Day Two 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, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India, who is also the Chair of the 2009 International Advisory Committee (IAC).

The Agenda for Tuesday, 15 December 2009, the second day of the 17^th Global PM Symposium 2009 will include:

• Global Product Leadership through effective program management - Dr. A S Pillai, CEO & Managing Director, Brahmos, India

• Breaking boundaries: The key to innovation - Adesh Jain, Honorary President, PMA, India (pictured at right)

• Speeding the decision making processes; few possibilities - Panel of H S Brahma, Secretary of Ministry of Power; R S Pandey, Secretary of Ministry of Petroleum; Pratyush Sinha, Central Vigilance Commissioner; Dr. S N Dash, Secretary, M/o Heavy Industries & PE; Dr Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI, India

• Achieving project excellence in undertaking massive projects and programs in Indian Oil - S Behuria, Chairman & Managing Director, Indian Oil Corporation

• Tata Steel: an example of managing projects & programs - B Muthuraman, Managing Director, TISCO

• Transformation of companies (case studies) - Panel to be chaired by Dr. Nitish Sengupta, Chairman of BRPSE and former member of Planning Commission of India - Panelists: Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman & Managing Director, NBCC; G K Pillai, Chairman & Managing Director, HEC; and D S Rawat, Secretary General, ASSOCHAM (Industry Perspective)

• Instituting National Project Excellence Award: a new initiative - Ruchira Jain, Director, CEPM, India

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

The 17th 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 17^th 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 Chairman of PMA.

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 .