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Reported by Miles Shepherd in the UK

The Association for Project Management (APM) has issued an invitation to prospective speakers for their 2008 Project Management Conference, "Success Through Projects". The 2008 conference will be held at the historic Brewery conference centre in London during 29-30 October 2008.

The APM Project Management Conference panel invites programme and project managers to take part in developing the national and international project management agenda by contributing a presentation at the conference. The panel is looking for contributors with a story to tell or view to express, contributions should focus on practical rather than technical, looking at how to maximise the benefits of project management and avoid the potential pitfalls.

If you would like the chance to join the project management debate as a speaker at the APM Project Management Conference, then you can submit an outline of your presentation to the conference panel. Conference themes include the following:

• Success through projects - possible subjects include managing projects better, organisational project performance, measuring success


• Right projects, right people - possible subjects include selecting projects, managing the portfolio, stopping projects, managing project management capacity


• Stakeholders and sponsors - possible subjects include being a sponsor, managing your sponsor, managing politics, dealing with stakeholders, communicating success (and failure)


• Managing in a complex world - possible subjects include complex projects, complex project environments


• Local projects, global consequence - possible subjects include Sustainability, globalisation, ethics

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 27th June 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 16,500 individual and 500 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 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