“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Keynotes
Topic
Creating Hope
Geordin Hill-Lewis
Mayor, City Of Cape Town
South Africa
Topic
People, Purpose, and Performance
Dean Macpherson
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
Republic of South Africa
South Africa
Topic
Sustainable world needs a new kind of leadership and competence.
Max Panaro
ESG SIG Lead, IPMA
Italy
Topic
How to rethink your thinking?
Karimi (Mwendia) Fondaumiere
Executive Leader in Social Impact, Sustainability & Technology,
SPRK (Pty) Ltd.
South Africa
Topic
Your North Star matters – How to win over yourself?
Vicky van der Merwe
Triathlete, Olympics 2024, Paris
South Africa
Published speakers so far
The Development and Prospect of EOD Mode Projects in China
Yilun
Feng
Executive Director
Yuancheng Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd
China
Topic
The Official Presentation of the IPMA Book “Projectification of Society: The Case of Kazakhstan”
Altair
Akhmetov
General Director
MIND Think&Do Tank
Kazakhstan
Topic
Creating HOPE – Project Leadership lessons on South Africa’s quest to win the Rugby World Cup.
Giel
Bekker
Professor and practitioner
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Topic
WORKSHOP. Project, leadership, risks, teams, pressure, fun, and Lego Man
Henrik
Bergman
Program director - Master programme in Project management
Karlstad University
Sweden
Topic
Enhancing roleplayer collaboration and construction performance through Building Information Modeling: A Literature Review.
Marius
Bierman
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Topic
Collaborative Contracting: Barriers to Adoption in the South African Construction Industry.
Taryn Jane
Bond-Barnard
Prof.
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
Topic
Enhancing Careers and maturity: Professionalisation of Project Management in organisations.
Mish-al
Booley
Head: Individual Competence Unit
City Of Cape Town
South Africa
Topic
Sustainable Agility, future success for your organisation and your project.
Peter
Coesmans
Chief Agility Officer / Director
Agile Business Consortium
The Netherlands
Topic
Development of a resilience maturity framework for project-based organisations.
Elsabe
Coetzee
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Topic
Mixed-use megaprojects: urban justifications and benefits
Fabio
Companie
City of Cape Town
South Africa
Topic
Spending time setting up projects for success – avoiding the “Rush to Fail”
Alex
Cruttwell
Advisory Practice - Principal
HKA
United Kingdom
Topic
Mental health = success. What is the leader´s role in addressing mental health in the workplace and how?
Kelly
De Jesus
MPhil Human Resource Management Graduate
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Topic
Eating the Elephant - Decomposing Mega-Projects
Luke
Desmond
Transformation Director
Cisco Systems
USA
Topic
Blockchain enabled building information modeling (bim) for sustainable facilities management.
Luke
Desmond
SKEMA Business School
USA
Topic
Imagining the Future of Project Management
Nichole
Du Plessis (Harding)
Senior Programme Manager / PM Practice Manager
The Shoprite Group of Companies
South Africa
Topic
The number ONE thing that will create lasting impact to ensure project success!
Quinton
Du Plooy
Head of Project Management
Moyo
South Africa
Topic
Practical Tales from a High-Performing Hybrid PMO
Japie
Engelbrecht
Director: Project Management
Stellebosch University
South Africa
Topic
Purpose-Driven Delivery: Unlocking Success with Right to Left Thinking.
Chris
Ferguson
Director
Novare Consulting Ltd.
UK
Topic
We are in the Drivers Seat - A Magic Carpet Ride
Wolfgang
Glitscher
Dr
Technische Universität Berlin
Germany
Topic
System Thinking and Project Success: A holistic approach
Kelle
Govender
Senior Project Manager, Sustainability Unit
Siemens
South Africa
Topic
Protobuilding – A Philosophy for Continuous Improvement in Sustainable Buildings And Project Management.
Schalk
Grobbelaar
Dr.
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Topic
Planforge: Successful Standards-based Project Management for Jira
Peter
Gstettner
Chief Software Architect
Planforge
Germany
Topic
The Art of change; Project Management edition
Fundile
Gwala
Global Procurement Manager
PepsiCo
South Africa
Topic
Empowering the Value of Investment Control throughout the Life Cycle of EPC Projects: A Case Study from China
Yingchao
Han
Chairman
Shanxi Hanfang Construction Management Co., Ltd
China
Topic
Challenges and successes of own build renewable energy plants: A case study in the city of Cape Town on Atlantis 10mw ground-mounted solar photovoltaic plant
Marlyn
Hendricks
Dr
City of Cape Town Municipality
South Africa
Topic
The only thing that matters is Value Delivery
Myles
Hopkins
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
BeYond Agile
South Africa
Topic
Enterprise Project Management - Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory.
David
Hudson
Principal Consultant
Primal Solutions
Australia
Topic
Simplifying the Complex: Design Thinking for Project Managers.
Tim
Jaques
President
IPMA-USA
USA
Topic
Robotic process automation in project management: implementation guidelines and lessons.
Nazeer
Joseph
Dr.
University of Johannesburg
South Africa
Topic
Towards a project management mentoring framework to facilitate service-based learning in community-based projects.
Tony Mbuyi
Kandolo
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Topic
The Current Status and Development of Whole Process Engineering Consulting in China
Hong
Ke
Professor
Tianjin University of Technology
China
Topic
Responding to the transformational challenge facing the banking sector: Nedbank case study
Grant
Kelly
Executive Head
Nedbank
South Africa
Topic
Project value assessment indicators
Kateryna
Kolesnikova
Prof.
International IT University
Kazakhstan
Topic
How embracing Business Transformation enables Project Organizations to Deliver Greatness
Ivan
Lloyd
CEO
Edison365
United Kingdom
Topic
Drawing on international practices to construct a dispute mediation system with Chinese characteristics
Jiuhong
Ma
Chairman
Zhuhai Huaxinda Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd
China
Topic
Workshop topic: Managing large infrastructure projects through public private collaboration, governance, project oversight.
Nino
Manus
Partner: Sustainable Water Management
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
South Africa
Topic
From data to insights: a roadmap for project managers
Carl
Marnewick
Prof.
University of Johannesburg
South Africa
Topic
Visualisation of project data for informed decision-making.
Carl
Marnewick
Prof.
University of Johannesburg
South Africa
Topic
Doing things right or doing the right things?
Zethu
Matushe
Director
SPPrac
South Africa
Topic
Success in transformations – Wake up first!
Chinwi
Mgbere
CEO
Development & Project Management, DPM
Nigeria
Topic
The forgotten pillar of sustainability: Unleashing human potential
Kathy
Michell
Associate Professor
SPPrac
South Africa
Topic
Employing the hidden competences in digital transformation projects.
Nargiza
Mikhridinova
Fachhochschule Dortmund
Germany
Topic
Empowering smes and local authorities to participate in megaprojects through information technology.
Rofhiwa Climatine
Mmakhuthe
University of Johannesburg
South Africa
Topic
Navigating the AI landscape - practical realities and ethical frontiers.
Aco
Momcilovic
President
Global AI Ethics Institute
Croatia
Topic
Transforming Capital Investment Governance For A New Reality?
Dirk
Mostert
Principal Specialist Investment Enablement
South Africa
Topic
Creating Psychological safety with a Situational Approach to Leadership
Jayson
Naidoo
Chief Encouragement Officer
Blanchard South Africa
South Africa
Topic
Role of a PMO in executing strategy
Tyrin
Naidoo
Group Head, SPMO
City of Johannesburg
South Africa
Topic
Cost Dynamics of Socioeconomics on Mega Projects
Dr Mthandazo
Ngwenya
Managing Director, Development Advisory and Impact
Bigen Group
South Africa
Topic
Mathematical modeling of ipma 4-L-C certification: development of process improvement model.
Vladimir
Obradović
Prof. dr.
Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade
Serbia
Topic
Onwards to Human-Centric Technological Frontiers: Assessing Construction Project Managers' Readiness for Industry 5.0
Kudakwashe
Pasipamire
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
Topic
#Driving Digital - ... but Human is Key
Matthias
Pietzner
Executive Consultant. SME Project Management
CGI Germany
Germany
Topic
Decision making: an area of improvement for project management.
Leon
Pretorius
Dr.
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Topic
Risk drivers of inadequate communication in South African virtual project teams.
Tahseen
Raiman
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
Topic
The ROI of Emotional Intelligence: Investing in People for Sustainable Success
Milla
Ranta
CEO, Founder
Millainen Consulting Ltd.
Finland
Topic
How to develop project planning competences in your business – learnings from experience.
Agnes
Roux-Kiener
IPMA Key Account Manager
IPMA
France
Topic
Augmented Competency in the management of IT projects in the environment of artificial intelligence.
Rakhmatullo
Saidullayev
IPMA Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Topic
Managing project lessons learned within the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality
Marius
Schoeman
City of Cape Town
South Africa
Topic
State-of-the-art of project portfolio management in the second phase (2025-2029) of infrastructure project in new capital Nusantara development.
Lukas Beladi
Sihombing
Universitas Pembangunan Jaya
South Africa
Topic
Workshop: It’s not anymore about “green” Project Management; ESG has reshaped the business paradigm Projects live in, and we all need to be ready to succeed
Gilbert
Silvius
Researcher, author and consultant
HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
The Netherlands
Topic
How do project managers assess their sustainability competencies?
Gilbert
Silvius
Dr.
HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
The Netherlands
Topic
Sustainability in Project Management standards
Gilbert
Silvius
Dr.
HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
The Netherlands
Topic
Sustainable Project Management - Who is responsible?
Dagmar
Silvius-Zuchi
PM Expert
enable2change
Austria
Topic
Key Lessons from the Two-Phase Contract Pannerdensch Canal Project, the Netherlands; Dit bly mensewerk.
Pau Lian
Staal-Ong
Senior Consultant Transport Infrastructures
AT Osborne
The Netherlands
Topic
The keys for successful orchestration of mega transitions in our hybrid world
Herwig
Stockl
CEO
Tovoy Solutions AB
Sweden
Topic
Responsible project management: paving the way for sustainable practice.
Marija Ljubisav
Todorović
Dr.
Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade
Serbia
Topic
Ditch the Fear, Build the Skills: Stop Treating Project Reviews Like a Witch Hunt
Netterine
Venter
Project Management Consultant
ProjectLink
South Africa
Topic
Stakeholder-led project management: Changing the way we manage projects
Louise
Worsley
Principal Consultant
PiCubed
South Africa
Topic
Analysis of the Causes of Engineering Settlement Disputes and Countermeasures
Bolin
Yang
Assistant to the Chairman
Longda Hengxin Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd
China
Topic
A Study on the Actual Major Factors and Perception of Working-level officials for Change Orders in Public Construction Projects.
Eunsang
Yoon
Dr.
Program Management of
Sejong Administrative City Construction
South Korea
Topic
Developing New Productivity Force - empowering the new pattern of engineering cost profession
Lilong
Zhao
Executive Director
Metrology Engineering Consulting (Xi'an) Co., Ltd
China
Topic
Quanzi: "Building the Concept and Ability to Sell Different Products to a Customer"
Quan
Zhong
Chairman
Zonleon Construction Consulting Co, Ltd
China
Topic
Transitioning from a project to a product delivery model: lessons from a project manager’s perspective.
Elsje
van Rooyen
Project portfolio manager
Momentum