Below is the full two-day schedule for the 2022 Symposium.

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

Thursday, May 5, 2022

8:00 AM

Welcome & Orientation & Featured Speaker Kevin Coleman, KMC Empowerment, presenting "How to Have Candid conversations. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Are you ready to talk?"

8:45 AM

Featured Speaker Q&A

9:00 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects
Federal Programs
Future of PM Work
Agile, DevOps & Hybrid
Organizational Change Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Shana Webster-Trotman
John Johnson
Sean Phillips
Bill Brantley

9:15 AM

9:15 am - 9:50 am
A Cultured Look at Project Management – Ivanov
9:15 am - 9:50 am
Considerations for Success in the Future Federal PM Environment – Anderson and Roberson
9:15 am - 9:50 am
PMI Agile Hybrid Project Pro Micro Certification – O’Connor
9:15 am - 9:50 am
“Three Critical Characteristics of an Agile Scrum Development Team” – Ledbetter
9:15 am - 9:50 am
The Changing Role of Project Management in Driving Organizational Excellence – Zeitoun

9:50 AM

Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A

10:00 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects
Federal Programs
Future of PM Work
Agile, DevOps & Hybrid
Organizational Change Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Shana Webster-Trotman
John Johnson
Sean Phillips
Bill Brantley

10:15 AM

10:15 am - 10:50 am
Moving Beyond COVID: Home, Work, Life, and Balance! – Coleman
10:15 am - 10:50 am
How to Mature your Project Management Practices with a PMO – McAdam
10:15 am - 10:50 am
Increasing Project Productivity with Remote Teams for All Project Sizes – Rogers
10:15 am - 10:50 am
Virtual Agile Teams – Parente
10:15 am - 10:50 am
Change Management – The Early Bird Gets The Worm – Hine

10:50 AM

Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A

11:00 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects
Federal Programs
Future of PM Work
Agile, DevOps & Hybrid
Organizational Change Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Shana Webster-Trotman
John Johnson
Sean Phillips
Bill Brantley

11:15 AM

11:15 am - 11:50 am
Becoming a Person of Influence – Hunt
11:15 am - 11:50 am
Focus on the negative. How to motivate your project team by reducing negative interactions – Gruyters
11:15 am - 11:50 am
What Can You See in Your CFD (Cumulative Flow Diagram)? – Davis
11:15 am - 11:50 am
Master Your Sprint Workflow – Sadek
11:15 am - 11:50 am
Lead Change When You and Your Staff Are Burned Out – Menzies

11:50 AM

Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A

12:00 PM

Lunch Break

1:00 PM

Featured Speaker Shelley Row, Blue Fjord Leaders, presenting, "Complex Decision-Making: Why More Data Isn't the Answer"

1:35 PM

Featured Speaker Q & A

1:45 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects
Federal Programs
Future of PM Work - Educating PMs of the Future
Agile, DevOps & Hybrid
Organizational Change Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Shana Webster-Trotman
John Johnson
David Outland
Bill Brantley

2:00 PM

2:00 pm - 2:35 pm
Why Your Technical Skills Aren’t Enough: How Project Managers Can Accelerate Capacity for Growth, Leadership, and Change Navigation by Learning to Manage Their Minds – Heath
2:00 pm - 2:35 pm
Innovative Project Delivery Methods – Beydoun
2:00 pm - 2:35 pm
Teaching Youth the Importance of Project Management – Barbagallo and Whitmire
2:00 pm - 2:35 pm
Building the plane as you fly it – it is possible! Use case: using hybrid approaches to improve new hire experience – Plachta
2:00 pm - 2:35 pm
Let’s Change How Your Team Adapts to Change – Anderson

2:35 PM

Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A

2:45 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects
Federal Programs
Future of PM Work - Educating PMs of the Future
Agile, DevOps & Hybrid
Organizational Change Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Shana Webster-Trotman
John Johnson
David Outland
Bill Brantley

3:00 PM

3:00 pm - 3:35 pm
Positivity as a Business Strategy – May
3:00 pm - 3:35 pm
Federal Project Managers – A Medley Of Topics To Discuss – Hine, Anderson, Schulte, Rewey
3:00 pm - 3:35 pm
A New Role for the Project Management Professional – Advocate for PM Ready Youth – Moylan
3:00 pm - 3:35 pm
Demonstrating Product Success in an Agile Project Environment – Hostetter
3:00 pm - 3:35 pm
Transforming the Way the SEC Works: Building a Business/Technology Partnership – Brose

3:35 PM

Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A

3:45 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects
Federal Programs
Future of PM Work - Educating PMs of the Future
Agile, DevOps & Hybrid
Organizational Change Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Shana Webster-Trotman
John Johnson
David Outland
Bill Brantley

4:00 PM

4:00 pm - 4:35 pm
Futureproof Your Role with and through People – Pearce
4:00 pm - 4:35 pm
Five Immutable Principles of Project Success – Alleman
4:00 pm - 4:35 pm
Artifact Based Project Management – using a Lean Notebook and PMI Standard for EVM – Driessnack
4:00 pm - 4:35 pm
Scaled Agile implementation – Lesson Learned, Path Forward – Millane
4:00 pm - 4:35 pm
Relevant challenges and lessons in the implementation of a Project Management Office in a legislative power – Martin

4:35 PM

Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A

4:45 PM

Adjourn Day 1

Friday, May 6, 2022

8:00 AM

Featured Speaker Sebastian Schneider, Deutsche Telekom presenting, "Creating a Sense for Career"

8:35 AM

Featured Speaker Q & A

8:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects
Federal Programs
Future of PM Work
Data Analytics & Digital Transformation
Risk & Resilience

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Shana Webster-Trotman
Sean Phillips
Bill Brantley
Greg Baecher

9:00 AM

9:00 am - 9:35 am
Creating a Psychological Health & Safety Plan for Your Projects – Polizzi
9:00 am - 9:35 am
Water, a pandemic, and project management: Pivoting in a Time of Crisis – Henry-Reeves
9:00 am - 9:35 am
PMI 4.0 Strategy – O’Connor
9:00 am - 9:35 am
XR Technology in the Project Environment… The Past, The Present, and The Future! – Beverage
9:00 am - 9:35 am
Confronting the New Paradigm of Enterprise and Knowledge Risks – Anyacho and Khosh

9:35 AM

Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A

9:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects
Federal Programs
Future of PM Work
Data Analytics & Digital Transformation
Risk & Resilience

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Shana Webster-Trotman
Sean Phillips
Bill Brantley
Greg Baecher

10:00 AM

10:00 am - 10:35 am
Soft Skills: Essentials for Project Success – Veal
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Exploring the Perspectives of Private Sector Project Managers as to Project Portfolio Management Practices Involving Financial Systems Projects – Pullen
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Hybrid Project Management – The hybridization of PM – Papadakis
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Transformed into What – Organizational Models of the Future – Brantley and Johnson
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Thriving in Complexity through Strategic Resilience and Agility – Glowasz

10:35 AM

Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
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
Sean Phillips
Bill Brantley
Greg Baecher

11:00 AM

11:00 am - 11:35 am
Resolve: Leading your team through the tensions to project success – Bauer
11:00 am - 11:35 am
Strategic Portfolio Management – utilization with Federal Agencies – Driessnack
11:00 am - 11:35 am
The Intersection of Risk Mitigation and Innovation: The planning and development of the data management system for Nancy Grace Roman in a hybrid project management environment – Kolatch
11:00 am - 11:35 am
Transforming the Organization in Project Management to Deliver Value – Leydon
11:00 am - 11:35 am
Risk Factors for Adapting and Securing Content During Online Course Design – Fonseca

11:35 AM

Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A

11:45 AM

Lunch Break

1:00 PM

Featured Speaker Laura Barnard, PMO Strategies presenting "Are PMOs Really Dead?"

1:35 PM

Featured Speaker Q & A

1:45 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects
Federal Programs
Future of PM Work - Digital Transformation
Biotech/Life Sciences
Stakeholder Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Shana Webster-Trotman
Sean Phillips
Mike Federman
Greg Baecher

2:00 PM

2:00 pm - 2:35 pm
So your project failed. Congratulations! – Brown
2:00 pm - 2:35 pm
Agile Planning Considerations – Pulverenti
2:00 pm - 2:35 pm
Best Practices for Citizen Development Program and Project Management – Brantley
2:00 pm - 2:35 pm
Project Management in the Medical Device Field – O’Connor
2:00 pm - 2:35 pm
Role, Challenges and Limitations of Communications in Project Stakeholder Management and Engagement – Khan

2:35 PM

Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A

2:45 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects
Federal Programs
Future of PM Work - Digital Transformation
Biotech/Life Sciences
Stakeholder Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Shana Webster-Trotman
Sean Phillips
Bill Brantley
Greg Baecher

3:00 PM

3:00 pm - 3:35 pm
Influencing Without Authority: Obtaining Results Through Trust and Respect – DiBella
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
The Happier, Healthier, and Wealthier PM: Just-In-Time Learning to Upskill for a Successful Project Career – Johnson
3:00 pm - 3:35 pm
Transformation and digital disruption: a guide for change – Perez Carmona
3:00 pm - 3:35 pm
Risk Management in BioPharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing – Federman
3:00 pm - 3:35 pm
Strategies for Effective Project Time Management – Adetola

3:35 PM

Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A
Breakout Q & A

3:45 PM

Adjourn