PMFORUM Breaking News

The Portuguese Project Management Association (Associação Portuguesa de Gestão de Projectos) APOGEP has announced that Paulo Jorge Freitas will be a featured speaker at the 2009 APOGEP National Project Management Conference & Workshops - ENTREGAR O FUTURO HOJE! The event will be held during 16-18 September 2009 at the Hotel VIP Executive Art's in Lisbon.

Paulo Jorge Freitas (pictured left) received his Ph.D in Solid State Physics from Carnegie Mellon University in 1986. His thesis topic involved the study of magnetoresistance in CoFe thin films. Between 1986-1987, he was a post-doctoral fellow at IBM, Yorktown Heights where he workd on magnetic thin films and high TC superconductors. Since 1990, he has been at the Instituto Superior Tecnico, where he is a Full Professor in the Physics Department. He is presently the Director of INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies and the responsible for the magnetics research group.

Mr. Freitas will speak about The International Nanotechnology Laboratory: an overview regarding the various phases in the execution of the project.

The September conference in Lisbon will include a combination of keynote speakers, presentations, panel discussions and workshops on specific aspects of managing programs and projects. For more information about the conference, including pricing and registration, visit www.apogep.pt or contact info@apogep.pt.

Founded in 1998 and based in Lisbon, Associação Portuguesa de Gestão de Projectos (APOGEP) is the Portuguese national member society of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). It is a non-profit organizations formed to advance professional project management, to support project managers, and to design and execute the National Competence Baseline program for Portugal. APOGEP conducts regular meetings and seminars, and organizes an annual conference, all in the Portuguese language to serve local organizations. For more information, visit www.apogep.pt.