April, 2009: Will it be worthwhile? Yes it will!
The 23rd IPMA World Congress is only a few months away. In the midst of the global economic challenges, it offers up-beat and refreshing solutions; and now, the final preparations are well under way. There are so many other special events being organized in the area of Project Management. One might ask "what's so special about the 23rd IPMA World Congress and why should I attend?" We can assure you that this event will be a most memorable one, highly professional but full of joy!
The benefits are invaluable yet the congress is very reasonably priced. Members of asapm and the other IPMA member associations pay only 900 € +VAT 22% for the 3 days in the Congress, June 15-17 2009. This includes all social and cultural evening programs in connection with the conference! Register now for the IPMA Helsinki World Congress!
Congress Sessions and Keynote speakers have been finalized; three of them are from the USA.
- Dr. Ed Hoffman, Director of Academy of Program/Project Management & Engineering Leadership, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): "The Project Academy: Re-energizing Project Management"; we've seem Dr. Hoffman present, and he is great!
- Harold Kerzner, M.S., Ph.D., Engineering and M.B.A, Senior Executive Director, International Institute for Learning, Inc.: "Value-driven Project Management". Dr. Kerzner is well-known in PM circles, and is an inspiring speaker.
- Dr. Dave Schrader, Director of Marketing, Teradata: "Better, Faster Enterprise Decisions: From Insights to Action With Active Enterprise Intelligence".
In addition to great Keynote Speakers, Refresh '09 includes many refreshing streams, with interesting and unique highlights. We've even made a special arrangement for project managers on a deadline, the longest day of the year! See you in Helsinki! And, see the Helsinki Congress Video Trailer; if you have not yet viewed it!
Roma Congress Videos, Featuring Young Project Manager of the Year, and National Songs
To tempt you further, we have received and posted a bit of the magnificent set of videos from the IPMA 2008 Rome Congress. The videos have been removed, including the award for Young International Project Manager of the year to asapm Member Edward Logan. Even Edward has not yet seen this video.
The Helsinki Congress site will also be posting content from these videos, choosing from more than 2 hours of highlights from the Roma Congress. Luigi Iperto, together with masterminds Roberto Mori, PierMarco Romagnoli and Ugo Forghieri, are to again be congratulated for such an incredible event as the IPMA Roma World Congress, 2008.
Video cameras will be busy at Helsinki, so you can get yourself into the Refreshing action, and maybe we will feature you in our post-Congress videos!
IIL Welcomed as IPMA World Congress Partner
International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL) is a global leader in professional training and comprehensive consulting services in the areas of Project, Program, and Portfolio Management, PRINCE2™, Business Analysis, Microsoft® Office Project and Project Server, and Lean Six Sigma. In addition to its many course offerings, productivity tools, and professional certification pathways, IIL leads the way in customized course development. Its Many Methods of Learning™ enable IIL companies in more than 18 major countries around the world to deliver Innovative, effective, and consistent training solutions via a variety of learning platforms (traditional classroom, virtual classroom and on-demand training). For more information, visit http://www.iil.com.
Young Crew Workshop at Helsinki World Congress
We are pleased to present the Young Crew Members of IPMA national project management associations, fellow students of universities and enthusiasts to the Young Crew Workshop at the 23rd IPMA World Congress to be held in Helsinki, Finland. The Young Crew Workshop is going to be held at Helsinki Fair Center from June 12th - 14th, 2009. The World Congress follows it at the same venue from June 15th to 17th.
The contents of the program will be uploaded on the Congress website: www.refresh09.com. Please take advantage of this opportunity to learn and network with the project management leaders, researchers, academicians, and enthusiasts.
January, 2009
One of the outcomes of attending a World Congress as great as the just-completed Roma Congress is the realization, by many participants, that we also have a story worth telling. Here is your chance: The 23rd IPMA World Congress will be held in Helsinki, Finland, June 15-17 2009. The Call For Presentations for topics of a practical nature is due January 31, 2009. That means you have a little time to put together your brief notes, and fill in your presentation abstract. The bonus: Responding to popular demand, presenters get a great discount on their Congress fees!
Guidelines from the site about the main points to consider while preparing your presentation:
- Why does the audience specifically want to listen to your presentation?
- What are the key messages of your presentation?
- How will you sell your theme to the organisers, is the title truly interesting and not too technical?
- Is your speech really in line with the title and the theme?
- Does your presentation genuinely contribute a Refresh point of view, and you are not reusing your old slides?
- Please remember to add a personal perspective to your presentation!
The organization of the presentations for the 2009 Refresh Congress is very unique. There are two types of presentations, Scientific Research Papers, and Practice-based Refresh Presentations.
Scientific Research Papers
The Scientific Stream of the Congress will group scientific and academic papers and presentations into four related seminars. The abstracts for these papers are due December 31 2008; the theme is the Human Side of Projects in Modern Business. From the Congress website, examples of topics and key words of interest include:
- Models and key categories of the human side of project management: motivation, trust, commitment, communication, compensation, benefits etc.
- Management in multicultural projects.
- Advances on staffing and HRM in projects.
- Stress management, well-being and recreation in projects.
The objective of these published presentations is to portray current understanding and new knowledge arising from research and development concerning human aspects in modern projects. The best paper will receive a 100 Euro prize and a free subscription to the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business.
Practice-based Refresh Presentations
This refreshing new approach will help the 23rd IPMA World Congress achieve its Mission:
- To refresh the project management and leadership experience.
- To inspire the people who inspire the industry to develop around the world.
- To articulate vision and purpose of projects.
- To seek the past and present business strategies that best influence future practices.
- To explore how we present, process and manage our ideas.
The Practice-based presentations cover topics of practical nature as well as case studies. Four main streams each have four groups of Seminars, in which the related presentations will be coordinated; one consequence of this approach is that participants will require fewer switches between sessions to pursue their presentations of greatest interest. The four Streams of the Practice-based presentations are:
- Refresh your Business,
- Refresh your network,
- Refresh yourself, and
- Refresh your society.
See more information about the Streams and Seminars at the Congress website. The Call for Refresh Presentations ends 31 January 31, 2008 so you have time to plan and submit your presentation abstract.
Not interested in speaking? The Early Bird Registration discounts for IPMA (asapm) members who plan ahead expire December 31, so sign up now! Note that the Avec fee is for your Accompanying person. Recall too, that the Roma hotels filled up quickly, and the Helsinki Congress expects even more participants, to act now! You can watch the Congress Program evolve here as papers and presentations are accepted.
To see the well-done video Promo (or trailer) for the IPMA 23rd Helsinki World Congress, click here. For a video of the Refresh 2009 IPMA World Congress venue, the Helsinki Fair Center, click here. We hope to see you in Helsinki, oh, and it looks like you'd better bring your robe!
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