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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Call for Papers extended for September ProMAC 2008 Project Management Conference in Anchorage
The Call for Papers for the ProMAC 2008 project management conference to be held in Anchorage, Alaska during September 15-18, 2008 has been extended to July 10, 2008. The ProMAC 2008 conference will be held at Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage. This will be the fourth ProMAC project management conference, following on successful events previously held in Australia, Japan and Singapore. The conference website is http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/.
Project management researchers, professionals, executives and leaders are invited to submit an abstract and presentation proposal on one of the following topics:
Prospective authors and presenters should study the author guidelines, paper and presentations formats and other information at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/papers/index.cfm and also contact promac2008@uaa.alaska.edu.
The ProMAC 2008 conference will serve as an important forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences for revolutionizing today’s project management knowledge and techniques for the future. Special plenary sessions will feature top executives and government officials from the Asia Pacific region who will describe and exchange practices and plans. This will be an opportunity of a life time to participate in a major PM conference and experience the beauty of Alaska. For details, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/.
ProMAC International Project Management Conferences are promoted through an international partnership of The Society of Project Management (Japan), the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), the Asia Pacific International College (APIC) in Australia, the University of Alaska Anchorage and other participating academic and professional institutions. ProMAC has been established as a series of international conferences for academia and practicing project managers to gather and interact with each other. Successful ProMAC Conferences have previously been held in Singapore in 2002, Tokyo in 2004 and Sydney in 2006.
The ProMAC 2008 conference host and lead sponsor is the Masters of Science program in Project Management (MSPM) at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Other sponsors include the PMI Anchorage Alaska Chapter, the Society of Project Management (Japan), Asia Pacific International College (Australia), Alaska Communications Systems (ACS), Alaska Airlines, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company , ASRC Energy Systems, British Petroleum (BP), ConocoPhillips, CH2MHill, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Hawk Consultants LLC, NANA Development Corporation, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The general conference co-chairs are Dr. Jang Ra, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA (Chair); Prof. Ali Jaafari, Asia Pacific International College, Australia; Dr. Osamu Ohno, Society of Project Management, Japan; and Prof. Khim Teck Yeo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The Project Manager is Danny Elmore, University of Alaska Anchorage.
- Government, Social, and Economic Transformation - Reengineering public works management, Integrate strategy and governance, Knowledge work, Change management, Program/Portfolio management
- New Challenges of Projects and Organizations - Enterprise PM, Organizational Structure, PMO, Learning organization, Team size, Agile PM, Digitalization, Virtualization, Molecularization, Disintermediation, Prosumption, Customerization, Mega projects
- Regional/International Collaborations in PM - Globalization, Standardization, Regulations, Alliance contracting, EVM, Professional Societies, Security
- Development of PM Training and Education - Virtual leadership, Human factors, K-12 education, Professional responsibility, Tools, Techniques, Technologies, PM software
- PM Knowledge Areas - Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Communications, Human Resource, Risk, Procurement, Integration
- Business and Industry Application Areas - Construction, Education, Engineering, Environment, Healthcare, High Tech, Logistics, Manufacturing, Military, Publics Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, R&D, Software development, Supply chain, Transportation
- Envisioning the Future - Convergence of technologies, Asset management, Project maturity, Managing non-value added activities
- General PM
Prospective authors and presenters should study the author guidelines, paper and presentations formats and other information at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/papers/index.cfm and also contact promac2008@uaa.alaska.edu.
ProMAC International Project Management Conferences are promoted through an international partnership of The Society of Project Management (Japan), the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), the Asia Pacific International College (APIC) in Australia, the University of Alaska Anchorage and other participating academic and professional institutions. ProMAC has been established as a series of international conferences for academia and practicing project managers to gather and interact with each other. Successful ProMAC Conferences have previously been held in Singapore in 2002, Tokyo in 2004 and Sydney in 2006.
The general conference co-chairs are Dr. Jang Ra, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA (Chair); Prof. Ali Jaafari, Asia Pacific International College, Australia; Dr. Osamu Ohno, Society of Project Management, Japan; and Prof. Khim Teck Yeo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The Project Manager is Danny Elmore, University of Alaska Anchorage.
