The PMI Dallas Chapter's annual "2009 Vendor Showcase" was a big
success on Thursday evening, February 5, 2009, drawing more than 400
attendees. 17 companies participated, showcasing project management
products, services and technologies to the project managers and PMI
members from around North Texas.
One
of the participating organizations was The University of Texas at
Dallas (UT Dallas), which was showcasing its graduate program in
project management in the School of Management. The UT Dallas
representatives were also providing information about the 3
rd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium scheduled for August 2009.
According to
James Joiner,
director of the Project Management Program at UT Dallas and the August
PM Symposium, "This was a good opportunity to promote both our project
management MBA and MS programs, as well as the project management
symposium in August. We've received quite a few abstracts, so the
symposium should have a full set of tracks and presentations. We expect
around 350 to attend the symposium this year."
Mr. Joiner and UT Dallas Lecturers
James Szot and
Sue Freedman, PhD, were on hand at the PMI Dallas 2009 Vendor Showcase to promote the UT Dallas Project Management Program and the 3
rd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium.
(photo: Sue Freedman, James Szot and James Joiner of UT Dallas at the PMI Dallas Vendor Showcase on 5 February 2009)"Speakers
at the August symposium will have attendance fees waived," Joiner
added. "So this will be a good opportunity for project managers and
executives to give a talk, bring some recognition to their
organizations, gain some PDUs, and advance their careers at little
cost. The Call for Papers is still open. We are looking for good
presentations, real world experiences and new ideas about project and
program management."
the
3rd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium
will be held August 13-14, 2009 on The University of Texas at Dallas
campus in Richardson, Texas, USA. The conference is being sponsored by
the Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of
Management's Executive Education Center at The University of Texas at
Dallas, in partnership with Dallas Chapter of the Project Management
Institute (PMI
®) and PMForum. The 2-day Project Management
Symposium will focus on topics important to organizations, industries
and the economy of North Texas. For more information or two submit an
abstract, visit
http://som.utdallas.edu/project/ or contact
pmsymposium@utdallas.edu.
The
2009 PMI Dallas Vendor Showcase took place at the Crown Plaza Hotel in
Addison, Texas, USA. The PMI Dallas Chapter is one of the world's
largest components of the Project Management Institute (PMI
®),
the world's largest membership association for project management with
more than 270,000 members in over 175 countries. The PMI Dallas Chapter
was founded in 1984 and has over 4,000 members. To learn more, visit
www.pmidallas.orgThe
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 the UT Dallas' School of Management, students have
the option of earning a Graduate 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 is accredited by the Project
Management Institute (PMI
®) and is registered with the PMI Registered Education Provider Program (PMI R.E.P.). For more information, visit
http://som.utdallas.edu/project/.