http://www.pmforum.org/YOUR GLOBAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT NEWS & INFORMATION SOURCE2201Saturday, December 31, 2011Saturday, December 31, 2011The Institute for Defense and Business (IDB), North Carolina Department of Commerce (Commerce), and North Carolina Military Foundation (NCMF) have announced a partnership to connect the U.S. military services to motorsports industry capabilities thttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/MilitaryVehicleProjectbringstogethertheMotorsportsIndustryandtheUSMilitar.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2200Saturday, December 31, 2011Saturday, December 31, 2011asapm's 2012 Project Management Symposium, with the theme of Project Management: Delivering the Promise, will be held in Arlington, Virginia, USA on March 5, 2012. This one-day event expands on the theme of the highly-successful IPMA World Congreshttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/asapmIPMAUSAtoHostthePMSymposiumProjectManagementDeliveringthePromiseinArlington.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2199Saturday, December 31, 2011Saturday, December 31, 2011The First International Scientific Conference on Project Management in the Baltic Countries, under the theme "Project Management Development - Practice and Perspectives", will be held at the University of Latvia in Riga on 8-9 February 2012. The http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/1stInternationalScientificConferenceonProjectManagementintheBalticCountriestobeinLatvia.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2198Friday, December 30, 2011Friday, December 30, 2011Max Wideman has announced the updates to his popular project management website. According to the email from Max: "We hope all of our readers had a very Merry Christmas season and let's all hope for a prosperous New Year!""Do your projects suffer fromhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/WidemanPMWebsiteupdatesannouncedforJanuary201.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2197Friday, December 30, 2011Friday, December 30, 2011On 24 January 2012, the third meeting on professional project management will be held in Macae, Brazil and every region that is part of the Campos Basin. Macae is known as the city of Petroleum in Brazil, and like Texas in the United States. For thihttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/3rdMeetingonProfessionalPlanningandProjectManagementinMacaeRegionofBrazilon24January201.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2196Wednesday, December 28, 2011Wednesday, December 28, 2011The 26th IPMA World Congress on Project Management, with the theme „Integrating Project Management Standards", will be held on the beautiful Mediterranean Island of Crete, Greece during 29-31 October 2012. Crete is the largest island in Greece. http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/26thIPMAWorldCongressonProjectManagementtobeonIslandofCreteinGreec.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2195Monday, December 26, 2011Monday, December 26, 2011Jacobs, the US-based project services company, announced on 13 December 2011 that it has been awarded a contract from Aldar, a premier real estate development, management and investment company in the United Arab Emirates, to provide project managhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/JacobstoProjectManageAbuDhabiRetailDevelopmentatYasIslan.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2194Sunday, December 25, 2011Sunday, December 25, 2011Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced on 16 December the approval of a loan for $71 million to help Ecuador carry out a housing project for low-income families in the city of Guayaquil. The project will be implemented by the Ministry of Housing http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/Projecttoprovide9000hometoPoorinEcuadorgetsGreenLigh.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2193Sunday, December 25, 2011Sunday, December 25, 2011A Call for Papers has been issued for the 6th Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium - Project Management in a Risky World, to be held August 16-17, 2012 in the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Tehttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/CallforPapersfor6thAnnualUTDallasProjectManagementSymposiu.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2192Thursday, December 22, 2011Thursday, December 22, 2011A new project management book from Actuation Press focuses on project management value and gives guidance on how and when to stop a project. S.T.O.P. — The Project Management Survival Plan, is a new book authored by Steven Starke and published by http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/STOPTheProjectManagementSurvivalPlannewbookbyStevenStarkepublishedbyActuationPress.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2191Wednesday, December 21, 2011Wednesday, December 21, 2011Reported by Jouko Vaskimo in HelsinkiInternational Project Management Association (IPMA) recognized project excellence, and awarded IPMA Project Excellence Awards at the 25th IPMA World Congress. The IPMA project excellence awards were organized inthttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/SiemensUPSWorldportExpansionProjectIdentifiedPrizeWinne.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2190Monday, December 19, 2011Monday, December 19, 2011The Universitat Politècnica de València, through its Engineering Projects Department, and the Spanish Project Engineering Association (AEIPRO), are pleased to announce the celebration of the 16th International Congress on Project Engineering whichhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/CallforPapers16thInternationalCongressonProjectEngineeringValenciaSpain1113July201.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2189Sunday, December 18, 2011Sunday, December 18, 2011Reported by Miles Shepherd in Salisbury On 1 March 2011, APM launched a new pan-sector standard for project professionals. APM Registered Project Professional (RPP) recognises competent professionals through their ability to be a responsible leader, managhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/APMRegisteredProjectProfessionalcertificationtobeexplainedatAPMBranchMeetinginNewportU.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2188Saturday, December 17, 2011Saturday, December 17, 2011The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on 16 December 2011 that it will lend Viet Nam up to $730 million for electricity transmission upgrades to improve the delivery of power needed to fuel the country's fast growing economy. The mutli-tranche loan fhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/PowerTransmissionPrograminVietNamtoReceive750millionfromAD.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2187Friday, December 16, 2011Friday, December 16, 2011The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced the approval of a $280 million loan to finance the third phase of a project that will improve the living conditions of low-income residents of the Brazilian city of Manaus through urban, socihttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/280millionapprovedforsocialenvironmentalandurbanimprovementprojectsinManausBrazi.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2186Thursday, December 15, 2011Thursday, December 15, 2011PM Solutions, the well-known US consultancy focused on the project management office (PMO), has announced their State of the PMO 2012 survey is open for participants worldwide. The PMO 2012 Survey is designed to understand current practices as wehttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/2012StateofthePMOSurveyAnnouncedbyPMSolution.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2185Wednesday, December 14, 2011Wednesday, December 14, 2011Arras People in the UK has announced on 13 December that the 2012 Arras People Project Management Census is open to project management professionals across the globe. Now in its seventh year, the Project Management Census - once collated - will prohttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/UKProjectManagementCensusAimstoShedLightonProjectManagementPracticesin201.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2184Monday, December 12, 2011Monday, December 12, 2011The International Project Management Association (IPMA) has announced that its February 2012 Expert Seminar in Zurich, Switzerland will be on the topic of "Future Trends in Project, Programme and Portfolio Management". The two-day event will be hhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/IPMAExpertSeminaronFutureTrendsinProjectProgrammePortfolioManagementAnnouncedforFebruary.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2183Sunday, December 11, 2011Sunday, December 11, 2011Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd (SECL) in Korea has received a Project Management Institute (PMI®) Distinguished Project Award. PMI President and CEO Mark A. Langley formally presented the award to Park Ki-Seok, Samsung Engineering president and CEO, at http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/SamsungEngineeringsPTTGasSeparationPlant6ProjectReceivesPMIDistinguishedProjectAwar.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2182Saturday, December 10, 2011Saturday, December 10, 2011The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) has announced a loan to improve the quality of water supply and sanitation services to about 280,000 people in the central Romanian county of Sibiu. The project represents continuing ehttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/WaterprojectsinCentralRomaniareceiveEUandEBRDFundin.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2181Thursday, December 08, 2011Thursday, December 08, 2011Jacobs Engineering Group announced on 2 December 2011 that it has acquired Unique World, an information technology (IT) services company based in Sydney, Australia. Officials did not disclose the terms of the agreement. The acquisition allows Jahttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/JacobsAcquiresAustraliasUniqueWorldtoExpandITCapabilitie.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2180Thursday, December 08, 2011Thursday, December 08, 2011The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced the approval of a $150 million non-sovereign guaranteed loan to help finance the construction of a 406-megawatt hydroelectric plant in Peru, a project that will help the country meet growing http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/ChagllaHydroProjectinPeruReceivesFinancingCommitmen.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2179Sunday, December 04, 2011Sunday, December 04, 2011The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) has announced approval of a long-term EBRD loan of US$ 100 million to FESCO, one of the leading integrated transportation operators in Russia, to fund the first phase modernisation of chttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/VladivostokPortModernizationProjectReceives100Millio.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2178Saturday, December 03, 2011Saturday, December 03, 2011The Project Management Institute (PMI®) has announced that as of 31 October 2011, membership reached 370,230, an overall increase of 12.2% for the year . PMI members are in more than 185 countries around the world.Other statistics revealed by PMhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/PMIMembershipJumps12PercentSurpasses37000.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2177Friday, December 02, 2011Friday, December 02, 2011WestLB, HSBC, Caixa Geral, Santander have joined IDB's A/B Loan Program to finance a project to help ease congestion at Santos port in Brazil. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced a $430 million syndicated loan with a group of http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/BrazilsEmbraportprojectreceives430millio.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2176Thursday, December 01, 2011Thursday, December 01, 2011Max Wideman has announced the updates to his popular project management website. According to the email from Max: "Ever wondered what 'Agile project management' is really all about? So did we, so we attended Peter McBride's presentation to our localhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/12/WidemanPMWebsiteupdatesannouncedforDecember201.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2175Wednesday, November 30, 2011Wednesday, November 30, 2011PMForum, Inc., the entity that operates the globally-recognized and popular project management website www.pmforum.org has confirmed that the website is for sale. One of the world's best known websites devoted to professional project management, http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/PopularProjectManagementWebsitepmforumorgconfirmedFORSAL.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2174Wednesday, November 30, 2011Wednesday, November 30, 2011Reported by Jouko Vaskimo in HelsinkiMr Nuno Ponces de Carvalho has been nominated International Project Management Association (IPMA) Vice President in charge of membership and Young Crew. At the same time Mr Ponces de Carvalho becomes a member of http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/NunoPoncesdeCarvalhonominatedIPMAVicePresidentinchargeofmembershipandYoungCre.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2173Tuesday, November 29, 2011Tuesday, November 29, 2011Project management experts, professional leaders, and executives of project-oriented organizations are invited to submit an article, paper or story for publication in the monthly PM World Today eJournal. This is an opportunity to share knowledge,http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/CallforPapersforJanuary2012PMWorldToda.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2172Monday, November 28, 2011Monday, November 28, 2011The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a loan for $20.5 million for a project to improve the drainage infrastructure in Uruguay's capital of Montevideo. The project will benefit some 4,500 people as well as protect adjacent areas fhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/ProjecttoimproveMontevideodrainageinfrastructureinUruguayreceivesfundin.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2171Monday, November 28, 2011Monday, November 28, 2011Organizers of the 19th Global Symposium being held in New Delhi, India during 5-7 December 2011 have announced that former President of India, Eminent Scientist and Thinker Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has kindly agreed to give the Special Address on Dec 7http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/FormerPresidentofIndiatoAddress19thGlobalSymposiumon7December2011inNewDelh.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2170Sunday, November 27, 2011Sunday, November 27, 2011The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have announced an agreement to work together on a range of projects to build capacity and promote public-private partnerships across the Caucasus and Central http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/DevelopmentBanksAgreetoCooperateonProjectsinCaucasusandCentralAsianregion.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2169Saturday, November 26, 2011Saturday, November 26, 2011The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced on 23 November 2011 that it has approved a $452 million loan to improve sewage collection at Baía de Guanabara, one of Brazil's best known tourism landmarks. The resources will help Rio de Janeihttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/452millionapprovedforsanitationprojectinBrazilsBaadeGuanabar.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2168Friday, November 25, 2011Friday, November 25, 2011Seven national governmental and research organisations announced on 23 November 2011 in London the formation of the SKA Organisation, an independent, not-for-profit company established to formalise relationships with international partners and cenhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/InternationalpartnersjoinforcesandagreefundingfordesignofSquareKilometreArraytelescope.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2167Thursday, November 24, 2011Thursday, November 24, 2011The Jamaica Doctor Bird Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI JDBC) celebrated its twelfth annual International Project Management Day (IPM Day) with an Awards Breakfast. The Awards Breakfast is an occasion highly anticipated in Jamaichttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/PMIJDBCCelebratesInternationalProjectManagementDay201.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2166Wednesday, November 23, 2011Wednesday, November 23, 2011UK publisher Gower has announced the publication of a new book, Managing Project Supply Chains, by Ron Basu. This new book describes and demonstrates how customised supply chain management can be applied to project management, ensuring project rehttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/ManagingProjectSupplyChainsbyRonBasupublishedbyGowe.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2165Tuesday, November 22, 2011Tuesday, November 22, 2011AMACOM Books, the publishing arm of the American Management Association, has announced the publication of Project Management for Small Business, A Streamlined Approach from Planning to Completion, by Joseph Phillips, PMP. For information, click hhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/ProjectManagementforSmallBusinessbyJosephPhillipspublishedbyAMACOMinUS.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2164Monday, November 21, 2011Monday, November 21, 2011Reported by Jouko Vaskimo in HelsinkiMr Tom Taylor has been nominated Project Management Association Finland (PMAF) International Honorary Member at the Finnish annual project management conference Projektipäivät 2011 in Helsinki, Finland. The nomhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/TomTaylornominatedPMAFInternationalHonoraryMembe.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2163Monday, November 21, 2011Monday, November 21, 2011Reported by Kushtrim Mehmetaj in Prishtina, Republic of KosovaThe PMI Global Congress 2011 was a remarkable event both in terms of participation and also from the content perspective. More than 3000 participants from more than 70 countries, and arouhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/TheProjectManagementPerspectivePMIGlobalCongress201.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2162Sunday, November 20, 2011Sunday, November 20, 2011Reported by Kushtrim Mehmetaj in Prishtina Bechtel corporation and its longtime joint venture partner, Enka, have announced the completion of the first stretch of the 102-kilometer (63-mile) Kosovo Motorway one year ahead of schedule and within budget. Kohttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/FirstPhaseofKosovoMotorwaycompletedoneyearearl.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2161Friday, November 18, 2011Friday, November 18, 2011PM foresight is quickly becoming known as the leading project management publication in North Africa, and one of the emerging voices for the project management profession in Nigeria and beyond. As evidence, PM foresight publisher and editor-in-chhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/NigeriasPMforesightmagazinegainsglobaltractionandvisibilityasEditorLambertOfoegbucovers.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2160Wednesday, November 16, 2011Wednesday, November 16, 2011The EBRD is supporting the development of FYR Macedonia's retail infrastructure with a €18.9 million loan to Balfin Finance B.V., to finance the construction of the first modern, energy efficient shopping centre in the country's capital Skophttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/ProjecttobuildenergyefficientretailcentreinMacedoniancapitalreceivesgreenligh.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2159Monday, November 14, 2011Monday, November 14, 2011The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on 10 November 2011 that it will be supporting FYR Macedonia's drive to improve the security and quality of its energy supplies and to promote renewable sources of energy generahttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/BoskovMostHydroProjectinMacedoniagetsFundingCommitmen.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2158Sunday, November 13, 2011Sunday, November 13, 2011The Project Management Institute (PMI®) has announced that Peter Monkhouse (pictured below right) has been elected Chair of the PMI Board of Directors for 2012. Monkhouse has served on the PMI board for three years and was just re-elected to serve a shttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/PeterMonkhouseelectedChairofPMIBoardofDirectors2012PMIBoardandOfficersAnnounce.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2157Saturday, November 12, 2011Saturday, November 12, 2011Keio University Graduate School of Business Administration, often referred to as KBS, the oldest and No. 1 five-star rated business school in Japan (Eduniversal Worldwide Business Schools Ranking 2010), has announced the launch of a new stratehttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/KeioUniversityGraduateSchoolofBusinessAdministrationtointroduceaProjectandProgramManagement.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2156Friday, November 11, 2011Friday, November 11, 2011Dr David Hillson has been recognized for his achievements in the project management field by the Project Management Institute (PMI®), which has presented him with the PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award. The award recognises ahttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/DavidHillsonreceivesPMIEricJenettProjectManagementExcellenceAwar.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2155Wednesday, November 09, 2011Wednesday, November 09, 2011The Project Management Institute (PMI) presented testimony on 20 October 2011 to a United States Senate panel on FEMA accountability showing that project management expertise has practical applications for FEMA in providing disaster relief effortshttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/PMITestifiesonDisasterReliefProjectManagementtoUSSenateSubcommitte.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2154Wednesday, November 09, 2011Wednesday, November 09, 2011The 19th Global Project Management Symposium, with the theme - Festival of Thinkers and Doers, will be held in New Delhi, India, during 5-7 December 2011. The symposium will be held at the Hotel Le Meridien in New Delhi and is organized by Projechttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/19thGlobalSymposiumFestivalofThinkersandDoersDecemberinNewDelhiIndi.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2153Tuesday, November 08, 2011Tuesday, November 08, 2011The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced a project to improve health conditions in Sao Bernardo do Campo through prevention and early detection of chronic illnesses. The IDB approved a $21.6 million loan to Brazil for the Health Carhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/IDBfundsprojectinBraziltoexpandcommunitybasedhealthcar.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2152Monday, November 07, 2011Monday, November 07, 2011Panama will strengthen its risk management with the help of a $100 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The program funded by the IDB will enable the country to develop a framework for policy, disaster risk managemenhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/IDBProjecttoHelpPanamaprepareforClimateChang.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2151Sunday, November 06, 2011Sunday, November 06, 2011The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced that it is working with African leaders to help the continent adapt agricultural approaches that are more resilient to the impact of the climate change and scarcity of natural resourhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/UNPromotesClimateSmartAgricultureforAfric.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2150Saturday, November 05, 2011Saturday, November 05, 2011ARCADIS, the international design, consulting, engineering and management services company, announced on 4 November 2011 that it has closed on its merger with EC Harris, resulting in EC Harris becoming an operating company within ARCADIS. ARCADIShttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/ARCADISmergerwithECHARRIScreatesGlobalProgramandProjectManagementServiceCompan.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2149Friday, November 04, 2011Friday, November 04, 2011The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced on 3 November that it has approved a $40 million loan with which Ecuador will increase and improve access to electricity in rural and marginal urban communities. "The loan will finance projects thahttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/IDBlends40millionforprojecttoimproveaccesstoelectricityinruralEcuado.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2148Friday, November 04, 2011Friday, November 04, 2011International Project Management (IPM) Day, November 3, 2011 is a day of recognition and acknowledgment for the millions of project managers and team members around the world who dedicate their time, energy, and personal values to the successful chttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/HappyInternationalProjectManagementDay.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2147Wednesday, November 02, 2011Wednesday, November 02, 2011Thousands of Haitians participating in a large-scale clean-up coordinated by the United Nations have removed more than 40 per cent of the 10 million cubic metres of rubble caused by last year's earthquake. "It's been a colossal task," said Jessicahttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/LargeScaleUNProjecthelpsclearearthquakerubbleinHait.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2146Tuesday, November 01, 2011Tuesday, November 01, 2011Reported by Jouko Vaskimo in BrisbaneMr David Hudson, the Convener of the 25th IPMA World Congress and newly nominated President of the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), Dr Bill Young, the immediate past President of AIPM and host fhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/11/25thIPMAWorldCongressclosesinBrisbaneAustrali.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2145Monday, October 31, 2011Monday, October 31, 2011Reported by Jouko Vaskimo in BrisbaneDr Martin Barnes, President of APM and a past President of IPMA, Mr Gilles Caupin, a past President and Honorary Member of IPMA, Mr Adesh Jain, President of PMA, India, past President and past Chair of CoD of IPMhttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/10/BarnesCaupinJainMoriSchadenandShepherdawardedthecovetedAIPMInternationalHonoraryFellow.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2144Monday, October 31, 2011Monday, October 31, 2011Max Wideman has announced the updates to his popular project management website. According to the email from Max: This month, our Guest John Baker, tells us: "I worked with dozens if not hundreds of Project Management professionals. Some were complehttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/10/WidemanPMWebsiteupdatesannouncedforNovember201.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2143Monday, October 31, 2011Monday, October 31, 2011PMForum, Inc., the company that operates www.pmforum.org, the world's first and oldest website devoted to professional project management, has announced that David Pells will be stepping down as managing editor in December. David has managed the http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/10/DavidPellsAnnouncesDeparturefromPMForu.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2142Monday, October 31, 2011Monday, October 31, 2011Eric Jenett, PMP, Fellow and Founder of the Project Management Institute (PMI), passed away in Houston, Texas, USA on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Born in 1921, Eric was 88 years old. According to PMI, Mr. Jenett was PMI's president in 1971, chaihttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/10/PMIFounderEricJenettPassesAwayinHoustonatAge8.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2141Monday, October 31, 2011Monday, October 31, 2011UK publisher Gower has announced the publication of a new book, Leading Complex Projects, by Dr. Kaye Remington. This new book draws on original, empirical research into leadership of complex projects across a broad range of industries. The book http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/10/LeadingComplexProjectsbyKayeRemingtonpublishedbyGowe.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2140Saturday, October 29, 2011Saturday, October 29, 2011EPM Live, a global Enterprise SharePoint Project, Portfolio and Work Management application provider based in the United States, announced on 27 October 2011 the launch of a new Europe branch based in the United Kingdom. According to their press rehttp://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/10/EPMLiveExpandsintoEuropewithNewLondonOffic.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org2139Saturday, October 29, 2011Saturday, October 29, 2011Reported by Jouko Vaskimo in BrisbaneMr David Hudson was elected as the new National President of the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM). The hand over from the existing to new President took place at AIPM's Annual General Meeting (http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2011/10/DavidHudsonelectedasnewAIPMNationalPresidentannouncedattheopeningofthe25thIPMAWorld.htmlwebmaster@pmforum.org