{"id":1012,"date":"2016-07-08T16:18:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T20:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmsymposium.umd.edu\/pm2018\/?page_id=1012"},"modified":"2018-02-06T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T00:46:10","slug":"call-for-papers-and-abstracts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pmsymposium.umd.edu\/pm2018\/call-for-papers-and-abstracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Speakers and Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h1>\n<p>If your abstract is selected, you will be notified via e-mail. Below are the important deadlines for speakers for the 2018 Symposium.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-striped table-bordered\" style=\"height: 199px;\" width=\"728\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>August 29, 2017<\/td>\n<td>Call for papers and case studies opens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>November 19, 2017<\/td>\n<td>Last day to submit your abstract<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>December 18, 2017<\/td>\n<td>Acceptance notifications released via e-mail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>January 2, 2018<\/td>\n<td>Speaker acceptance deadline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 2, 2018<\/td>\n<td>Registration deadline for all speakers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 26, 2018<\/td>\n<td>Completed papers or case studies due, they can be\u00a0uploaded here:<\/p>\n.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>April 23, 2018<\/td>\n<td>Completed presentations due, they can be uploaded here:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Please note that all selected speakers will need to register for the two day symposium by February 2, 2018 at the speaker rate of $325.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"leadin\">Topic Areas<\/h2>\n<p>The Project Management Center for Excellence at the University of Maryland invited potential speakers to submit an\u00a0abstract\u00a0for a presentation during our\u00a02018 Project Management Symposium to be held on May 10-11, 2018 in College Park.\u00a0 Individuals and organizations submitted abstracts of papers and\/or presentations to be included in program sessions for the symposium by November 19, 2017.\u00a0 The papers and presentations that will be presented can be case studies, best practices &amp; research findings.\u00a0 They will be on topics of interest to project managers, consulting engineers and architects, construction managers, policy and agency personnel, researchers or educators.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the topic areas of interest for the 2018 Symposium:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agile \/ IT<\/li>\n<li>Complex Projects<\/li>\n<li>Construction Management (including BIM)<\/li>\n<li>Disaster Management<\/li>\n<li>Education<\/li>\n<li>Federal Programs<\/li>\n<li>Integrated Program Management<\/li>\n<li>Megaprojects<\/li>\n<li>People in Projects\n<ul>\n<li>Change Management<\/li>\n<li>Conflict Resolution<\/li>\n<li>Motivation<\/li>\n<li>Negotiation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Risk &amp; Big Data<\/li>\n<li>Stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Technology in Project Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s Next? If your abstract is selected, you will be notified via e-mail. Below are the important deadlines for speakers for the 2018 Symposium. &nbsp; August 29, 2017 Call for papers and case studies opens November 19, 2017 Last day to submit your abstract December 18, 2017 Acceptance notifications released via e-mail January 2, 2018 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1012","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmsymposium.umd.edu\/pm2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmsymposium.umd.edu\/pm2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmsymposium.umd.edu\/pm2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmsymposium.umd.edu\/pm2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmsymposium.umd.edu\/pm2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pmsymposium.umd.edu\/pm2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmsymposium.umd.edu\/pm2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}