The Faculty of Engineering

Industrial Engineering Office

The Fourth Public Seminar on Project Management Practices

The Faculty of Engineering of The University of the West Indies (UWI) hosted the Fourth Public Seminar on ‘Project Management Practices in the Caribbean’ (PM4 Seminar) on 21st November 2009. It was organised in collaboration with the Technology Management Council (TMC) and Education Society (EdS) Chapters of the IEEE Trinidad and Tobago Section, The Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT), and The Project Management Institute Southern Caribbean Chapter (PMISCC).

The Seminar was facilitated by Professor Kit Fai Pun of the Faculty of Engineering, UWI. Eng.

Alvin Lutchman, the Immediate Past Chairman of the IEEE Trinidad and Tobago Section, delivered a welcoming address to participants.

The Seminar was sought to facilitate the region-wide awareness of research and development in Project Management Practices . There are two sessions, and each has two presentations covering the following topics (click on links to view the presentations in pdf format):

• “Electronic Government - Management and Applications”
• “Implementation of a Work-Out program using the General Electric approach”
• “The Health Care Professional and Project Management”
• "Project Management for e-Learning in Trinidad” 

The four invited speakers, Ms. Tracey N. Edwards from The Ministry of Planning, Housing & The Environment, Mr. Andre Persad of Svitzer Marine (Trinidad and Tobago) Ltd., Dr. Celia M. Poon King of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, and Dr. Ruel L.A. Ellis of Faculty of Engineering, UWI, shared with the participants their experience on project management practices in the Caribbean context. The coverage of presentation topics is quite wide ranging and substantial, from the adoption of e-government practices in public sector to the use of a people-oriented GE Work-Out approach in a private-sector organisation; and from exploring the project management potentials in public health to applying the project management principles in e-learning.

In total 88 participants including invited guest speakers, industry delegates, faculty members and students attended the Seminar. Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly good. Many participants commented that the presenters were very knowledgeable about their areas of expertise and the presentations were interactive and informative.    

      

 Professor Kit Fai Pun of the Faculty of Engineering presented an Appreciation Plaque to a guest speaker, Dr. Celia M. Poon King  at the Seminar 

Click here to view photos taken at the seminar