T. Boone Pickens to Speak at Project Management Institute Global Congress 2009 -...

T. Boone Pickens to Speak at Project Management Institute Global Congress 2009
- North America

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa., June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Project Management
Institute (PMI), the leading association for project management, announces T.
Boone Pickens will be featured as the keynote speaker for PMI(R) Global
Congress 2009 - North America to be held 10-13 October in Orlando, Florida.

T. Boone Pickens is one of the nation's most successful businessmen. He
founded the nation's largest independent oil company, Mesa Petroleum, and
later reinvented himself in his 70s as one of the most successful investment
fund operators with BP Capital.

As North American dependency on foreign oil imports continue to rise, gasoline
prices further stress a sluggish economy, forcing the search for alternative
energy. In his keynote address, Pickens plans to deliver a comprehensive
solution for what North America should do to decrease its increasing reliance
on foreign oil, which he calls a looming threat to national security and the
economy. He will offer open and candid responses to audience questions about
the country's dependence on imported oil while providing details on how to
dramatically enhance energy security.

"Reducing our dependency on fossil fuel is not only the smart thing to do from
a North American cost standpoint. Moreover, it's the right thing to do from
a global sustainability perspective," remarked Gregory Balestrero, president
and CEO of PMI. "This is especially critical to managers of all types of
projects. The project manager of tomorrow must manage in an environmentally
and socially responsible way. T. Boone Pickens, who is never shy about
expressing his opinions on this subject, is sure to be an enlightening and
intriguing speaker at our annual North American event," Balestrero continued.

CNBC has dubbed Pickens "Oracle of Oil" for his uncanny knack of predicting
oil price movements. His many professional honors include membership in the
Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, the Texas Business Hall
of Fame and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. In 1998, Oil & Gas Investor listed him
as one of the "100 Most Influential People of the Petroleum Century." He was
named one of world's 100 most influential people in 2009 by TIME.

PMI(R) Global Congress 2009 - North America will take place at the Gaylord
Palms on 10-13 October. Registration for the event is now available online at
http://congresses.pmi.org/NorthAmerica2009/TheCongress/Registration/. In
addition to being a venue for project management education and networking,
PMI's Global Congress is a meeting point for experts and project practitioners
at all levels to discuss the most challenging project management trends. This
year's educational topics include: advanced project management skills,
communications, consulting skills, general business skills, government,
industry specific issues, new project management trends, professional
development, project management foundation skills, project management issues,
project management tools, research, sales/marketing skills and teaming.

About PMI
The world's leading project management organization, PMI shares knowledge with
nearly 500,000 members and credential holders in 180+ countries. Since its
founding 40 years ago, PMI has impacted more than one million practitioners,
businesses, governments, students and training organizations. Today, PMI's
products and services range from world-class standards for project, program
and portfolio management to five professional credentials, including the gold
standard Project Management Professional (PMP)(R). PMI's exclusive Global
Corporate Council and European Corporate Networking Group engage large
multinationals and government organizations in endorsing the value of project
management. The only project management association with an established
academic research program, PMI has invested more than US$14 million in support
of dozens of research projects since 1997. Learn more at PMI.org.

SOURCE Project Management Institute

Pamela Green of the Project Management Institute, +1-610-356-4600 x7030,
Pamela.Green@PMI.org; or Kaycee Holmes, Edelman, +1-214-443-7597,
Kaycee.Holmes@Edelman.com, for the Project Management Institute