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Reported by Miles Shepherd in the UK

The Association for Project Management (APM) has issued a Call for Paper for the APM 2008 Project Management Conference, now scheduled for 29-30 October 2008. The 2008 conference will be held once again at the historic Brewery Conference Centre in London.

The conference panel invites executives, project managers and PM professionals to take part in developing the national and international project management agenda by contributing a presentation to the conference. This will be an interactive forum bringing together project management professionals and decision makers across the public and private sectors

If you would like the chance to join the project management debate as a speaker at the APM Project Management Conference, then submit an outline of your presentation to the Conference panel. The outline should be no more than 250 words and submitted in PDF, Word, or Power Point format. Actual presentation slots will be 20 minutes long with an extra 10 minutes for questions, answers and debate. The deadline for papers is 30th April 2008; send your outline to conference@apm.org.uk.

Full details about the conference can be found at www.apm.org.uk/conference.asp. For further information about speaking, attending or exhibiting at the event, contact conference@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." 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