Eastern European project management
As a member of the PMI Slovenia Chapter I was given the opportunity to attend the Project Zone 2011 project management conference in Budapest. It was organized for attendees from the Eastern European region and was attended mostly by project practitioners from Hungary, Romania and Slovakia with a few people from neighboring countries as well.
The keynote speaker was Gregory Balestrero, former president of Project Management Institute (PMI). Although he clarified that due to his retired status his speech is not officially from PMI, the spirit of the organization which he led for many years with tremendous success was nevertheless not far away. He spoke about sustainability, for example, how we humans influence the environment, how we drain its resources and what we can do today to ensure that future generations can still have a world to live in. Gregory Balestrero also spoke about his personal life during retirement. He bought a motorcycle to ride across the USA and raise awareness about environmental issues and money...