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PM World Journal IPMA World Congress 2015 in Panama Vol. IV, Issue X – October 2015 Jouko Vaskimo www.pmworldjournal.net Report from Panama City

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29th IPMA World Congress in Panama City, Panama

by Jouko Vaskimo

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Mr Reinhard Wagner, International Project Management Association (IPMA) President, and Mr José E. Reyes G., Asociatión Panameńa de Gestion de Proyectos (APGP) President, opened the 29th IPMA World Congress at Panama City, Panama, on 28th September 2015. The theme of the 29th IPMA World Congress, the first one to be organized in the Americas, was The way to project management in a multicultural context. Mr Tom Taylor, Association for Project Management (APM) President, performed the duties of Master of Ceremonies at the congress plenary sessions, including opening and closing ceremonies.

Mr Tom Taylor addressing the 29th IPMA World Congress opening ceremony audience (photos courtesy Jouko Vaskimo) The congress comprised an extensive system of plenary sessions with keynote presentations by renowned experts in project management, parallel streams with practitioner and scientific foci, and a generous offering of social events surrounding the official congress program. The congress, organized by Asociatión Panameńa de Gestion de Proyectos, took place in the Hotel Westin Playa Bonita Business & Convention Center on 28th … 30th September 2015, attracting over 100 presenters and 500 participants from over 40 different countries. For more information on the 29th IPMA World Congress in Panama City, please navigate to www.ipmawc2015.com . An IPMA Global Young Crew Workshop (GYCW) preceded the World Congress on 25th ... 27th September, 2015. The Global Young Crew Workshop was organized as an opportunity for young project-oriented people around the world to get to know one another. The GYCW comprised interactive workshops, streams, and presentations from renowned keynote speakers. Participants had the opportunity to expand their horizons

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and bring new and creative views to the way they manage their projects. A special emphasis was on group discussions, interactive learning, networking and having fun. The GYCW can be considered the premium IPMA event for young project managers and people building a career in project management.

Hotel Westin Playa Bonita Business & Convention Center Mr Wagner, IPMA President, was very happy with the successful congress, and commented ”The event at Panama was a milestone for IPMA. Firstly, because it was the first event in Latin America, showing the dynamic development of the region. IPMA is represented in fifteen countries and expects more to join in the coming years. The event was organised by colleagues from LATNET, the regional network of IPMA, coordinated by the association of Panama. Secondly, the congress at Panama celebrated the 50th Anniversary of IPMA, which is the world´s first project management association. Kicked-off in Europe as network for experience exchange on network planning techniques, it nowadays is a very vibrant network of national project management associations with diverse activities and cultural backgrounds. Finally, two new global standards were released during the congress, the IPMA Individual Competence Baseline (IPMA ICB®) and the IPMA Project Excellence Baseline (IPMA PEB®). Together with the IPMA Organisational Competence Baseline (IPMA OCB®) the IPMA and its members can offer a complete suite of standards for various target groups and purposes. This will help IPMA achieving its vision of Promoting competence throughout society to enable a world in which all projects succeed.” Mr Wagner can be contacted at [email protected] .






Mr Reyes G., APGP President, was very pleased with the congress, and said “We at APGP and LATNET are very happy that expectations of participants were fulfilled. We did all possible effort to give the IPMA family a taste of the Latin culture. It was an honour for us to host the celebration of IPMA 50th anniversary and the 10th year of the Young Crews. We strongly believe that IPMA is consolidating in the Americas and the Panamanian society was able to experience a sample of the best Project Program Portfolio Management in the world. The congress program, which included more than 100 speakers, among them government officials the Russian Federation, Korea and China, CEOs of worldwide recognized organizations, met the congress theme of multicultural context. In addition, within the congress content, the first Project Management Excellence Convention (PMX) of LATNET was held. PMX will become the regional IPMA events in Latin America. Finally, we were able to show, all participants, our country. We are pretty sure that most came for the Panama Canal, but stay for everything else.” Mr Reyes G. can be contacted at [email protected] . The congress opening session was concluded by a keynote presentation by Mr Jorge Luis Qujano, Panama Canal Administrator, on Projects, the Panama Canal & multiculture. Further keynote presentations Engineering & infrastructure projects in Ministry of Industry & Trade of Russia: Balance of governance and management by Mr Gleb Nikitin, Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, and Project complexity and multiculture by Mrs Mary McKinlay, International Centre for Complex Project Management, were delivered during the first congress day. The first congress day was concluded by Panama City night sightseeing.

Mr Jorge Luis Qujano delivering his keynote presentation Projects, the Panama Canal & multiculture in the congress opening ceremony






Mr Gleb Nikitin delivering his keynote presentation Engineering & infrastructure projects in Ministry of Industry & Trade of Russia: Balance of governance and management during the first congress day

Mrs Mary McKinley delivering her keynote presentation Project complexity and multiculture during the first congress day





The second congress day included keynotes Cooperation scheme between IPMA, United Nations and Korea by Dr Han Seung-Soo, Special Envoy of United Nations for disaster risk reduction and water, Managing chaos in mega projects by Mr. Philippe Brun, Senior Consultant at Thales International, and Managing energy projects and programs worldwide by Dr Ricaurte Vasques, CEO General Electric Panama. The second congress day was concluded by IPMA Project Excellence Awards gala dinner.

Dr Han Seung-Soo delivering his keynote presentation Cooperation scheme between IPMA, United Nations and Korea during the second congress day

Dr Philippe Brun delivering his keynote presentation Managing chaos in mega projects during the second congress day





Dr Ricaurte Vasques delivering his keynote presentation Managing energy projects and programs worldwide during the second congress day

The third congress day included keynote presentations Enhancing project management for major projects by Dr Katharina Klemt-Albert, DB International, and The role transformation of international contractor in overseas project by Mr Wang Shaofeng, CCEC.

Dr Katharina Klemt-Albert delivering her keynote presentation Enhancing project management for major projects during the third congress day





Mr Wang Shaofeng delivering his keynote presentation The role transformation of international contractor in overseas project during the third congress day Mr Wagner, IPMA President, closed the 29th IPMA World Congress in Panama City on 30th September 2015. He was pleased to see the congress proceed according to plan, and become the latest link in the long tradition of IPMA World Congresses. Mr Reyes G., APGP President, sincerely thanked the congress presenters and participants, everyone involved in planning and organizing the event, wished everyone a safe journey home, and handed the task of organizing the next IPMA World Congress to the organizing committee of the 30th IPMA World Congress. Mr Rakhmatullo Saidullayev, Kazakhstan Project Management Association (KPMA) Director of Certification, thanked Mr Reyes G., and formally took on the role of the organizer of the next IPMA World Congress: He warmly invited the entire IPMA family to the 30th IPMA World Congress which will be organized at Almaty, Kazakhstan, in 2017. For further information please at navigate to www.kpma.kz or contact Mr Saidullayev at [email protected] . The congress closing ceremony was followed by IPMA 50th anniversary ceremony, in which the former, present, and future IPMA family – in the form of Global Young Crew Workshop which was celebrating its 10th anniversary – reminisced and reflected the past, present, and future of the oldest professional project management association. Professor Dr Hasso Reschke, one of the early IPMA Vice-Presidents, appeared in the ceremony, and presented a short history of the association. At the end of the IPMA 50th anniversary ceremony Mr Reyes G. invited all congress presenters and participants to the IPMA 50th anniversary party, which was also the congress farewell party.



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Founded in 1965 and registered in Switzerland, International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the oldest global project management professional organization. IPMA is an international federation of more than 63 national project management societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. IPMA annual World Congress is one of the largest and most important gatherings of project management authorities and leaders each year. The president of IPMA for 2015, 2016, and

2017 is Mr Reinhard Wagner. For further information please navigate to www.ipma.ch . Jouko Vaskimo ([email protected]) – text and photos – reporting from Panama City for PM World Journal.



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About the Author

Jouko Vaskimo Author

Jouko Vaskimo works as Development Manager at Aalto PRO, the Professional Development unit of Aalto University in Espoo, Finland. He is also an International

Correspondent and Editorial Advisor for PM World in Finland. Jouko graduated from Helsinki University of Technology in 1992. Since then he has held project management related assignments with increasing levels for responsibility at Sinebrychoff Ltd, the oldest brewery in Scandinavia; Kemira Engineering Ltd, the leading chemicals manufacturer Finland; DNA Finland Ltd, a large Finnish mobile phone operator; Nokia Business Infrastructure; and Ixonos PLC, one of the leading Finnish ICT consultancies. Jouko holds the IPMA Level C (Project Manager) and Level B (Senior Project Manager) certificates. He is a founding member of PMI Finland Chapter. He received the PMP certificate in 2003. Since October 2007, Jouko has been heading the Finnish delegation to ISO/PC 236 and ISO/TC 258. Jouko resides in Espoo, Finland and can be best contacted at jouko.vaskimo“at”aalto.fi .



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