Linda Gorchels to Keynote at Product Management Educational Conference in Boston

Sacramento, CA, / The Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM), the hub of all things product management, announced today that Linda Gorchels, noted author and instructor, will be the morning keynote on Friday November 10 for the Product Management Educational Conference (PMEC East). The PMEC East will be held at the Hyatt Harborside at Logan International Airport in Boston, MA and will run from November 8 through 10, 2006.

“We’re so pleased to have Linda Gorchels as our final keynote,” said Therese Padilla, AIPMM president. “Her texts on product management have been such an asset to working product managers,” added Padilla.

As managing director of executive marketing seminars in the Executive Education department of The School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Linda Gorchels not only teaches marketing topics, but also has profit-and-loss responsibility for a successful "product line" of educational programs.

PMEC East 2006 also boasts a lineup of other dynamic speakers and topics sure to recharge and jump-start the creative juices in any product manager or brand manager. For those busy product managers who are unable to carve out two full days from their calendar or for those who can’t get the budget for the conference – there is an answer. The conference will feature free public sessions and a free Networking Expo. Free sessions run from 1:00pm to 5:00pm on Thursday Nov. 9, followed by the free Networking Expo from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. On Friday Nov. 10, the public sessions will run from 9:00am to 2:30pm.

The PMEC East 2006 will be held Wednesday November 8, 2006 to Friday November 10, 2006. PMEC East will provide learning and networking opportunities for product and brand managers representing pharmaceutical, software, medical devices, travel & tourism, food services, financial services, and consumer goods.

PMEC 2006 is sponsored by the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM), the hub for all things product management. The AIPMM is the only worldwide professional association dedicated to product managers, brand managers, product marketing managers and other professionals who cover the entire discipline of the product life-cycle throughout any industry.

For information or to register for the conference, go to http://www.aipmm.com/pmec
For information on the Networking Expo email: pmecexpo@aipmm.com

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