PMFORUM Breaking News

Reported by Rob Posener in Sydney

The PMI Global Congress Asia Pacific 2008 Project Management Conference opened in Sydney on Monday 3rd March. The conference is being held at The Hilton in Sydney during 3rd to 5th March, 2008. Approximately 750 project management executives and professionals attended the opening session on Monday afternoon.

Exhibitors at the PMI Global Congress Asia Pacific 2008 Project Management Conference included the following companies:

• Savion Software Pty Ltd


• Primavera Systems Inc


• Tanner James Management


• IIL Asia Plc Ltd


• Supertech Project Management


• Human Systems Asia Pacific Pte Ltd


• Change Corporation


• FPMS Pte Ltd


• Serena Software Pte Ltd


• The George Washington University


• APMG Australasia


• Asia Pacific International College


• Semcon Asia Pacific


• Hewlett-Packard Pty Ltd


• Project Management Leadership Group, Inc


• TeamFrame


• Aldion Consulting Pte Ltd

In addition to the exhibitors, those companies in bold are also sponsoring various aspects of the conference.

According to PMI Sydney President Ian Wolfe (pictured), “Our exhibitors and sponsors recognised the significance of our conference, and of the topics to be discussed. We are putting on a world-class conference here, with more than 50% of the participants from outside of Australia. These project management companies are helping us move project management onto a higher plane.”

The PMI Global Congress – Asia Pacific is one of four global congresses organized each year by PMI®, along with congresses in the Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA), Latin America and North America regions. The PMI Global Congresses are some of the largest project management-related events in the world and include educational seminars, professional paper presentations, vendor exhibitions, networking events, and professional meetings. PMI also conducts regional leadership meetings in connection with each Global Congress, at which leaders of PMI components, committees and operations staff meet on PMI business. For more information about Global Congresses, visit http://congresses.pmi.org/.

With more than 260,000 members in 171 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the leading membership association for the project management profession and the largest association dedicated to project management in the world. As the leading advocate for the profession, PMI is actively engaged in setting professional standards, providing a professional career path for project managers and maintaining a family of globally-transferable professional credentials: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®), Project Management Professional (PMP®) and Program Management Professional (PgMPSM). Additionally, the Institute provides members with access to the knowledge, skills, educational support and networking opportunities needed to drive business results through project management. PMI is highly regarded for its extensive research capabilities. PMI was founded in 1969. Visit PMI.org for more information.

Robert Posener International Correspondent Australia Mr. Robert Posener is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org in Sydney, Australia. Mr. Posener is also founder and Managing Director of PMComplete Pty Ltd, a project management professional services company in Australia. For the last 30 years, Robert has managed projects for computer hardware, software and technology companies in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and USA. Rob can be reached at robert.posener@pmcomplete.com.au. More information about Robert Posener can be found at www.pmforum.org/pm forum team/index.htm#Posener.