The mission of the Scientific Conferences on Project Management (SCPM) is to facilitate communication between international multidisciplinary teams. SCPMs provide a forum for the discussion of topics related to the development of new knowledge in project management and related disciplines.

Researchers, professionals and firms active in the Mediterranean basin and neighboring countries who are keen to expand their activities in the area, should take an interest in the event. The conference has been designed with a view to enhance your professional career and offer the basis for the development of closer cooperation, networking and common initiatives between organizations and people with common departs, cultures and visions. The International Conference is supported by IPMA/MedNet (http://www.ipma.ch/resources/events/Pages/default.aspx)!

Papers related to research, education, training, certification, case studies etc on the whole spectrum of Project Management application are welcome. All papers will be peer reviewed. Accepted papers will be published in the ISBN Conference proceedings that will circulate widely in the Mediterranean basin and neighboring countries. Selected papers from the conference will also be published on selected special issues of international journals.

A number of high level seminars will be organized in the frame of the conference for the first time in Greece (and for most Mediterranean countries). These seminars include a seminar by Gilles Caupin on "Basic training of certification assessors" and a seminar by Prof. Kashiwagi on the revolutionary PIPS approach to project production. Seminars can be attended separately or in conjunction with the PM-04 Conference.

The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to 15th March 2008 for the 22nd IPMA World Congress on Project Management, ROMA 2008 – Project Management to Run – scheduled for November 9-11, 2008 in Rome, Italy. Project and program managers, experts and practitioners around the world are invited to submit abstracts for paper presentations at the Congress. With over 2,000 participants expected, the IPMA congress in Rome will be one of the largest project management conferences in the world this year.

Abstracts should be 150-200 words in length and focused on one of the following congress streams:

1. Time dimension in project management

2. Project management in the Mediterranean Basin and the Middle East

3. Project management for large infrastructures and industrial plants

4. Project management in public sectors and projects financed by international institutions

5. Project management in main public events

6. Project management in new fields

7. New trends in project management

8. Management by projects in industry

9. Project portfolio and business process management

10. Project management in history

11. Soft skills: education and certification benefits

12. Complex project managers

The official language of the congress is English. Abstracts should be typed in 12pt Times New Roman font in the MS Office Word format, 2000 or 2003 versions, with a lead author identified who will serve as the primary contact for congress correspondence.

Additional information to be supplied by lead author together with abstract includes title of the paper; name of lead author and any other author(s); up to 5 bullet points summarizing the content (aim, scope, main issues, conclusions); author(s) affiliations and short biography; lead author's postal address, phone, fax and email address; and Company/Institution's name and address.

Abstract and Paper production milestones are as follows:

• March 15, 2008 - Abstract submissions due

• April 30, 2008 - Notification of acceptance of abstracts

• July 31, 2008 - Final papers due from authors

• September 15, 2008 - Final announcement of accepted papers

Final papers and presentations should be free of commercial sales content, should focus on the subject of the title, and preferably provide new contributions to the topic. Length of the final paper should be 1000 to 2000 words in length.

The local host organizations for the ROMA 2008 World Congress in Rome, Italy are the Italian Project Management Academy and the Italian National Association of Industrial Plant Engineering (ANIMP). The President of ANIMP is Mr. Fabrizio Di Amato; the President of the Italian PM Academy is Roberto Mori; the Congress Chairman is Luigi Iperti; and the Project Manager for IPMA 2008 is Vittorio Cariati. For registration, schedule and other information, visit the conference website at www.ipmaroma2008.it. For additional information on the paper submission process, contact papers@ipmaroma2008.it.

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 40 national PM societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Local societies serve the specific development needs of each country in its national language. IPMA provides an umbrella organization to represent them at the international level. IPMA’s internationally acclaimed 4 Level Project Management Certification Programme continues to grow worldwide. The IPMA annually presents project management awards to teams that achieve great feats in project management. IPMA maintains its continuous presence in the global PM arena through regular International Symposia, Expert Seminars and its Annual World Congress. The president of IPMA for 2008 is Veikko Valila. Additional information is available at www.ipma.ch.