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Friday, June 05, 2009
Panu Kause announced main speaker at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland
Reported by Jouko Vaskimo in Helsinki

Mr. Panu Kause, Director, Partnerships and Innovation, Ixonos Plc, Finland, has been announced as a main speaker at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland. Mr. Kause delivers his presentation The Why and How of Killing a Project in Seminar 11, Handling Conflict & Crisis in Projects, in the morning of 17.6.2009, the third congress day.

Mr. Kause is Director of Partnerships and Innovation at Ixonos Plc. He is a member of the company's Business Operations Management Team. He has worked for 15 years for different ICT service businesses in several managerial and executive positions, and also as a consultant. During his career, in addition to business responsibilities, Mr. Kause has lead project operations, portfolios and dozens of projects.

Mr. Kause sees the 23rd IPMA Global Congress in Helsinki, Finland, as an outstanding possibility for networking across all borders of countries, cultures, and industries. This will be an event for anyone interested in refreshing her own thoughts and learning of new experiences in project management throughout the world. Mr. Kause can be contacted at panu.kause@ixonos.com.

Contribute, communicate and get inspired. Ixonos is an ICT services company creating innovative solutions for mobility, social media and digital services. Together with our customers Ixonos develops products and services which let people enjoy inspiring digital experience, anyplace, anytime. Ixonos client organizations benefit from new business opportunities and new productivity.

Ixonos strives to be the strategic partner for leading innovators, offering services that range from concept design, consulting and project management to software development and maintenance.

Ixonos offers project management services for strategic, development and operational needs. Our packaged and flexible service solutions range from fully outsourced project management offices to individual project management professionals.

Ixonos employs more than 900 technology consulting, software production and project management experts. We have offices in Helsinki and six other cities in Finland, as well as in China, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Slovakia and the U.S.

The theme for the 23rd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Helsinki will be "Refresh Yourself". The event will be aimed at regenerating one's professional career, organization and personal development. For further information, please navigate to www.refresh09.com.

Providing a unique opportunity for project-based organizations and suppliers of project management products and Services, Congress Partnerships are being offered for the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Finland. As a profiled partner, participating companies will be exposed to at least 50,000 practitioners of project management from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. According to congress organizers, the top five reasons for becoming a partner are (1) An outstanding opportunity to enhance your organization's brand familiarity as a Project management and business professional; (2) An excellent opportunity for networking with the leading persons and experts in the projects world during the event; (3) The Congress provides a great opportunity for making new contacts and relationships and opens a venue for recruitment; (4) Broad marketing visibility via the seminar programme both nationally and internationally; and (5) Opportunity to state your own expert opinions and research results.

The event will bring together highly targeted top managers and professionals from all fields in emerging and leading economies. Exclusively designed networking opportunities will connect partners to decision makers, leaders and senior management and all levels of delegates, while helping expand contacts in a "Refreshing" atmosphere. Congress partners can participate in a partner exhibition or sponsor specific activities at the Congress. Four partner levels are offered: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Interested companies should visit www.refresh09.com/partners for benefits and pricing information.

The local host of the 23rd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Helsinki will be Project Management Association Finland (PMAF), based in Espoo, Finland. PMAF is the national membership body for Finland in the International Project Management Association (IPMA). The general manager of PMAF is Jyry Louhisto, who is also the project director for the 23rd IPMA World Congress. For further information, please navigate to www.pry.fi/en.

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. For further information please navigate to www.ipma.ch.

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