Virtual Schedule - 2021 PM Symposium

Below is the full two-day schedule for the 2021 Symposium.

For more information about a session, simply click on it. All times listed below are Eastern Time (ET, USA).

Thursday, April 22, 2021

8:00 AM

Welcome & Orientation (click on the featured speaker below to participate)

8:15 AM

Featured Speaker Dr. Shari De Baets, Ghent University, presenting "Combining Behaviour Science with Project Management: the Road to Improvement"

8:45 AM

Featured Speaker Q&A

9:00 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects

Federal Programs

Stakeholder Management

Future of PM

Construction/BIM/ Sustainability

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis

Shana Webster-Trotman

Bill Brantley

John Johnson

Neil Schulman

9:15 AM

9:15 am - 10:00 am
Revelation, Evolution, Absolution, & Resolution: A Workplace Reconstructed for Success – Smith

9:15 am - 10:00 am
Managing Government Projects at the UMD UAS Test Site – Porter

9:15 am - 10:00 am
Building a Better Tomorrow by Engaging Stakeholders – Anders and Seikaly

9:15 am - 10:00 am
Innovation Project Management, A Practitioners Approach – O’Connor

9:15 am - 10:00 am
The sustainability case for mass timber construction – Oudjehane

9:50 AM

Breakout Q & A

10:00 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects

Federal Programs

Stakeholder Management

Future of PM

Construction/BIM/ Sustainability

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis

Shana Webster-Trotman

Bill Brantley

John Johnson

Neil Schulman

10:15 AM

10:15 am - 11:00 am
Managing in the Time of Crisis – Ivanov

10:15 am - 11:00 am
The Advantages of Using Disciplined Agile for Federal Programs and Projects – Brantley

10:15 am - 11:00 am
Keeping the Ship Afloat and Stakeholders Onboard: Tactical Balance during an Overhaul – Waller

10:15 am - 11:00 am
Why Good Execution is Not Enough – Jacobsen & McLuckie

10:15 am - 11:00 am
Scheduling During the Pandemic- Establishing Risk- Avoiding Claims – Faria

10:50 AM

Breakout Q & A

11:00 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects

Federal Programs

Stakeholder Management

Future of PM

Construction/BIM/ Sustainability

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis

Shana Webster-Trotman

Bill Brantley

John Johnson

Neil Schulman

11:15 AM

11:15 am - 12:00 pm
People in Projects- Flourishing in Uncertainty/Lessons from the Pandemic – Ighodalo

11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Writing the Program and Project Management Level III Narrative (FAC-P/PM) Using the Star Method – Kordel

11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Illegal and Unethical Conduct by Stakeholders in the Context of Construction and Civil Infrastructure Projects – Khan

11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Collaborative Design Review With Combined Technology – Roske

11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Sustainable Development and Stakeholder Engagement: Lessons Learned from Megaprojects in Europe – Moylan & Hetemi

11:50 AM

Breakout Q & A

12:00 PM

Lunch Break

1:00 PM

Featured Speaker Stephen Shields, Gallup, presenting, "The Workplace Moving Forward: How has the Pandemic Changed the Workplace?"

1:35 PM

Featured Speaker Q & A

1:45 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects

Federal Programs

Organizational Change Management

Future of PM

Risk & Resilience

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis

Shana Webster-Trotman

Bill Brantley

John Johnson

Greg Baecher

2:00 PM

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Looking for Leaders?! Look to Project Managers!!! – Miller

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Counting on a Crisis: How the Census Bureau Utilized Crisis Management and Information Fusion During the 2020 Census – Krutsch

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Knowledge Café: Unleashing Knowledge Culture & Learning Agility in a Project Economy – Anyacho

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
The Evolution from Project to Business Manager – Lukas

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
New Research in Risk Management Supports Link to Project Success – Marinich

2:35 PM

Breakout Q & A

2:45 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects

Federal Programs

Organizational Change Management

Future of PM

Risk & Resilience

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis

Shana Webster-Trotman

Bill Brantley

John Johnson

Greg Baecher

3:00 PM

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Building a world class team from vision to revision – Ortiz

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Accurate, Meaningful and Culturally Relevant Translations: Quality Management within the 2020 Census Language Program – Hotchkiss

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Solve A Team’s Communications Problem – The Illusion That it Has Taken Place – Anderson

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Building an Award-Winning, Metrics-Based PMO – Kwame

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Cybersecurity for the Project Managers – Parente

3:35 PM

Breakout Q & A

3:45 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects

Federal Programs

Organizational Change Management

Future of PM

Risk & Resilience

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis

Shana Webster-Trotman

Bill Brantley

John Johnson

Greg Baecher

4:00 PM

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Transition from Sage on the Stage to Guide on the Side – Menzies

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Retaining Agility When You Work In A Waterfall – Suits

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Creating an Agile Program Management Office: Transforming your PMO to focus on value and leadership insight for success – Perkins

4:00 pm - 4:35 pm
Thriving in Chaos: Becoming a 10X Product Leader with Lean-Agile Techniques – Johnson

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Best Practices for Confronting Resiliency and Sea Level Rise – DeGuzman

4:35 PM

Breakout Q & A

4:45 PM

Adjourn Day 1

Friday, April 23, 2021

8:00 AM

Featured Speaker Crystal Richards, MindsparQ™ presenting, " The Entrepreneur Within: Achieving success with your projects with an entrepreneurial mindset"

8:35 AM

Featured Speaker Q & A

8:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects

Federal Programs

Organizational Change Management

Agile & DevOps

Risk & Data Analytics

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis

Shana Webster-Trotman

Bill Brantley

Sean Phillips

Greg Baecher

9:00 AM

9:00 am - 9:45 am
Mindful Collaborative Communication to Achieve More of Your Project Management Goals – Brown

9:00 am - 9:45 am
How’s It Going? Balancing the Demands of Project Work and Updating Stakeholders – Anderson, Hine, and Rewey

9:00 am - 9:45 am
Project Execution for Non-Project Managers – King

9:00 am - 9:45 am
Embracing the Agile Mindset in Any Project Environment – Beverage

9:00 am - 9:45 am
Overcoming the Risk Fear Factor – Duran

9:35 AM

Breakout Q & A

9:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects

Federal Programs

Organizational Change Management

Agile & DevOps

Risk & Data Analytics

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis

Shana Webster-Trotman

Bill Brantley

Sean Phillips

Greg Baecher

10:00 AM

10:00 am - 10:45 am
How to Have Candid Conversations: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion…”Are you ready to talk?” – Coleman

10:00 am - 10:45 am
Project Management in a post pandemic world – Gruyters

10:00 am - 10:35 am
Product Strategy: Framework & Execution – Rathod

10:00 am - 10:45 am
Let’s Talk about the “A” Word: Tips for Helping Reluctant Teams and Organizations to Embrace Agile – Knight

10:00 am - 10:45 am
The Art of Data-driven Forecasting – Davis

10:35 AM

Breakout Q & A

10:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects

Federal Programs

Organizational Change Management

Agile & DevOps

Risk & Data Analytics

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis

Shana Webster-Trotman

Bill Brantley

Sean Phillips

Greg Baecher

11:00 AM

11:00 am - 11:45 am
The Art of Empathy – Key Factors to Creating a Stronger Work Culture – DiBella

11:00 am - 11:45 am
Setting up a PMO: Effective Strategies and Continuing Challenges – Tkach, Chavez & Griswold

11:00 am - 11:45 am
The New Normal: Benefits of Successfully Navigating Change in a Fast-Paced PM Workplace – Lesnick

11:00 am - 11:45 am
Testing Validity of Agile framework on Construction Project Management in the Middle East – Amer

11:00 am - 11:45 am
Transitioning to Data-Informed Decision-Making in Projects – Glowasz

11:35 AM

Breakout Q & A

11:45 AM

Lunch Break

1:00 PM

Featured Speakers Jerry and Gabriel Matyiko, Co-owners, President and Vice President, Expert House Movers presenting "The Law of the 7Ps – Project Management Lessons from Moving Landmarks"

1:35 PM

Featured Speaker Q & A

1:45 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects

Federal Programs

Organizational Change Management

Agile & DevOps

Risk & Data Analytics

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis

Shana Webster-Trotman

Bill Brantley

Sean Phillips

Greg Baecher

2:00 PM

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
The Human Factor: How to Consider it in Decision-Making for Successful Management – Avetisyan

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Program Manager or Program Leader? – Ferraro

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Performance Measure Reality Check – Hostetter & Walsh

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
A.L.M.A. The essence of your company – a Framework to Agility – Martins

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Strategies for Secure and Reliable Applications Development and Operations (DevSecOps) – Fonseca

2:35 PM

Breakout Q & A

2:45 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects

Federal Programs

Organizational Change Management

Agile & DevOps

Risk & Data Analytics

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis

Shana Webster-Trotman

Bill Brantley

Sean Phillips

Greg Baecher

3:00 PM

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Transformation Attenuation: What Project Managers can do to increase the impact of organizational change – Wyatt

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Project Management Methodology used as a tool to develop Section 508 Compliance – Davis-Ghavami

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Project Management and the Rollercoaster Ride – My Story – Bunch

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
My Quest for Business Agility – Why do lean agile transformations fail – Nir

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Introduction to Earned Value – A Case Study – Launi

3:35 PM

Breakout Q & A

3:45 PM

Adjourn