We are proud to announce our keynotes:
Prof. Dr. Mladen Radujkovic is the Chair of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), after being, President in 2013/14, and Vice President for the period 2007-2012. He also holds position of Professor of Project Management and Construction Management at the FCE, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Simultaneously he is a part time consultant for complex local and regional projects and advisor for organization design. His past experience includes various positions such as site engineer, supervisor, designer, project manager, consultant and professor, over the past 30 years, of which he spent more than 10 years in industry. He held leading positions in companies, NGOs and at the Zagreb University. From 2002 to 2006 he was Vice Dean and from 2006 to 2010 Dean of the FCE, University of Zagreb. From 2009 to 2011 he was a member of the Zagreb University Management Board. He is one of the founders and is currently President of the Croatian Association for Project Management (CAPM). In the past he was one of the initiators of the establishment of regional project management associations in south east Europe (SENET). Currently he is Editor-in-Chief of the OTMC Journal, a regional central and south-east Europe journal focused on construction project management topics.
His international experience includes participation in projects owned by Ilbau Austria, Strabag Germany, Booz Allen Hamilton USA, Importanne Canada, USAID and IPMA. He has published more than 180 papers, mostly at an international level, dealing with project management and construction management topics. His special interests includes project management, construction management and organization, risk, cost and time management and performance management. He has given presentations at many international events organized by OTMC, CIB, IPMA, TECHSTA, ICEC,USAID and ECI across the world, including around thirty keynotes and invited presentation at global events. He delivered lectures or invited presentations in many cities like Dundee, Glasgow, Hong Kong, Helsinki, Berlin, Paris, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Cape Town , Prague, Budapest, Bucharest, New Delhi, Rome, Krakow, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Dubai, Seoul, Panama City, Lima, Wuhan, Vilnius, Beijing, Maryland, Santiago de Chile, Milan, Santo Domingo and other. He was a visitor at UK academic institutions for five terms. His research and education references include twenty years lecturing, the design and implementation of ten curriculum, more than 50 seminars, reviewer position for more than 30 events, and participation and principal researcher position in more than 10 research projects. Over the past 30 years he has been continuously engaged in professional activity, providing supervision and consultancy for many local or regional projects related to research, tourism, water, transport, investment and education. He is a first assessor for IPMA project management certification in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Miklos Hajdu PhD received his PhD degree in construction management in 1995 at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He has been the head of the Department of Construction Management at Szent István University’s Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering since 2003. He was founding president of the Hungarian Project Management Association, and is the vice-president of the Hungarian Scientific Society for Building. Professor Hajdu serves as the editor-in-chief and member of the editorial board of numerous Hungarian and international journals. He has several dozens of publications including books and papers in internationally indexed journals. His research areas include but are not limited to scheduling and cost optimization in the field of project management.
We regret to inform you that keynote lecture of Prof. Roger Falconer from Cardiff University is cancelled. Prof. Falconer cannot attend the PBE conference due to medical reasons. We once again sincerely apologize for the cancellation to all conference participants.
Mladen Radujković, University of Zagreb
Topic: Megaprojects: Advancing the Business and Serving to a Society
Prof. Dr. Mladen Radujkovic is the Chair of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), after being, President in 2013/14, and Vice President for the period 2007-2012. He also holds position of Professor of Project Management and Construction Management at the FCE, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Simultaneously he is a part time consultant for complex local and regional projects and advisor for organization design. His past experience includes various positions such as site engineer, supervisor, designer, project manager, consultant and professor, over the past 30 years, of which he spent more than 10 years in industry. He held leading positions in companies, NGOs and at the Zagreb University. From 2002 to 2006 he was Vice Dean and from 2006 to 2010 Dean of the FCE, University of Zagreb. From 2009 to 2011 he was a member of the Zagreb University Management Board. He is one of the founders and is currently President of the Croatian Association for Project Management (CAPM). In the past he was one of the initiators of the establishment of regional project management associations in south east Europe (SENET). Currently he is Editor-in-Chief of the OTMC Journal, a regional central and south-east Europe journal focused on construction project management topics.His international experience includes participation in projects owned by Ilbau Austria, Strabag Germany, Booz Allen Hamilton USA, Importanne Canada, USAID and IPMA. He has published more than 180 papers, mostly at an international level, dealing with project management and construction management topics. His special interests includes project management, construction management and organization, risk, cost and time management and performance management. He has given presentations at many international events organized by OTMC, CIB, IPMA, TECHSTA, ICEC,USAID and ECI across the world, including around thirty keynotes and invited presentation at global events. He delivered lectures or invited presentations in many cities like Dundee, Glasgow, Hong Kong, Helsinki, Berlin, Paris, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Cape Town , Prague, Budapest, Bucharest, New Delhi, Rome, Krakow, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Dubai, Seoul, Panama City, Lima, Wuhan, Vilnius, Beijing, Maryland, Santiago de Chile, Milan, Santo Domingo and other. He was a visitor at UK academic institutions for five terms. His research and education references include twenty years lecturing, the design and implementation of ten curriculum, more than 50 seminars, reviewer position for more than 30 events, and participation and principal researcher position in more than 10 research projects. Over the past 30 years he has been continuously engaged in professional activity, providing supervision and consultancy for many local or regional projects related to research, tourism, water, transport, investment and education. He is a first assessor for IPMA project management certification in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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There is no any sector or aspect of human activity without projects. Today world is a project world, and each individual, organization or community is dealing with several or many projects in parallel. Nevertheless, if it is sport, politics, health, education, army, business,…., projects are instrument for change from the present state to the future state which fits better for human needs driven by better-bigger-faster forces. Numerous distinguished sources (McKinsey, PWC, Fortune Magazine, Anderson Economic,..) label project and project management profession like essential human tool for advancing the community. It does not go for the business aspect only, but rather for overall quality of the life. Consequently, it changed the approach and criteria for a project success. Today, we seek for business success aligned with environment protection and benefit for society. It goes for all projects, and particularly for public projects within the human oriented sectors like health, education,…, so as for all types of mega projects which influence community at large. While dealing with limited resources, we are always faced with key question – how to use those resources and create maximum in terms of benefits. The presentation deals with mega project, where project management is particularly focused to serve to the society like higher level goal. Mega projects are usually undertaken for major change which influence life of many people, possible like new infrastructure or radical change within the organization of a society. Due to the extremely complexity and long life cycle, such projects involve significant uncertainty and frequently suffer about the performance. Therefore, the balance among three factors is critical : business, society and environment. The success of such type of projects has complex dimension, which can be revised over the time. The presentation will focus all those aspects and provide insights in past practices gathered from several relevant research communities.
Miklos Hajdu, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Topic: Sixty years of project planning: History and future
Miklos Hajdu PhD received his PhD degree in construction management in 1995 at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He has been the head of the Department of Construction Management at Szent István University’s Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering since 2003. He was founding president of the Hungarian Project Management Association, and is the vice-president of the Hungarian Scientific Society for Building. Professor Hajdu serves as the editor-in-chief and member of the editorial board of numerous Hungarian and international journals. He has several dozens of publications including books and papers in internationally indexed journals. His research areas include but are not limited to scheduling and cost optimization in the field of project management.See/hide summary
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We regret to inform you that keynote lecture of Prof. Roger Falconer from Cardiff University is cancelled. Prof. Falconer cannot attend the PBE conference due to medical reasons. We once again sincerely apologize for the cancellation to all conference participants.