Three exciting panels will be held in Roma

The first Panel will be dedicated to the need of assigning good project managers to the high number of big projects being undertaken in these days.

Panel 1 - How to find the Project Managers for big projects?



The number and the size of big projects in the oil and gas industry are increasing and the engineering companies have difficulty in assigning the right project manager to these jobs.
Why? Because there are too many projects ongoing at the same time and few project managers have the experience to manage the problems and the risks of a multimillion dollar project.
How do the Engineering Companies and the Project Owners intend to overcome this difficult situation? The topic will be discussed in a round table by top Managers of Engineering Companies and Oil and Gas Corporations together with project management and human resources experts.

The Panel will be chaired by: Veikko Valila Ipma President.
Members of the panel will be: Antoine Serceau , Total Vice President Projects, Umberto della Sala , CEO Global Engineering & Construction Group and President & Chief Operating Officer of Foster Wheeler Ltd, Hugh O’Donnell , COO Saipem Group, Thierry Pilenko , Technip Chairman and CEO.








The second panel will be dedicated to the main topic of the Congress:

Panel 2 - The Time Dimension in Project Management



Project Management has always been the way to carry out projects when the time available is limited. But today time is more important than ever. Running hard against time is now necessary for everybody and project management must respond to this new need.
We need to halve the time it takes from the first idea to project start and halve the time from start to project completion and the delivering of its benefits.
The panel will indicate the instruments needed to control and reduce the time required for project design and implementation and to link the time to the uncertainty of the projects and to risk management. Where time is essential, risks will increase and they have to be managed.

The Panel will be chaired by: Adesh Jain , Ipma Board Chairman.
Members of the panel will be: Gianni Minervini , 13th FINA World Championships Organizing Committee Vice Director, Niels Malatoux , Project Coach.




The third panel will be dedicated to the project management in large infrastructure projects

Panel 3 - Is Project Management effective in large infrastructure projects?

 Aldo Norsa

In a number of countries Infrastructure works are completed with significant delays and large overruns. We want to demonstrate that, in those European Countries where the project management culture is well developed, we have better results. PM culture could also mean better procurement procedures. The panel will be specially dedicated to the Italian market and the panel will be in Italian and English with simultaneous translation. Top Italian managers who have the responsibility of managing big infrastructure projects will discuss the subject with British and other European colleagues, comparing experiences and results. The top manager of a major British PA will explain how a large infrastructure project was realized within a reasonable period of time and within budget.

The Panel will be chaired by: Aldo Norsa , IUAV University, Venice.
Members of the panel will be: Giuseppe Fiammenghi , Stretto di Messina CTO, Fabrizio Di Amato , Animp President, Mauro Moretti, Ferrovie dello Stato Group CEO, Braccio Oddi Baglioni, OICE President, Mario Maddaloni, Fiera di Milano, Paul Chapman , Channel to London Railway operating Company Managing Director, David Shannon , Oxford Project Management.