• PMI^® Global Congress 2008—Asia Pacific Sends Global Gratitude
• Welcome New Members
• Congress Papers and Presentations Now Available
• Career Paths – A Popular Topic Around Congress
• Register Your PDUs!
• A Chorus of Thanks to Our Sponsors and Exhibitors
• Learn With Us

This March nearly 800 of you gathered from 43 countries around the globe to network, attend seminars, and explore exciting exhibits in beautiful, historic Sydney, Australia. Project Management Institute (PMI^®) would like to thank attendees, presenters, exhibitors, sponsors … everyone who joined together to make this a meaningful and memorable event.

Record breaking attendance tells us that you value what the Asia Pacific congress offers. And likewise, PMI values you.

The PMI community extends a warm welcome to the new members who attended PMI Global Congress 2008—Asia Pacific. We hope you took full advantage of the educational sessions, exhibitors and networking opportunities.

Make the most of your membership
If you haven’t already, why not take five minutes now to create your profile on PMI.org? While there, be sure to set your communications preferences so that you don’t miss important members-only news and announcements like the bi-monthly e-newsletter, PMI Community Post.

Once your PMI.org profile is created, you have access to a breadth of exclusive member benefits including:

1. Membership in PMI chapters and SIGs (specific interest groups) – a great way to meet other practitioners, share interests and research, and gain insight into current project management trends and developments.
2. Full access to current and past issues of member publications, PM Network^® and PMI Today^® in their digital format
3. Volunteer opportunities to help develop your leadership skills
4. Member pricing on purchases at PMI.org/Marketplace
5. Member pricing on professional development events like SeminarsWorld^®, eSeminarsWorld^SM and PMI Global Congresses
6. Access to digital versions of PMI’s library of global standards

If you have any questions about your membership, including how to make the most of your member benefits, please contact customercare@pmi.org or your PMI regional service centre.

Papers and presentations from PMI Global Congress 2008—Asia Pacific are now available. Login with your attendee pin number to access the papers under the Congress/Area of Focus portion of the website.

Call for papers now open! 
Do you have a great project, case study or helpful project management solution that you would like to share with your project management colleagues? Consider submitting the topic for presentation at PMI Global Congress 2009—Asia Pacific. The call for papers is open now through 24.00 GMT 4 May 2008.

Selected papers will be published in the Congress Proceedings and will be available through the James R. Snyder Center for Project Management Knowledge & Wisdom. In addition, individuals selected to present their papers at the congress will be able to earn up to 10 professional development units (PDUs).

Career Framework manager, John Roecker was on hand at congress to demonstrate the benefits of PMI’s new online career framework tool.

Our most recent salary survey found that most organisations lack career paths for project managers. In response to this, PMI developed a tool that provides the profession a spectrum of well-researched, generally accepted job descriptions. These descriptions are built from 107 skills and competencies into an easy-to-follow job ladder.

PMI’s career framework is available at no cost to PMI members, PMI credential-holders and to organisational users.

Those who missed the presentations or who are ready to get started either on behalf of themselves or their organization can access the tool at: PMI.org/CareerFramework.

Don’t forget one of the major benefits of attending PMI’s global congresses: obtaining Professional Development Units (PDUs)! Take the time now to register your PDUs and keep your Project Management Professional (PMP^®) and/or Program Management Professional (PgMP^SM) credential current.

To fulfill the requirements of the CCR program, PMP and PgMP credential holders must:

1. Earn 60 Professional Development Units (PDUs)
2. Report or verify 60 PDUs through the Online PDU Resources web page 
3. Renew. Once you have earned and reported your 60 PDUs, you will receive confirmation from PMI. You are then eligible to apply for credential renewal and remit the renewal fee to PMI.

If you have already reported your 60 PDUs, please remember to renew your credential by filling out and submitting the renewal form. Access the form online.

Learn 10 Ways to Earn PDUs.

Through innovative exhibits and information about world-class products and services, our sponsors and exhibitors contributed dynamically to the success of PMI Global Congress 2008—Asia Pacific. To learn more about our exhibitors and sponsors, please use the hyperlinks below to visit their websites:

• Aldion Consulting Pte Ltd
• APMG-Australasia
• Asia Pacific International College
• Cadence Management Corporation
• Change Corporation
• FPMS Pte Ltd
• Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd
• Human Systems Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• IIL Asia Pte Ltd
• PMI Information Systems SIG
• PMI IT & Telecommunications SIG
• PMPartners
• Primavera Systems. Inc.
• Project Management Leadership Group, Inc. (PMLG)
• Saviom Software Pty Ltd
• Semcon Asia Pacific
• Serena Software Pte Ltd
• Supertech Project Management
• Tanner James Management Pte Ltd
• Teamframe
• The George Washington University

Thank you for your patronage at the PMI Bookstore during PMI Global Congress 2008—Asia Pacific.

For more great project management resources, including new PMI Research study titles and global standards, come to PMI.org/Marketplace – where project knowledge is always in stock.™

Looking for additional opportunities to increase your knowledge of project management? Following is an abbreviated list of upcoming PMI sponsored-events:

• PMI Global Congress 2008—EMEA, 19-21 May in St. Julians, Malta. The event includes educational sessions, exhibitors and networking opportunities – a global forum featuring topics relevant to Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Registration is open now.
• Mega SeminarsWorld, 23-26 June in sunny Orlando, Florida, USA. Features over 30 educational sessions and the opportunity to earn up to 28 PDUs. Enjoy keynote speaker Michael Staver, several breakfast speakers, exhibits, an on-site bookstore and a networking reception.
• Join us 13-16 July in Warsaw, Poland for the biennial PMI^® Research Conference. Researchers, students, educators and practitioners from around the world will convene to share and discuss new project management findings. During the conference, PMI will reveal results of a significant study on the value of project management to individuals, governments and business.
  
  The conference features seven plenary speakers and 51 proffered papers selected by a double-blind peer review process facilitated by experts from the global project management research community.

• eSeminarsWorld^SM – online learning from your home or your office – earn PDUs and bolster your project management knowledge.

View the PMI professional development event calendar for a complete list of events.

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