PMForum named Media Partner for 1st Annual PMI Panama Project Management Symposium

PMForum to provide news coverage for October 2 event in Panama City

Dallas, Texas, USA — PMForum announced today that it has been named “Media Partner” for the 1st Annual PMI Panama Project Management Symposium taking place in Panama City, Panama on 2 October 2008. This major project management event is subtitled “The Land Divided – The Project World United” and will showcase the Panama Canal Expansion program, one of the largest infrastructure projects in the world. PMForum will provide news coverage before and during the event for the global project management community.

According to PMI Panama Chapter president Luis Fasano, “The PMI Panama Chapter has decided to host an international symposium each year, to bring leading experts to Panama and to help advance the project management profession in our country. We hope that PMForum can help bring this event to the attention of the international project management community.”

Engineers, IT professionals, project managers and executives are invited to Panama for this major event, which will feature two major tracks: Construction Project Management & Technology Project Management (IT, product development, communications). The all-day symposium will feature presentations, panel discussions, break-out sessions, focused workshops and networking opportunities, and will be bilingual with translation available (Spanish or English). Registration fees are $225, $195 for PMI members, and $125 for students. Attendees can receive up to 7 PDUs for PMP recertification. For more information or to register, visit www.pmipanama.org.

The symposium venue will be the Panama Canal Authority Auditorium and facilities. Local sponsors include the Panama Canal Authority and CH2M Hill, prime management contractor for the expansion. Participants will have an opportunity to tour the canal and meet the program manager.

As a PMForum media partner, the 1st Annual PMI Panama Project Management Symposium will receive visibility on PMForum web pages including listing in PMForum’s global Events Calendar, pre-event news coverage of announcements and developments, live breaking news reported directly from location during the event, and post-event reporting. Examples of PMForum partnering efforts and media coverage can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/events/partner_program.htm.

About PMI Panama
The PMI Panama Chapter is a chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), the world’s largest member-based organization devoted to professional project management. Founded in 1969 in the United States, PMI now has more than 265,000 members in 170 plus countries. Founded in 2001, the PMI Panama Chapter is a volunteer based professional association dedicated to supporting the growth and development of the project management discipline and its critical role in business and organization success. The PMI Panama Chapter has approximately 150 members and serves the project management and business communities of Panama and nearby countries. For more information, visit www.pmipanama.org

David Pells
PMForum, Inc.
www.pmforum.org
edititor@pmforum.org

About PMForum
PMForum, Inc. administers and operates www.pmforum.org, the world’s first project management website and one of the world’s best known and leading sources of project management news and information. PMForum also publishes the monthly online PM World Today e-Journal, where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading project management authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net.

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