Top 5 benefits of attending the APM Conference 2025 – transform your project management career

With just three months to go until APM’s celebrated upcoming project management conference 2025 takes place on 11-12 June in Coventry (this year sponsored by Asana) time is running out to secure your ticket. Undecided? We’ve handpicked our top five reasons to attend the APM Conference 2025 that prove it’s the most cost-effective, industry-recognised project management event of the year:

1. Drive positive change in the project profession

In a 2024 joint APM and Green Project Management (GPM) survey, 73% of project professionals placed sustainability at the very highest tier of importance, yet 79% felt the project profession is not doing enough to tackle climate change. This year’s conference theme, Projects for a Better Future will provide a unique forum to address this challenge head on. By being there, you can be part of the change, by contributing to discussions, discovering new ideas to improve your own projects’ sustainability, and understanding what skills you as a project professional will need to thrive in the future. Professional development at a project management event? We’ve got you covered.

2. Enjoy more networking opportunities

We all know that one of the main benefits to attending any conference is making new connections and building your all-important network. That’s why this year we’ve squeezed new opportunities for networking into the programme. There’ll be a dedicated Networking Café with facilitated — and open — group discussions about the topics that matter, a Meeting Zone with bistro style tables for more focussed one to one discussion, and our networking dinner will also make a welcome return — perfect for relationship building and unpacking your learnings from day one. With 600 delegates with a broad range of project experience across multiple sectors (including public sector, construction, IT and engineering to name a few) there’ll be plenty of networking opportunities at this project management conference.

3. There’ll be a smorgasbord of brilliant speakers, all in one place

With more than 30 speaking sessions — including three keynote speakers — across three breakout streams and our popular Discovery Theatre (think silent disco headphones) you won’t be short of speakers to listen to and learn from. Curated content is our watchword: we hand pick our speakers with value to the delegate in mind and work collaboratively with them to shape each session, ensuring you will come away with applicable, practical key takeaways, conference insights for project managers and inspiration that will enhance your project management skills. You’ll hear from speakers with a variety of backgrounds, sectors, career levels and experiences — all with a story to tell and wise words to impart.

4. Session formats to promote project management skills development

We pride ourselves on introducing fresh ideas into our conference programmes year on year. With a variety of session types, which may include thought leadership from industry experts, interactive project management workshops, panel discussions, fireside chats, debates and round-table discussions, there’ll be learning opportunities for everyone, no matter what your learning style. If you’re looking for a taste of project management training, or career growth through project management events, this conference is a must-attend.

5. Despite multiple streams of content, you won’t miss a thing

This year we’re packing content into every corner of the programme to ensure maximum value to the audience — and ensuring there’s project management skills development for everyone. As well as our informative Discovery Theatre where you can catch talks about everything from APM products to innovation showcases, the main event will be our three streams of content — People, Innovation and Practice — taking place as breakout sessions throughout both days. If you hold an all-inclusive two-day pass you will also get coveted access to on-demand recordings of the stream sessions after the conference. This means you can worry less on the day about what you are missing and make the most of the sessions you have decided to attend.

As the end of the financial year fast approaches, this is also an ideal opportunity to utilise unused budgets and treat your team to tickets to the APM Conference. Let them see for themselves how APM conferences enhance project management skills and provide professional development and networking opportunities that are hard to beat.

Feel free to also use this useful template to persuade your manager of the benefits of attending this project management conference.

 

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