Project Management and Organisational Change

A major two-day conference for managers in the public sector

21 and 22 February 2006

NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE

27-31 Constitution Avenue Canberra ACT 2601

Proceedings and presentations where available are available for download

TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2006

TIMES	KEYNOTE AND STREAM 1 - BALLROOM	STREAM 2 - SWAN	STREAM 3 - MURRAY
8:00 - 9:00	Arrival and Registration - coffee and tea
9:00 - 9:10 Opening	Professor Allan Fels AO Dean of ANZSOG OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
9:10 - 10:10 Keynote address	Lynelle Briggs Australian Public Service Commissioner New directions for implemenation Iain Fraser Chair of the Board of PMI PMI and the link to strategic success.
10:10 - 10:30	Morning Tea sponsored by
10:30 - 11:15	Sandi Beatie Acting Chief Executive, Ministry of Justice, New Zealand Cultural change through good governance of ICT	Lesley Bentley National Vice President, Australian Institute of Project Management Program management--the solution to complex policy and strategy implementation	Ann Steward Government Chief Information Officer, Department of Finance and Administration Effective project management-- maximising the return on ICT investment in the public sector
11:15 - 12:30 Keynote address	Abul Rizvi Deputy Secretary, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs Organisational alignment- how project management helps Patricia Scott Secretary, Department of Human Services 'Crazy thought or creative thinking': reform in the real world
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 2:15	Steve Betros General Manager, Risk Management Institute of Australasia Risk, change and public private partnerships .	Tim Farland Senior Project Manager, Strategic Projects Division, NSW Premier's Department Design Review' of multi-agency initiatives--criteria for success	Christine Gillies Independent non-executive director and adviser on IT Governance Managing major programs and projects--the view from the boardroom
2:15 - 3:00	Kathy Kuryl Manager Project Management Services, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Tasmanian Government What is a project management culture? How do we get it and keep it alive?	Professor John Alford ANZSOG and University of Melbourne Business School Project management: the inter-organisational dimension	Raymond Young Macquarie University How boards and senior managers have governed ICT projects to succeed (or fail)
3:00 - 3:20	Afternoon Tea
3:20 - 4:00	Philip Weickhardt Commissioner, Productivity Commission Principles and frameworks for evaluating medical technology including health ICT expenditure proposals	Stacie Hall National Manager, Comcover Managing change--practical tips for better program and project delivery	Scott Prasser Director SCRIBE, University of the Sunshine Coast Overcoming the 'white elephant' syndrome in implementing 'big' and iconic projects in the public and private sectors
4:00 - 5:00	Dr David Dombkins National President and Chairman, Australian Institute of Project Management Air Vice Marshal Norman Gray (Rtd) Deputy CEO, Defence Materiel Organisation Delivering tangible change outcomes using innovative complex project management	Bob Webb First Assistant Commissioner, Change, Program Integration and Management, ATO The Australian Taxation Office change program: project and change management directions and learnings	Ed Blow Managing Director Nielsen-Wurster Asia Pacific Pty Ltd Project management and organisational change in the public service:cultural barriers, hindrances, fixes and metrics

WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2006

TIMES	Australian Public Service Commission SES Breakfast Fitzroy and Derwent Rooms
7:00	Arrival and registration for registered SES only
7:20 - 8:45	Key SES presentation by Sandy Hollway AO with Q & A over breakfast

WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2006

TIMES	KEYNOTE AND STREAM 1 - BALLROOM	STREAM 2 - SWAN	STREAM 3 - MURRAY
8:30 - 8:45	Arrival for those not attending breakfast - coffee and tea
8:45 - 9:45	Dr Peter Shergold AM Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. .Driving change to bring about better implementation and delivery . Ian McPhee PSM Commonwealth Auditor General Successful implementaton of government programmes and initiatives
9:45 - 10:30 Keynote address	Ian Glenday CBE Executive Director, Better Projects Directorate, Office of Government Commerce, United Kingdom. The experience of the Office of Government Commerce, UK
10:30 - 10:50	Morning Tea proudly sponsored by Palm Consulting Pty Ltd
10:50-11:35	Dennis Trewin Australian Statistician A project management framework that has worked for the ABS	Robert Higgins Branch Manager, Procurement Agency Advice Branch. Department of Finance and Administration New requirements for gateway review in the Australian Government	Jim Varghese Director General, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland Using three learning frames of performance, relationship and alignment to accelerate organisational transformation
11:35 - 12:20	Caroline Hogg Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Centrelink Project management and the implementation of Centrelink's customer account	David Butler Inland Revenue Commissioner, New Zealand Managing projects and change across departments--the New Zealand experience	Sabrina Walsh Senior Executive Director Queensland Health From project management to getting value: Queensland Health Information Division transformation program
12:20 - 1:20	Lunch proudly sponsored by
1:20-2:30	Wayne Sharpe Executive Manager, Gateway Unit, Department of Treasury and Finance, Victoria Victorian experience of Gateway review	Kaye Remington and David Paul University of Technology, Sydney Organisational change as a complex project or program	Karen Baehler Public Management, Victoria University of Wellington Intervention logic/program logic:toward good practice
2:30-3:15		Peter Hamburger First Assistant Secretary, Cabinet Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet The Australian Government Cabinet Implementation Unit	Dr Joyce Adu National Manager, Refresh Planning, Centrelink The governance of major IT projects
3:15-3:40	Afternoon Tea
3:40-4:30	Kersti Nogeste Director, Project Expertise Pty Ltd Use Outcome Profile TM templates to define and align project outcomes, benefits and outputs	Professor Evert Lindquist Director, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, Canada Organising for policy implementation: the emergence and role of implementation units in policy design and oversight	Anne Tiernan ANZSOG Post-Doctoral Fellow, Griffith University Building policy capacity for implementation
4:30pm CLOSE	Allan Fels AO Dean, ANZSOG OFFICIAL CLOSE OF THE CONFERENCE

The program is intended to run as scheduled, but ANZSOG and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet reserve the right to change the program at any time.

Registration Form

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Costs

The fee for the conference is a GST inclusive $A1595. Please complete the registration form and return to ANZSOG. Cheques and major credit cards are accepted.

The conference fee includes all sessions, morning and afternoon tea and lunch on both days. A full copy of the conference proceedings will be made available on the ANZSOG website following the conference.

Registration

By mail--complete and send this form to Executive Officer, ANZSOG, Political Science Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200.

By fax--complete and fax the form to +61 2 61253051

Enquiries

For further information please call Jenny Keene on +61 2 6125 2359
anzsogresearch@anu.edu.au