PMFORUM Breaking News

Lech Walesa, legendary leader of the Solidarity Trade Union, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1983, and President of Poland during 1990-1995, has been announced as the featured keynote speaker to open the 21st IPMA World Congress on June 18, 2007 in Cracow, Poland. He will speak on the “Management of the Peaceful Revolution – Poland’s largest, most difficult and most successful project.”

According to IPMA President Veikko Valila, “Lech Walesa is one of the most famous and most motivating leaders in the world. Project managers everywhere can learn from his attitude and experiences. We are excited to have such a globally recognized figure open our congress this year.”

Scheduled for 18-20 June 2007 in Cracow, Poland, IPMA’s 21st annual world congress on project management will have the theme “Project Management: Essential Reality for Business and Government”. Organizers of the congress are the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and the Stowarzyszenie Project Management Association Poland (www.spmp.org.pl). The Chairman of the Congress is Mr. Stanisław Sroka.

Other keynote speakers at the 21st IPMA World Congress will include:

Professor Roland Gareis (Austria)
Juergen Schloss, PhD (Germany)
Mr Antii Heinonen (Finland)
Professor Rodney Turner, PhD (UK)
Professor Peter Morris, PhD (UK)

Main streams for the conference will include the following topic areas:

1. PM for Economic Transformation


2. EU Projects, Government & Public Sectors


3. Innovation and new frontiers in Project Management


4. Project management from level CEO, Best Practice


5. Education, Certification, Standards & Profession – Human resources in PM

Each stream will include professional paper presentations, lectures and discussions. For registration, schedule and other information, visit the conference website at http://www.ipma2007.com/.

Founded in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the world’s oldest project management professional organization. IPMA is an international network of national PM societies that serve the specific development needs of each country in its national language. IPMA provides an umbrella organization to represent them at the international level. IPMA is a global organization with over 40 national representative societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

The local bodies promote project management professionalism on the specific cultural requirements across all types of projects. IPMA’s internationally acclaimed 4 Level Project Management Certification Programme continues to grow dramatically, with over 50.000 professionals having now achieved IPMA Certification. The IPMA annually presents project management awards to teams that achieve great feats in project management. IPMA maintains its continuous presence in the global PM arena through its regular hosting of International Symposia, Expert Seminars and its Annual World Congress. The president of IPMA for 2007 is Veikko Velila. Additional information is available at www.ipma.ch.