Keynote and Event Information Announced!

Willie Jolley and Pat Johns will deliver 
two dynamic keynotes at our upcoming PDS '08 event.  For more details click here.

PDS'08 Evening Agenda - Friday June 6, 2008

5:30 –  8:00 PM – Early Bird Registration

6:00 – 7:30 PM – Welcome Reception

 

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 PDS'08 Workshops Agenda - Saturday June 7, 2008 

Registration                                         7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Opening Remarks                              8:15 AM – 8:30 AM

Workshops                                          8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

 PDS'08 Workshops Agenda - Sunday June 8, 2008 
 

Registration                                         7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Opening Remarks                              8:15 AM – 8:30 AM

Workshops                                          8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

PM Networking Reception               6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

	Speaker	Workshop
Mezzanine 3	Lambert – W1SUA	Inspiration Engineering: How to Survive in a Powerless Matrix World --- Designing and Implementing High Performance Matrix Teams
Pavilion 21	Cochran – W2SAC	Thriving on Project Team Conflict
Pavilion 23	Altwies – W1SUB	Applying Program and Portfolio Management to your organization
Pavilion 22	Preston – W1SUC	Managing IT Stakeholder Risks

 

Breakfast	7:45 – 8:15 AM
Morning Break	10:00 - 10:15 AM
Lunch	12:00 - 1:00 PM
Afternoon Break	2:30 - 2:45 PM

 

 

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 PDS'08 Sessions Agenda - Monday June 9, 2008

Registration 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

	Grand Ballroom B	Pavilion 23	Conference Theatre	Grand Ballroom Area
7:00 - 7:45 AM				Breakfast
8:00 - 9:15 AM	Keynote Willie Jolley BIO Abstract			Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
9:15 - 9:30 AM	Break	Break	Break	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
9:30 - 10:45 AM	Lambert - Saying Yes When You Mean No!	Zells - "Successful Software Reviews - The Key to Spending Less than 5% of Your Project In The Testing Phase...Guaranteed!!!!"	Burns - Utilizing Metrics to Demonstrate the Value of PMO to Management	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
10:45 - 11:00 AM	Break	Break	Break	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
11:00 - 12:15 PM	Kapur - Project Intelligence: Linking Projects to Business Strategy	Lehmann - Intellectual Property and Project Management	Wessels - The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
12:15 - 1:15 PM	Lunch			Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
1:15 - 2:00 PM	Panel Discussion Software Development Projects	Panel Discussion Global Project Challenges		Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
2:00 - 2:15 PM	Break	Break	Break	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
2:15 - 3:30 PM	Lehmann - Innovation and Project Management	Altwies - A case for Change – Developing Business Requirements for Business Process Improvement Projects	Kapur - Six Imperatives to Success	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
3:30 - 3:45 PM	Break	Break	Break	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
3:45 - 5:00 PM	Zells - Project Management Survival Strategies	Maxfield - Influencer	Burns - PMOs - One Size or Shape Does Not Fit All!	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
5:15 – 8:00 PM	Evening Networking

 

PDS'08 Sessions Agenda - Tuesday June 10, 2008

 

Registration 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

 

	Grand Ballroom B	Pavilion 23	Conference Theatre	Grand Ballroom Area
7:00 - 7:45 AM				Breakfast
8:00 - 9:15 AM	Keynote Pat Johns BIO Abstract			Sponsor Exhibits/ Booths
9:15 - 9:30 AM	Break	Break	Break	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
9:30 - 10:45 AM	Angel - Improving Your Negotiating Skills	Shenhar - Strategic Project Leadership	Nintrup – It’s not WHAT you say, it’s HOW you say it	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
10:45 - 11:00 AM	Break	Break	Break	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
11:00 - 12:15 PM	Umlas - Project Managers as Change Agents, Using the Power of Acknowledgment	Stewart - How Project Management is Changing the Business World	Gaines -  Great Projects in History: The Vasa; Don't Give the King Bad News	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
12:15 - 1:15 PM	Lunch			Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
1:15 - 2:00 PM	Panel Discussion PMO and Leadership	Panel Discussion  Ask Your ISSIG Board		Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
2:00 - 2:15 PM	Break	Break	Break	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
2:15 - 3:30 PM	Badani - Agile Project Management - Everything my mother taught me!	Saladis - Team Building and Influencing Skills for Leaders	Pitagorsky - Open Minded Mindfulness: The Zen Approach to Project Management	Sponsor Exhibits/Booths
3:30 - 3:45 PM	Break