The 2nd CRGP-GPS Symposium was held at TUAS House at Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) in Espoo, Finland, on August 24 and 25. The purpose of this seminar was to bring together company representatives from different industries and from public sector organizations, to share experiences on the management of global project business with each other and with researchers from several international universities.

The symposium was co-organized by the Global Project Strategies (GPS) research program in Finland and by the Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects (CRGP) at Stanford University and was open to anyone interested in the global projects theme, free of charge.

Speakers & Panelists:

• Prof. Arto Kiviniemi, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Workshop Chair)
• Prof. Karlos Artto, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT)
• Dr. Antti Salminen, Vice President, Kone Oyj
• Peter Eagling, Development Manager, Kone Oyj
• Dr. Ryan J. Orr, Executive Director, CRGP at Stanford University
• Dr. Jari Collin, Head of ICT, Nokia Networks
• Markus Lampenius, Researcher, HUT
• Prof. Raymond E. Levitt, Stanford University
• Sampo Tukiainen, Researcher, Helsinki School of Economics (HSE)
• Jukka Laitera, Chairman of the Board of Deltamarin and Member of the Board of the Finnish Maritime Association

Agendas for the Symposium, Sauna & Research Workshop:

• Day 1, Symposium
• Day 1, Sauna & BBQ
• Day 2, Research Workshop

Presentations:

9.10-9.30	Challenges in managing global project business	Artto
9.30-10.00	Enterprise project management - harmonizing project management in a global organization	Salminen/Eagling
10.00-10.30	Practical implications of CRGP research for global project business	Orr
11.00-11.30	Managing supply chains in project business	Collin
11.30-12.00	Managing the interface between project marketing and execution in a global organization	Lampenius
13.00-13.40	Understanding, modeling & simulating global project organizations	Levitt
14.10-14.40	Cross-cultural learning in global projects	Tukiainen

Posted by rjorr at August 28, 2006 11:20 PM