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Early registration has opened for The 2^nd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium to be held 18-19 August 2008 at The University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas, USA. The 2 Day PM Symposium, "Leveraging Project Management for Business Success!", will focus on topics important to organizations and industries in North Texas, including agile project management, IT project management, new product development, program management, PM governance, global PM, emerging trends, and other topics.

The Conference will include an Opening Ceremony featuring keynote speeches by Dr. David Daniel, UT Dallas President (pictured at right), and George Consolver,Strategy Manager for Texas Instruments.

The conference will also include keynote speeches on Tuesday by Michael Kennedy (former TI executive and author of Product Development for the Lean Enterprise), Ricardo Vargas (PMI Director from Brazil) and Veikko Valila (President of IPMA, coming from Finland); over 40 professional paper presentations; three panel discussions; a Monday evening networking reception; meals and networking opportunities in the vendor exhibition areas. Attendees will receive up to 14 professional development units (PDUs) for PMP recertification, making these some of the least expensive PDUs in the world this year.

The Symposium will be held on The UT Dallas Campus, in the School of Management,a state of the art facility with audio visual and multi-media technologies in each room. Early registration fee is $300; after July 18 registration will jump to $400. Group discounts are also available. To see the program schedule, keynote speakers and other information, or to register, visit http://pmsymposium.utdallas.edu/.

A Vendor Exhibition will also accompany the August symposium, providing an opportunity for companies to showcase their project management solutions. Interested suppliers of program and project management products, services and technologies are invited to contact pmsymposium@utdallas.edu or visit http://pmsymposium.utdallas.edu.

Sponsorship opportunities are also available; sponsors will receive visibility at the school, will be featured on the conference website, and will receive complimentary passes for employees, among other benefits. For more information, contact pmsymposium@utdallas.edu.

The symposium is being sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas), in cooperation with the Dallas Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and PMForum, Inc. Both the PMI Dallas Chapter and UT Dallas are registered education providers with PMI.

The Project Management Program at UT Dallas provides application-oriented education for professionals with significant project, program or general management responsibilities. Established in the Executive Education Center in the School of Management, students have the option of earning a Graduate Certificate in Project Management, a Master of Science degree with an emphasis in project management, or a Master of Business Administration degree with project management emphasis. The UT Dallas PM program, originally developed in 1997, is accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and is a PMI Registered Education Provider (PMI R.E.P.). The program is taught by world-class faculty with a blend of industrial project management, consulting and teaching experience. Delivered both on campus and online, the program attracts students from across the United States and around the world. For more information, visit http://som.utdallas.edu/project/.

The PMI Dallas Chapter is a volunteer-based professional association dedicated to supporting the growth and development of project management practitioners, as well as building awareness of the project management discipline and its critical role in business and organization success. With more than 240,000 members in over 160 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the world’s leading membership association for the project management profession. Founded in 1984 and with over 4,000 members, the PMI Dallas Chapter is one of the world’s largest PMI components. To learn more about the PMI Dallas Chapter and its service offerings, please visit www.pmidallas.org

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