Project Management Topic Coverage in Recent Conferences

The paper presents an analysis of the relative frequency of attention to project management body of knowledge topics in papers presented at recent Project Management Institute (PMI®) seminars/symposia and International Project Management Association congresses. The results show that some topics of importance in project management have had little or no attention at these conferences, and that sectors of industry are not represented to match their importance in national economies. Possible reasons for these results are discussed and some recommendations offered to the organizers of future conferences.