Call for Papers - December 2006

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Call for Papers - January PM World Today Earn up to 15 PDUs

Authors and articles are being sought for the January issue of the online PM eJournal Project Management World Today (PM World Today). Beginning with the January issue, PM World Today will have its own website, editorial team and identity. Authors of professional articles published in PM World Today, the online monthly publication of PMForum.org, are also expected to be able to claim up to 15 professional development units (PDUs) for PMP recertification from the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

According to managing editor David Pells, "The content, scope and distribution of PM World Today have continued to increase over the last few months. The publication has become more global as well, as PMForum has added global advisors and international correspondents. We want to continue this direction, so we are seeking authors and content from around the world."

The January issue, which will be published online on 1 January 2007, will launch the eJournal as a separate and independent online PM publication. PM World Today will have its own website, author showcase, archives and other features.



CALL FOR PAPERS
PM World Today – January 2007

PM World Today is seeking PM articles, case studies, technical papers, and tips & techniques for the January 2007 issue. Papers should not have been previously published and may address any subject of potential interest to project management professionals. Authors retain all copyrights. Information should be factual. While we do not discriminate, PM World Today retains the right to refuse to publish anything considered unprofessional or inappropriate.

For more information, please contact editor@pmforum.org



According to Mr. Pells, "We are also interested in publishing good student papers. We want to encourage young people who are studying project management at either the graduate or undergraduate level to publish their research papers as a way to jump start their professional careers. Both professors and future employers might like to see such initiative, and it can be good publicity for the students, professors and universities."

Publication of professional articles in PM World Today should provide authors with professional development units (PDUs) for Project Management Professional (PMP) recertification. According to PMI’s Continuing Certification Requirements Program (CCR) Handbook (page 6), PDUs are available under Letter Code 2B for an “Author or co-author of an article pertaining to project management published in a non-refereed journal.” An author can receive 15 PDUs for each article; co-authors can receive 10 PDUs for each article. PM World Today is expected to fully qualify as a non-refereed journal in PMI’s program, thus allowing authors to claim PDUs for recertification purposes.

Project Management World Today (PM World Today) is a free monthly online professional eJournal published by PMForum.org. Each issue contains an editorial, viewpoints by leading professional leaders, featured technical papers, case studies, tips & techniques, event listings, and recent news articles related to PM Research, PM Education, the PM Profession, the PM Community, the PM Supplier Marketplace, and Fascinating Projects. All articles are related to modern professional project management. For more information, contact editor@pmforum.org. Free subscriptions are available at http://www.pmforum.org/subscribe.htm.

David L. Pells
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Call for Papers - IPMA World Congress 2007 in Krakow, Poland Abstract Deadline: 1 December 2006

The “Call for Papers” has been issued by the International Project Management Association (IPMA) for the 2007 IPMA World Congress on Project Management to be held in Krakow, Poland during 18-20 June 2007. The theme of the congress is “Project Management: Essential Reality for Business and Government”. Abstracts are due by 1 December 2006, full papers by 28 February 2007, and registrations by 30 April 2007. It will be the 21st World Congress for IPMA.

The host of the congress will be the Polish Project Management Association (SPMP), one of the most active and fastest growing Member Associations in IPMA. According to Congress Chair Stanislaw Sroka, “I must say that IPMA's entrusting the organisation of this World Congress to SPMP is perceived by us as a great honour and privilege. I believe that IPMA's decision reflects the fact that – a country with 38 million population - is one of the biggest countries among the EU members and assumed a leading economic position among the new "accession" countries. Choosing Cracow as the place of the 21st IPMA World Congress was the best possible step to be taken.”

Abstracts should be presented for paper presentations in one of the following Streams:

Stream 1 - PM for Economic Transformation
Section S1.1 - Information & Telecommunications Technology
Section S1.2 - Construction, Energy , Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Health Care, Biotechnology
Section S1.3 - Automotive, Manufacturing, Transportation, Mine Industry, Steel Industry, Agriculture, Tourism

Stream 2 - EU projects, Government & Public Sectors
Section 2.1 - Programs and Projects in the EU
Section 2.2 - PM rules and specialties in the EU
Section 2.3 - International financial and development institutions and agencies, Global institutions, Non profit organisations, Defense and aerospace projects

Stream 3 - Innovation and new frontiers in PM
Section 3.1 - PM innovations process, PM knowledge, Virtual organisations and teams, Research
Section 3.2 - PM Technical & Method, PM Systematic, Development in PM Tools & Software
Section 3.3 - Enterprise Project Management

Stream 4 - Project management from CEO level, Best practices
Section 4.1 - Strategic Project management, Project Oriented Organization, Corporate Project Management
Section 4.2 - Maturity of Project Management, PM in organizations, Success and failure in PM, Best practice
Section 4.3 - Legal issues, claim management, risk management

Stream 5 - Education, Certification, Standards & Profession
Section 5.1 - PM certification and qualification, Education system in PM, Career planning, Competences analysis
Section 5.2 - Social and ethical responsibility, Culture of organization, Change Managing global PM teams, Leadership, Motivation, Human resources in organizations
Section 5.3 - Psychological aspects in PM, Decision making

Poland is situated in the heart of Europe, at a crossing of roads and cultures. Its boundaries are formed by the Baltic Sea to the North; Germany to the West, the Czech and Slovak Republics to the South; Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia to the East.

Krakow is the capital of Malopolska, the southern region of Poland. The city has over one thousand-years of history. The city was the capital of Poland from 11th to 17th century, a medieval town plan with the largest Main Market in Europe, the oldest Polish university - the Jagiellonian University, churches and cathedrals, magnificent collections and museums, the Salt Mine in Wieliczka. Thanks to the extraordinary accumulation of cultural wealth, Cracow was registered as one of the 12 sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is not only the capital of Polish cultural heritage but also has the ambition of playing such a role in the whole middle-eastern Europe . This previous capital is now the heart of social, scientific and commercial life which makes it one of the fastest developing cities, yearly visited by 4 million tourists from abroad.

Krakow is famous for one of the oldest European universities, which was set up in 14th century, but also for numerous monuments and its great people - it is the city of Copernicus , Karol Wojtyla – Pope John Paul II - and some Nobel Prize winners. There are 19 colleges and universities with more than 150 thousand students. It is impossible to describe or even list all the tourist attractions in Krakow.

Again, according to Mr. Sroka, “We are expecting about 1100 specialists and experts to participate in the Congress, coming from more than 50 countries. We believe that their experience, competence and involvement in the PM movement will make a great impact on the PM field, providing innovative thoughts and interesting solutions.”

Stowarzyszenie Project Management Poland can be found at www.spmp.org.pl.

For more information about the conference, visit http://www.ipma2007.com.



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Call for Papers - PMI Global Congress 2007 North America

The Project Management Institute (PMI®) has announced the Call for Papers for its Global Congress 2007 – North America, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA during 6-9 October 2007. The Call for Papers for PMI’s 2007 North American congress will officially open on 30 October and end on 31 December 2006. The announcement was made on Tuesday, 24 October 2006 on site at the Global Congress 2006 – North America in Seattle.

Authors interested in submitting abstracts for paper presentation at the 2007 PMI congress in Atlanta should focus on one or more of the following general topic areas:

PMI’s Global Congress 2007 – North America is one of four regional global congresses that will be held next year at various locations around the world. More information can be found at http://congresses.pmi.org/introduction.cfm.

With nearly 220,000 members in over 150 countries, PMI is the world’s largest and best-known project management professional society. PMI is engaged in advocacy for the PM profession, setting standards, conducting research and providing access to a wide variety of information and resources. PMI also promotes career and professional development and offers certification, networking and community involvement opportunities. Founded in the USA in 1969, PMI is now a global organization with members, chapters and offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.pmi.org.

 

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Call for Papers - ECIME 2007


The European Conference on IT Evaluation has been renamed the European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECIME). The ECIME will hold its 13th annual conference at the Conservatoire National des Arts ets Metier in Montpelier, France during 20-21 September 2007. The focus of the annual conference has been changed to allow a wider scope of participation, reflecting the increased use of technology to manage information on micro and macro levels.

The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of papers on both the theory and practice of all aspects of IT/IS management and evaluation. The conference in September 2007 seeks quantitative, qualitative and experience-based papers from industry and academe.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

Selected papers from the conference will be considered for a special conference issue of the Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation – http://www.ejise.com

Submissions are also welcomed from practitioners/developers interested in demonstrating an information management or evaluation product. Suitable products will be selected based on information submitted as detailed below.

ECIME invites the following types of submissions. Please note that the submission date for all proposals is 9 April 2007.

Product Demonstrations: Please submit an abstract of 200-300 words describing an information management or evaluation product you wish to demonstrate and the audience it serves. Demonstrations themselves are expected to be approximately 15 minutes in length.

Papers: The Abstract should be a minimum of 100 and no more than 300 words including up to five keywords and key phrases to be received by 9 April 2007. Abstracts must include the proposed title for the paper, the full names (first name and surname, not initials); postal addresses and email addresses of all authors and a telephone number for at least one contact author. Please indicate clearly if the contact author is not the lead author.

Abstract submission deadline: 9 April 2007
Notification of abstract acceptance: 16 April 2007
Full paper due for review: 28 May 2007
Notification of paper acceptance: 12 July 2007

More information can be found at:
http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecite/ecime2007/ecime07-call-papers.htm.


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Call for Papers - PMI 2007/2008 Global Congresses


The project Management Institute (PMI®) has published its schedule for Global Congresses to be held in 2007 and 2008, and the associated schedule for potential authors and paper presenters. According to PMI, both PMI members and nonmembers are invited to submit presentation proposals, in accordance with standard guidelines and procedures (available for download from PMI’s website).

For 2007 & 2008 Global Congresses (GC), the Call for Papers schedule is as follows:

Four PMI Global Congresses are held each year, in the Asia Pacific region, Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region, in North America and in Latin America. PMI Global Congresses are often the largest project management related events in the world and include educational seminars, tracks of professional paper presentations, vendor exhibitions, networking and social events, and professional meetings. PMI also conducts regional leadership meetings in connection with each Global Congress, at which leaders of PMI components, committees and operations staff meet on PMI business. For more information about PMI Global Congresses, visit: http://congresses.pmi.org/.

With 220,000+ members in over 150 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s largest and best known project management professional society. PMI is actively engaged in advocacy for the PM profession, setting standards, conducting research and providing access to a wide variety of information and resources. PMI also promotes career and professional development and offers certification, networking and community involvement opportunities. PMI was founded in the USA in 1969, but is now a global organization with members, chapters and offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.pmi.org.


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Call for Papers – 2007 SOVNET International Project Management Congress
Abstract Deadline December 25th, 2006


The 2007 SOVNET International Project Management Congress Program Committe invites symposium participants willing to present a paper to submit an abstract containing 500 words maximum as soon as possible. Participants making presentations will be granted a discount of 20% on attendance. Participants from outside Russia must make advance registrations and plans, including receipt of a Russian Visa. Contact the conference committee for more information.

Key dates leading up to the conference are now as follows:

Absctracts must be submitted by December 25th via email to onf of the following: Chairman of the Program Committee Grigory Tsipes at Gtsipes@ibs.ru.  Chairman of the Organizational Committee Alexander Tovb, at Atovb@yandex.ru.  or Chairman of the Conference Executive Committee Professor Vladimir Voropajev, who can be reached at voropaev@sovnet.ru.

The Russian Project Management Associations SOVNET will celebrate its 15th Anniversary during the February 2007 International Project Management congress to be held in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.  The Nizhniy Novgorod conference will be sponsored by the Russian Project Management Association SOVNET and the International Project Management Association (IPMA), with the full support and involvement of the Oblast governor. 

The International Project Management Symposium will be held for the first time in Nizhniy Novgorod, a historic and important city and the fourth largest in Russia. From 1932 to 1990 the city was known as Gorky after the writer Maxim Gorky (who was born there in 1868). Located on the great Russian river Volga and founded in 1221, Nizhniy Novgorod is the economic and political capital of the Volga Region, with a fascinating and ancient history.

The theme of the symposium is “Project Management: State, Society, Business”. The subheading of the conference is “Competent Project Management – Key Factor of Efficacy, Development and Prosperity.” Executives and professionals worldwide who are interested in advancing the state of project management in Russia are invited to participate. The Symposium dates are from February 14 through February 17, 2007.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Nizhniy Novgorod was the trading capital of the Russian Empire. In 1817, the Makariev Fair, one of the liveliest in the world, was transferred to Nizhniy Novgorod, which thereupon started to attract millions of visitors annually. The February Symposium and Exhibition will take place in the place of many of those historic trade fairs – the Nizhegorodskaya Yarmarka – a trade fair for over 400 years (www.yarmarka.ru).

According to SOVNET President Vladimir Voropajev, “Our goal is not only to deliver a good Symposium, but to also cheerfully celebrate the 15-year anniversary of SOVNET and the Russian Winter holiday! I can promise you that you have not yet seen anything like this! I hope that you will accept our invitation.”

The 2007 SOVNET congress in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia will be held during 14-18 February 2007.  For information, visit www.PMSYMPOSIUM.ru.

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