PMFORUM Breaking News

ProjectZone 2010, the 2^nd Annual Project, Program & Portfolio Management Summit and Exhibition, will be held in Budapest, Hungary during 29-30 April 2010. The event, with the theme "Best of Class Practices in Challenging Times", will be at the Hotel Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge in Budapest. The event is organized by Stamford Global, a leading European business events company.


Join leading project management experts to discuss the following mission critical topics:

• Developing effective project teams
• Dealing with Risk at the enterprise level
• Managing complex programs and projects
• Keeping projects on track and turning failing projects around
• Building and managing the PMO as a Centre of Excellence
• Effectively balancing a portfolio of projects and programs
  

The summit will include speakers from around Europe and North America. Summit Chair will be Beth Ouelette, PMP, PgMP, Managing Director of The Ouelette Group and President of the PMI New York City Chapter. Other featured speakers already announced include Paul Rayner, Managing Consultant at Logica and Chairman of ProgM - The Programme Management Specific Interest Group, UK; Peter Taylor, EMEA Project Management Office Director for Siemens PLM in UK and author of The Lazy Project Manager; Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, Professor of Strategic Program Management MBA at Solvay Business School in Brussels and Former Head of Post Merger Integration at Fortis BNP Paribas; and Alexandre Rodrigues, CEng. Ph.D. Prof. PMP, Executive Partner at PMO Projects / PMO Group in Lisbon, Portugal and President of the PMI Lisbon Chapter.

Other corporate presenters will include Natalia Bokareva, EMEA Services Operations & Delivery Processes for Alcatel-Lucent Russia. Other PMI leaders who will participate in panel and other discussions include Imre Szalay, PMO/TQM/Governance Manager, Vodafone, Budapest/Hungary and President of the PMI Budapest, Hungarian Chapter; Ratko Mutavdzic - Executive Board Member PMI Croatia Chapter, Public Sector Director - Microsoft Croatia; Simona Bonghez- Consultant in Project and Change Management at the University of SNSPA, Bucharest and President of the PMI Romania Chapter, Jimmy Char - President of the PMI Bulgaria Chapter, Malgorzata Kusyk - PMI Gdansk Branch Board Member, Project Manager Thomson Reuters, Poland and Alexander Kagl- President of the PMI Austria Chapter.

The event will also include an exhibition of companies with project and program management products and services. For information about exhibition or sponsorship, please contact inquire@stamfordglobal.com. Attendees can receive 14 PDUs. For general information, visit the event website at http://projectzonesummit.com/htmls/index16.html

Stamford Global is a leading European business events company, founded in 2003 and based in Hungary. The company delivers world class services and works with leading organizations, such as Ericsson, Coca Cola, Avon, British American Tobacco, Orange, T-Mobile, Novartis, Glaxo Smith Kline among others. Committed to excellence, with customers the focus of operations, the company is a Global Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and a sole representative of RMC Project Management in Hungary, running world class PMP Preparation courses. Stamford Global delivers close to 100 events per year in Europe, creating networking opportunities for over 5,000 professionals annually. The company's motto is "Never Stop Learning!" For more information, visit http://stamfordglobal.com/.