Speakers and Abstracts for Face-to-Face Sessions
Tamer Elgohari
4D Planning Integration With New Technologies; The Gateway to the Future of Automation in Project Management
Did you know you could integrate 4D planning with new emerging technologies in construction such as reality capture, mixed reality, or what is known as digital twinning, to maximize the automation and visualization in managing and controlling your projects?
Join this session by a well-known Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), BIM, and innovation SME who has successfully led the VDC implementation and 4D integration in various locations and projects across the globe.
Chris Carson
How to Proactively Impact the Project Delivery in the Future Using Forensic Lessons Learned from the Past
Tired of cost and schedule overruns in your projects?
Join this session by a thought leader in Forensic and Dispute Resolution to get equipped with tactical strategies on what actions you need to take today to improve the delivery of your projects tomorrow.
Mostafa AbdelRazik
Be the scheduling HERO: How to Drastically Cut the Time Required to Build a Project Schedule
Tired of spending countless hours in developing and building a project schedule?
What if you could create a robust project schedule that usually takes weeks of effort in just a few hours?! Sounds impossible?
Join this session to figure out how you can use some simple tools and techniques that are readily available to you to radically cut the time in schedule development.
Larry Dysert
Emerging Trends and their Impact on the Future of Cost Estimating
Have you ever wondered how emerging technologies such as 4D/5D/6D BIM and Big Data affect how cost estimators may obtain project scoping and pricing information to utilize in the preparation of their cost estimates?
Join this session by a Cost Estimating thought leader to explore the current and future trends that are and will have an impact on effective cost estimating of your projects.
JR Karbowski
Timeless Project Management – Are You Ready for the Next Revolution?
We are in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution.
Are you ready for the next revolution of Project Management?
Join this session to figure out the evolution of Project Management from the distant past to the future and the steps you need to take to compete in this new digital era.
James Zack
Early Completion Schedules – Benefits, Risks & Defenses
So you think you’ve completed the project early?!
Have you ever considered the benefits and risks of early completion schedules?
Join this session by a thought leader in mitigation, analysis and resolution of construction claims and disputes to figure out the contractor’s rights to complete work early and how owners can defend themselves from claims and disputes related to early completion schedules.
James Arrow
Taking Project Risk Management Back to the Future
How is the fourth industrial revolution in conjunction with advanced analytics (or AI) going to change the field of Project Risk Management?
Is AI-enable decision-making going to be a silver bullet for Project Risk Management?
Let’s take the Project Risk Management back to the future and explore both the evolutionary path that brought us to where we are today and the future of AI-enabled capital project decision-making. Let’s figure out the proven tools and techniques that can take organizations back to a future of data-driven, fact-based decision-making.
Speakers and Abstracts for Online Technical Sessions
Hassan Emam
Artificial Intelligence (AI), A Gateway to the Future of Project Controls' Analytics
Artificial intelligence (AI) is such a trending topic these days. AI for Project Controls is on the rise in helping the project teams make smarter and faster decisions.
Join this session to learn from a digital transformation and AI in construction researcher how using artificial intelligence for project controls improves project’s predictability and success rates.
Revolutionize Your Project Controls Processes and System
Harnessing the power AI, Data Analytics, and Data visualization
Join this session to learn how you can leverage the two most talked about technologies in project controls; AI and Data Analytics/Visualization to transform into a new breed of project controls professionals of the future.
Tamer Elgohari
Why 4D Planning is the Next Generation of Project Planning
Did you know you can visualize your project plan and analyze dynamic spatial data on your computer before you break ground, using 4D modeling?
4D Planning is claimed to be the next generation of project planning.
Join this session to figure out whether 4D Planning is what you would consider for your next projects.
Chris Carson
How to Leverage the Power of 4D Modeling in Schedule Updates
Have you ever considered utilizing the power of 4D modeling in your project update meetings?
Join this session to explore how you can keep the project team appraised of the project progress and what drives the project delays by visually illustrating the Critical and Near-Critical Paths, and how they shift during each update, using 4D planning.
Saleh Mubarak
Project Scheduling for the Owners
A Practical Guide in Reviewing the Schedules Submitted by the Contractors
How do you review and approve the project schedules submitted by the contractors?
As an owner representative, you need to understand and approve the project schedules, prepared and submitted by your contractors.
Join this session to get equipped with what you need to know about project scheduling at the level required by the owner.
Mostafa AbdelRazik
Smart Utilization of Resource Leveling Strategies For Major Projects
Resource leveling is a hotly debated subject in Project Planning. Some may argue that resource leveling should only be done manually and not using the software.
Join this hands-on session to figure out how you can smartly steer the scheduling tool to perform a smart and logical resource-leveling for you.
Larry Dysert
Is the “Expected Estimate Accuracy” an Oxymoron?
“Estimate accuracy” is a topic of debate, and the term itself can be considered an oxymoron! From its definition to its application in the control of projects, different individuals will often have different views on the subject.
What does “estimate accuracy” mean to you?
Join this session to gain clarity on the expected estimate accuracy from a Cost Estimating thought leader.
Saleh Mubarak
Tips in Cost Estimating
A Panoramic Tour Over the Construction Cost Estimating Process
Cost estimating is arguably the most important function in construction project management. It may indeed be the difference between winning and losing.
Join us in this session to have a panoramic tour over the construction cost estimating process and get equipped with some valuable tips from quantity estimating, putting the estimate together, to bidding, and cost controls.
James Arrow
Quantitative Risk Analysis Maturity Model (QRAMM)
Explore the full range of team capability, from naivety to Total Cost Management Analytics
Join this session to discover a maturity model that outlines a risk-based kaizen approach for organizations. Get equipped with tactical strategies to enhance both the Risk Tolerance and Risk Appetite, so you can secure a “risk-based competitive advantage” for your organization.
James Zack
A Crystal Ball – Early Warning Signs Of Construction Claims & Disputes
The research revealed there is little literature setting forth a detailed list of early warning signs of pending construction claims and disputes.
Join this session by a claim and dispute resolution thought leader to explore the early warning signs of construction claims and disputes that you should watch for in three phases of a project; the bid or proposal phase, the initial contract phase, and the construction phase.
Mark Sanders
No Dumb Questions—A Toolkit for Major Public Infrastructure Investments
Major public infrastructure investments are accompanied by early press conferences that announce scope, budget, and schedule estimates. These announcements and the reporting of them often include point estimates of capital cost without significant discussion of risks and uncertainties.
Join this session to figure out how you can bring more scrutiny to major public infrastructure investment through public questioning of these early cost estimates.
William Canterbury
The Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) Delivery Method- Facts, Myths, and Everything in Between
Have you ever heard of the Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) project delivery method?
The CMaR is rapidly becoming more popular. However, it’s often a misunderstood project delivery method that can cause needless costs and time delays if not applied properly.
Join this session to explore what makes a CMaR project delivery method unique and how you can utilize it for maximum effectiveness in construction projects.