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IPMA Secretary General Veikko Välilä to deliver closing Keynote Speech at 3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium on 14 August
Reported by Ann R. Miller in Dallas
Veikko Välilä, Secretary General of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) has been announced as a closing keynote speaker at the 3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium in August. 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".
Veikko Välilä, M.Sc. (Mech. Eng.) is the Secretary General of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), a global federation of over 40 national project management associations and registered in Switzerland. He has more than 30 years experience in project and risk management, gained in employment with PaloDEx Group, Kone Corporation, Industrial Mutual, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Sampo Industrial Insurance, If P&C Insurance and Marsh & McLennan.
Veikko has been a Scientific and Industrial Commissioner of Finland for China and Southeast Asia and has lived and worked in circa 50 countries. He was a co-founder of Soredex Oy (a dental imaging company) and responsible for start up of new insurance underwriting operations in the London market (Hansa Industrial Insurance). Veikko has also served as a Scientific and Industrial Commissioner for Finland creating new industrial and scientific co-operation projects between Finland and China. Veikko has provided consulting and risk management services for many large corporations in the areas of power generation (including thermal and nuclear power), pulp & paper industry and large infrastructure projects (including harbor and motorway projects). Mr. Välilä is based in Helsinki, Finland.
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 this well known European executive
and administrative head of IPMA, the world's largest professional association of national project management societies.
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 left) 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 is organized and hosted by the Graduate Program in Project Management at The 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. Corporate sponsorships are also available; for information contact Debbie@utdallas.edu.
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.
Veikko Välilä, Secretary General of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) has been announced as a closing keynote speaker at the 3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium in August. 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".
Veikko has been a Scientific and Industrial Commissioner of Finland for China and Southeast Asia and has lived and worked in circa 50 countries. He was a co-founder of Soredex Oy (a dental imaging company) and responsible for start up of new insurance underwriting operations in the London market (Hansa Industrial Insurance). Veikko has also served as a Scientific and Industrial Commissioner for Finland creating new industrial and scientific co-operation projects between Finland and China. Veikko has provided consulting and risk management services for many large corporations in the areas of power generation (including thermal and nuclear power), pulp & paper industry and large infrastructure projects (including harbor and motorway projects). Mr. Välilä is based in Helsinki, Finland.
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 this well known European executive
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 left) 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 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.