Below is the full two-day schedule for the 2018 Symposium.

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.

View the 2018 Program Book.

All papers submitted for the 2018 Symposium have been compiled into an ISSN document, view the papers.

Thursday, May 10, 2018

7:30AM

Registration & Coffee

8:30AM

Welcome

8:45AM

Featured Speaker Michael Schlegel, Bozzuto Construction Company, "Is the Construction Industry Ripe for Disruption?"

9:45-11:25

Morning Sessions

Tracks

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

Moderators

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

9:45-10:15

10:20-10:50

10:55-11:25

9:45 am - 10:15 am
Mindful Leadership – What is it? How Can I Apply It to My Programs and Projects? 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Crucial Conversations for Team Performance 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Managing Teams with Servant Leadership
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Applying 1970 Waterfall Development Lessons Learned within Today’s Agile Development Process 10:20 am - 11:25 am
Earned Capabilities Management (ECM) Meets FIRE – A Framework for Rapid Acquisition
9:45 am - 10:15 am
What is EVM … and Why Should I Care? 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Implementation of ISO Standards for Work Breakdown Structures and Earned Value Management – What Impact Will They Have on the Community and the Use of Current Standards? 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Using Schedule Data to Improve Project Management
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: Building the Federal Program and Project Management Community of Practice 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Case Study: Portfolio Management in the 2020 Census Program 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Fix It or Forget It? Dealing With Troubled Projects
9:45 am - 10:15 am
The World Trade Center Collapse – A Case Study 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Herding the Cats: Managing Infomation During Disaster Response 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Evolving Expectations for Construction Project Managers and Employers

11:30AM

Lunch

12:00PM

Featured Speaker Celia Ann Pfleckl, Amtrak, "If You Build It, They Won’t Necessarily Come: Engineering Solutions, the Human Factor"

1:15-2:20

Early Afternoon Sessions

Tracks

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

Moderators

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

1:15-1:45

1:50-2:20

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Change Management: Love The New Baby! 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Practical Methods for Successful Change Adoption
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Agile Design 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Breaking Bad: Deciding When to Save a Project and When to Shut it Down
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Earned Capabilities Management: A New Approach to Agile Governance, Building on EVM Best Practices 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Implementing a Project Portfolio Management System in a Governmental Environment
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Program Benefits Management: An International Best Practice the U.S. Government Could Use 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Interdisciplinary Competence: A Key Element for Project Managers
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
From People Management to Information Management Impact of Technology on Project Management in the Design and Construction Industry 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
House Of Waste: What It Is and Its Implication For Project Management

2:30PM

Featured Speaker Lauren Alexander Augustine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, "Operationalizing Resilience One Community at a Time"

3:45-4:50

Late Afternoon Sessions

Tracks

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

Moderators

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

3:45-4:15

4:20-4:50

3:45 pm - 4:50 pm
8 Steps to Lasting Change That Works Every Time
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Impact of Project Team Characteristics and Client Collaboration on Project Agility: An Empirical Study 4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
Agility for Leaders – Learning to Teach in a World That Is Rejecting Hierarchy
3:45 pm - 4:50 pm
Panel Discussion:Technical Performance Measures: When is Done “Done”?
3:45 pm - 4:50 pm
Panel Discussion: Project Management Training for Federal Employees
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
So, Your Schedule Says Your Project Will Finish on Time. . . Is that All it is Really Telling You? 4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Through Unmanned Systems for the Construction Sector

5:00

Networking Reception in Grand Ballroom

Friday, May 11, 2018

7:30AM

Registration & Coffee

8:30AM

Featured Speaker Robert Rovinsky, Deep Water Point, “A Case Study in Using EVM to Improve Project Management and Gain Funding: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Story”

9:45-11:25

Morning Sessions

Tracks

People In Projects Conflict Management
Agile & IT
Risk & Big Data
Stakeholders
Construction Management (BIM)

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Sean Phillips
Greg Baecher
Gerry Galloway
Ken O'Connell

9:45-10:15

10:20-10:50

10:55-11:25

9:45 am - 10:15 pm
The Brain Science Behind Human Learning : Essentials of Training and Teaching 10:20 am - 11:25 am
Breaking the Rules: A Rulebook for Improving Your Performance
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Design Thinking & Project Management 10:20 am - 10:50 am
R&D Project Management – Is It Agile? 10:55 am - 11:25 am
The Traffic Fallacy
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Project Risk Management: The Context, Tools and Their Application with Real World Examples 10:20 am - 10:50 am
Strategic Decision-Making for Supply Chain Network Design and Expansion: Case of Drinking Water Supply 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Project Risk Management Made Easy
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Project Stakeholder Management and Engagement: An Analysis of the Drivers of an Evolving Subject Discipline 10:20 am - 11:25 am
Survivor: How to Deal with Social Politics in your Organization
9:45 am - 10:50 am
Cross-Implementing Computational Design, Data Analysis and Visualization with BIM 10:55 am - 11:25 am
Life Cycle Cost Optimization Within Decision Making on Alternative Designs

11:30AM

Lunch

12:00PM

Featured Speaker William Eggers from Deloitte's Center for Government Insights, "Where Tomorrow Will Take Us: A Journey into the Future of Work and Management"

1:15-2:20

Afternoon Sessions

Tracks

People in Projects Learning
Agile & IT
Risk & Big Data
Stakeholders
Construction Management (BIM)

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Sean Phillips
Greg Baecher
Gerry Galloway
Ken O'Connell

1:15-1:45

1:50-2:20

1:15 pm - 2:20 pm
Conflict Resolution Practices for the 21st Century
1:15 pm - 2:20 pm
Agile Quantitative Risk Analysis
1:15 pm - 2:20 pm
Prince Georges County, Maryland and Corvias; Achieving Regulatory Compliance through implementation of a Public Private Partnership (P3)
1:15 pm - 2:20 pm
The Project Management and Engagement Strategy Spectrum: An Empirical Exploration
1:15 pm - 2:20 pm
Information Matters: The State of Project Management Today – Revolutionizing the Construction Industry through the Adoption of Technology

2:30

Featured Speaker Jeff Gravatte, CADD Microsystems, "Technological Advances in Managing Design and Construction Projects"

3:30

Closing Comments and Door Prizes