Special Event: Success Factors in Project Portfolio Management – What have we learned in the last 15 years?

AIPM, Monash Business School, PMI, RMIT University and Swinburne University are pleased to present Professor Gemünden who will share his international experience in Innovation and Portfolio Management with both academics and industry practitioners addressing the question: What have we learned in the last 15 years?

As an applied empirical researcher Professor Gemünden has worked in close co-operation with industry, which led to important evidence-based insights for industry, highly cited publications for the scientific community, and significant funding for academic institutions. He will share some case studies of his collaborative research which could hold important lessons for PM research in Australia.

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Registration: 5.30pm – 6.00pm

Presentation: 6.00pm – 7.30pm

International Keynote – Hans Georg Gemünden

Professor Gemünden is an internationally recognized authority on Innovation and Portfolio Management and was the Editor-in-Chief of the PMI’s Project Management Journal until recently. He is a Professor at the Berlin University of Technology and past Chair for Technology and Innovation Management. He was the Director of the Institute for Applied Management Science and Corporate Strategy of the University of Karlsruhe between 1988 to 2000 and the Dean of his former Faculty of Economics and Business Administration from 1990 – 1992.

Professor Gemünden was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kiel in 2004. He was Vice Dean of the Faculty of Management and Economics of the University of Technokogy of Berlin and between 2004 and 2007 he was responsible for the Industrial Engineering Program Wirtschaftsingenieur, introducing five new Bachelor and nine new Masters programs. The Industrial Engineering Program is the largest teaching program at the TU Berlin, involving six of its seven Faculties. Since 2013 he is a director of the Academic Senate of TU Berlin.

Georg’s keynote presentation will be followed by a presentation of industry professionals.

Panel members:

Bill Young (Industry Fellow, Swinburne University)

Chivonne Algeo (Associate Professor – Project Management, Monash University)

Mark Lowy (PMI Melbourne Chapter Immediate Past President)

Rob Loader (AIPM Victorian Chapter Vice-President)

Tayyab Maqsood (Associate Dean and Head of Project Management Discipline, RMIT University)

This event is jointly sponsored by AIPM, Monash Business School, PMI, RMIT University and Swinburne University.