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Saudi Aramco Executive Salim Al-Aydh to Speak at IPMA Congress in Rome in November 2008
The project management team for the 22nd IPMA World Congress on Project Management - ROMA 2008 Project Management to Run - has announced that Mr. Salim Al-Aydh will be a keynote speaker for the November congress. Mr. Al-Aydh is Senior Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of Aramco, the largest engineering and construction company in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world.
Mr Salim Al-Aydh is Senior Vice President of Engineering & Project Management in Saudi Aramco and is currently responsible for the development of the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology project (KAUST) and five Administrative areas – Project Management, KAUST Project Management, Engineering Services, New Business Development and RT Integrated Refining & Petrochemical organization. He has over thirty-seven years of experience in a wide-ranging area of operations.
Mr Al-Aydh received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tulsa, USA in 1979. He attended the Management Development Seminar in 1986, and the Program for Management Development, at Harvard University in 1990. Mr Al-Aydh is actively involved in the Society for Organization Learning (SoL), and has recently established GulfSoL in the Gulf region, which is committed to fundamental innovation and change in organizations. The SoL network connects local SoL communities, organizations and individuals to form a world-wide collaborative learning community.
The IPMA 22nd World Congress on Project Management will be held in Rome, Italy during 9-11 November 2008. With keynote speeches and 12 streams of presentations over three days, as many as 200 presentations on important project management topics can be anticipated at ROMA 2008 – Project Management to Run.
Leading project management authorities and over 1,000 participants from the 45+ countries represented by IPMA membership are expected to attend. The Roma 2008 World Congress will be one of the largest project management events in the world this year. The 22nd IPMA World Congress and Exhibition will be held at the Palazzo dei Congressi near the heart of downtown Rome. For registration, schedule and other information, visit the conference website at www.ipmaroma2008.it.
The local hosts for the ROMA 2008 World Congress are the Italian Project Management Academy and the Italian National Association of Industrial Plant Engineering (ANIMP).The President of ANIMP is Fabrizio Di Amato; the President of the Italian PM Academy is Roberto Mori; the Congress Chairman is Luigi Iperti; and the Project Manager for IPMA 2008 is PierMarco Romagnoli.
Founded in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is an international federation of more than 40 national PM societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Local societies serve each country in its national language. IPMA provides an umbrella organization at the international level. IPMA’s internationally acclaimed 4 Level PM Certification Programme continues to grow worldwide. The IPMA annually presents awards for great feats in project management, and 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 2008 is Veikko Valila. Additional information is available at www.ipma.ch.
Mr Al-Aydh received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tulsa, USA in 1979. He attended the Management Development Seminar in 1986, and the Program for Management Development, at Harvard University in 1990. Mr Al-Aydh is actively involved in the Society for Organization Learning (SoL), and has recently established GulfSoL in the Gulf region, which is committed to fundamental innovation and change in organizations. The SoL network connects local SoL communities, organizations and individuals to form a world-wide collaborative learning community.
Leading project management authorities and over 1,000 participants from the 45+ countries represented by IPMA membership are expected to attend. The Roma 2008 World Congress will be one of the largest project management events in the world this year. The 22nd IPMA World Congress and Exhibition will be held at the Palazzo dei Congressi near the heart of downtown Rome. For registration, schedule and other information, visit the conference website at www.ipmaroma2008.it.
The local hosts for the ROMA 2008 World Congress are the Italian Project Management Academy and the Italian National Association of Industrial Plant Engineering (ANIMP).The President of ANIMP is Fabrizio Di Amato; the President of the Italian PM Academy is Roberto Mori; the Congress Chairman is Luigi Iperti; and the Project Manager for IPMA 2008 is PierMarco Romagnoli.
