Project Management Best Practices Conference 2021

9.00-9.15 - Welcoming - Dimitris Pefanis, Director of Financial & Business Content, cnn.gr / DPG Media, Moderator

Opening Remarks: Spyridon Economou, President, Center for Renewable Energy Sources & Saving. A necessity for a strong societal needs-policies-projects value chain.

9.15 - 15.00 - Theme A - PM² project management best practices and mindsets in the service of EU's National Recovery and Resilience program.

9.15 - 9.45 - The PM² Advantage: Best practices for public organizations and international institutions (EN)
Nicos Kourounakis, MAsc, MBA, PM², IPMA-D, PMP, PM² Alliance Founding Member and CEO

9.45 - 10.15 - Managing the RRF portfolio of projects: the case of PM² (GR)
Christos Bouras, Head of IT Unit - RRFA ICT Portfolio Manager at Greek National Recovery and Resilience Agency

10.15 - 10.45 - Structural Reforms in Greece: Process and Practice (GR)
Spyros Dimitriou, Associate Partner, Business & Public Policy Consulting, EY

10.45 - 11.00 - Break

11.00 - 11.30 - Digital Transformation as an integral part of the Greek RRF: The role of PM² in the coordination and governance of the ICT Portfolio (EN)
Marios Skiadas, Key Expert in Digital Transformation, Expertise France

11.30 - 12.00 - The participation principle as a key enabler for the effective implementation of National Recovery and Resilience Plans
Nancy Routzouni, IT Portfolio Officer at DIGIT European Commission, Researcher and Ph.D Candidate at the University of Aegean

12.00-12.30 -  PM² aspects in technical support reform-related projects. (EN)
Daniele Dotto, Deputy Director, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM), European Commission

12.30-13.00 - From business justification to project implementation: mapping the alternative approaches of the RRF funded project (EN)
Dr. Ilias Katsagounos, PM², PMP, RMP, M_o_R, IT Portfolio Consultant at DG GROW (European Commission)

13.00-14.00 Break

14.00 - 15.00 - Panel Discussion: How PM² Methodology and the mindset behind it enables and supports Greece's National Recovery and Resilience Agency Program. (GR)

Moderator:

• Dr. Ilias Katsagounos, PM², PMP, RMP, M_o_R, IT Portfolio Consultant at DG GROW (European Commission)

Panelists:

• Athina Manta, Policy Officer, DG REFORM, European Commission
• Marios Skiadas, Key Expert in Digital Transformation, Expertise France
• Christos Bouras, Head of IT Unit - RRFA ICT Portfolio Manager at Greek National Recovery and Resilience Agency
• Athanasios Raptis, Director, Greek National School of Public Administration

15.00-17.00 Theme B – Project Management best practices and case studies

15.00-15.30 - Experiences from the Project Management of the euCONSENT project and the value of PM²
Kostas Flokos, General Manager, UpcoMinds

15.30 - 16.00 - Ai Stratis Green Island Project - Management challenges in Pilot Projects
Vera Krouska, Project Manager, Terna Energy SA & Anna Chatzifoti, Project Manager, Terna Energy SA

16.00 - 16.15 Break

16.15 - 16.45 - Project Managers' Value Adders in Managing Digitalization/Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (D.A.M) Projects (GR)
Gavin Oh Huan Khoon, Managing Partner, CEO, GBMC, Singapore

16.45 - 17.00 Closure