New York 2007

7th ICPMA International Congress

In Cooperation with the Metro NY/NJ Chapter of CMAA

10-11 May 2007 – Yale Club, New York, New York, USA

Location: The Yale Club is located on 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, across from Grand Central Station between 44th and 45th Streets

Congress Theme – International Life Cycle Project Delivery

Thursday 10 May 2007

08.00 - 09.00 Registration and Breakfast  
09.00 - 09.30 Welcome and Conference Overview Bill Van Wagenen, President ICPMA
09.30 - 10.00 Session 1 — Life Cycle Investigations for Portfolio Management Professor Dr. Ing C.J. Diederichs,
Bau-Instit für Baumanagement
10.00 - 10.30 Session 2 — Life Cycle Approaches in Asia Adesh Jain—Past President IPMA
10.30 - 11.00 Session 3 — Life Cycle Approaches in Europe–Switzerland Stéphane Maye—Partner Techdata AG
11.00 - 13.30 Pre-lunch drinks and networking
Conference lunch—Sustainability in Life Cycle Project Delivery, keynote speaker

Jan Tuchman — Editior-in-Chief
Engineering News–Record
13.30 - 14.00 Session 4 — Life Cycle Delivery Systems—USA Buddy Cleveland, Sr. VP, Applied Research—Bentley Systems, Inc.
14.00 - 14.30 Session 5 — Life Cycle Approaches in Hong Kong Don Phillips, Arup
—Former Chief Structural Engineer— Hong Kong Metro
14.30 - 15.00 Session 6 — Life Cycle Approaches in Europe—Eastern Europe Jan Zemánek—Director
Meinl European Land Group
15.00 - 15.30 Refreshments  
15.30 - 16.00 Session 7 — Choosing a Project Management Model to Achieve Life Cycle Objectives Louis Gunnigan - Head of Department of Construction Management & Technology, Dublin Institute of Technology
16.00 - 16.30 Session 8 — Life Cycle Approaches in UK Alan Crane — Chartered Institute of Building Chair of Learning & Professional Practice Board
16.30 - 17.00 Congress Wrap up Bill Van Wagenen

Congress Dinner – Commencing at 1800hrs in the Yale Club dining room. Dinner and Speaker hosted by CMAA Metro NY/NJ Chapter. Dress code business, business casual.


ICPMA Workshop

Creating a More Professional Industry Through Certification

Friday 11 May 2007

08.00 - 09.00 Registration and Breakfast
09.00 - 12.00

ICPMA Workshop— Creating a More Professional Industry Through Certification

Representatives of leading U.S. and global PM/CM organizations will present and discuss their certification programs and how the industry might collaborate to improve professional standards through certification. Participating organizations include CMAA, CIOB, IPMA, PMI, AACEI, European Union, with others invited
10.30 - 10.45 Refreshments
12.15 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 16.00 Tour to World Trade Centre