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Event Details | Types of Sessions | Submission Process | Resources | Timeline |Potential Session Topics

Event Details

  • Dates: Thursday, April 29-30, 2027
  • Format: The event will be offered both in-person and virtually.  All sessions will be recorded and available to attendees to view for one year following the 2027 event.

Live and Pre-Recorded Speaker Sessions

For the 2027 Project Management Symposium, the University of Maryland plans to have two types of presentations:

In-person session speakers presenting live in 4 concurrent tracks (32 total sessions over the 2 days). Sessions are 45 minutes in length: 5-minute introduction, 30-minute speaker presentation, and 10 minutes for Q&A.

On-demand presentations that will be pre-recorded and posted to the Symposium website one week prior to the in-person event. Presentation is 30-45 minutes in length.

Submission Process (Now OPEN)

Submit Presentation Description + 2 Minute Video (NEW speakers only).
Review by UMD to select in-person and on-demand speakers. UMD will send out an email to all selected speakers.
Selected speakers attend a webinar (1/14/27) to discuss the draft presentation submission and review process.

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Speaker Timeline

Below are the important deadlines for speakers for the 2027 Symposium:

September 2, 2026 Call for speakers opens
October 26, 2026 Call for speakers ends
November 19, 2026 Notification of accepted speakers (via email)
December 10, 2026 Deadline for speaker acceptance
January 6, 2027 Program posted on website
January 14, 2027 Mandatory speaker webinar to discuss presentation submittal and review process
January 31, 2027 Speaker registration deadline
March 19, 2027 Draft presentations due
March 30, 2027 UMD feedback to all speakers
April 8, 2027 Recorded sessions and final presentations due (on-demand speakers)
April 15, 2027 Webinar to discuss final day of event logistics (mandatory for in-person speakers)
April 21, 2027 Final presentations due (in-person speakers) and completed papers due (optional)
April 22, 2027 On-demand recorded sessions posted to Symposium website for viewing by attendees
April 29-30, 2027 Project Management Symposium – delivered live

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Potential Session Topics

  • AI in Project Management
    • PM Productivity and AI
    • AI Project Process Automation
    • Effective AI Tools for PMs
    • AI Agents
    • Human-AI Teaming
  • Strategic Project Management
    • Project Management Offices (PMOs)
    • Leadership Development
    • Innovation Management
    • Transformation Projects
    • Organizational Change Management
    • Integrated Project Management
    • Performance Management
    • Program Management
    • Portfolio Management
  • Project Management Skills
    • Risk & Resilience Techniques
    • Tailoring your Way of Working (Hybrid, Agile, Predictive)
    • Product Skills for Project People
    • Coordination Techniques for Teams
    • Scheduling and Project Modeling
    • Budgeting and Estimation
    • Project Case Studies & Lessons Learned
  • People in Projects
    • Emotional Intelligence
    • Productivity and Performance Management
    • Strengths-Based Management
    • Data-Driven Decision Making
    • Mentorship Programs – Finding a Mentor, Being a Mentor
    • Multi-Generational Teams: Working and/or Leading
    • Performance Evaluations (1:1)
  • Federal Programs
    • Accelerated Procurement
    • Managing Efficiency Initiatives
    • People Management in Era of Efficiency
    • Agency Transformation and Mission Change
  • Ways of Working
    • Predictive
    • DevOps
    • Agile at Scale
    • Hybrid Project Management
    • Lean Process and Product Management
    • Product Management

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