PMFORUM Breaking News

Reported by Miles Shepherd in London, UK.

The Association for Project Management (APM), the main project management professional society in the United Kingdom (UK) has announced that its 2007 project management awards ceremony will be held on 30th October 2007 at The Brewery in London.

Call for entries

For the past 14 years the APM Project Management Awards have been rewarding and celebrating project management success from the Eden Project to record breaking round the world voyages. The awards reflect the invaluable contribution project management and project managers make in all sections of society. Now you have the opportunity to join the honoured list of past winners and collect one of our exclusive trophies, you can do this by entering the 2007 APM Project Management Awards. The finalists and winners attract national publicity for the next year and many benefit from a career boost as a result, both at business and at individual level.

Continuing the trend of recent years this will be the biggest APM event to date, combining the awards dinner with the national APM Project Management Conference.

All winners and runners-up receive a wealth of prizes and publicity. The categories for 2007 are:

• Sir Monty Finniston Award


• Programme of the Year - Sponsored by Program Framework


• Project of the Year - Sponsored by Siemens


• Project Manager of the Year - Sponsored by Corporate Project Solutions


• Young Project Manager of the Year - Sponsored by PMProfessional Learning


• Project Management Company of the Year - Sponsored by ESI International


• Overseas Project of the Year - Sponsored by The Projects Group plc


• Community Project of the Year


• Herbert Walton Award - Sponsored by BAE Systems


• Brian Willis Award - Sponsored by BAE Systems


• Geoffrey Trimble Award - Sponsored by BAE Systems

For stage 1 of this year's awards, judges are looking for a short overview of the project. Entries for this stage are expected to be some four sides of single spaced A4 plus any supporting images or diagrams. Full details on how to enter can be found at www.apm.org.uk/howtoenter.asp

Book your place at the event now

For your opportunity to join the celebrations at the presentation dinner you can use the form contained in the APM conference 'Invitation to Contribute' document, which can be downloaded fromwww.apm.org.uk/conference.asp. There are also additional discounts for tables of ten or twelve. For further details about the awards, please contact awards@apm.org.uk

The Association for Project Management (APM) is the UK’s national body for professional project management. With over 15,000 individual and 390 corporate members throughout the UK and abroad, APM is one of the largest organizations of its kind in Europe. The organization develops and promotes project management across all sectors of industry and beyond. APM's published mission is: "To develop and promote the professional disciplines of project and programme management for the public benefit." At the heart of APM is the APM Body of Knowledge; containing fifty-two knowledge areas required to manage any successful project. APM promotes the use of the APM Body of Knowledge through qualifications, accredited training, research, publications and events. APM is the UK member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). With headquarters in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, APM has twelve regional branches throughout the UK and one in Hong Kong. Additional information can be found at www.apm.org.uk

Miles Shepherd International Correspondent UK based in London Mr. Miles Shepherd is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org in London, UK. . Miles has over 30 years experience on a variety of projects in UK, Eastern Europe and Russia. His PM experience includes defence, major IT projects, decommissioning of nuclear reactors, rail and business projects for the EU. Past Chairman of the Association for Project Management (APM), Miles is also past president and chair of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). Additional information about Mr. Shepherd can be found at www.pmforum.org/pm forum team/. Miles can be contacted at miles.shepherd@msp-ltd.co.uka