The International Value Management Conference 2008

The 9th International Value Management Conference - Achieving Sustainable Values through Collaboration

Themes

With the global urge to attend to the need of sustainable development through partnering approach, this year’s conference main theme sets the framework to explore the topic of “Achieving sustainable values through collaboration.” It covers all aspects of organizations, including hard and soft issues, ranging from premises, facilities, designs, systems, production, procurement, supply and delivery, and human resource management.

Sub-themes

Conference sub-themes include:

How can VM assist in the definition of sustainability?

• Help with the strategic directions for projects, companies and businesses
• Achieve sustainable value globally across industries and nations
  

How can VM unlock difficulties for sustainable issues where major conflicts of stakeholders aries?

• Involve infrastructure development verses public concerns
• Involve green groups, heritage issues, blending the old with the new

How can VM assist building relationship and business partners?

• Soft issue such as partnering collaboration and lasting relationship
• Other issue such as facilitation and participation

How does VM use collaboration and consensus to achieve better outcomes?

• Involve VM tools and techniques
• Take strategic directions aim to the “how to” detail implementation plans

How sustainable is VM?

• Cover history, education, training and qualification
• Involve what other VM institutes do to bridge the gap and provide a way forward for VM

Please find more information from http://www.hkivm.org/conference/9th_conference/index.html.