PMFORUM Breaking News

Reported by Alcides Santopietro



PMI-Montréal, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) chapter located in the city of Montreal, Canada, is celebrating its 30th anniversary and is organizing a unique congress to commemorate this remarkable event in conjunction with the University of Québec in Montreal (UQÀM – Université du Québec à Montréal). Over 400 attendees are expected for the event, to be held on April 29th at the Omni Hotel Mont-Royal in downtown Montreal.

The agenda, including exciting presentations and workshops, is based on four main themes:

• Project Management in Infrastructures


• Project team management


• Project portfolio management


• Technological project management

A cocktail is also planned for the end of the day, as indicated below:
Attendees may choose to participate in the symposium, the cocktail or both and PMI-Montréal members and UQÀM students enjoy special discounts. The full fee policy can be accessed at http://www.mgp-pmi30ans.uqam.ca/pages/tarifs.asp and registration can be done online at: https://secure.sav.uqam.ca/gp2008/

Event’s original title: Colloque en gestion de projet 2008 – 30e anniversaire PMI-Montréal
Date: April 29^th
Place: Omni Hotel Mont-Royal (1050, rue Sherbrooke West, Montreal)
Website: http://www.mgp-pmi30ans.uqam.ca/index.asp

Please note that most of the topics will be presented in French only.

The Project Management Institute (PMI®), founded in 1969 has grown to be recognized as the organization of choice for project management professionals. PMI® is the leading nonprofit professional association in the area of Project Management with more than 250,000 members worldwide. As the leading advocate for the profession, PMI is actively engaged in setting professional standards, providing a professional career path for project managers and creating a family of professional credentials: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®), Project Management Professional (PMP®) and Program Management Professional (PgMP)®. Additionally, PMI provides members with access to the knowledge, skills, educational support and networking opportunities needed to drive business results through project management, program management and portfolio management. PMI is highly regarded for its extensive research program and published studies. Project Management Institute (PMI®):
http://www.pmi.org

For further information: PMI-Montréal: http://www.pmimontreal.org

Alcides Santopietro Jr. International Correspondent based in Montreal Alcides Santopietro, PMP is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in Montreal, Canada. Founder for Proage, a project management software, consulting and training company in São Paulo, Brazil, he currently works as a PM consultant in the Canadian aviation industry. Industrial Engineer and PMP, with post-graduate diplomas in Marketing and Project Management, Alcides has been been active volunteer leader for the Project Management Institute (PMI®) in Brazil and Canada since 2002. He is a graduate of the PMI Leadership Institute Masters Class (2007), was has been chair or member of several PMI committees, including PMI’s OPM3 Update Project. Additional information about Alcides can be found at www.pmforum.org/pm forum team/correspondents. Alcides can be contacted at alcides.santopietro@gmail.com..