Future PM Events :
3rd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium promoted at PMI Dallas Chapter 2009 Vendor Showcase

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The PMI Dallas Chapter's annual "2009 Vendor Showcase" was a big success on Thursday evening, February 5, 2009, drawing more than 400 attendees. 17 companies participated, showcasing project management products, services and technologies to the project managers and PMI members from around North Texas.

One of the participating organizations was The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas), which was showcasing its graduate program in project management in the School of Management. The UT Dallas representatives were also providing information about the 3^rd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium scheduled for August 2009.

According to James Joiner, director of the Project Management Program at UT Dallas and the August PM Symposium, "This was a good opportunity to promote both our project management MBA and MS programs, as well as the project management symposium in August. We've received quite a few abstracts, so the symposium should have a full set of tracks and presentations. We expect around 350 to attend the symposium this year."

Mr. Joiner and UT Dallas Lecturers James Szot and Sue Freedman, PhD, were on hand at the PMI Dallas 2009 Vendor Showcase to promote the UT Dallas Project Management Program and the 3^rd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium.

(photo: Sue Freedman, James Szot and James Joiner of UT Dallas at the PMI Dallas Vendor Showcase on 5 February 2009)

"Speakers at the August symposium will have attendance fees waived," Joiner added. "So this will be a good opportunity for project managers and executives to give a talk, bring some recognition to their organizations, gain some PDUs, and advance their careers at little cost. The Call for Papers is still open. We are looking for good presentations, real world experiences and new ideas about project and program management."

the 3^rd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium will be held August 13-14, 2009 on The University of Texas at Dallas campus in Richardson, Texas, USA. The conference is being sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of Management's Executive Education Center at The University of Texas at Dallas, in partnership with Dallas Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI^®) and PMForum. The 2-day Project Management Symposium will focus on topics important to organizations, industries and the economy of North Texas. For more information or two submit an abstract, visit http://som.utdallas.edu/project/ or contact pmsymposium@utdallas.edu.

The 2009 PMI Dallas Vendor Showcase took place at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Addison, Texas, USA. The PMI Dallas Chapter is one of the world's largest components of the Project Management Institute (PMI^®), the world's largest membership association for project management with more than 270,000 members in over 175 countries. The PMI Dallas Chapter was founded in 1984 and has over 4,000 members. To learn more, visit www.pmidallas.org

The Project Management Program at UT Dallas provides application-oriented education for professionals with significant project, program or general management responsibilities. Established in the Executive Education Center in the UT Dallas' School of Management, students have the option of earning a Graduate Certificate in Project Management, a Master of Science degree with an emphasis in project management, or a Master of Business Administration degree with project management emphasis. The UT Dallas PM program is accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI^®) and is registered with the PMI Registered Education Provider Program (PMI R.E.P.). For more information, visit http://som.utdallas.edu/project/.