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Thursday, September 25, 2008
3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium Announced for August 2009
The Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) has announced that The 3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium will be held at the university in Richardson, Texas during 13-14 August 2009. The announcement was made on 15 September, and was based on the success of the 2nd UTD Project Management Symposium recently completed in August that featured over 40 speakers and 225 attendees.
According to Jim Joiner (pictured), Director of the UT Dallas graduate program in project management, "Our first symposium in 2007 was a success; our second one this year was even better. With the third symposium next year, we expect to attract even more attention from project-oriented organizations in North Texas. Based on our experiences with the first two conferences, we believe we now have the leading project management event in this region. We want the 3rd annual symposium to be one of the best knowledge sharing and learning events in the project management world next year."
A call for papers will be released soon along with invitations to potential exhibitors and sponsors. Also, according to Mr. Joiner, "early bird discounts" will be offered this year to both attendees and sponsors. The 3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium will again be a traditional professional conference with keynote speeches, paper presentations, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, spread over two days. Next year's event is expected to attract between 250 and 350 participants and will be one of the largest PM events in the North Texas region.
Information will be posted soon at http://pmsymposium.utdallas.edu/, where information about the 2008 symposium can still be found. For early information regarding the 2009 symposium please contact pmsymposium@utdallas.edu.
The symposium will be 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, so attendees can easily receive Professional Development Units (PDUs) for PMP recertification.
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 UTD’s School of Management, students have the option of earning a 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 registered with the PMI Registered Education Provider Program (PMI R.E.P.). The program is taught by world-class faculty with a blend of industrial project management, consulting and teaching experience. UTD’s PM Program in delivered both on campus and online, and attracts students from across the USA and worldwide. 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 project management. 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, visit www.pmidallas.org
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A call for papers will be released soon along with invitations to potential exhibitors and sponsors. Also, according to Mr. Joiner, "early bird discounts" will be offered this year to both attendees and sponsors. The 3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium will again be a traditional professional conference with keynote speeches, paper presentations, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, spread over two days. Next year's event is expected to attract between 250 and 350 participants and will be one of the largest PM events in the North Texas region.
Information will be posted soon at http://pmsymposium.utdallas.edu/, where information about the 2008 symposium can still be found. For early information regarding the 2009 symposium please contact pmsymposium@utdallas.edu.
The symposium will be 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, so attendees can easily receive Professional Development Units (PDUs) for PMP recertification.
