Below is our full two-day schedule with each session listed. For more information about a session, simply click on it. Session presenters are listed at the bottom of each session page. For less information, we also have an at-a-glance agenda.

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

7:30AM

Registration & Coffee

8:30AM

Welcome

8:45AM

Featured Speaker Jeff Gravatte - Technology Trends Affecting Project Management in Building Design and Construction

9:45-11:25

Morning Sessions

Tracks

People in Projects Motivation
Federal Programs
Integrated Program Management
Agile & IT
Construction Management (BIM)

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Barbara Phillips
Sean Phillips
Ken O'Connell

9:45-10:15

10:20-10:50

10:55-11:25

9:45 am - 10:15 am
Motivation: Creating Drive 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Understanding and Leading Project Team Members 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Project Team Motivation — 5 Steps to Achieving to SUCCESS Every Time
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Ranking Portfolio Management Maturity 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Delivering Value in a Federal Government Start Up 10:55 am - 11:25 am
The Enterprise Program Management Office: Another Best Practice at the National Nuclear Security Administration
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Integrated Project Delivery – Complicated Collaboration or Improbable Panacea 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Stop Predicting, Start Forecasting 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Monitoring & Controlling Your Project Schedule with the Goddard Schedule Analysis Tool
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Agile Myth Busters: That’s Not Agility… 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban and Banjos 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Project Management for R&D and Innovation
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Circular Construction: Opportunities and Threats 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Application of Kano Analysis for Identifying End Users’ Expectations from Public Private Partnerships 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Case Study – Rocky Pen Run Reservoir, Stafford County, Virginia

11:30AM

Lunch

12:00PM

Featured Speaker Steve Shinn - Challenges in a Changing Environment

1:15-2:20

Early Afternoon Sessions

Tracks

People in Projects - Motivation
Federal Programs
Integrated Program Management
Agile & IT
Construction Management (BIM)

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Barbara Phillips
Sean Phillips
Ken O'Connell

1:15-1:45

1:50-2:20

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
The PM’s Volunteer journey : a roadmap to value 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Best Friends at Work?
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Exploration of Project Management Activities and Skill Sets in Operations of a Large Research Infrastructure Facility. 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Government Program/Project Management Offices: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
1:15 pm - 2:20 am
Panel Discussion: Misuse of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
1:15 pm - 2:20 pm
Lean or Agile: Lessons Learned from a Tech Startup
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Profit Maximization and Strategic Management for Construction Projects 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Application of an Interrelated UAS-BIM system for Construction Progress Monitoring, Inspection and Project Management

2:30PM

Featured Speaker Patricia Carper - MGM National Harbor Project

3:45-4:50

Late Afternoon Sessions

Tracks

People in Projects - Constructive Conflict
Federal Programs
Integrated Program Management
Agile & IT
Construction Management (BIM)

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Barbara Phillips
Sean Phillips
Ken O'Connell

3:45-4:15

4:20-4:50

3:45 pm - 4:50 pm
Crucial Conversations: Why, When, How to Yield Great Results
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Performance Management Readiness: How to Assess Your Organization’s Foundation for Performance Management 4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
Contextual Insights into Land- Based Municipal Infrastructure Finance Mechanisms
3:45 pm - 4:50 pm
Integrated Program & Project Management – A Strategic Approach
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Balancing the Speed of Agility with Technical Quality 4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
Energile’s Agile Coaching Skills To Build High Performing Teams and High Performing Organizations
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Hyatt Regency Hotel Walkway Collapse – A Case Study 4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
Confronting the Broken Procurement Process – What Can We Do About It?

5:00

Networking Reception in Grand Ballroom

Friday, May 5, 2017

7:30AM

Registration & Coffee

8:30AM

Featured Speaker Karl Wunderlich - Creating a System of Automated and Connected Vehicles

9:45-11:25

Morning Sessions

Tracks

People In Projects - Change
Federal Programs
Risk & Big Data
Agile & IT
Construction Management (BIM)

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Greg Baecher
Sean Phillips
Ken O'Connell

9:45-10:15

10:20-10:50

10:55-11:25

9:45 am - 10:15 am
When Crucial Conversations are about Performance 10:20 am - 10:50 pm
How People Change 10:55 am - 11:25 am
What to Expect When You’re Expecting (a Major Organizational Change)
9:45 am - 11:25 am
Panel: Government Project Management in 2025
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Busting the Barriers to Managing Risk 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Creative Risk Identification 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Uncertainty Characterization in Quantitative Models
9:45 am - 11:25 am
Panel on Agile Challenges: Procurement & Leadership
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Evaluating the Impact of Value Management and Buildability Assessment on Construction Project Delivery 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Precast Concrete Pavement 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Proper Selection of A Project Delivery Method

11:30AM

Lunch

12:00PM

Featured Speaker Lisa Blumerman - Counting Our Nation: How Project Management Paves the Way

1:15-2:20

Afternoon Sessions

Tracks

People in Projects
Education
Risk & Big Data
Stakeholders
Construction Management (BIM)

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Qingbin Cui
Greg Baecher
Gerry Galloway
Ken O'Connell

1:15-1:45

1:50-2:20

1:15 pm - 2:20 pm
Creating Great Teams: Motivation, Change & Conflict
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Use of Project Simulation in a Masters in Engineering Project Management 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Why PMI-ACP(r)? A certification overview.
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
7 Strategies for Reducing IoT Cyber Risk 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Big Data in Construction Projects: Risk and Opportunity Management
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Understanding Project Stakeholder Psychology: The Path to Effective Project Stakeholder Management and Engagement 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Adversarial Project Stakeholders. Influencing Projects with Options
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Determining Factors Affecting Public Private Partnership (PPP) Acceptance 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Project Management Adoption for Social Projects of Built Environment Sector

2:30-3:00

Closing Remarks and Door Prizes