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Reported by Miles Shepherd in the UK

The Association for Project Management (APM) has issued a Call for Papers for the APM 2008 Project Management Conference, scheduled for 29-30 October 2008. The 2008 conference will be held once again at the historic Brewery Conference Centre in London. Deadline for presentation proposals is 27 June 2008.

The conference panel invites executives, project managers and project management 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

The APM Project Management Conference Panel are looking for contributors with a story to tell or view to express; contributions should focus on practical rather than technical issues, looking at how to maximise the benefits of project management and avoid the potential pitfalls. Topic areas include:

• Success through Projects – possible subjects: Managing projects better, organizational project performance, measuring success


• Right Projects! Right People! – possible subjects: selecting projects, managing the portfolio, stopping projects, managing project management capacity


• Stakeholders and Sponsors – possible subjects: being a sponsor, managing your sponsor, managing politics, dealing with stakeholders, communicating success (and failure)


• Managing in a complex world – complex projects, complex project environments


• Local projects, global consequence! – possible subjects: Sustainability, globalization, ethics

Full details about each of these topics can be found at www.apm.org.uk/conferencetopics.asp.

Presentation slots at the conference will last around 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions, answers and debate. 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. Presentation outlines should be submitted by the 27th June 2008 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 16,500 individual and 490 corporate members throughout the UK and abroad, APM is one of the largest organisations of its kind in Europe. The organisation 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 is a global advisor and International Correspondent for PMForum in the United Kingdom. He is also managing director for MS Projects Ltd, a consulting company supporting various UK Government agencies, nuclear industry organisations and other businesses. 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 UK Government and EU. Past Chair and Fellow 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 is based near London and can be reached at miles.shepherd@msp-ltd.co.uka