PMFORUM Breaking News

The Project Management Institute (PMI®) has announced that 1 February 2010 is the cutoff date for advance registrations for the PMI® Global Congress 2010— Asia Pacific being held in Melbourne, Australia during 22-24 February 2010. The PMI® Global Congress 2010—Asia Pacific will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (pictured). For information, visit www.pmi.org/AP10.

PMI offers three convenient ways to register and reserve hotel accommodations:

REGISTER ONLINE. (For credit card payments only.) via PMI's secure online registration

FAX or POSTAL MAIL - Download and print the PMI Global Congress 2010—Asia Pacific Registration Form PDF. Please include payment by check or credit card for your registration. Please keep a copy of the form for your records.

Fax all pages of registration form to +1-877-969-9092 (within the United States and Canada); or +1-905-593-3041 (from all other locations). For credit card payments only. Please keep a copy of the registration form and your transmission confirmation as a record that the fax was sent successfully.

Postal Mail: Mail registration form with payment to:
Project Management Institute
Lockbox #7976
PO Box 8500
Philadelphia, PA 19178-7976 USA

Advance registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 1 February 2010. On-site registration pricing will apply beginning 2 February 2010. Attendees are encouraged to register as early as possible. All registrations received via fax or postal mail after 1 February will be subject to on-site pricing. No telephone registrations will be accepted. [On-site registration is subject to availability.] Registration Inquiries - Please call 1-866-812-3790 (within the United States and Canada); or 1-905-593-3040 (from all other locations), or e-mail your inquiries to info@pmireg.com.

Keynote speaker for the PMI® Global Congress 2010—Asia Pacific in Melbourne will be Mr. Scott Berkun (pictured), former Microsoft executive and best selling author of "The Myths of Innovation" and "Making Things Happen". Mr. Berkun formerly worked as a program manager at Microsoft, and was involved in the development of Internet Explorer 1.0 to 5.0. Scott poses the question, "What can project managers learn from great innovations, and what great innovators, notorious for betting big on intuition alone, learn from professional project managers?" His fun, high energy talk will explore these tough questions and more, including offering inspiring ideas by going beyond the myths of management and creative thinking.

The conference will include other high level speakers, professional presentations, panel discussions and networking opportunities. Project management professionals and executives of project-oriented organizations are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to learn, network, meet PMI leaders, and advance their organizations' interests at this global event. www.pmi.org/AP10.

With over 500,000 members and credential holders in 180+ countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the world's largest member-based project management organization. Since 1969, PMI has impacted more than one million practitioners, businesses, governments, students and training organizations. PMI's products and services include standards for project, program and portfolio management and five professional credentials, including the widely-recognized Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification. PMI has members, components, accredited universities, recognized service providers and stakeholders worldwide. For more information, visit www.pmi.org.