PMFORUM Breaking News

Reported by Jaycee Kruger in South Africa

Project Management South Africa (PMSA) has opened registration for its International Conference 2008: From Strategy to Reality to be held in Midrand South Africa, and is proud to announce that Dr Ginger Levin is the first of four plenary speakers to confirm her participation. Dr Levin will speak in the plenary session on the third and final day of the conference, and will also present a workshop.

USA-based Dr Ginger Levin is a Senior Consultant and Educator in project management. She is the co-author of several books and has also published numerous articles in peer-review journals and conference proceedings and has presented several plenary talks at various international conferences. In her consulting capacity, she has served as Project Manager in numerous efforts for Fortune 500 and public sector clients, including Bank One, UPS, Citibank, General Electric, John Deere, Schreiber Foods, New York City Transit Authority, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In addition, Dr Levin is a Lecturer for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville where she teaches in its Project Management Masters Program. She is the only person who holds all of the Project Management Institute’s credentials – a CAPM, PMP, and PgMP – and is also certified as an OPM3 Assessor and Consultant.

The conference fees have been announced and the registration process is open to a worldwide audience of project professionals. Cost details and an online registration form are available at www.pmsaconference.co.za. Delegates are encouraged to take advantage of the early-bird discount, which expires on March 31, 2008.

Project Management South Africa (PMSA) is a not-for-profit professional association serving more than 1,000 project management practitioners in South Africa. PMSA hosts a conference every second year that features invited international and local speakers, and a broad range of reviewed presentations. The PMSA President for 2008 is Elmar Roberg; and Chairman of the Board is Robert Best. For more information about PMSA, visit http://www.pmisa.org.za or contact Taryn van Olden at info@cyansky.co.za.

Jaycee Kruger International Correspondent South Africa Jaycee Krüger, PMP, PrTechEng, is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in South Africa. He is also the Managing Director of the CMSS, trading as Construction Management Support Services. He has over 29 years of experience in project environments with increasing responsibility, on power, industrial and mining projects, including shutdowns and projects in remote locations. A Civil Engineer by training, Jaycee is active in the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACE), Project Management Institute (PMI), Project Management South Africa (PMSA), and the South African Institute of Civil Engineering (SAICE). Jaycee is based in Heidelberg, Gauteng, Johannesburg region, and can be reached at jckruger@greybeards.co.za. For additional information about Jaycee Krüger, visit http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#Kruger.