Last Call: Hurry Up, You Don't Want to Miss this. Register Now!

The Project Management Institute Silver Spring Chapter’s (PMISSC) 8^th annual symposium is a few weeks away. This virtual event is scheduled for Thursday, June 24, 2021 and it promises to be impactful.

 

The theme for this year is: “Embracing Change: Resilience and the Impact Upon Project Management”

 

Registration is open: This year's symposium will have two sessions, one in the morning and another in the afternoon. Each session guarantees four (4) professional development units (PDUs) for attendees and that is a total of eight (8) PDUs for all who sign up for the full day.

• The cost of registration for both sessions is $45.
• Those who wish to pay for one session and not the other will pay $25.
• Students enjoy $20 for the entire day.

 

Focus areas for the symposium include: Change Management, Projects and Globalization Dynamics, Human Behaviors, Technology Transformation, Project Portfolio Management, Digital Strategy, Customer Intelligence, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, and Organizational Collaboration.

 

Send us an email with your questions:

• pmisscsymposium@pmissc.org
• symposiumspeakers@pmissc.org

 

Please make room on your calendar and remember to review our speaker lineup as well as chapter/symposium sponsorship information. Also check out last year's recorded talks!

 

Symposium Moderators 

Richard Cheng, Vice President of Training and Chief Product Owner,  NextUp Solutions. Read Bio

 

 

 

Marcus Parker, Program Manager, Department of Defense, and Consultant /Lead Instructor, ATEM Group, LLC. Read Bio

 

 

 

Symposium Speakers 

Hector Del Castillo, Chief Product Officer, Bold PM (Keynote Speaker). 

Session Topic:

Making Change Happen, Against the Odds. 

PMI Triangle: Technical / Strategies & Business. Read Bio

 

Joyce Hunter, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Vulcan Enterprises LLC (Keynote Speaker). 

Session Topic: 

It's About What: Building resilience into your project portfolio  

PMI Triangle: Leadership. Read Bio

 

 

Marvin Chambers, Founder and Principal, Marvin Chambers, LLC. 

Session Topic:

It is More Than What You See: Shifting Mindset, Sustained Success. 

PMI Triangle: Leadership. Read Bio

 

Wendy Raulin, Experienced Project Manager, Consulting. 

Session Topic: 

Resolving the Communication Challenges with Enterprise-wide Projects. 

PMI Triangle: Technical. Read Bio

 

Ordonna Sargeant,  Program Manager, Wunderman Thompson. 

Session Topic:

Digital Transformation. 

PMI Triangle: Strategies. Read Bio

 

Lee Lambert,  Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lambert Consulting Group. 

Session Topic:

Artifical Intelligence (AI) and Project Management: A Marriage Made in Heaven. 

PMI Triangle: Technical. Read Bio 

 

Sarah Miller, Project Manager and Organizational Development Consultant, MITRE Corporation. 

Session Topic: 

Introduce the Concept of Psychological Safety. 

PMI Triangle: Strategies. Read Bio

 

Becca Lehner, Lead Organizational Change Management Program Consultant, MITRE. 

Session Topic: 

High Engagement Organization Design Goes Virtual: How a U.S. Government Agency Pivoted to Virtual Change During the Global Pandemic. 

PMI Triangle: Leadership. Read Bio

 

Adam Terragnoli, Senior Organizational Change Management Program Consultant, MITRE. 

Session Topic: 

High Engagement Organization Design Goes Virtual: How a U.S. Government Agency Pivoted to Virtual Change During the Global Pandemic. 

PMI Triangle: Leadership. Read Bio

 

 

Additional Event Details 

All-day Event with 2 Sessions (8:00 am - 5:00 pm) 

 

Session 1

Registration: 8:00 am – 8:30 am

Start: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm (1 Keynote; 3 Speakers)

 

Session 2

Registration: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm 

Start: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (1 Keynote; 4 Speakers [2 of them are co-speakers])             

1 PDU will be given for each session/keynote speaker; potentially earn 8 PDUS in total

 

Attendee Registration Fee: Student Registration $20 and General Registration $25 each session/ $45 for both sessions. A portion of the registration fees will be donated to a Silver Spring non-profit organization.

This year’s event is one you don’t want to miss and registration closes at 8 a.m. on June 24, 2021.  For those who register early, expect to receive a link  for the event on June 23.  Please endeavor to test your access and save the link.

 

PMISSC Virtual Symposium Etiquette