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The IPMA 22nd World Congress on Project Management being held in Rome, Italy during 9-11 November 2008 was preceded by a pre-congress Young Crew Workshop during November 6-8 at the Hotel die Congressi.   Young Crew is a key component of IPMA’s strategy for the growth and nurturing of project management leaders of tomorrow.  The main goals of the IPMA Young Crew initiative are to provide opportunities for project management knowledge and experimental learning, identifying the needs of the young, interaction and information exchange.  For many years, IPMA has organized workshops for young professionals and students of project management.

The 2008 Young Crew workshop had the special title “Project Management Improvement by Human Skills, Risk Management and Control.”  The workshop in Rome, as with previous meetings, was structured for young professionals, students, post-graduates, faculty members, directors of companies and others between the ages of 24 and 35.  This year, approximately 40 young project management students and practitioners participated from various IPMA member countries.  During the workshop, the emphasis was on group discussions, interactive learning, networking and having fun.  The IPMA Young Crew workshop in Rome was chaired by Antonio Calabrese (pictured) Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy.

Each year, the IPMA also gives an International Young Project Manager of the Year Award to one of the participants.  This year’s winner was Edward Logan, Deputy Program Manager for ManTech, a US government contractor in Virginia, USA.  Mr. Logan’s winning project was an interesting and challenging project for the US Patents and Trademarks Office of the US government.  Edward presented details about his project to the Young Crew Workshop participants on Saturday afternoon, 8 November 2008.The local host organizations for the ROMA 2008 World Congress – Project Management to Run - are the Italian Project Management Academy and the Italian National Association of Industrial Plant Engineering (ANIMP).  The President of ANIMP is Mr. Fabrizio Di Amato; the President of the Italian PM Academy is Mr. Roberto Mori; the Congress Chairman is Mr. Luigi Iperti; and the Project Manager for IPMA 2008 is Mr. PierMarco Romagnoli. For registration, schedule and other information, visit the conference website at www.ipmaroma2008.it.

 Founded in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the world’s oldest project management professional organization. IPMA is an international federation of more than 45 national PM societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. IPMA’s Annual World Congress is one of the largest and most important gatherings of project management authorities and leaders each year.  The president of IPMA for 2008 is Veikko Valila; president-elect for 2009/10 is Brigette Schaden.  Additional information about IPMA is available at www.ipma.ch.  Reported live from Rome by David Pells and Nelson Soucek who were covering the IPMA world congress for PMForum, along with a number of PMForum advisors and correspondents.