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Friday, August 14, 2009
3rd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium opens with welcome & stories from Management School Dean Hasan Pirkul
Reported by Ann R. Miller and David Pells in Dallas
The 3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium successfully opened on Thursday morning 13 August 2009 with a welcome by Mr. James Joiner, Director of the Graduate Program in Project Management at The UT Dallas and Mr. Hasan Pirkul, PhD, Dean of The UT Dallas School of Management. The conference, held in the School of Management on The UT Dallas campus in Richardson, Texas during 13-14 August 2009, was organized 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 was "Managing in a Changing World". During his welcome speech, Dr. Pirkul (pictured right) told stories about his early days at UT Dallas and about the development of the new School of Management building (where the symposium was being held).
According to Dean Pirkul, "Project management is really an underutilized skill. Business schools don't do a good job, and have dropped the ball in this discipline. So I am happy to see this program developing so well here at the university. Welcome to UT Dallas, and have a good event!"
In addition to being Dean of the School of Management at The University of Dallas, Dr. Pirkul holds the Caruth Chair of Management. Prior to joining The UT Dallas, he was Director of Information Systems Programs and Founding Director of the Center for Information Technologies in Management at the Max M. Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University. He holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Bogazici University, and M.S. in Management Science and PhD in Computer Information Systems from the University of Rochester.
Dr. Pirkul was followed on Thursday morning by keynote speakers James Reilly, PhD, recently retired US astronaut and Mr. Tom Leppert, Mayor of the City of Dallas. (see separate breaking news articles about their speeches). Other events on 13 August included 24 professional presentations in five streams by project management experts and professional practitioners. The day ended with a networking reception for participants in the atrium in the School of Management. Official attendance on day one was approximately 225, slightly more than last year's symposium.
Photos: at left - James Joiner & Dr. Hasan Pirkul, just prior to symposium start; at right - Pirkul & Joiner on stage to launch the conference. Photos courtesy of PMForum.
To see the full program, including speakers, bios and topics, 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.
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 half a million members and credential holders in over 170 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the leading membership association for the project management profession. 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
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The 3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium successfully opened on Thursday morning 13 August 2009 with a welcome by Mr. James Joiner, Director of the Graduate Program in Project Management at The UT Dallas and Mr. Hasan Pirkul, PhD, Dean of The UT Dallas School of Management. The conference, held in the School of Management on The UT Dallas campus in Richardson, Texas during 13-14 August 2009, was organized 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.
According to Dean Pirkul, "Project management is really an underutilized skill. Business schools don't do a good job, and have dropped the ball in this discipline. So I am happy to see this program developing so well here at the university. Welcome to UT Dallas, and have a good event!"
In addition to being Dean of the School of Management at The University of Dallas, Dr. Pirkul holds the Caruth Chair of Management. Prior to joining The UT Dallas, he was Director of Information Systems Programs and Founding Director of the Center for Information Technologies in Management at the Max M. Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University. He holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Bogazici University, and M.S. in Management Science and PhD in Computer Information Systems from the University of Rochester.
Dr. Pirkul was followed on Thursday morning by keynote speakers James Reilly, PhD, recently retired US astronaut and Mr. Tom Leppert, Mayor of the City of Dallas. (see separate breaking news articles about their speeches). Other events on 13 August included 24 professional presentations in five streams by project management experts and professional practitioners. The day ended with a networking reception for participants in the atrium in the School of Management. Official attendance on day one was approximately 225, slightly more than last year's symposium.
To see the full program, including speakers, bios and topics, visit http://som.utdallas.edu/graduate/execed/projectMgmtProg/projSymposium/.