Dublin 2008
Dublin, Ireland, 15th /16th May 2008
The ICPMA 2008 Congress was held on 15th and 16th May 2008. It was preceded by a very successful pre-congress International Innovation and Research Awards event in CIOB headquarters in Ascot, UK, on Wednesday 14th. This event was combined with the CIOB's own Awards ceremony.
The Congress events were as follows:
15th MayWelcome Lunch – hosted by the Department of Construction Management & Technology, School of Construction, Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street CampusAnnual General Meeting – held in DIT Bolton Street,President’s Dinner – held in Roly's Restaurant, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
16th May
8th Annual ICPMA Conference – Construction Project Management of Urban Rail Systems - held in the Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2Site visit to Lansdowne Road Stadium Redevelopment Project
Conference Details
8th Annual Conference of the International Construction Project Management Association (ICPMA)
Construction of Urban Rail Projects
Chairman: Dr Louis Gunnigan, Head of Department of Construction Management & Technology, Dublin Institute of Technology.
08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome Address – Adesh Jain - ICPMA President
09:30 Keynote Address – Mr Pat Mangan – Assistant Secretary of the Department of Transport
10:00 Irish Experiences in Urban Light Rail Construction to date (file size 8Mb) - Pat O'Donoghue – Director of Design and Construction at the Railway Procurement Agency
10:30 Q & A Session
10:50 Coffee
11:10 Project Management Experiences in Urban Rail Projects in Madrid (file size 53Mb) - José-Cruz Penya – Projects Manager for the Network Extension Programs at Metro Madrid
11:40 Project Management Experiences in Urban Rail Projects in New York/New Jersey (file size 10Mb) - Porie Saikia-Eapen – Former Chief Architect at New York / New Jersey Transit Authority
12:10 Q & A Session
12:40 Conference Close
Conference Speakers: Adesh Jain (ICPMA), Pat O'Donoghue (RPA), Pat Mangan (Dept of Transport), Louis Gunnigan (DIT)
Also, the following weblinks relate to the organisations or projects associated with the conference speakers:
Department of Transport – Transport 21 site
Railway Procurement Agency
Metro Madrid (This is in Spanish only. A good English language Metro Madrid site can be found here)
New York City Transit Authority