The conference panel invites executives, project managers and project management professionals to take part in developing the national and international project management agenda by contributing a presentation to the conference. This will be an interactive forum bringing together project management professionals and decision makers across the public and private sectors

The APM Project Management Conference Panel are looking for contributors with a story to tell or view to express; contributions should focus on practical rather than technical issues, looking at how to maximise the benefits of project management and avoid the potential pitfalls. Topic areas include:

• Success through Projects – possible subjects: Managing projects better, organizational project performance, measuring success

• Right Projects! Right People! – possible subjects: selecting projects, managing the portfolio, stopping projects, managing project management capacity

• Stakeholders and Sponsors – possible subjects: being a sponsor, managing your sponsor, managing politics, dealing with stakeholders, communicating success (and failure)

• Managing in a complex world – complex projects, complex project environments

• Local projects, global consequence! – possible subjects: Sustainability, globalization, ethics

Full details about each of these topics can be found at www.apm.org.uk/conferencetopics.asp.