List of Presentations at Conferences
- 2005 AACE International in Las Vegas titled “Marrying Risk Register with Trending”
- 2005 PertMaster International User Conference in Houston titled “Schedule Risk Analysis and Credibility”
- 2006 AACE International in New Orleans titled “Significance of WBS in Risk Modeling”
- 2006 Canadian Heavy Oil Conference in Calgary titled “Effective Mega Project Risk Controls”
- 2006 ARES Corporation PUG conference in Calgary titled “ Contingency Simulation and Management”
- 2007 Palisade (@RISK) User Group in Miami USA titled “Stochastic Decision-making method”
- 2007 Energy IQ International conference in Abu Dhabi titled "Project Risk and Management"
​- 2007 Best Practice Users’ Group in London England titled “Strategic Decisions under Risk Conditions”
- 2008 Canadian Institute EPC Project Management conference in Calgary titled “Risks in EPC World”
- 2009 Palisade Energy Forum in Calgary titled “The Cost of Risk Quantification”
- 2010 Palisade @RISK conference in London England titled "Put More Science in Cost Risk Analysis"
- 2011 SPE Technical Conference in Denver USA titled "Understanding and Handling Residual Risks"
- 2012 Manuscript of 300-page fully indexed & referenced "Project Risk Management in Energy Industry"
- 2014 Canadian institute EPCM conference in Calgary titled “Managing Risks of Overseas Engineering”
- 2015 Palisade @RISK Conference in Calgary titled “Quantifying Management Reserves”
- 2017 AACE Chinook Section Dinner Meeting in Calgary titled "Projects, Risks and Contingency"
- 2017 Palisade Conference in Nashville titled "Contingency Determination using @RISK for capital projects"
- 2018 PMI Southern Alberta Chapter Dinner Meeting Calgary “Project Professionals and Project Failures”
- 2019 AACE & CIQS Joint Meeting Vancouver “Is it Important to scientifically derive Project Contingency?”
- 2019 Project Management Institute Conference “Managing Mega Capital Projects - Behind the Façade”
- 2020 Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS) Webinar “Projects and Contingency: Science & Art"
- 2021 ASCE "TMEP Employs Risk Mitigation Measures for Trenchless Construction on their new Pipeline"
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Presentation and Publications
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Riskcore Company Introduction and Business Profile
For Information and References, 2024, Calgary, AB
Introduction to Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA)
White Paper by Riskcore, November 2024, Calgary, AB
QRA Process and Expected Outcome
Riskcore Presentation, November 2024, Calgary, AB
Managing Mega Capital Projects - Behind Façade (PMI)
PMI-SAC Annual Conference Symposium, November 2019, Calgary, AB
TMEP Using Risk Assessment Tool to Aid Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)
ASCE Conference, August 2021, Calgary, AB
Innovative Cost Forecasting Technique - Beyond Cost Estimate (AACE)
AACE Chinook Dinner Meeting, November 2021, Calgary, AB
Virtual Seminar - Scientifically derive Project Contingency (CIQS)
CIQS National Conference, November 2020, Canada
Determining Contingencies for Megaprojects with @RISK (Palisade)
Palisade Risk Conference – Nashville, TN, USA, Nov. 2017
Seminar Conference - Project Professionals and Project Failures (PMI)
PMI SAC Conference, November 2019, Calgary, AB
Seminar Conference - How to Calculate "Management Reserve Fund" (i-PCI)
Project Controls Community Seminar, April 2017, Calgary, AB
Understanding and Handling Residual Risks - The marriage of science and psychology (SPE)
SPE ATCE, 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA