Bill McDermott A keynote speaker at Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF) 2016

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) announced that Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP SE, would be the keynote speaker at the Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF) to take place on 22-25 October 2016 under the theme: Shaping the Future.

The Forum is held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid AlMaktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council, and is organized by RTA in collaboration with DEWA, Emaar Properties, and the PMI, which will attract more than 2000 persons and 35 speakers.

McDermott has been selected in view of the broad reputation & huge respect accorded to his leadership skills and customers centricity. Mr. McDermott makes continuous endeavors realize the vision & strategy of SAP towards improving the business nature & quality of life worldwide, and he was ranked #2 on Glassdoor.com’s listing of the world’s top 50 CEOs in 2013.

The DIPMF hosts a plethora of prominent speakers including ministers, top executives of international businesses & organizations. The lineup of speakers includes H.E. Sheikh Dr. Abdulaziz Al Nuaimi, Environmental Advisor of Government of Ajman, H.E. Eng. Suhail Al Mazrouei, UAE Minister of Energy, H.E. Dr. Thani Al-Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, H.E. Mohamed Al Abbar, Chairman of Emaar Properties, H.E. Saeed Al-Tayer, Managing Director & CEO of Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA),  and Mark Langley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Project Management Institute (PMI), Dr. Harold Kerzner, Sr. Executive Director for Project Management, International Institute for Learning (IIL), James Franz, Vice President - Global Operations, Toyota Way Academy, Ms. Ilya Espino de Marotta, Executive Vice President of Engineering and Programs Management, Panama Canal Authority, Brad Bigelow, Principal Technical Advisor, NATO, Ms. Theresa Schnider, Program Manager of IBM Project Management Center of Excellence, Mr. Miguel Santana, City Administrative Officer, City of Los Angeles, Trevor Jones, Vice President - Project Delivery, DHL - UK & Ireland, Michael Flynn, Program Director, Transport for London, Ms. Isabel Aguilera, Expert Consultant in Competitive Leadership; and Manuel Gonzalez, Chief Executive Officer of Scrum Alliance.

The DIPMF discusses a host of topics relating to project management and spotlights various types of project management practices & studies. Dubai’s experience features high in the Forum as it has the right ingredients of a global success story and an example to be emulated not only in the region but also worldwide. 

The Forum will also discuss an array of important topics highlighted by sustainable project management, academic project management, entrepreneur project management, flexible project management, youth project management, enterprise project management, leadership in multi-culture environment, maximizing project benefits, a public-private partnership, talent management, and mega project management.