Speakers

Events

Summit 2024

SPEAKERS

Next-Gen PM: Integrating AI into Your Project Toolkit

Andy Burns, PMP, Transformative Leader at Siemens Digital Industries

Join us for an enlightening session designed specifically for forward-thinking project managers eager to elevate their skills.

Designing A Winning Project Plan

David Grote, PMP, Sr. Principal Transformation Analyst at CompuCom

In this session we will see how the design of your project plan can determine whether your organization can win in a competitive bid situation.

AI: Cybersecurity Friend or Foe?

Dave Hatter, PMP, Cybersecurity Consultant, Intrust IT

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI) stands out as a transformative force with the potential for good and bad. This presentation will provide a comprehensive overview of AI’s current state, its historical development, and its dual role in cybersecurity.

CI+AI. The New Formula Leveraging AI to Continuous Improvement

Steven H. Jones, PMP, University of Cincinnati, Lindner College of Business

This session will discuss how integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into Continuous Improvement (CI) efforts can significantly enhance the effectiveness of Lean methodologies, which focus on optimizing processes by eliminating waste and increasing efficiency.

Getting Started and Leveraging AI to Implement Efficient Workflows and Innovative Solutions to Save Time, Reduce Errors, and Improve Consistency and Efficiency

Rodney Lumpkins, Director of Litigation Support at a leading national insurance defense firm

This session explores the integration of AI tools in litigation support, focusing on how these technologies can automate routine tasks, optimize resource management, and enhance document handling.

Future-Proofing Project Management: Leveraging Virtual Teams, AI, and Your PM Toolkit for Success

Chanda Monroe-Williams, GB, PMP, University of Cincinnati, Lindner College of Business

This session will provide a deep dive into the cutting-edge strategies and tools that are redefining project management. Attendees will gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of virtual teams, leveraging AI for enhanced project outcomes, and utilizing remote tools to drive efficiency and collaboration.

Transforming Together: Change Management for the Remote Era

Michelle Morrison, MBA, PMP, People, Culture and Change Consultant and Facilitator

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, driven by technology and global workforce shifts, managing change is crucial—especially in virtual environments where resistance can be higher. This course equips leaders with essential strategies for guiding change across remote teams.

Navigating to Safety: Stream Theory and the Evolution of Data-Driven Project Management

Dmitriy Neganov

This presentation explores the transformative power of Stream Theory in modern project management, focusing on integrating data-driven decision-making, AI, and virtual tools.

Program Managing Hybrid Teams: Embrace Your Inner Captain Obvious

John Kitson, Director of Product Management, CoStrategix

John Kitson will discuss his team's own experiments using GenAI and share what’s working and what’s not working in streamlining the product management lifecycle. He will review new GenAI features and functionality in today’s most popular project/product management tools, and some of their most useful prompts to make work more efficient.

Too Many Projects, Too Little Space

Vernon Stultz, PMP, Director of Program Management for KDG

This session will focus on the logistical coordination needed to successfully carry out these airport development programs. This case study presented by KDG Construction Consulting will discuss an innovative organizational method we will call “Coordinated Oversight Organizational Logistics” (COOL).

The Revolution of Project Management: AI, Agility, and Remote Collaboration

LaTosha Ward, Chief Strategy Officer of BID - Business & Individual Development

In this session, participants will gain the knowledge and understanding necessary to integrate AI and Agility into Project Management effectively.

A CEO’s perspective on AI and Virtual Teams

Alex Yastrebenetsky, CEO InfoTrust

This presentation will provide the attendees with a view from the top of an organization on the implications of the use of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Teams in the work of Project Management. Over the years, Alex has grown from a project manager and technologist to become a very successful entrepreneur and the CEO of a technology business with operations on multiple continents.