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01/25/2006 - 01/25/2006 | Heidelberg

EU Seminar: Managing complex international projects - Lessons from EU project NM2

On 25 January 2006, EU research project NM2 is holding a seminar on "Managing complex international projects" in Heidelberg, Germany. Internationally experienced project managers and experts from Eurescom, BT, TNO, and other leading organisations will share their knowledge with the participants.

This seminar is part of the training activities of EU research project NM2 - New Media for a New Millennium. The goal is to help the participants to better understand and manage the complexity of international R&D projects with geographically distributed partners.

+++ Programme highlights +++

Participants will get first-hand information from international project managers and experts on the following topics:

- Characteristics of projects in EU research programmes
- The life cycle of a complex project
- Building and running collaborative projects
- Effective project management structures
- Management tools: mailing-lists, audio-conferencing, shared workspace, reporting
- Cultural diversity in multidisciplinary international projects
- Knowledge management in projects
- IPR issues in R&D projects
- Quality assurance in complex projects

The full agenda is available at
http://www.ist-nm2.org/events/agenda_seminar01.htm

+++ Target audience +++

Project managers who already manage or will manage complex projects, especially research projects, as well as anybody who would like to know more about the subject.
Although NM2 is a Framework Programme 6 IST project, participation is not limited to EU projects or the ICT domain.

+++ Venue +++

The workshop will be held at Eurescom in the picturesque city of Heidelberg. The Eurescom premises are located within five minutes driving distance from Heidelberg castle and just 60 minutes away from Frankfurt Airport.
Address:

+++ About NM2 +++

NM2, New Media for a New Millennium, is an Integrated Project under the European 6th Framework Programme in the thematic priority of Information Society Technology. The main goal of the interdisciplinary project is to create new production tools for the media industry. These tools will enable the easy production in technically standardised formats of non-linear, personalised media genres based on sound and moving images suitable for transmission over broadband networks. NM2 is running from September 2004 to August 2007. The project has 13 partners from 8 European countries.

Website: http://www.ist-nm2.org

Information on participating / attending:
+++ Registration +++

The number of participants is limited to 40. Registrations will be handled on the basis of first come first serve. Thanks to the support by the European Commission, we can offer this seminar at a uniquely low fee: the cost-covering participation fee for training material, lunch and beverages amounts to only EUR 40. All participants receive a documentation of the seminar presentations in print format and on CD.

The registration form is available on the seminar page at http://www.ist-nm2.org/events/seminar01.html

Registration deadline is 11 January 2006.

Date:

01/25/2006 09:00 - 01/25/2006 16:00

Event venue:

Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35
69118 Heidelberg
Baden-Württemberg
Germany

Target group:

Business and commerce, Scientists and scholars

Email address:

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Economics / business administration, Information technology, Media and communication sciences

Types of events:

Entry:

11/25/2005

Sender/author:

Milon Gupta

Department:

Marketing and PR

Event is free:

no

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event15664


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