PMFORUM Breaking News

Reported by Bob Owen in Manchester

The PMI UK Chapter has announced a change to the previously publicised Opening Keynote Speaker for its third International Project Management Day Conference, scheduled for Thursday 6th November 2008 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The one-day event is titled “International Project Management Day – It’s People That Count!”

John Tuckett, Director Major Projects and Programmes, Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is taking over from Bob Assirati as the Opening Keynote speaker at the conference. The OGC, at the centre of the UK Government, is developing a number of measures to assist people with delivering projects and programmes to time, cost and quality, including developing greater professionalism within all those involved. John Tuckett is the lead within OGC for a number of initiatives and will explain the drivers, rationale and outcomes expected, and how these can all be related to the individual.

An updated Conference Programme for the day can now be viewed at http://www.pmi.org.uk/events/downloads/IPMProgramme2008v2final.pdf


Other speakers and topics for the day are:

• Chris Cattaway – PM Challenges for NGOs with reference to an Ongoing Humanitarian Project


• Sylvia Baumgartner – Getting the People bit right!


• Nick Fewings – Successful change is down to people


• Andy Taylor & Patrick Bird – Fresh thinking in the development of Project Management capability


• Vicky Higham & Steve Jones – HBOS’s capability improvement project case study


• Nick Lake – PMI UK


• Dr Harvey Maylor – Closing Keynote – Step back from chaos


• Our MC will be Penny Pullan, and a poster representation of the whole event will be drawn by Vanessa Randle

There will be an exhibition with sponsor and project management association stands including:

Silver Sponsors - CPS - www.cps.co.uk, CITI - www.citi.co.uk, UMT Consulting - www.umt.com, People Deliver Projects - www.peopledeliverprojects.com, ESI International – www.esi-emea.com, PMProfessional –www.pmprofessional.co.uk RPC UK Ltd – www.rpc.uk.com Planview www.planview.co.uk

General sponsors – ExxonMobil, PMI, PMI UK, Aston University

The cost to attend will be £245 + VAT for PMI UK Chapter Members and £300 + VAT for non PMI UK Chapter Members. Further details and to book visit http://www.pmi.org.uk/events/intprojman.asp. Group booking discounts are available for companies sending 5 or more delegates along to the conference. Tel 0208 751 5626 for further info.

Further information can be found at http://www.pmi.org.uk/events/intprojman.asp or by email Sandra Newman at service@pmi.org.uk or calling 0208 751 5626 in the UK.

Bob Owen International Correspondent - UK based in Manchester Bob Owen is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org and PM World Today in Manchester, UK.  Bob is also a Senior Research Fellow at Salford University in Manchester.  Bob has worked on a wide variety of international projects, mainly in the defence sector, and has experience of developing and employing advanced sensor systems.  With a recent MSc (Dist) in Information Systems and three years of an advanced project management PhD under his belt, Bob is now Senior Research Fellow in the UK’s premier Research Institute in the Built & Human Environment.  Additional information can be found at: www.pmforum.org/pm forum team/. Bob can be contacted at r.l.owen@salford.ac.uk