Reported by Miles Shepherd in the UKThe Association for Project
Management (APM) has scheduled the APM 2009 Project Management
Conference -
Delivering Projects Professionally - for Wednesday, 21
st
October 2009 at The Brewery in London. The conference will be an
interactive forum to provide participants with an insight into the
development of effective project professionals.
The
APM Project Management conference panel is inviting project managers,
project management practitioners and professional leaders to take part
in shaping the national and international project management agendas by
contributing a presentation to the conference.
This year's hot topics include
- Sponsorship - developing an effective link between sponsors and project professionals.
- Capability development - enhancing project management capability and competence in organisations.
- The project management toolkit - advancing professional practice in project management.
- Project ethics - exploring how new professional standards are changing the roles and responsibilities of project practitioners.
Presentation
slots will typically be 30 minutes long - 20 minutes presentation and
10 minutes for questions, answers and debate. Presentation outlines
should be no more than 250 words long in PDF, Word or PowerPoint
format. Presentation outlines should be submitted to APM by Wednesday
24
th June 2009 to
conference@apm.org.uk.
Those interested in
attending, or for further information about exhibiting, can also visit
https://www.apm.org.uk/conference.asp or contact
conference@apm.org.uk.
To be added to the conference mailing list, please email
conference@apm.org.uk.
The
Association for Project Management (APM) is the UK's national body for
professional project management. With over 17,500 individual and 500
corporate members throughout the UK and abroad, APM is one of the
largest organisations of its kind in Europe. The organisation develops
and promotes project management across all sectors of industry and
beyond. APM's mission is: "To develop and promote the professional
disciplines of project and programme management for the public
benefit." APM is the UK member of the International Project Management
Association (IPMA). With headquarters in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire,
APM has twelve regional branches throughout the UK and one in Hong
Kong. More information can be found at
www.apm.org.uk.