PMI Indonesia Chapter has been organized its International Project Management Symposium and Exhibition since 2011. This year, 2017 will be the seventh SymEx and will be held on October 11 & 12, 2017 in Bandung. We are back to Bandung to present the more attractive program, nice and cozy ambience at SymEx 2017.

I’ve been joining SymEx since 2011 in Bali. As a participant, I’ve learned so many things from noble speakers. But the moment that I never forget from my first experience joining SymEx is meeting and networking with other project management fellows. SymEx 2011 was my starting point to explore more in the project management area and become more and more interested and finally fall in love with project management. It successfully made me become one of PMI Indonesia Chapter volunteer where I meet lots of practitioners from other industries and open my mind that my work environment not only related to construction management, infrastructure and Education but to other industries, such as: Information Technology, Telecommunication, Oil & Gas, Mining and others. I am so grateful to have such opportunity to broaden my network, meet new people, sharing and learning from others. It started from SymEx.

SymEx has been organized in different location in Indonesia. In 2011, Symex was held in Bali then we moved to Yogyakarta and Bandung in 2012 and 2013 respectively. For the first time, SymEx was held outside Java & Bali, Palembang was selected was the location of SymEx 2014. In 2015, we planned to organize SymEx in the capital of Indonesia – Jakarta, but due to many considerations we moved the location to Bogor. Last year SymEx in 2016 was held in Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia. And this year, we chose to come back to Bandung as our location to hold the 7th SymEx. Bandung is well known for its cool calming weather, delicious food, shopping, or the gorgeous sceneries, visitors come from all over to experience different things to do in Bandung’s exquisite atmosphere.

The SymEx 2017 theme is Project Management Leads Business Through Uncertainty. Whether in project or business, the key challenge that leaders should face is managing uncertainty. Through this symposium, we are expecting that future leaders can learn from world class speakers how to be ready to face the VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) era by using project management, strategic and leadership. At the SymEx 2017, more than 14 prominent speakers both local speakers and international speakers. We hope more than 200 participants will join us at the symposium.

This event will be successful with the support of all attendees, I would like to thank you for those who are registered to attend our events, our committed speakers and sponsors.

I am joining SymEx 2017, how about you? I am looking forward to welcoming you at the SymEx 2017 ^-^.

Warmest Regards

Alin Veronika, PMP, PMI-RMP

President PMI Indonesia Chapter

Dear Symex participants,

We are excited to welcoming you once again to Bandung at the biggest international project management symposium in Indonesia.

After the fascinating and successful 6 previous SymEx in different cities all over Indonesia, the 7th SymEx this year will be held one more time in Bandung on October 11 & 12 in Hilton Hotel. These 2-day conference will lead you to the wonderful journey where you can explore, share and collaborate on the latest ideas, knowledge, tools, methods and case studies with the project management practitioners locally and internationally.

As we face turbulent time since last year, business was tough due to uncertain economy and we hope it will be better this year. Established or start-up companies have their own challenges to win competition. Are you the one who are struggling and looking for new insights or are you the one who have passed through the economic challenges? In both circumstances, project management plays the main role in making differences and aides business pass its hardest situation. Therefore, you have the opportunity for creating differences and expand your company, learn and build network with other world class project management practitioners to actualize “Project Management Leads Business Through Uncertainty”.

During the 2-day Symex event, maximize and gain benefits through:

1. Network and meet with project management practitioners across industry. More than hundreds of practitioners regularly come to this event.

2. Learn from presentations and active interaction by the leading speakers; domestic and international; share and exchange ideas / experience directly, that encompass both regional and global project management topics.

3. Earn 16 professional development units (PDUs) to maintain your PMI credentials.

Once again, we look forward to seeing you at this premier event, and in particular we hope that you will be able to take the opportunity to gain and enhance your knowledge and broaden your network with key thought leaders.

Bayu Aditya Firmansyah, PMP

Project Manager of SymEx 2017