Opening Session: Rise Up! Navigating Tomorrow Together
Opening Keynotes
In this session, Shohreh Ghorbani and Kamran Akbarzadeh, the executive directors of the Project Control Summit and Directors of Project Control Academy will open the 2020 Project Control Virtual Summit by two 1-hr keynote presentations.
Shohreh and Kamran will share personal stories and practical tips on how to Rise Up and Navigate Tomorrow for achieving greater levels of success not only in your project and career but also in your personal life.
During the opening session, you will also get a chance to interact with the Summit organizers and win some prizes. We hope that this session will energize and motivate you to get the most out of the Project Control Virtual Summit. So don’t miss it!
The opening session is free and open to all but you have to register.
Keynote Speech by the 2007 World Champion of Public Speaking
Dr. Vikas Jhingran, will be the opening keynote speaker for the Project Control Summit 2020.
He is not only the World Champion of Public Speaking but also a portfolio manager at a major energy company, in charge of managing projects and portfolios on a daily basis.
Join this session to get introduced to the emotion-based approach to communication and how this unique approach to communication can open the door for you to become effective communicators and be more successful in the workplace.
Session 2
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.
Vanessa Sutterluti
Improvement Opportunities During COVID-19 - A Digital Full Life Cycle Approach to Project Cost Management
Join this 15-min session by Cleopatra Enterprise’s representative to explore a digital full life cycle approach to project cost management during COVID-19.
COVID-19 Project Recovery- Schedule Delay Panel Discussion
Join this session to get equipped with strategies and tactics on the effective management of your projects’ schedule, delay claims, and dispute resolution during and after the COVID-19 project recovery.
Session 3
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.
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.
Session 4
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.
Angela Overstreet
Project Management Maturity - Using Software to Setup Project Management Processes
What project management maturity level is your organization at?
Join this session to learn about five different level of project management maturity and discover what your organization can do to proactively improve. We will discuss how using software tools can help setup project management processes to drive organizational maturity and improve project performance.
COVID-19 Project Recovery- Risk Panel Discussion
Join this session to explore intelligent risk management best practices in consideration of disruptive events such as COVID-19.
Session 5
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.
Paul Self
A Journey to Digital Transformation
Join this short presentation by InEight to learn about how innovative tools can help you overcome some of your projects challenges and improve the performance of your next project.
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.
Session 6
James Zack
A Crystal Ball – Early Warning Signs Of Construction Claims & Disputes Workshop
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.
Shohreh Ghorbani
How to Take your Project Controls Skills & Knowledge to the Next Level
Join this session to explore the key drivers to effective project controls implementation, the Project Controls technical competency challenge, and how you can boost your technical competency and take your project controls skills and knowledge to the next level.
Session 7
Managing Complex Mega Projects- Panel Discussion
Join this session to get equipped with strategies and tactics on the effective management of complex mega projects.
Vanessa Sutterluti
Project Benchmarking: Looking Beyond to Improve Project Performance
Improving project performance requires thinking beyond the actual project. What happens before and after is just as important as the project itself. With proper benchmarking, you can gather and analyze meaningful data from executed and ongoing projects, and better understand your own strengths and the key drivers of project performance improvement.
Join this short presentation by Cleopatra Enterprise to explore:
- What project benchmarking is and why it matters
- What the common benchmarking mistakes are
- How to do benchmarking
- How to perform big data analytics
- How to do benchmarking with Cleopatra to achieve project success
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.
Session 8
Project Communication and Leadership in Times of Crisis
Have you ever wondered why the message you delivered was not received in the way in which it was meant?
Do you want to increase your influence with others, but don’t know where to start?
Join this session by a UK recognized leader and industry expert who has trained and travelled all over the globe, on what skills you need to develop throughout your career to become a successful future leader; and skills you can take away today to improve communication and your leadership for your teams tomorrow.
Talent Solutions: Project Controls Success
A Workforce Development Program For Project Controllers
Talent Solutions, Project Controls Success® workforce development program, combines best in class curriculum provided by PMI certified Project Control Academy with Management Solutions ELITE® best in class practicum to produce the ultimate Project Control Professional.
Join this session to explore how this program is solving the following three main issues:
- Businesses worldwide stand to lose more than $200 billion as a result of the project management shortage;
- In order to meet the current project controls needs, organizations are forced to hire and constantly replace expensive and non-local subcontractors;
- Local communities surrounding national laboratories or remote project sites need well-paying, recession-proof jobs.
Job Search and Career Development Panel Discussion
Join this panel to explore effective ways of landing a new job or seek advice on how you can step up your career to the next level.
Session 9
A single source of truth: Visual Analytics from live data sources
Have you ever wondered how you could spend less time working on spreadsheet reports and have live dashboards directly from the data source?
Join this session to explore how you can create a data flow that circumvents interim spreadsheets and automatically update its content by querying the data from the source database.
Vanessa Sutterluti
EcoSys 101: An introduction to the EcoSys Enterprise Projects Performance (EPP) software platform
By natively combining portfolio management, project management, and project controls processes into a single, flexible solution, EcoSys delivers increased visibility and greater predictability across the project lifecycle. EcoSys empowers informed decisions that maximize returns for owners and agencies and margins for contractors.
Through discussion and a live software demonstration, you’ll explore how EcoSys:
- Aligns strategic objectives with project execution
- Optimizes enterprise resources for greater capital efficiency
- Drives efficiency by eliminating data siloes
- Promotes organizational standards while maintaining flexibility
- Controls project cost and schedule with timely and accurate forecasting
Women in Project Leadership- Panel Discussion
Hosted by the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), this panel is centered around women in project controls, project management, and leadership.
Session 10
Technology Panel Discussion
Join this panel to explore new tools and technologies in Project Controls/ Project Management from the cutting-edge technology provider companies.
Vanessa Sutterluti
Q&A with EcoSys
Immediately following the Technology Panel Discussion, please join us for a discussion of the EcoSys Enterprise Projects Performance (EPP) software platform.
Through Questions & Answers and a live software demonstration, you’ll explore how EcoSys:
- Aligns strategic objectives with project execution
- Optimizes enterprise resources for greater capital efficiency
- Drives efficiency by eliminating data siloes
- Promotes organizational standards while maintaining flexibility
- Controls project cost and schedule with timely and accurate forecasting
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.
Session 11
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
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.
Session 12
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.
Kamran Akbarzadeh
How to Forecast Your Success Rate in Fulfilling Your Goals
Wouldn’t it be great if you could forecast your success rate in achieving your personal and professional goals and dreams?
Join this short session and learn about Kamran’s recipe for success and how to estimate your success rate in any area of your life based on this recipe. You will also learn how to dramatically increase your chances of success by mastering the recipe.
Dr. Alexia Nalewaik
Ethical Project Reporting
Reports are a primary means of communication on projects, and also part of the system of control and governance, used to provide assurance, bring attention to issues, and prompt action to improve project outcomes. There are many different kinds of project reports.
Join this session to explore the project reporting in the context of available data, stakeholder expectations, risk management, systemic challenges, and ethical issues.
Session 13
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.
Matt Pitstick
Introduction to Proteus- SNA-Software
Through a live software demonstration and Questions & Answers, you’ll explore what Proteus is, where it’s used, how it can be deployed, and what challenges it resolves.
COVID-19 Project Recovery- Disruption, Claims, and Dispute Resolution Panel
Join this panel to get equipped with strategies and tactics on the effective management of productivity disruptions, delay claims, and dispute resolution during and after the COVID-19 project recovery.
Session 14
Enterprise Project Performance Systems: The What, Why, and the How?
Enterprise Project Performance is a big vision to maximize returns and margins across the full project lifecycle. However, too often grand ideas evaporate into the status quo amidst complexity and naysayers. In this presentation, Mark will define a roadmap for consistent project success that makes both you and your organization a champion.
What you’ll learn:
- Identifying the challenges to project and program success
- Systems and processes that move you from backward to forward looking
- Iterative, achievable roadmap to mature your organization for better outcomes
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.
Session 15
William Canterbury
The Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) Delivery Method- Facts, Myths, and Everything in Between
Have you ever heard of the Construction Management 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.
Organizational Change Management
Businesses are constantly changing in anticipation of improving. Project management drives what needs to be done, but who is taking people through the process of change? Even the best laid plans can fail if the plan doesn’t resonate with the people expected to support it. Change Management is a focus on the people side of change.
Lasting organizational change doesn’t occur by happenstance. There are key steps that organizations must take to realize the holistic benefit of any true transformation. Join this session to figure out the details of organizational change management and the steps that needs to be taken.
Organizational Resiliency Panel Discussion
Join this panel to explore how organizations can transform and thrive during disruptive events and threats while mitigating their survival and recovery.
Session 16
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.
Schedule Data Capture and Analysis with Earned Value Integration
Join this short presentation where SNA Software will demonstrate how easy it is to capture and normalize schedule data from various scheduling applications using EnvisionData and how that data can be analyzed, visualized and reported on with the power of Proteus Envision, including integration with Earned Value and Cost Performance data.
COVID-19 Project Recovery- Cost Management Panel Discussion
Hosted by the College of Performance Management (CPM), this panel discussions will provide you tips and strategies on the effective management of your projects’ costs during and after the COVID-19 project recovery.
Session 17
Aldo Mattos
A Simplified Earned Value Management Approach - And Some DOs and DON'Ts
Is EVM implementation a burden for your company rather than an efficient management tool?
Join this session to figure out major difficulties in implementing EVM and explore a simplified EVM approach using labor hours and some DOs and DON’Ts in the EVM practice.
Should Project Controls be BUILT-IN or BOLTED-ON?
Join N. Ryan Smith, P. Eng., Duke Bell, Greg Stozek, and Kris Stozek from Modus Project Services for or an interactive panel discussion on how Project Controls delivery can be tailored to the specific needs of your Enterprise.
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.
Closing Session
Conference Closing and Award Ceremony
We have come a long way over the last 7 weeks. Let’s end the summit on a high note and celebrate the closing of the Project Control Summit & Expo with an award ceremony recognizing our speakers, sponsors, as well as the winners of the summit games, challenges, and expo.
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.
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.
