SCHEDULE

Global Symposium on Leadership and Project Management

Thursday, August 21, 2025
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9:00 – 10:00 AM EDT	Keynote Speaker: Lavagnon Ika Topic: How can project leaders navigate geopolitical uncertainty?
Break
	Speaker	Presentation Title
10:15 – 11:15 AM	Fransiskus Xaverius Prisyafada, Ad Straub, and Johan Ninan	Project Delivery Strategies for Adaptable Buildings: A comparative case study of two Dutch modular projects
11:30 – 12:30 PM	Youssef Mouzahem	Transforming Project Management Through Emerging Technologies: A Commercial and Contract Leadership Perspective
1:00 – 2:00 PM	Galen Talis	Transforming Project Management with an All-Genders Leadership Approach
2:15 – 3:15 PM	Sanaz Ghazi and Morteza Zohrabi	Reimagining Leadership and Project Management in the Age of AI
3:30 – 4:30 PM	Hassan Jan	The Era of the H+PMO

Friday, August 22, 2025
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	Speaker	Presentation Title
9:00 – 10:00 AM EDT	Keynote Speaker: Ana Barcus	Everything Everywhere All At Once.
BREAK
10:15 – 11:15 AM	Farah Farahati and Hossein Zare	Advancing Equity Through Medicaid Expansion: Leadership Lessons from CKD Burden Analysis
11:30 – 12:30 PM	Pelle Limburg, Johan Ninan, Alfons van Marrewijk, and Kirsten van Zalinge	How can we learn in projects? Improving cost estimation in Dutch road projects
1:00 – 2:00 PM	Gary Cokins	EPM / CPM – Barriers, Impacts of AI, and Getting Started
2:15 – 3:15 PM	Douglas Bower	Apply AI and Earned Value to Manage Your Project Portfolio
3:30 – 4:30 PM	Ravi Kalluri	Applying Transformational Leadership Theory to Graduate Education: A Pedagogical Framework for Enhancing Critical Thinking and Professional Development
4:30 – 4:35 PM	Les Stein	Closing Remarks