Matti Haukka announced main speaker at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland

Reported by Jouko Vaskimo in Helsinki

Mr. Matti Haukka, Senior PM Consultant, Project Institute Finland Ltd, has been announced as a main speaker at the 23^rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland. Mr. Haukka delivers his presentation Developing the project portfolio management process and maturity step by step in Seminar 1, Strategy creation and project portfolios, in the morning of 16.6.2009, the second congress day.

Mr. Haukka is a Senior PM Consultant at Project Institute Finland Ltd. He has provided tailored project management training for various companies and worked as a consultant for several organizations of different fields since 1989. At Project Institute Finland he has been in charge of developing the ABC Project model™ and held numerous presentations about the topic in international project management conferences. Today he mainly trains experienced project managers, members of steering groups and board of directors and provides consulting services for clients who want to develop their project management cultures. His specialty is project models and portfolio management. He also functions as a main instructor of the IPMA Advanced Course Managing corporate project portfolio. (photo courtesy Project Institute Finland Ltd)

Mr. Haukka sees the 23^rd IPMA Global congress in Helsinki, Finland, as an excellent possibility to meet PM Professionals from around the world and get familiar with the newest trends in Project and Portfolio Management. Mr. Haukka can be contacted at Matti.Haukka@projekti-instituutti.fi.

Project Institute Finland (PIF) is an experienced international project management training and consulting company operating in over 10 European countries. PIF helps the customers to improve their results by using modern project management discipline. PIF provides a wide selection of project management training programs in different subjects and levels, and a project and project portfolio management model called ABC Project Model. Additionally PIF provides various consulting services to develop the project culture of an organization.

PIF sees improving project culture an efficient way to execute organizations strategy and increase the ability to make profit. For further information, please navigate to www.projekti-instituutti.fi/en.

The theme for the 23^rd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Helsinki will be "Refresh Yourself". The event will be aimed at regenerating one's professional career, organization and personal development. For further information, please navigate to www.refresh09.com .

Providing a unique opportunity for project-based organizations and suppliers of project management products and Services, Congress Partnerships are being offered for the 23^rd IPMA World Congress in Finland. As a profiled partner, participating companies will be exposed to at least 50,000 practitioners of project management from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. According to congress organizers, the top five reasons for becoming a partner are (1) An outstanding opportunity to enhance your organization's brand familiarity as a Project management and business professional; (2) An excellent opportunity for networking with the leading persons and experts in the projects world during the event; (3) The Congress provides a great opportunity for making new contacts and relationships and opens a venue for recruitment; (4) Broad marketing visibility via the seminar programme both nationally and internationally; and (5) Opportunity to state your own expert opinions and research results.

The event will bring together highly targeted top managers and professionals from all fields in emerging and leading economies. Exclusively designed networking opportunities will connect partners to decision makers, leaders and senior management and all levels of delegates, while helping expand contacts in a "Refreshing" atmosphere. Congress partners can participate in a partner exhibition or sponsor specific activities at the Congress. Four partner levels are offered: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Interested companies should visit www.refresh09.com/partners for benefits and pricing information.

The local host of the 23^rd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Helsinki will be Project Management Association Finland (PMAF), based in Espoo, Finland. PMAF is the national membership body for Finland in the International Project Management Association (IPMA). The general manager of PMAF is Jyry Louhisto, who is also the project director for the 23^rd IPMA World Congress. For further information, please navigate to www.pry.fi/en.

Founded in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the world's oldest project management professional organization. IPMA is an international federation of more than 45 national PM societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. IPMA's Annual World Congress is one of the largest and most important gatherings of project management authorities and leaders each year. For further information please navigate to www.ipma.ch.