Vision Events' Project & Portfolio Management Summit 2009 Brings IT Executives and Technology Vendors Together to Discuss Optimizing Business Processes

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Mar 2, 2009

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vision Events, a division of Everything Channel, today announced the launch of Project & Portfolio Management Summit 2009, the leading global event addressing the latest software solutions for managing IT projects, resources and services. The Summit, which will take place June 14-17, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove, CA, examines market trends, business strategies and the evaluation of the latest products and services for optimizing business processes.

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Project & Portfolio Management Summit is an invitation only event that brings senior IT executives from the project and portfolio management business community together with industry analysts and leading technology vendors. The business-intensive event format includes analyst-led sessions, private boardroom appointments, a project and portfolio management pavilion as well as networking functions.

This year's theme for the event will be "Putting Your House in Order with Project and Portfolio Management." Industry analysts from Gartner and gantthead will spearhead the Summit's content, providing commentary and analysis on the latest trends and drivers surfacing in the project and portfolio management market. Gartner analysts include: Matt Light, Research Vice President; Audrey Apfel, Managing Vice President & Gartner Fellow; Dave Cappuccio, Managing Vice President; Jim Duggan, Research Vice President; Donna Fitzgerald, Research Vice President; Robert Handler, Vice President & Distinguished Analyst; Dave McClure, Managing Vice President; Bill Rosser, Vice President & Distinguished Analyst; and Dan Stang, Principal Research Analyst.

Project & Portfolio Management Summit 2009 sponsors include: @task, daptiv, ESI International, Fujitsu and Microsoft.

For additional information on Project & Portfolio Management Summit 2009, visit: http://www.everythingchannelevents.com/ppm09.

IT executives interested in attending, visit: http://www.ppmsummit.com/us/registration/onlineapplication.php or contact Ray Morley at 603-471-4288 or rmorley@visionevents.com.

Technology vendors interested in sponsorship opportunities, contact Susie Wilson at 603-471-4221 or swilson@visionevents.com.

Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)

United Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media and marketing services company that informs markets and brings the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. UBM serves professional and commercial communities, from IT professionals to doctors, from journalists to jewelry dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. UBM employs more than 6,500 people in more than 30 countries. UBM's businesses operating in the US include CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services. UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of $1.6 billion.

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