Global Congress 2010 - North America
NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA - August 25, 2010
-- Project management practitioners who are attending the PMI® Global
Congress 2010 — North America, will have the opportunity to learn from
some of the year's most successful projects at a panel discussion on
Sunday, 10 October at 9:00 a.m. The panel, which will offer insights
and best practices that attendees can implement within their own
organizations, will be moderated by PMI President and CEO Gregory
Balestrero and will feature the three finalists for the PMI Project of
the Year Award:
- Dallas Cowboys' New Stadium. Opening June
2009, the new Cowboys Stadium, the NFL's Dallas Cowboys' monumental
$1.15 billion, 80,000-seat (100,000+ person capacity),
three-million-square-foot superstructure with a retractable, translucent
roof, established numerous world firsts. The driving force behind the
inception of each of those "firsts" was not to create a construction and
engineering marvel without rival, it was to provide the best sports
venue experience in the NFL. Team Owner Jerry Jones' philosophy was to
draw people out of their homes and into the stadium for an enhanced,
one-of-a-kind, game viewing experience. From the massive, quarter mile
of arches high above supporting the world's largest video board (25,000
square feet of HD quality displays on each side), to the wood grain,
marble, and exotic wall coverings in the 350 individual suites and
various luxurious club spaces, this is more than a typical football
stadium. It is one of the most unique buildings built in the world in
recent history.
- National Ignition Facility. The NIF is the
world's largest and most energetic laser system. As the largest
scientific construction project completed by the Department of Energy,
design through commissioning was accomplished by a worldwide
collaboration among governments, academia, and many industrial partners.
NIF provides an experimental platform for accessing high-energy-density
physics and fusion regimes that uniquely enables DOE's National Nuclear
Security Administration to carry out its mission to assure the safety,
security, and reliability of the nuclear stockpile. As a DOE User
Facility, it will serve a broad scientific community exploring new
technologies in energy production and new frontiers in astrophysics,
materials science, and nuclear science. The project, led by and built
at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, attributes its success to
excellent personnel, rigorous application of management standards,
processes, and techniques promulgated by PMI, and teamwork with its
sponsor and partner participants.
- Norton Brownsboro Hospital, The opening of Norton Brownsboro Hospital on
August 26, 2009, was the culmination of years of planning, negotiating,
researching and decision-making. To make the dream a reality, Norton
Healthcare collaborated with architects, engineers, building
contractors, and numerous technology vendors. This program culminated
in the first hospital built from the ground up in the past 20 years.
Located on a 15-acre site next to the new Norton Medical Plaza, this
298,000-square-foot, five-story facility opened with 127 inpatient rooms
including a 16 bed ICU, eight operating rooms and 550 employees. It
was built using the Green Guide for Healthcare™ and features the latest
in health care technology including a patient- and family-centered
nursing care model based on current best practices and evidence-based,
clinical processes. For example, all patient rooms are private and have
windows that overlook an outdoor area or the third floor rooftop garden
to promote a more positive healing environment.
The Project of
the Year Finalist panel complements other congress learning
opportunities by providing best practices and lessons learned from
innovative, proven projects directly from fellow practitioners. The
2010 PMI Project of the Year award winner will be announced at the PMI
Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 9 October at 6:00 p.m.
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he PMI Global
Congress 2010 - North America will be held from 9-12 October in
Washington D.C. at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center.
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of project management. The only project management association with an
established academic research program, PMI has invested more than US$14
million in support of dozens of research projects since 1997.
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Contact:Glenn R. Boyet
PMI
+1 610-356-4600 x1112
Glenn.Boyet@pmi.org Megan Maguire Kelly
PMI
+1 610-356-4600 x7030
Megan.Kelly@pmi.org