We were so inspired by the simplicity of the thinking that we learn from our past and apply it in the present to build the future today that we created this as the vision for the 10th Annual Conference of PMI in NZ. The vision fits the 10th anniversary year. The next 10 years will be very different and project managers have the opportunity every day to optimise that difference to cause positive change in New Zealand.

The PMI NZ conference 2004 will draw from a wide range of sectors from across the economy, around NZ and from overseas. This is an international event with trainers, keynote speakers, speakers and delegates from around the world. We are also privileged to have the Chief Executive of PMI International participating. We are sure you will find the speakers and key note speakers extraordinary and their message and motivation long lasting.

Come along, be part of the training, confer and motivate your own and your team’s professional project management for the next 10 years. Network with colleagues and create new ones. The movie ‘Back to the Future’ came out in 1985 so it is also 10 years old. The Steering Group have created an inspiring conference environment with connections to the movie to enhance the fun learning environment that will be PMINZ Conference 2004: Back to the Future.

Warwick Jones for the Steering Group

The ‘Back to the Future’ theme is about repositioning PMINZ as an organisation
that is so much more than an education provider for professional project
managers. The conference will inspire delegates to shape the future in a way
that will benefit PMINZ and New Zealand. The social events around the
conference will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Project Management
Institute in New Zealand and 35 years since PMI International was established
in the United States.

We learn from past experiences, deliver more management value through
heightened awareness in the present and projects exist to deliver future value.

The Past
- How do our experiences shape the future? (Great lessons others may use,
case studies, project experiences)

The Present
- The raised impact of project management through soft management skills,
best practice management and use of our competence and maturity models.
- Leadership and communication styles that improve project outcomes.
- How society’s current issues (globalisation, fundamentalism and the
environment in which we work) affect project management.
- Professional development - Is Time - Cost - Quality still relevant? What
about education and the PMP qualification?

The Future
- How will project management shape the future and contribute to NZ?
- In 20 years time our world will have changed; what kind of training and
project management will we use?
- Projects are usually part of wider programmes designed to deliver value.
The inter-relationship can be managed to optimise that wider value.
- Human idiosyncrasies are the essence of projects; can total resource
management ever be achieved?