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Reported by Miles Shepherd in the UK

The APM Project Management Awards have been recoginising project management success across all sectors of industry for the last 15 years and have become a popular focal point on the project management calendar in the UK. This prestigious annual event takes place alongside APM's national Project Management Conference, making it one of APM’s largest events. This year the Awards Banquet will be held on 29 October 2008.

Leading up to the event, scores of projects, project managers and academics all come under the scrutiny of the expert judging panel, who assess their project management abilities against a number of criteria derived from the APM Body of Knowledge. The entrants who impress the greatest in each category are selected as finalists and from these the eventual winner is chosen. Winners all gain extensive and deserved recognition for their achievements over the following 12 months, as well as receiving their very own 'Nigel', the iconic trophy (pictured) created by British designer Nigel Cripps. Now the finalists for APM's 2008 awards have been announced.

From the Stephen Lawrence Centre to the Water Cube in Beijing, from Eurostar to London’s Low Emissions Zone, the full diversity of project management practice is represented among the finalists for this year’s APM Project Management Awards. The awards ceremony which will be held at the Brewery in London on the evening of the 29^th October. Finalists are the following:

Project Manager of the Year - sponsored by Corporate Project Solutions
Julie Hirlam, Turner & Townsend
Kay Martin, BT/Liverpool Direct Ltd
Martin Potterton, Bovis Lend Lease

Project of the Year – sponsored by Siemens
Defence Aerospace, Rolls-Royce
London Low Emission Zone, Transport for London and Deloitte
North Coast Waste Water Treatment, MWH/RPS Joint Venture Alliance

Programme of the year - Sponsored by Program Framework
Swanwick and West Drayton, NATS
DWP IP Convergence Programme, BT Global Services
Eurostar High Speed, Eurostar

Young Project Manager of the year - Sponsored by PMProfessional Learning
Emma Silvey, Currie & Brown
Iain Heath, Turner & Townsend
Seb Hills, Moorhouse Consulting

Overseas Project of the Year, Sponsored by The Projects Group
Water Cube, Beijing, Arup
AMA International University, Davis Langdon
North Sitra, MWH

Project Management Company of the Year
BAE Systems
Moorhouse Consulting
Faithful + Gould

Community Project of the Year
Langdon Park Station, Docklands Light Railway Ltd
The Stephen Lawrence Centre, Turner & Townsend
Singleton Environment Centre, Ashford borough Council

Geoffrey Trimble Award
Kenneth Sheard, Fenwick Elliott LLP
Paul Christmas, Rolls-Royce
Sven Demant, Henley Management College


Tickets for the awards, which once again run alongside this year’s APM Project Management Conference, are available now from www.apm.org.uk/awards.asp.

Programme and project managers from around the world are invited to participate in the APM October Conference, to help develop the national and international project management agendas through presentations, panel discussions and debate. For details about the conference visit www.apm.org.uk/conference.asp or contact conference@apm.org.uk. Exhibition opportunities are also available. Those interested in exhibiting at the APM Project Management Conference 2008, or sponsoring an activity or award, can download the exhibitors pack on the conference website at http://www.apm.org.uk/exhibitors.asp, or contact Jo Asher on jo@impact-now.co.uk

The Association for Project Management (APM) is the UK’s national body for professional project management. With over 15,000 individual and 390 corporate members throughout the UK and abroad, APM is one of the largest organizations of its kind in Europe. The organization 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