Below is the full two-day schedule for the 2026 Symposium

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

Thursday, April 30, 2026

8:00 AM

Registration: Lobby of Adele H. Stamp Student Union

8:50 AM

Welcome and Featured Speaker Alan Zucker, Project Management Essentials, "Reenvisioning Project Management: Back to the Basics"

9:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Leadership Trends
Strategic Project Management - Empowering
Project Management Skills - Fundamentals
AI in Project Management
On-Demand (Previously Recorded)

10:00 AM

10:00 am - 10:45 am
LeaderSHIFT for Project Managers: Mastering Leadership Agility in the Age of AI – Coleman
10:00 am - 10:45 am
From Ideas to Action: Embedding Project Management in Student Success Initiatives – Meersman
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Decoding the PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition: What’s New, What’s Gone, and What’s Next – Richards
10:00 am - 10:00 am
AI in Project Management: From Reactive to Predictive – AI Agents That Detect Risk and Automate the Noise – Enjuweh
 

10:45 AM

Break

11:00 AM

11:00 am - 11:45 am
The Power of Positive Leadership: Coaching Skills for High Impact Results – Berman Fortgang
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Empowering Campus IT: Leading Engagement and Change in UMD’s Policy-Driven Network Transformation – Prem and Morales-Herrmann
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Leading Change in a Hybrid World: Cultural Agility and Remote Leadership – Jaques
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Expediting Strategy Realization with AI-Enhanced Project Management – D’Mello
 

11:45 AM

Lunch and Networking

12:30 PM

Featured Speaker Kanika Tolver, Career Rehab LLC, "Supercharging Agile Teams Using Generative AI"

1:15 PM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Resilience
Strategic Project Management - PMO
Project Management Skills - Advanced
AI in Project Management - Applications
On-Demand (Previously Recorded)

1:30 PM

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Igniting Change! The Power of Transformational Leadership in Project Management – Reisner
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Driving Business Success by Evolving Our Processes, Tools, and Ourselves – Gollob and Trocino
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Leading Across Borders: Lessons from 18 Years of Managing Complex Global IT Programs – Abello
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Using AI to validate and improve Traditional Agile project schedules to reduce risk of cost and timeline overruns – London
 

2:15 PM

Break

2:30 PM

2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
From Insight to Impact: Elevating Leadership Through Human-Centered Project Management – Jones
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
From Chaos to Clarity: How Our Nonprofit Won the Project Management Software Game – Washington
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Lead Bigger: A Project Manager’s Guide to Strategic Leadership – Hobson
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Your AI Project Team: Declarative Agents, Researcher, Analyst, and the Microsoft Copilot App – Huseynov
 

3:15 PM

Break

3:30 PM

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Train the Nervous System to Lead the System — Building Calm, Connected, and High-Performing Project Teams – Brantley
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
PMO as the integration agent in Product Lifecycle Management: bridging the gaps across the phases of products lifecycles – Prasek
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Finding Your North Star: Finding Your Project’s True Scope and Mission in Dark Skies – Koepper
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Starting Small with AI: Why Grassroots Beats the Enterprise Rollout – Stay
 

4:15 PM

Break

4:30 PM

Featured Speaker Michael Allison, The Adversity Academy Leadership Development Group, "Break The Bottle: Shattering Project Bottlenecks with Resilient Leadership and Solutions Thinking"

5:15 PM

Networking Reception

Friday, May 1, 2026

8:00 AM

Registration: Lobby of Adele H. Stamp Student Union

9:00 AM

Featured Speaker TBA

9:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Conversations
Strategic Project Management - (Re)-Launching
Project Management Skills - Mastering Yourself
Agile Transformation
On-Demand (Previously Recorded)

10:00 AM

10:00 am - 10:45 am
Leadership’s Hidden Dynamics: Power, Collaboration, and Alignment in Action – Hovell
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Start Smart, Finish Strong: The Power of a Great Kickoff – Johnson and Rumeau
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Before AI Learns Us, We Must Learn Ourselves: The New Skillset for Project Managers in an AI-Driven World – Matthews
10:00 am - 10:45 am
From Scope to Impact and Outcomes: Empowering Project Managers in the Agile Product Operating Model – Payne
 

10:45 AM

Break

11:00 AM

11:00 am - 11:45 am
From Performance Reviews to Powerful Conversations: A Practical Framework for Leading People and Projects with Impact – Jasen
11:00 am - 11:45 am
High-stakes project management tactical skills: How to launch a hospital in 21 days – Morgan
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Engaging with and Controlling Your Inner Dialogue – Before You Speak! – Halstead
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Hybrid Project Management: Where Structure Meets Speed (It’s a Love–Hate Story) – Khanna
 

11:45 AM

Break

Tracks

People in Projects - Conversations
Strategic Project Management - (Re)-Launching
Project Management Skills - Mastering Yourself
Agile Transformation
On-Demand (Previously Recorded)

12:00 PM

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
The Art of Giving Feedback: Valuing People, Getting Results – McManus
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Rebuilding Momentum: Leading Teams Through Project Recovery and Renewal – Basha
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Sustainable Leadership: Managing Yourself Before Managing the Project – Clemonts
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Wide Angle Agile: A Compliance-Integrated Approach to Regulated Product Development – Filipkowski
 

12:45 PM

Lunch and Networking

1:30 PM

Featured Speaker TBA

3:00 PM

Closing