Below is the full two-day schedule for the 2023 Symposium

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

PROGRAM BOOK – (hard copies distributed to in-person attendees and downloadable for online attendees)

Thursday, April 20, 2023

8:00 AM

Registration: Lobby of Adele H. Stamp Student Union

8:50 AM

Welcome and Featured Speaker Al Zeitoun, Siemens, presenting, "Creating the Experience-Driven Future Organization – Empowering the Strategic Project Management Muscle"

9:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Great Challenges
Federal Programs
Performance Management
Leadership and Communications
Agile/DevOps

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Keith Anderson
Greg Baecher
Sean Phillips

10:00AM

10:00 am - 10:45 am
The Great Resignation Fire and Knowledge Retention Strategies – Anyacho
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Herding Clouds: Combatting False Narratives to Show a Disinterested Stakeholder Audience Why They Should Care – Lake
10:00 am - 10:45 am
The Latest in Schedule Visualization: The 3D Gantt – Leach
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Conversational Leadership: Convening Conversations that Otherwise Wouldn’t Happen – Hovell
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Migrating from Waterfall to Agile: Concerns and Remedies – Alston

10:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Great Challenges
Federal Programs
Performance Management
Leadership and Communications
Agile/DevOps

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Keith Anderson
Greg Baecher
Sean Phillips

11:00 AM

11:00 am - 11:45 am
The One That Got Away: Critical Technical Talent – Baggett
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Using an Integrated Value Approach in Cross-Agency Collaboration to Ensure Mission Success – White, Martin and Traquair
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Multidimension Portfolio Management Structures: Missions, Capabilities, and Systems – Driessnack and Kenney
11:00 am - 11:45 am
System Dynamics of Alternative Analysis in Program Management – Self
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Philosophy of Agile – Axthelm

11:45 AM

Lunch & Networking

12:30 PM

Featured Speaker Christine Merdon, Merdon Strategies, LLC, presenting, "Leadership lessons from the Capitol Dome Renovation"

1:15 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Empowering Leadership
Federal Programs
Performance Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Agile/DevOps

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Keith Anderson
Greg Baecher
Sean Phillips

1:30 PM

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Developing a Project High Performing Team, the path from self-awareness to high-performance – Kirkov
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Considerations for FAC-P/PM Application Review – Anderson
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Establishing an Integrated Project, Program, and Portfolio Management (IPPM) Digital Ecosystem – Pisano
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Stakeholder Communication – I’m I an effective communicator for my project? – Longley
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Enabling Startup Venture Success through a Project Management Framework – Surio

2:15 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Empowering Leadership
Federal Programs
Performance Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Agile/DevOps

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Keith Anderson
Greg Baecher
Sean Phillips

2:30 PM

2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
You Need a Higher EQ than Your IQ to Succeed!!! – Miller
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Agile Implementation on Large-Scale Federal Projects – Forsythe
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Business Case Evaluation Process Improvement: DC Water Case Study – Hailu and Melsew
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
From Projects to Partnerships: Exploring connections between project management and cross-sector partnership approaches to stakeholder engagement – Murphy
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
How to save a troubled project: A case study of transitioning to Takt Time at project closeout – Rines

3:15 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Empowering Leadership
Federal Programs
Performance Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Agile/DevOps

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Keith Anderson
Greg Baecher
Sean Phillips

3:30 PM

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Supercharge Your PM Power Skills with Authenticity – Greenwald
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Steps to Building a More Innovative Acquisition Culture – Wilson-Wilson
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
The Art of Presenting Compelling Detailed Analysis – Erney
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication in BioPharma – Federman
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
How to Successfully Manage the Pivot from DevOps to DevSecOps – Boyle and Robinson

4:15 PM

Break

4:30 PM

Featured Speakers Laura Barnard, PMO Strategies and Crystal J. Richards, MindsparQ, "Let's Debate... Process vs Principles, Which is the Better Approach?"

5:30 PM

Networking Reception

Friday, April 21, 2023

8:00 AM

Registration: Lobby of Adele H. Stamp Student Union

8:50 AM

Welcome and Featured Speaker John Deatrick, St. Mary's College of Maryland presenting, "What drove the success in delivering the transformative transportation and infrastructure improvements in Washington, DC, SE & SW, that have culminated for now in the replacement of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge?"

9:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Organizational Change
Federal Programs
Performance Management
Risk Management
Hybrid Project Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Keith Anderson
Greg Baecher
Sean Phillips

10:00 AM

10:00 am - 10:45 am
Overcoming Organizational Resistance to Change. How can Leaders Control Culture and Influence Behavior? – Green
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Strengthening the Nuclear Security Enterprise with Organizational Agility – Deschamp
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Managing complex emerging technology Projects – Benson-Agwu
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Using data you (probably) already have to predict program risks – Kwame
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Buying Into a Customer-Centric Future: How AI and Big Ideas can Revolutionize Government Ways of Working – Forrester, Johnson and Mariani

10:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Organizational Change
Federal Programs
Performace Management
Risk Management
Hybrid Project Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Keith Anderson
Greg Baecher
Sean Phillips

11:00 AM

11:00 am - 11:45 am
Swimming Upstream: Delivering project success in non-project-centric environments – Nehr Hutchison
11:00 am - 11:45 am
The Recovery of Failed Government Projects – Day
11:00 am - 11:45 am
When Schedule is King and how to Oblige It – Caruso and Torres
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Risk Management & Resilience – Identifying and Monitoring Low Probability/High Impact Risks – Hine
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Project Management in the dramatic world of spacecraft launch and operation – Carter

11:45 AM

Lunch & Networking

12:30 PM

Featured Speaker Robert Warren, University of Miami Health System, presenting, "Achieving the Mission – How Leadership and Influence Can Move Project Portfolios Through the Bureaucracy"

Tracks

People in Projects - Equity and Inclusion
Federal Programs
Performance Management
Future of Project Management
Hybrid Project Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Keith Anderson
Greg Baecher
Sean Phillips

1:30 PM

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Project and change management with gender perspective – Martin
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Cross-Agency Collaboration to Ensure Mission Success – Cenzano, Davis, Hine, Rewey and Traquair
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
The Disaster Resource Library: Change Management in a Decentralized Environment – Hutchison
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Managing AI: Risks and Opportunities – Polaski and Brienza
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Value Management in the Public Service: More than ROI, Manage for Return to Mission – Lott

2:15 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Equity and Inclusion
Federal Programs
Performance Management
Future of Project Management
Hybrid Project Management

Moderators

Jocelyn Davis
Bill Brantley
Keith Anderson
Greg Baecher
Sean Phillips

2:30 PM

2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
The Path to Leadership for Women in Construction – Alkhalouf and Alkhalouf
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Play to Your Strengths: Lessons Learned Maintaining an Adaptable and Resilient PMO – Holland and McManmon
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
When Projects Manage Themselves: Artificial Intelligence-Powered Project Management – Brantley
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
PMI Strategy – O’Connor
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
It’s All About the User! UX Isn’t Just Some Informal Activity – Boyle and Donovan

3:15 PM

Break

3:30 PM

Closing & Trivia Challenge Winners

3:45 PM

Adjourn