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Wednesday 27th November

Workshops, Academic & YC

Thursday 28th November

Keynote 1

09:20 AM - 09:50 AM

Room 1

South Africa

Creating Hope

Geordin Hill-Lewis

Mayor

City of Cape Town

Room 5 - Workshop

TIME

10:45 AM - 12:45 AM

Workshop topic: Managing large infrastructure projects through public private collaboration, governance, project oversight.

COUNTRY

Nino Manus

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Partner: Sustainable Water Management

TIME

01:45 PM - 03:45 PM

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

COUNTRY

Gilbert Silvius

HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

Researcher, author and consultant

Room 6 - Academical papers

TIME

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Visualisation of project data for informed decision-making.

South Africa

Carl Marnewick

University of Johannesburg

Prof.

TIME

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Towards a project management mentoring framework to facilitate service-based learning in community-based projects.

South Africa

Tony Mbuyi Kandolo

University of Pretoria

TIME

11:55 AM - 12:25 PM

Onwards to Human-Centric Technological Frontiers: Assessing Construction Project Managers' Readiness for Industry 5.0

South Africa

Kudakwashe Pasipamire

Stellenbosch University

TIME

12:25 PM - 12:55 PM

Enhancing roleplayer collaboration and construction performance through Building Information Modeling: A Literature Review.

South Africa

Marius Bierman

University of Pretoria

TIME

01:55 PM - 02:25 PM

Risk drivers of inadequate communication in South African virtual project teams.

South Africa

Tahseen Raiman

Stellenbosch University

TIME

02:25 PM - 02:55 PM

Mathematical modeling of ipma 4-L-C certification: development of process improvement model.

Serbia

Vladimir Obradović

Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade

Prof. dr.

TIME

03:05 PM - 03:35 PM

Augmented Competency in the management of IT projects in the environment of artificial intelligence.

Kazakhstan

Rakhmatullo Saidullayev

IPMA Kazakhstan

Room 17 - Academical papers

Protobuilding – A Philosophy for Continuous Improvement in Sustainable Buildings And Project Management.

South Africa

TIME

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Schalk Grobbelaar

University of Pretoria

Dr.

Collaborative Contracting: Barriers to Adoption in the South African Construction Industry.

South Africa

TIME

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Taryn Jane Bond-Barnard

Stellenbosch University

Prof.

Managing project lessons learned within the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality

South Africa

TIME

11:55 AM - 12:25 PM

Marius Schoeman

City of Cape Town

Decision making: an area of improvement for project management.

South Africa

TIME

12:25 PM - 12:55 PM

Leon Pretorius

University of Pretoria

Dr.

A Study on the Actual Major Factors and Perception of Working-level officials for Change Orders in Public Construction Projects.

South Korea

TIME

01:55 PM - 02:25 PM

Eunsang Yoon

Program Management of
Sejong Administrative City Construction

Dr.

State-of-the-art of project portfolio management in the second phase (2025-2029) of infrastructure project in new capital Nusantara development.

South Africa

TIME

02:25 PM - 02:55 PM

Lukas Beladi Sihombing

Universitas Pembangunan Jaya

Empowering smes and local authorities to participate in megaprojects through information technology.

South Africa

TIME

03:05 PM - 03:35 PM

Rofhiwa Climatine Mmakhuthe

University of Johannesburg

Keynote 3

03:55 PM - 04:25 PM

Room 1

A sustainable world needs a new kind of leadership and competence.

Max Panaro

ESG SIG Lead

IPMA

Italy

Friday 29th November

Keynote 4

09:10 AM - 09:40 AM

Room 1

Your North Star matters – How to win over yourself?

Vicky van der Merwe

Triathlete, Olympics 2024, Paris

South Africa

Room 5 - Workshop

TIME

12:20 PM - 03:30 PM

WORKSHOP. Project, leadership, risks, teams, pressure, fun, and Lego Man

Sweden

Henrik Bergman

Karlstad University

Program director - Master programme in Project management

Room 6 - Academical papers

TIME

10:10 AM - 10:40 AM

From data to insights: a roadmap for project managers

South Africa

Carl Marnewick

University of Johannesburg

Prof.

TIME

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

Project value assessment indicators

Kazakhstan

Kateryna Kolesnikova

International IT University

Prof.

TIME

11:20 AM - 11:50 AM

Robotic process automation in project management: implementation guidelines and lessons.

South Africa

Nazeer Joseph

University of Johannesburg

Dr.

TIME

11:50 AM - 12:20 PM

Employing the hidden competences in digital transformation projects.

Germany

Nargiza Mikhridinova

Fachhochschule Dortmund

TIME

01:20 PM - 01:50 PM

Mixed-use megaprojects: urban justifications and benefits

South Africa

Fabio Companie

City of Cape Town

TIME

01:50 PM - 02:20 PM

We are in the Drivers Seat - A Magic Carpet Ride

Germany

Wolfgang Glitscher

Technische Universität Berlin

Dr

TIME

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM

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

South Africa

Marlyn Hendricks

City of Cape Town Municipality

Dr

Room 17 - Academical papers

TIME

10:10 AM - 10:40 AM

Responsible project management: paving the way for sustainable practice.

Serbia

Marija Ljubisav Todorović

Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade

Dr.

TIME

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

How do project managers assess their sustainability competencies?

The Netherlands

Gilbert Silvius

HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

Dr.

TIME

11:20 AM - 11:50 AM

Blockchain enabled building information modeling (bim) for sustainable facilities management.

USA

Luke Desmond

SKEMA Business School

TIME

11:50 AM - 12:20 PM

Sustainability in Project Management standards

The Netherlands

Gilbert Silvius

HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

Dr.

TIME

01:20 PM - 01:50 PM

Development of a resilience maturity framework for project-based organisations.

South Africa

Elsabe Coetzee

University of Pretoria

Room 10 
- Clobal Young Crew workshop

TIME

10:00 AM - 10:40 AM

AI's Role in Project Management: Survey Results and New Horizons

Croatia

Aco Momcilovic

Global AI Ethics Institute

President

TIME

10:40 AM - 11:20 AM

Doing things right or doing the right things?

South Africa

Zethu Matushe

SPPrac

Director

TIME

12:30 PM - 03:30 PM

WORKSHOP. Project, leadership, risks, teams, pressure, fun, and Lego Man

Sweden

Henrik Bergman

Karlstad University

Program director - Master programme in Project management

Keynote 5

03:50 PM - 04:20 PM

Room 1

How to rethink your thinking?

Karimi (Mwendia) Fondaumiere

Executive Leader in Social Impact, Sustainability & Technology

SPRK (Pty) Ltd

South Africa

Social programme

7:15 PM - 7:45 PM

IPMA Global Awards Cocktail

Room 1, Level 0

Dress code: Black Tie

7:45 PM - 9:00 PM

IPMA Global Awards Gala

Room 1, Level 0

Dress code: Black Tie

Social programme

9:00 - 24:00 PM

Level 4

IPMA Awards Gala Party & Farewell Party

Dress code: Smart Casual

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