Day One Agenda Announced for 17th Global Project Management Symposium 2009 in New Delhi

Project Management Associates (PMA), the Indian national project management association, has named announced the final agenda and program for their 17^th Global Symposium 2009 - Managing Projects, Programs & Portfolios- to be held during 14-16 December 2009. The Symposium will be held at the Hotel Hyatt Regency in New Delhi, India. For information, visit symposium website at http://www.cepm.com/gs09/Home.html.

The Global PM Symposium in India will deal with managing complex projects & programs, and especially those that affect India and the Asian region. Indian government and industry leaders, along with world class speakers and professional leaders, will come together in New Delhi to share their experience and knowledge with the expected delegates from over 15 countries.

The 17^th Global Symposium 2009 in New Delhi is organized under the overall Chair of Mr. B K Chaturvedi (pictured at right), Member, Planning Commission, Government of India, who is also the Chair of the 2009 International Advisory Committee (IAC).

The Agenda for the first day of the 17^th Global PM Symposium 2009 will include:

Monday, 14 December 2009

• Inaugural Function & PMA Fellowship Awards
  
  
• Challenges in Speedy Execution - Panel to be chaired by B K Chaturvedi, member of Planning Commission of India; Panelists to include: Rakesh Nath, Chairman of Central Electric Authority; S K Roongta, Chairman & Managing Director of SAIL; and Dr. E Sreedharan, Managing Director of Delhi Metro. BC Tripathy, Chairman and Managing Director, GAIL Ltd.
  
  
• Earned Value Management: the ultimate answer in arresting time and cost overruns - Wayne Abba of Abba Consulting, USA
  
  
• Bandra-Worli Sea Link: an example of project excellence - Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman of HCC, India
  
  
• Institutionalising project excellence in management of large portfolios - K Venkataramanan, President, L&T, India
  
  
• Challenges in managing Financial closure for meg projects - Satnam Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, PFC Corporation, India
  
  
• Why certification of project professionals is growing exponentially - Adesh Jain, Honorary President, PMA, India
  

For more information, visit http://www.cepm.com/gs09/Home.html or contact gs@pma-india.org or info@pma-india.org.

The 17^th Global Project Management Symposium is being jointly organized by Project Management Associates (PMA) and the Centre for Excellence in Project Management (CEPM), in association with the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and the International Construction Project Management Association (ICPMA). The 17th Global Symposium 2009 is organized under the overall Chair of Mr. B K Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India. The Programme Director is Adesh Jain, Honorary President of PMA. Adesh jain, a visionary leader shaping the PM profession globally, has been organizing Global Symposium Since 1992 on an annual basis.

Founded in 1993, Project Management Associates (PMA) is a non-profit registered professional body of projects and business managers, aimed at strengthening project management in India. PMA's vision is to be an apex agency for promotion of project thinking in India and worldwide for continuously enhancing delivery potential of programs and projects, thereby providing competitive edge to organizations, and growth to individuals. Based in New Delhi and with branches in Hyderabad, Pune and Ranchi, PMA serves members and stakeholders throughout India. PMA is the Indian national association member of IPMA. For more information about PMA, visit www.pma-india.org.