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It’s coming up soon! Have you already started thinking about which sessions you’ll attend to get the most of your conference? Do you know where you need to be?
Here’s the list of sessions that I cannot wait to see and why. I’d love to hear also about what sessions you’d like to hear more about/ have us cover during the conference itself.
First things first: check out the PMI EMEA app and download this. This way you can mark the sessions that you want to attend and get notifications. For now, I’d recommend checking out the programme overview so that you can see the potential sessions that you might want to go and plan out your day.
Don’t forget to identify where the break/lunch/networking areas are so that you can know where to grab some food/drink during the conference. There’s also the sponsor area where you can meet providers and get some great input.
Day 1:
- 08:00: If this is your first conference, then I can highly recommend the first time Orientation session, where you’ll get the best introduction to what the conference can offer you. You can also grab some coffee before the keynote begins.
- 09:00: Opening Keynote: I’m really interested to hear how I can think differently/ change my thinking habits to become a better, more effective PM. I’m hoping that I can speak to the Keynote speaker after this session.
- 10:30: I’m currently thinking of attending the session: Influencing without authority : An Essential skill for Project Managers as I’m hoping that it will give me some ideas for the current project that I’m working in
- Lunch Break: It’s important to make sure that you take time to not only process the mornings activities but also to refuel for a great afternoon.
- 12.30: The next session is from the great speaker: Agata Czopek about: Project manage your professional career and future proof yourself for your next challenges. Agata is a great speaker and I’m really interested in seeing how I can take my career to the next level with her input.
- 14:15: After the break; I’m planning to attend: Planning matters – even if you are agile. Working in an agile environment, this is really important for me in also knowing if I’m following the right planning/track in my projects.
- 15:45: The final session of the day for me will be: The journey towards agility: Lessons Learned from successes and failures. I think this is a really important topic and I want to see if there are better ways of doing Lessons Learned.
- Post conference networking: This is a really important part of any conference for me. I like to connect with other Project Managers and also catch up with any of the speakers to ask questions or even grab a selfie with them! One thing that I often do is arrange to have dinner with other colleagues and discuss the conference over dinner/drinks before getting an early night.
After each day’s conference, I make notes regarding the key items to learn/remember but also think about other questions that I might want to follow up with the speakers the following day.
Day 2:
- 09:00: Offsite learning: Teeling Distillery: The offsite learning opportunity is a unique part of the PMI conference experience and I recommend that you sign up for one of the three opportunities. I absolutely love Irish Whiskey and I cannot wait to learn more about how a distillery works and how they use Project Management in their industry.
- Lunch: Another great opportunity to network over lunch. I often use this opportunity to great some fresh air and (hopefully) sunshine.
- 13:30: Creating your own virtual band: virtual team build to enhance virtual collaboration: As a Project Manager who leads a lot of virtual teams, I’m always looking for ways to improve how I team build with my virtual colleagues
- 15:15: The final session of the day will hopefully be: Why women make better Project Managers. I wonder what I’ll be able to learn why Jordi thinks that women are better Project Managers.
Day 3:
- 09:00: The Cutting Edge PM: The future of technology in Project Management. I’m really interested in what’s going to happen in the next 5/10 years to be able to understand how I can make myself future proof.
- 10:30: Relationships: The currency of influence for Project Managers. This is a really important topic for me and I want to see how I can improve my relationship skills to help my team and projects.
- 12:30: Creating collective value through generativity: A leadership approach for complexity. Complexity seems to be a commonality in most projects these days so I’m hoping to learn how I can improve my leadership skills to better manage complex projects.
- 14:00: Closing Keynote: TED Talks. This has to be one of the main reasons that I’m attending the PMI conference. I am a massive fan of TED and I can’t wait to see what is presented and having the conference go off with a bang.
What topics are you looking forward to?
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by Emily Luijbregts
on: May 07, 2019 06:30 AM |
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