Programme

08:30

Registration and Coffee in the Networking Surgery

09:25

Chair's Opening Address
Tom Taylor (confirmed)
Vice President, Association for Project Management

09:30

Keynote Address
David Pitchford (confirmed)
Executive Director, Major Projects Directorate, Office of Government Commerce, Efficiency & Reform Group, Cabinet Office
“A word from the ERG (OGC): project management strategy”
Giving an ideal overview of the latest strategies for project and programme management.

09:50

Howard Joseph (confirmed)
Former Head of Project Management Skills, Home Office
“Management of major projects at the Home Office”
Going through some conversations around the delivery of major projects, covering the key issues explored by the National Audit Office, and the Home Office approach.

10:10

Paul Hirst (confirmed)
Head of PPM, Good Practice, Assurance & Tracking, HM Revenue and Customs
“Public sector project management: a practitioner's view”
Providing practical advice on project management in the public sector.

10:30

Question and Answer Session

10:40

Coffee in the Networking Surgery

11:20

Roy Millard (confirmed)
Senior Auditor Manager, Transport for London, and Chair, APM Project & Programme Assurance SIG
“Best practice in the provision of effective and efficient project and programme assurance”
Outlining the benefits of project and programme assurance.

11:40

Main Sponsor

11:55

Case Study
Karen Bridges (confirmed)
Head of Business Change Development, Birmingham City Council
“Change management at Birmingham City Council”
Discussing the project which created Service Birmingham, the company that delivers the ICT service for the council, and the CHAMPS2 approach.

12:15-12:25

Question and Answer Session

12:30

Masterclass Session
Delegates have the choice of taking part in one of the three Masterclasses on offer: Project management methodologies, Project management training, and Project management technology.

13:15

Lunch in the Networking Surgery

14:15

Chair's Opening Address

14:20

Case Study
Susannah Howard (confirmed)
Head, Enable East, North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
“Delivering more with less in the NHS”
Sharing experience of working with the NHS and other public sector organisations to develop pragmatic ways to enable organisations and individuals to deliver more effective local projects and programmes.

14:40

Rod Sowden (confirmed)
MSP Lead Author
“An introduction to Managing Successful Programmes”
Presenting the new version of MSP.

15:00

Question and Answer Session

15:10

Coffee in the Networking Surgery

15:40

Barbara Roberts (confirmed)
Consultant, DSDM Consortium
“Being agile: enabling knowledge and learning for successful project delivery”
Presenting details of the Consortium, which aims to be the leading enabler of knowledge and learning for successful project delivery.

16:00

Case Study
Nick Kinsella (confirmed)
Former Head, UK Human Trafficking Centre
“Establishing multi-agency working”
Talking about the major undertaking of the UK Human Trafficking Centre, identifying successes and failures along the way.

16:20

Joseph Lowe (confirmed)
Head of the Economics Branch, Public Services and Growth Directorate, HM Treasury
“Developing good business cases”
Discussing the need to demonstrate best value for money in project proposals, and how the 5 Case Model can be used to justify investment decisions.

16:40

Question and Answer Session

16:55

Chair’s Closing Remarks

17:00

Event Close