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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
PMForum named Media Partner for IPMA's ROMA 2008 World Congress in Rome
The International Project Management Association (IPMA) has selected PMForum to promote and report about their ROMA 2008 Global Congress on Project Management. PMForum announced on Monday, 19 November that it has been named “Media Partner” for ROMA 2008 Congress, to be held in Rome, Italy during the 9-11 November 2008. This will be the 22nd IPMA World Congress and the first in Italy since 1992. It is expected to be one the largest project management conferences in the world next year.
According to Henrik Jonsson, Vice President of IPMA, “PMForum is now recognized as the world’s leading independent source of project management news. We want to work closely with them in order to increase global exposure and visibility for our 2008 World Congress, and expect their live news coverage directly from the congress in Rome to be especially exciting.”
The media partnership agreement was reached during discussions between David Pells of PMForum, Henrik Jonsson of IPMA and Vittorio Cariati, Project Manager of the ROMA 2008 World Congress, during meetings in the USA in October. (Pells, Jonsson & Cariati pictured)
Under the banner of “Project Management to Run”, the conference will feature professional papers and presentations in the following streams:
The ROMA 2008 World Congress will be conducted during 9-11 November 2008 at the Palazzo dei Congressi, located in the heart of the Rome business center. Participants from more than 50 countries are expected. The sponsoring organizations are the Italian National Association of Industrial Plant Engineering (ANIMP), the Italian Project Management Academy, and the IPMA. The Chair of the 22nd IPMA World Congress project manager is Mr. Luigi Iperti; the Project Manager of IPMA 2008 is Mr. Vittorio Cariati. For more information about the ROMA 2008 World Congress, including call for papers and invitation to sponsors, visit www.ipmaroma2008.it.
As a PMForum media partner, the ROMA 2008 World Congress will receive banner ad promotion on PMForum web pages; listing in PMForum’s online Events Calendar, pre-event news coverage of announcements and developments, live breaking news coverage directly from location during the event, and post-event reporting. Examples of PMForum partnering efforts and media coverage can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/events/partner_program.htm.
Founded in 1965 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the world’s oldest project management professional organization. IPMA is an international federation of more than 40 national PM societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Local societies 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’s internationally acclaimed 4 Level Project Management Certification Programme continues to grow worldwide. 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 regular International Symposia, Expert Seminars and its Annual World Congress. The president of IPMA for 2007-2008 is Veikko Valila. Additional information is available at www.ipma.ch.
Established prior to 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and continues to be one of the world’s most popular sources of project management news and information. PMForum, Inc. is a company formed to operate and administer the pmforum.org website. PMForum also produces the monthly online PM World Today eJournal where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading PM authorities from around the world can be found; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net.
The media partnership agreement was reached during discussions between David Pells of PMForum, Henrik Jonsson of IPMA and Vittorio Cariati, Project Manager of the ROMA 2008 World Congress, during meetings in the USA in October. (Pells, Jonsson & Cariati pictured)
Under the banner of “Project Management to Run”, the conference will feature professional papers and presentations in the following streams:
- Time dimension in project management
- Project management in the Mediterranean Basin and the Middle East
- Project management for large infrastructures and industrial plants
- Project management in public sectors and projects financed by international institutions
- Project management in main public events
- Project management in new fields
- New trends in project management
- Management by projects in industry
- Project portfolio and business process management
- Project management in history
- Soft skills: education and certification benefits
- Complex project managers
The ROMA 2008 World Congress will be conducted during 9-11 November 2008 at the Palazzo dei Congressi, located in the heart of the Rome business center. Participants from more than 50 countries are expected. The sponsoring organizations are the Italian National Association of Industrial Plant Engineering (ANIMP), the Italian Project Management Academy, and the IPMA. The Chair of the 22nd IPMA World Congress project manager is Mr. Luigi Iperti; the Project Manager of IPMA 2008 is Mr. Vittorio Cariati. For more information about the ROMA 2008 World Congress, including call for papers and invitation to sponsors, visit www.ipmaroma2008.it.
As a PMForum media partner, the ROMA 2008 World Congress will receive banner ad promotion on PMForum web pages; listing in PMForum’s online Events Calendar, pre-event news coverage of announcements and developments, live breaking news coverage directly from location during the event, and post-event reporting. Examples of PMForum partnering efforts and media coverage can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/events/partner_program.htm.
