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Friday, April 16, 2010
IPMA President Brigitte Schaden to Open PM-05 Project Management Conference in Crete on 29 May
The president of the International Project Management Association, Ms. Brigitte Schaden, will deliver the first keynote speech at the PM-05: Advancing Project Management for the 21st Century conference in May. The fifth Project Management Conference (PM-05) in Greece with the theme "Concepts, Tools & Techniques for Managing Successful Projects"
will be held during 29-31 May 2010 at the Moevenpick Resort &
Thalasso Hotel in Heraklion, on the historic Mediterranean island of
Crete.
Registration for the conference will open at 13:00 on Saturday, 29 May 2010. Opening ceremonies, with welcomes and IPMA awards presentations, will begin at 14:00. Brigitte Schaden will begin speaking at 14:45 on the topic of "IPMA .. Moving Forward." Ms. Schaden is expected to provide an update on latest IPMA news and developments, including the recent addition of two new IPMA member associations in Mexico and Peru. 
Brigitte Schaden is President of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), a global federation of over 50 national project management societies and the world's first project management professional association. She is also the chairman of the Austrian Project Management Association (pma) and working as an international assessor for IPMA´s 4 Level Certification System. She is First Assessor of the Certification Body of Project Management Romania and Greece. She gives international lectures and seminars (conferences, congresses, MBAs). Brigitte is Managing Director, Chief Consultant and Coach of BS Consulting.
According to the conference organizers, "The PM-05 Conference aims to further synergy for closer cooperation, business relations and know-how exchange in project management in the international context. PM-05 will be organized along scientific and professional streams in order to promote both research and business outcomes."
Project management professionals and leaders worldwide are invited to attend the conference and contribute with their knowledge and experience to the success of the event. The invitation is extended, but not limited to academics, researchers, industrialists, professionals, policy makers, assessors and certification & funding bodies concerned with projects and programmes in every economic sector. More information can be found on the Conference website at http://2010.pmgreece.gr
According to Professor John-Paris Pantouvakis, conference chair for PM-05, "We are happy once again to have the IPMA president, Brigitte Schaden, help launch our conference. She always brings both warm energy and important news related to the international project management scene. I look forward to hearing her remarks on May 29."
PM-05
is being organized by the Centre for Construction Innovation, National
Technical University of Athens (NTUA), in cooperation with the Network
of Project Managers in Greece (PM-Greece), the Scientific Association
for the Advancement of Project Management in Greece.
Conference
Chair is Dr. John - Paris Pantouvakis, Associate Professor, Director of
the Department of Construction Engineering & Management, Faculty of
Civil Engineering, NTUA, Athens, Greece. Professor Pantouvakis can be
contacted at jpp@central.ntua.gr.
PMForum is a Media Partner for this event. To see more news coverage, please visit http://www.pmforum.org/events/2010/PM-05_Advancing_PM_21stCentury.html.
Registration for the conference will open at 13:00 on Saturday, 29 May 2010. Opening ceremonies, with welcomes and IPMA awards presentations, will begin at 14:00. Brigitte Schaden will begin speaking at 14:45 on the topic of "IPMA .. Moving Forward." Ms. Schaden is expected to provide an update on latest IPMA news and developments, including the recent addition of two new IPMA member associations in Mexico and Peru.
Brigitte Schaden is President of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), a global federation of over 50 national project management societies and the world's first project management professional association. She is also the chairman of the Austrian Project Management Association (pma) and working as an international assessor for IPMA´s 4 Level Certification System. She is First Assessor of the Certification Body of Project Management Romania and Greece. She gives international lectures and seminars (conferences, congresses, MBAs). Brigitte is Managing Director, Chief Consultant and Coach of BS Consulting.
According to the conference organizers, "The PM-05 Conference aims to further synergy for closer cooperation, business relations and know-how exchange in project management in the international context. PM-05 will be organized along scientific and professional streams in order to promote both research and business outcomes."
Project management professionals and leaders worldwide are invited to attend the conference and contribute with their knowledge and experience to the success of the event. The invitation is extended, but not limited to academics, researchers, industrialists, professionals, policy makers, assessors and certification & funding bodies concerned with projects and programmes in every economic sector. More information can be found on the Conference website at http://2010.pmgreece.gr
According to Professor John-Paris Pantouvakis, conference chair for PM-05, "We are happy once again to have the IPMA president, Brigitte Schaden, help launch our conference. She always brings both warm energy and important news related to the international project management scene. I look forward to hearing her remarks on May 29."
PMForum is a Media Partner for this event. To see more news coverage, please visit http://www.pmforum.org/events/2010/PM-05_Advancing_PM_21stCentury.html.