In the heart of ancient Athens stood the agora: a busy open square where merchants traded, philosophers debated, and citizens gathered. It was a marketplace, and became the birthplace of collaboration, innovation, and exchange.
Fast forward to today, and that same spirit is what drives ELIA’s Focus on Project Management 2025. As we prepare for our 10th edition in Athens on December 3-5, the agora becomes more than a historical symbol. It’s a metaphor for what project managers do every day.
Focus on PM’s Marketplace
Every project manager knows that their work is a balancing act between order and adaptation. Like the marketplace traders, PMs are constantly negotiating resources, priorities, and expectations. But more than the day-to-day transactions are the ideas, values, and human connection.
At Focus PM 2025, we’ll dive into this modern agora: for PMs to come together, not just to exchange tools or techniques, but to build a mutual understanding and refine their thinking, expand their skills, and lead with renewed clarity in a changing industry.
This year’s theme, The Agora of Project Management: Where Process Meets Purpose, invites project and production managers from across the language industry to step into that shared space: to discuss, discover, and redefine what project management means and needs today.
A Place of Discussions and Exchanges
In the ancient agora, dialogue was the foundation of progress. People gathered to challenge each other and refine ideas through open and honest exchange. That same principle lies in every strong project management culture.
The discussions around PMs shape how teams work, how clients trust, and how organisations evolve. Whether it’s aligning on KPIs or navigating new AI tools and managing expectations, progress begins with conversations that matter: honest and human-to-human.
At Focus PM 2025, those conversations will unfold across three dynamic days and through hands-on workshops, keynotes, and peer exchange, where PMs will learn together, share their ideas and breakthroughs, and challenge their assumptions. Expect an atmosphere of openness, collaboration and growth.
A Gathering for the PMs of Today
Today’s project managers are more than taskmasters. PMs operate through technology, AI, communication, and culture—connecting people, processes, and purpose in ways that move projects and entire companies forward.
In the industry of today, strongly impacted by AI, automation, and shifting expectations, the role of PMs is evolving faster than ever. The need for reflection, shared strategy and ongoing learning has never been greater. And Athens, the birthplace of structure, debate and exchange, is the perfect setting for our next gathering of PMs.
That’s why this year’s Focus PM is turning into a marketplace of ideas, where every session, networking break, and social dinner is a chance to exchange insight and inspiration.
From the Technology Day to the workshops and keynotes, you’ll come out of this year’s edition with refined leadership strategies, optimised workflows, stronger AI integrations, and happier clients.
So this December, we’re inviting you to step into the agora with us. Bring your curiosity and energy. Leave with new tools, refined strategies, deeper clarity, and a renewed sense of purpose for the year ahead.See you in Athens! Find out more and register here.
