at the Association for Project Management's Programme Management Conference on Thursday 15th March on Brunel's SS Great Britain in Bristol. Visit www.apm.org.uk/events for full details and to book.

1. APM Programme
Management
SIG Conference
Programmes Demystified
Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Bristol
Thursday 15 March 2018
Programme
Management
SIG
Aiming to clarify and set in context the significance
of programme management and its application
within increasingly complex, diverse and challeng-
ing arenas for both programme management prac-
titioners and non-practitioners alike.
With speakers from the Infrastructure and Projects
Authority, Network Rail and many others, this
conference will appeal to those involved with
Programme Management at any stage of their
career.
To book tickets
visit www.apm.org.uk or
call 01844 276 764.
Selected sessions at this
conference will also be
Live Streamed. See the
APM website for details.

2. APM Programme Management SIG Conference - Programmes Demystified
15 March 2018
Time Details
08:30 - 09:00 Registration & Networking
09:00 - 09:20 James Lesingham* Introduction & Welcome
09:20 - 09:55 Jim Dale* Organisational change theory and practice: A cocktail of myths, fallacies and
contradictions
09:55 - 10:30 Mark Sutherland* Project Delivery Capability Framework
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11: 00- 11:50 Prashant Jagdale* Setting up the Asset programmes for success
11:50 - 12:40 Huw James* Network Rail - The journey to programme management – a whistle stop tour
12:40 - 13:45 Lunch
Benefits led Delivery Experience
13:45 - 14:15 Dr Ruth Murray-Webster
Reconciling the carrot and the stick: benefits
tracking and people engagement in complex
programmes
David Pearce
Knowledge and information within Programmes
14:15 - 14:45 Merv Wyeth
From Business Case to Benefits Realisation:
Theory and Practice in UK Government Projects
Kim Chester
Thriving and surviving in a major programme
14:45 - 15:15 Susie Boyce & Lynne Hughes
Compounds to cures – bringing scientific
discoveries to improve your health
Luke Marshall
One Number to Prioritise Work?
15:15 - 15:40 Break
15:40 - 16:15 Rod Sowden High Performing Organisations, P3M3.
Characterising high performing programme organisations – What do they do
that is different Thameslink Case Study. Maturity
16:15 - 16:50 Liz Calder* Are you thinking what you think you're thinking?
16:50- 17:00 Summary & Close
*Live streamed