PMFORUM Breaking News

The ROMA 2008 World Congress team has released a new advertisement that states: "Run safely and quickly throughout the complexity of handling resources, activities, risks and stakeholders. Get your project results on time, within your budget and with high quality - Now!"


Other latest news released by the Roma 2008 project team includes the following:

• Interest in the IPMA Rome 2008 World Congress (www.ipmaroma2008.it) is growing. Nearly 400 abstracts were submitted to the Congress Scientific Committee from authors in more then 45 countries.


• At the top of the list is Italy with 79 abstracts followed by the USA with 33, China 24, Austria 24, the UK 17, Germany 16, Australia 14, Russia 14, Norway 13, Iran 14 and Finland 10.


• Many of the papers are related to Project Management in New Fields and New Trends in Project Management. But there is strong participation in about 10 of the 12 streams.


• The Scientific Committee will be contacting writers shortly in connection with the acceptance of their papers.


• In addition to an oral presentation, the congress is organising a poster section utilising an innovative system based on video presentation. Further details will follow.


• Registration is now open. Do NOT miss the early bird registration that ends on May 31.

Project management executives and professionals around the world are invited to come to Rome for the 22nd IPMA World Congress, to meet the best of international project management and to experience best practices in an innovative way!

The IPMA 22^nd World Congress on Project Management will be held in Rome, Italy during 9-11 November 2008. According to the “ROMA 2008 – Project Management to Run” project team, with keynote speeches and 12 streams of presentations over three days, as many as 200 presentations on important project management topics can be anticipated.

The congress is expected to attract leading project management authorities and over 1,000 participants from the 45+ countries represented by IPMA membership. The Roma 2008 World Congress will be one of the largest project management events in the world this year. The 22^nd IPMA World Congress and Exhibition will be held at the Palazzo dei Congressi near the heart of downtown Rome.

The local host organizations for the ROMA 2008 World Congress in Rome, Italy are the Italian Project Management Academy and the Italian National Association of Industrial Plant Engineering (ANIMP). The President of ANIMP is Mr. Fabrizio Di Amato; the President of the Italian PM Academy is Mr. Roberto Mori; the Congress Chairman is Mr. Luigi Iperti; and the Project Manager for IPMA 2008 is Mr. PierMarco Romagnoli. For registration, schedule and other information, visit the conference website at www.ipmaroma2008.it.

Founded in 1967 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.