Interview with Luis Fasano

The following interview was conducted by Tom Sheives, International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today, North Texas, with Luis Fasano, President PMI Chapter, Panama.  Mr. Fasano was responsible for the organization of the symposium held on March 18-21 and was helped significantly in the organization of the agenda and the recruitment of speakers by Mr. Sheives (sponsored by CH2M HILL, University of Texas at Dallas, and his own company, Better Project Results).

PMWT:  Luis, tell us about your 1st Annual PMI Panama Project Management Symposium.

Luis Fasano::  The event was a four day event, starting on March 18 with two separate full day workshops. The workshops on this first day were delivered by Randy Englund and yourself. On Thursday, March 19, we had a three track symposium with 11 speakers in a General Track, Construction Track, and Information Technology Track. The following two days of the symposium on March 20-21, we had the College of Performance Management – Project Management Institute (CPM-PMI) deliver its 300 Series courses on Earned Value to full classes of 40 students.

PMWT:  How would you describe the success of your 1st Project Management PMI Panama Chapter Symposium?

Fasano:  It was really an amazing event and it exceeded all of our expectations. We had close to 200 people attending from 8 different countries - Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Australia, U.S., and Panama. We also raised 18 different sponsors that contributed significantly to the attendance and financial success of the symposium.

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