IPS Announces Call for Papers for Strategic Execution Conference

San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) October 08, 2012

IPS Learning and the Stanford Advanced Project Management Program today announced a call for papers for presentations at “The Strategic Execution Conference: Linking Strategy to Execution through Innovative Techniques”. The conference committee is seeking original, thought-provoking papers that capture case studies of successfully executed strategies involving innovative project, program and/or portfolio management approaches and methods. Details on criteria and how to submit can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/IPSpapers. The deadline for submission is Oct. 31 at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

The Strategic Execution Conference will be held April 24 and 25 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, 1333 Bayshore Dr., Burlingame, CA. It will bring together more than 1,000 executives, leaders and senior managers from major high-tech and innovative organizations worldwide to gain insight on current and future challenges surrounding strategic execution from the world’s preeminent thought leaders. To learn more visit http://www.executionconference.com.

Submissions should integrate into one of the conference’s focus areas:

•     Strategy

     o         Ideation – Where Passion and Drive Originate
     o    Nature – Creating the Conditions for Strategic Execution
     o    Vision – What We Want and Our Plan to Get It

•     Execution

     o    Engagement – Connecting Strategy to Project Management Investments
     o    Synthesis – Carrying Out Projects Mapped to Priorities
     o    Transition – Gauging Programs, Projects and Operations

Ram Charan, highly acclaimed business advisor and author, will keynote the opening conference session. For more information about Charan visit http://tinyurl.com/97a7rzn.

About IPS Learning
IPS Learning, in partnership with the Stanford Center for Professional Development, blends elite academic theory and learning with real-life processes, tools and leadership skills to educate and empower individuals and organizations to successfully execute strategies through projects, programs and portfolios. IPS has trained more than 50,000 project managers and executives in more than 250 cities and 35 countries. For more information visit http://www.ipslearning.com.