Monthly Archives: November 2019

After 7 years of hard work we have finally made it! 

In 2013, a small group of people decided to reinvigorate the Project Controls Symposium  that had been a regular part of the Canberra / Australian conference scene for decades (see the Symposium history).  We set ourselves some big targets, the last of which was achieved today with the launch of our first $10,000 research grant.

PGCS was established as a not for profit organisation governed by volunteers; its core mission is to help improve the delivery of projects, programs and portfolios in Australia. All funds we receive are invested in one of three areas:

• Our highly regarded Project and Program Management Symposium and Masterclasses held each year in Canberra. The next event will be held on 25^th to 27^th August 2020 with the outline programme and several keynote speakers on our website at: https://www.pgcsymposium.org.au/

• The publication of the academic Project Governance and Controls Annual Review (PGCAR) ISSN 2652-1016 (Online). The 2019 edition can be downloaded from https://www.pgcs.org.au/academic-papers/. Papers for the 2020 edition, including entrants for the Walt Lipke Award valued at $1,000 (see https://www.pgcs.org.au/academic-papers/ for details) are being accepted now!

• Academic research grants. The initial grant of $10,000 has been announced today and will be awarded in May 2020, in future years we hope to significantly increase these awards: https://www.pgcs.org.au/research/

We are parochial though – the grant is only available to researchers working in Australia, and supported by an Australian University.  Our next challenge is deciding on the research project (or projects) to support.