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Saturday, February 16, 2008
Award Winning Author Robyn Meredith to Address PMI Congress in Sydney
Congress to attract attendees from throughout Asia-Pacific Region
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - February 14, 2008 -- Robyn Meredith, author of ‘The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us,” will address attendees at the PMI (Project Management Institute) Global Congress 2008—Asia Pacific on Monday, March 3, during the opening session. “The Elephant and the Dragon,” in which she compares the dynamic rise of India and China as world economic powers, has been on The New York Times Best Seller List and was awarded the "The Best Business Book of 2007" in the Globalisation category by 800CEORead.com.
Meredith, who lives in Hong Kong, is senior editor-Asia for Forbes magazine. She began her career as a banking reporter for the American Banker and then she became a business reporter for USA Today. Before joining Forbes in 1996, she was a correspondent for The New York Times. Meredith is an honors graduate (cum laude) of Boston University in Massachusetts, USA. She also has studied as a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan (USA) Business School.
The PMI Global Congress will be a three-day event, March 3-5, at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, and it will offer opportunities for project managers to learn new techniques, tools and best practices, gaining a global and regional perspective of their profession. More than 70 educational presentations within 12 areas of focus are being presented to meet a variety of career development paths.
As the premier project management, educational and networking event in the Asia Pacific region, the PMI Global Congress is attracting registrants from Australian, New Zealand, China, Japan, India and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region. To register online and for more information on PMI Global Congress 2008—Asia Pacific, visit http://congresses.pmi.org/AsiaPacific2008/.
About PMI
With more than 260,000 members in 170 countries, the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) is the leading membership association for the project management profession and the largest association dedicated to project management in the world. As the leading advocate for the profession, PMI is actively engaged in setting professional standards, providing a professional career path for project managers and maintaining a family of globally-transferable professional credentials: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®), Project Management Professional (PMP®) and Program Management Professional (PgMPSM). Additionally, the Institute provides members with access to the knowledge, skills, educational support and networking opportunities needed to drive business results through project management, program management and portfolio management. PMI is highly regarded for its extensive research capabilities. PMI was founded in 1969. Please visit PMI.org for more information.
Media contact:
Joe Patterson, PMI Public Relations
Office + 610 356-4600, ext. 1112
Mobile phone + 610 506-9570
joseph.patterson@pmi.org
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - February 14, 2008 -- Robyn Meredith, author of ‘The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us,” will address attendees at the PMI (Project Management Institute) Global Congress 2008—Asia Pacific on Monday, March 3, during the opening session. “The Elephant and the Dragon,” in which she compares the dynamic rise of India and China as world economic powers, has been on The New York Times Best Seller List and was awarded the "The Best Business Book of 2007" in the Globalisation category by 800CEORead.com.
Meredith, who lives in Hong Kong, is senior editor-Asia for Forbes magazine. She began her career as a banking reporter for the American Banker and then she became a business reporter for USA Today. Before joining Forbes in 1996, she was a correspondent for The New York Times. Meredith is an honors graduate (cum laude) of Boston University in Massachusetts, USA. She also has studied as a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan (USA) Business School.
The PMI Global Congress will be a three-day event, March 3-5, at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, and it will offer opportunities for project managers to learn new techniques, tools and best practices, gaining a global and regional perspective of their profession. More than 70 educational presentations within 12 areas of focus are being presented to meet a variety of career development paths.
As the premier project management, educational and networking event in the Asia Pacific region, the PMI Global Congress is attracting registrants from Australian, New Zealand, China, Japan, India and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region. To register online and for more information on PMI Global Congress 2008—Asia Pacific, visit http://congresses.pmi.org/AsiaPacific2008/.
About PMI
With more than 260,000 members in 170 countries, the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) is the leading membership association for the project management profession and the largest association dedicated to project management in the world. As the leading advocate for the profession, PMI is actively engaged in setting professional standards, providing a professional career path for project managers and maintaining a family of globally-transferable professional credentials: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®), Project Management Professional (PMP®) and Program Management Professional (PgMPSM). Additionally, the Institute provides members with access to the knowledge, skills, educational support and networking opportunities needed to drive business results through project management, program management and portfolio management. PMI is highly regarded for its extensive research capabilities. PMI was founded in 1969. Please visit PMI.org for more information.
Media contact:
Joe Patterson, PMI Public Relations
Office + 610 356-4600, ext. 1112
Mobile phone + 610 506-9570
joseph.patterson@pmi.org
