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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert to address 3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium in August
Tom Leppert, the popular mayor of the
City of Dallas, will be the second keynote speaker to open the 3rd Annual UT
Dallas Project Management Symposium on August 13, 2009. The regional project
management conference, which will be held on The University of Texas at Dallas
(UT Dallas) campus in Richardson, Texas during 13-14 August 2009, is being
sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management (PM) in the School of
Management's Executive Education Center at UT Dallas, in partnership with the
Dallas Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and PMForum. The theme
for this year's UT Dallas Project Management Symposium will be "Managing in a
Changing World".
Tom Leppert (pictured below, with downtown Dallas behind him) was elected mayor of Dallas, Texas, USA in June 2007. Since taking office, The Mayor and the City Council have pursued policies that have dramatically improved the quality of life in Dallas. The crime rate has been reduced by double digits, major firms like AT&T and Tenet Healthcare have moved to Downtown Dallas, and construction is underway on Main Street Garden, the Woodall Rogers Deck Park and the first Calatrava-designed bridge over the Trinity River. New games have found a home at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park, and new plants in Southern Dallas and at the Inland Port have created hundreds of new jobs.
The Mayor has also pursued a strong trade agenda leading delegations to China and Mexico. He has a leadership role in the US Conference of Mayors as Chair of the influential Urban Economies Committee. Mayor Leppert has also pursued a strong education agenda. The Mayor's Intern Fellows program is in its second year placing high school students from challenged schools in corporate offices for the summer. Operation Front Door has transformed the curb appeal for several campuses. The Ready to Read pre-literacy program has reached thousands of children. And the Mayor's Chesapeake Energy Scholarships continue to provide financial support for students. Mayor Leppert donates all of his salary as Mayor to scholarships.
Mayor Leppert has previously led major corporations in the areas of construction, financial services and real estate. As CEO of Turner Construction, he moved the Fortune 500 firm's headquarters to Dallas. He also was chair of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce and still serves on its Executive Committee.
A lifelong community volunteer, he has served numerous community groups and charitable organizations on both the local and national levels. The Mayor served as a White House fellow in both the Treasury Department and in the White House. Mayor Leppert holds an M.B.A. with Distinction from Harvard Business School and graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College. He and his wife Laura live in Dallas. Their son Christian and twins, Catherine and Ryan are all in college.
On 13 August, Mayor Leppert will immediately follow James Reilly III, recently retired NASA astronaut, who will be the first keynote speaker for the 3rd UT Dallas PM Symposium. These two outstanding keynote speakers will be followed by two days of professional presentations over six tracks of topics related to managing programs and projects in today's changing business and economic environment.
Project managers and PM experts, leaders and professionals living and working in North Texas are invited to register now for this major regional project management conference. Don't miss this opportunity to meet and hear the Mayor of one of America's largest and most dynamic cities, and one that is full of large, exciting and even controversial projects.
The 2009 UT Dallas PM Symposium will include five keynotes, 40
speakers, 300+ participants and numerous networking opportunities. The Symposium
will be held on the UT Dallas Campus, in the School of Management, a
state-of-the-art facility (pictured above) with audio-visual and multi-media
technologies in each room. Participating PMI members will receive up to 16
professional development units (PDUs) for PMP recertification. For information,
visit http://som.utdallas.edu/graduate/execed/projectMgmtProg/projSymposium/.
The symposium will be sponsored by the Graduate Program in
Project Management at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas), in
cooperation with the Dallas Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®)
and PMForum, Inc. Both the PMI Dallas Chapter and UT Dallas are registered
education providers with PMI, so attendees will receive PDUs for PMP
recertification.
The 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 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, originally developed in 1997, is
accredited by the Global Accreditation Center for Project Management (GAC) of
Project Management Institute (PMI®) and is a PMI Registered Education Provider
Program (PMI R.E.P.). The program is taught by world-class faculty with a blend
of industrial project management, consulting and teaching experience. The UT
Dallas PM Program is delivered both on campus and online, and attracts students
from across the USA and worldwide. For more information, visit
http://som.utdallas.edu/project/.
The PMI Dallas Chapter is a volunteer-based professional
association dedicated to supporting the growth and development of project
management practitioners, as well as building awareness of the project
management discipline and its critical role in business and organization
success. With more than 250,000 members in over 160 countries, the Project
Management Institute (PMI®) is the world's leading membership association for
project management. Founded in 1984 and with over 4,000 members, the PMI Dallas
Chapter is one of the world's largest PMI components. To learn more about the
PMI Dallas Chapter and its service offerings, visit www.pmidallas.org
PMForum operates www.pmforum.org, the world's first website
devoted to professional project management and still one of the world's most
popular sources of project management news and information. PMForum also
produces the monthly online PM World Today eJournal where articles, case
studies, papers and stories by leading PM authorities from around the world can
be found; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net. Through its
Events Partnering Program, PMForum supports major PM events worldwide. For
information, visit http://www.pmforum.org/events/partner_program.htm.
Tom Leppert (pictured below, with downtown Dallas behind him) was elected mayor of Dallas, Texas, USA in June 2007. Since taking office, The Mayor and the City Council have pursued policies that have dramatically improved the quality of life in Dallas. The crime rate has been reduced by double digits, major firms like AT&T and Tenet Healthcare have moved to Downtown Dallas, and construction is underway on Main Street Garden, the Woodall Rogers Deck Park and the first Calatrava-designed bridge over the Trinity River. New games have found a home at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park, and new plants in Southern Dallas and at the Inland Port have created hundreds of new jobs.
The Mayor has also pursued a strong trade agenda leading delegations to China and Mexico. He has a leadership role in the US Conference of Mayors as Chair of the influential Urban Economies Committee. Mayor Leppert has also pursued a strong education agenda. The Mayor's Intern Fellows program is in its second year placing high school students from challenged schools in corporate offices for the summer. Operation Front Door has transformed the curb appeal for several campuses. The Ready to Read pre-literacy program has reached thousands of children. And the Mayor's Chesapeake Energy Scholarships continue to provide financial support for students. Mayor Leppert donates all of his salary as Mayor to scholarships.
Mayor Leppert has previously led major corporations in the areas of construction, financial services and real estate. As CEO of Turner Construction, he moved the Fortune 500 firm's headquarters to Dallas. He also was chair of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce and still serves on its Executive Committee.
A lifelong community volunteer, he has served numerous community groups and charitable organizations on both the local and national levels. The Mayor served as a White House fellow in both the Treasury Department and in the White House. Mayor Leppert holds an M.B.A. with Distinction from Harvard Business School and graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College. He and his wife Laura live in Dallas. Their son Christian and twins, Catherine and Ryan are all in college.
On 13 August, Mayor Leppert will immediately follow James Reilly III, recently retired NASA astronaut, who will be the first keynote speaker for the 3rd UT Dallas PM Symposium. These two outstanding keynote speakers will be followed by two days of professional presentations over six tracks of topics related to managing programs and projects in today's changing business and economic environment.
Project managers and PM experts, leaders and professionals living and working in North Texas are invited to register now for this major regional project management conference. Don't miss this opportunity to meet and hear the Mayor of one of America's largest and most dynamic cities, and one that is full of large, exciting and even controversial projects.
The 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 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.