Essentials of Project Management, Dubai
12th October 2008A five-day Essentials of Project Management workshop was conducted for participants of Kentz Executive Diploma in Leadership and Management at the Arabian Courtyard Hotel & Spa, Dubai, October 8–12, 2008. The workshop featured Keynote presentations from Kentz Group senior management, including CEO Dr Hugh O’Donnell. It was chaired by Dr Eric Sandelands of Corporate Learning Consultants Ltd on behalf of IMCA

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Seated L-R: Eric Sandelands (facilitator), Brendan Smith, Darren Ivers, Steve Durant, Brendan Toomey.
Standing L-R: Vince Scurria (F), Ross O Muirithaile (B), Mark Preston, Catriona Nugent, Joe Golden, Dominic Botha, Dino Maltezakis and Shaji Balakrishnan
The speakers were:
| Ikram Elahi | Project Management and Business Development/ Estimating |
| Dr Hugh O’Donnell | Client Management |
| Donal Dempsey | Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) |
| James Cassin | QA/QC, HSE, Planning & Scheduling and Construction Management |
| Joe Cassin | Validation |
| Joe Keogh | Contract Management |
| Joe Walsh | Procurement/ Material Control |
| Takis Karallis | HR |
| Anna Brett | Kentz Marketing Management Information System (KMMIS) |
| Dave Lannon | Construction Completion Management System (CCMS) |
| Kaushik Sampat | Finance |

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The workshop was interactive, featuring small action learning sets.
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Speakers included Dr Hugh O’Donnell, Adrian Griffin and Takis Karallis.












