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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
PMForum Advisors & Correspondents meet at 22nd IPMA World Congress in Rome
Reported live from the IPMA World Congress in Rome

The 22nd IPMA World Congress on Project Management – Project Management to Run, was held during 9-11 November at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome, Italy. The congress provided an opportunity for some of PMForum’s Global Advisors and International Correspondents to meet, take some photos and discuss various issues at the congress and within the PM profession.

As a Media Partner for the IPMA congress, PMForum was provided with a booth in the PM Exhibition, access to all activities and speakers, and opportunities to meet with congress organizers and IPMA leaders. PMForum executives in Rome included David Pells, President and Managing Editor, and Nelson Soucek, VP Technology, Producer and Webmaster.

PMForum Global Advisors who attended the Roma 2008 World Congress included Russell Archibald (Mexico/USA), Adesh Jain (India), Hiroshi Tanaka (Japan), Gilles Caupin (France), Morten Fangel (Denmark), Miles Shepherd (UK), and Vladimir Voropajev (Russia).

International Editorial Advisors for PMForum and PM World Today who were in Rome included Frank Anbari, PhD (USA); Rajat Basya, PhD (India); Sergey Bushuyev, PhD (Ukraine); Lynn Crawford, PhD (Australia); Roland Gareis, PhD (Austria); Brane Semolic, PhD (Slovenia); and Rodney Turner, PhD (UK).

(photo: front row – Vladimir Voropajev, Russ Archibald, Adesh Jain, Hiroshi Tanaka, Sergey Bushuyev; back row – Davis Shannon, Tom Taylor, Alan Harpham, David Pells, Gilles Caupin)

PMForum International Correspondents in Rome included Carol Dekkers (USA), Ed Naughton (Ireland), Axexander Tovb (Russia), Martina Huemann (Austria), David Shannon (UK), Miles Shepherd (UK), and Renate Prantner (Austria).

Other PMForum stakeholders participating in the IPMA congress in Rome included the following participants in PMForum’s PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau: Tom Taylor (UK), Mary McKinlay (UK), Alan Harpham (UK), and Helen Cooke (USA).

(Photos: Nelson Soucek, Roland Gareis & David Pells; Soucek Soucek, Morten Fangel & David Pells; Allan Harpham, David Pells & Gilles Caupin at reception)

The local hosts for the ROMA 2008 World Congress – Project Management to Run - were 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. Additional information about IPMA is available at www.ipma.ch.

Additional information about PMForum can be found at www.pmforum.org.

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 global advisors and international correspondents.


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