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Friday, August 29, 2008
Experience Italy in November! Pre & Post Congress Tours Announced for IPMA World Congress in Rome
The project management team for the 22nd IPMA World Congress on Project Management - ROMA 2008 Project Management to Run - has announced that a variety of pre and post congress tours of Italy will be available for participants. The IPMA 22nd World Congress on Project Management will be held in Rome, Italy during 9-11 November 2008.

EEM Congressi & Eventi, the Official Secretariat, will offer several tours which can be organized on demand for groups and/or individuals. The following examples have been announced by the IPMA congress team.(Prices include: transport, accommodation in double room of (***) stars superior or (****) stars hotel, professional assistant, guide and entrance fees.) Examples include the following:

Florence - 2 days/1 night - Cost 280,00 € per person. Departure: Friday, November 7 and Wednesday, November 12. Day 1: Transfer from Rome to Florence - Half day guided tour of Florence - Overnight accommodation. Day 2: Day at leisure for optional tours, self discovery, shopping - Return to Rome.

Florence & Tuscany Art Cities - 3 days / 2 nights – Cost 500,00 € per person. Departure: Thursday, November 6 and Wednesday, November 12. Day 1: Transfer from Rome to Pisa - Half day guided tour of Pisa - Overnight accommodation. Day 2: Breakfast at hotel - Transfer to Lucca and visit of the city - Transfer to Florence - Overnight accommodation. Day 3: Half day guided tour of Florence - Afternoon at leisure for optional tours, self-discovery, shopping - Return to Rome.

Venice - 3 days / 2 nights - Cost 500,00 € per person. Departure: Thursday, November 6 and Wednesday, November 12. Day 1: Transfer from Rome to Venice - Initial visit at twilight - Overnight accommodation. Day 2: Breakfast at hotel - Guided tour of Venice - Afternoon at leisure for optional tours, self discovery, shopping - Overnight accommodation. Day 3: Half day guided tour of Venice and its laguna - Return to Rome.

Amalfi Coast & Island of Capri - 4 days/3 night - Cost 570,00 € per person. Departure: Wednesday, November 5 and Wednesday, November 12. Day 1: Transfer from Rome to Sorrento -- Visit of the town - Overnight accommodation in Sorrento. Day 2: Breakfast at hotel - Half day guided tour of the Amalfi Coast - Afternoon at leisure for optional tours, self discovery, shopping - Transfer and overnight accommodation in the island of Capri. Day 3: Visit of Capri. Day 4: Return to mainland and guided visit of the remains of the Roman city of Pompei. Return to Rome.

Tours require a minimum of 15 participants. Please visit the official Congress web site at www.ipmaroma2008.it for all updated information and for reservations.

The "ROMA 2008 - Project Management to Run" world congress will include keynote speeches and 12 streams of presentations over three days, with as many as 200 presentations on important project management topics. Approximately 1,000 participants from the 45+ countries represented by IPMA membership are expected to attend, making it 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 45 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. Additional information is available at www.ipma.ch.


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