PM RESEARCH NEWS
Abstracts Due 15 October; Event is 1-2 December 2014; Conference Venue is Business School of Nankai University, Tianjin, China
1 September 2014 – Zurich, Switzerland – The International Project Management Association (IPMA) has announced a call for research papers to be presented at an IPMA Research Conference in Tianjin, China in December. Abstracts are due 15 October 2014; the event will be 1-2 December 2014, in the Business School of Nankai University, Tianjin, China. This is the official IPMA research conference, organized by the Research Management Board of IPMA to gather academic researchers, consultants and practitioners together to discuss “How to make Research meet the needs of PM Practice.”
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics should focus on “How to make Research meet the needs of PM Practice.” Examples of topics that could be addressed include, but are not limited to:
- Applications of theories in managing projects and best practice of project management
- Things happening in China that are helping Research meet the needs of Practice in PM
- Research on complex project management and emergency project management.
- Research on project integrated management and project risk management
- Research on organizations for projects or project oriented organization.
GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS
- Language is English
- Abstracts up to 1000 characters including blank characters.
- Deadline for Abstract is 15th of October 2014.
- Deadline for Full Text is 1stof December 2014.
- Additional Guidelines for the paper:
- Text size 20.000 characters incl. blank characters and incl. literature citations
- Illustrations Up to 5 figures, black and white, as editable PowerPoint graphics
- Character format Time New Roman font size 12 pt, 1.0 line spacing
For additional information about this IPMA Research Event, or to participate, please send your Abstract by 15th October via email to: [email protected] or [email protected]. Note that Anbang Qi is the Chair of IPMA Research Board.
REGISTRATION
Registration is FREE, but you must notify us of your interest in participating by 31 October 2014. To register, please send email to: [email protected].
EXAMPLE ABSTRACT
Paper Title
Subtitle as Needed
Fupei Qian1, Lixiong Ou2 1Dept. name of organization, name of organization, acronyms acceptable, City, Country 2Dept. name of organization, name of organization, acronyms acceptable, City, Country Email address, address
Abstract: This electronic document defines the standard format of the proceedings of China Congress on Project Management jointly organized by Project Management Research Committee (PMRC) and the Periodical Office of Project Management Technology (PMT). The elements such as the paper title, author, affiliation, abstract, section title, main text, figure, table and references are defined, and this document is formatted according to the SRP standard, which illustrates all the formats.
Keywords: template; format; PMRC; academic conference; proceedings
BOOK OF PAPERS TO BE PUBLISHED
IPMA will publish a book for all qualified papers that meet the requirements of the research conference. The proceedings / papers of this research conference will also be included in a CD edition. All the papers will be published in the book and the CD will be free.
EVENT LOCATION The Business School of Nankai University Baiti Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300071. +86-22-23508940 http://ibs.nankai.edu.cn/
LODGING; THE HOTEL Huigao Hotel, http://www.huigaohotel.com Manager of the Hotel: SONG, Weihong Email: [email protected] Tel. +86-22-87897777; Mobile: +86-15802258733 Price: 50-70€ (Single room, including breakfast) Deadline for room reservation: 28 October 2014
Founded in 1965 and registered in Switzerland, International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the World’s first professional project management organization. The IPMA federation of national project management societies serves Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas.
The IPMA World Congress, planned for 29 September – 1 October in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, is one of the most important gatherings of project management authorities and leaders each year. For further information about IPMA, please visit us at www.ipma.ch.
Press Release Contact: Stacy Goff, IPMA VP of Marketing & Events. [email protected].
Source: IPMA
