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Thursday, April 12, 2007
Lech Walesa to keynote June IPMA Congress in Poland
Zurich, Switzerland - April 11, 2007 -- The International Project Management Association (IPMA) announced today that Lech Walesa, legendary leader of the Solidarity Trade Union, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1983, and President of Poland during 1990-1995, will be the featured keynote speaker to open the 21st IPMA World Congress on June 18, 2007 in Cracow, Poland. He will speak on the “Management of the Peaceful Revolution – Poland’s largest, most difficult and most successful project.”
According to IPMA President Veikko Valila, “Lech Walesa is one of the most famous and most motivating leaders in the world. Project managers everywhere can learn from his attitude and experiences. We are excited to have such a globally recognized figure open our congress this year.”
Scheduled for 18-20 June 2007 in Cracow, Poland, IPMA’s 21st annual world congress on project management will have the theme “Project Management: Essential Reality for Business and Government”. Organizers of the congress are the IPMA and the Stowarzyszenie Project Management Association Poland (www.spmp.org.pl). Other keynote speakers at the congress will include Professor Roland Gareis (Austria), Juergen Schloss, PhD (Germany), Antii Heinonen (Finland), Professor Rodney Turner, PhD (UK), and Professor Peter Morris, PhD (UK). For registration, schedule and other information, visit the conference website at http://www.ipma2007.com/.
Founded in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the world’s oldest project management professional organization. IPMA is a global federation of over 40 national PM societies that serve the specific development needs of each country in its national language. IPMA provides an umbrella organization to represent them at the international level.IPMA’s internationally acclaimed 4 Level Project Management Certification Programme continues to grow dramatically, with over 50.000 professionals having now achieved IPMA Certification. The IPMA annually presents project management awards to teams that achieve great feats in project management. IPMA maintains its continuous presence in the global PM arena through its regular hosting of International Symposia, Expert Seminars and its Annual World Congress. Additional information can be found at www.ipma.ch.
SOURCE: International Project Management Association
Contact: Henrik Jönsson, Vice President Marketing
Henrik.Jonsson@ipma.ch
According to IPMA President Veikko Valila, “Lech Walesa is one of the most famous and most motivating leaders in the world. Project managers everywhere can learn from his attitude and experiences. We are excited to have such a globally recognized figure open our congress this year.”
Scheduled for 18-20 June 2007 in Cracow, Poland, IPMA’s 21st annual world congress on project management will have the theme “Project Management: Essential Reality for Business and Government”. Organizers of the congress are the IPMA and the Stowarzyszenie Project Management Association Poland (www.spmp.org.pl). Other keynote speakers at the congress will include Professor Roland Gareis (Austria), Juergen Schloss, PhD (Germany), Antii Heinonen (Finland), Professor Rodney Turner, PhD (UK), and Professor Peter Morris, PhD (UK). For registration, schedule and other information, visit the conference website at http://www.ipma2007.com/.
Founded in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the world’s oldest project management professional organization. IPMA is a global federation of over 40 national PM societies that serve the specific development needs of each country in its national language. IPMA provides an umbrella organization to represent them at the international level.IPMA’s internationally acclaimed 4 Level Project Management Certification Programme continues to grow dramatically, with over 50.000 professionals having now achieved IPMA Certification. The IPMA annually presents project management awards to teams that achieve great feats in project management. IPMA maintains its continuous presence in the global PM arena through its regular hosting of International Symposia, Expert Seminars and its Annual World Congress. Additional information can be found at www.ipma.ch.
SOURCE: International Project Management Association
Contact: Henrik Jönsson, Vice President Marketing
Henrik.Jonsson@ipma.ch
