Call for Papers for 23rd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Finland extended to 31 December 2009
and Call for Refresh presentations extended

The Call for Papers for the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland has been extended to 31 December 2008 and Call for Refresh presentations has been extended to 31 January 2009. The 23rd IPMA World Congress on Project Management will be held in Helsinki during 15-17 June 2009. Information for potential authors, researchers and practicing professionals can be found on the Helsinki congress website at http://www.refresh09.com/.

According to Jyry Louhisto, General Manager of Project Management Association Finland (PMAF) and Program Director for the 2009 congress, “We will have two categories of presentations at the 23rd IPMA World Congress next year. First, we will have the traditional scientific research papers presented by academic leaders and project management researchers around the world. But we will also be seeking papers and presentations on practice based examples of project and program management. This will be different, and we hope it will enrich the congress.”

The theme for the 23rd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Helsinki next year will be “Refresh Yourself.” The event will be aimed at regenerating one’s professional career, organization and personal development.

Participants wishing to present a contribution are invited to submit an abstract, relating to the theme "Human side of projects in modern business". The abstract should be typewritten in English (preferably in MS Word or PDF format), not exceeding 500 words, on one A4 size page. The abstract should be e-mailed to the Conference Scientific Secretariat by December 31, 2008 at kalle.kahkonen@vtt.fi, or use the Abstract submission option on the congress website. The abstracts will be reviewed by scientists selected on a world-wide basis, based on the topic. Full papers will be refereed and accepted by the same referees. For the practical presentations, four streams will be included: Refresh Your Network, Refresh Your Business, Refresh Yourself, and Refresh Society. Use the Abstract submission option on the congress website by January 31, 2008. For more information, visit http://www.refresh09.com/congress/call-for-papers.

The local host of the 23rd 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 23rd IPMA World Congress in Finland. For further information, visit www.pry.fi.

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 44 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. The president of IPMA for 2009/10 is Brigitte Schaden. Additional information about IPMA is available at www.ipma.ch.

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