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Leading the Charge

Leading the Charge

B3
 One Day
Managing the Virtual Workplace Forum: Wednesday - November 19 9:00AM – 5:00PM
9:00

Opening Remarks

Chairwoman: Karen Sobel Lojeski, Ph.D., Chief Evangelist Officer – VIRTUAL DISTANCE INTERNATIONAL
9:30

Uniting the Virtual Workforce: Improve Virtual Team Performance and Global Collaboration by Managing Virtual Distance

Chairwoman: Karen Sobel Lojeski, Ph.D., Chief Evangelist Officer – VIRTUAL DISTANCE INTERNATIONAL
10:30 Networking Break
11:00

Agile and the Virtual Workforce: Maintaining the Virtual Team

Pamela Johnson, Manager, Project Management - Enterprise IT Operations, THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
11:45

VIRTUAL HOT TOPIC SESSION

If you have a great story to share please contact Adam Desimone at adesimone@iirusa.com.
12:30 Luncheon
1:30

The Potential Risks And Pitfalls Associated With Communicating With And Managing A Virtual Workforce

Mark Fung-A-Fat, Director of Software Development &
Bonnie Cooper PMP, Director of the IT Program Office,
THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY/THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
2:15

Talent Management in the Digital Age – The Challenges and Opportunities

Amanda Valentino, Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition, GENENTECH
3:30 Networking Break
4:00

Scenarios and the Future of Social Computing

Daniel W. Rasmus, Director of Business Insights, MICRO
4:45 YOUR Space Collaboration Session
5:30 Forum Ends

One Day Workshops
Tuesday - November 18, 2008 9:00AM – 5:00PM
B8
B12

Building an Effective Meeting from the Ground Up: A Facilitator’s Toolkit

Kendra L. Vander Kamp, MBA, PMP, CSM, CQIA, Senior Consultant, Idearc Media Corporation, UPERPAGES.COM

LEAN Next Generation
Integrated Training Development

Bill Purpura, Technical Project Manager & Michael Schertz, Senior Project Manager Learning, Training, & Development, THE BOEING COMPANY
One Day Workshop
 Wednesday - November 19, 2008 9:00AM – 5:00PM
B13

We Have Project Management, So Why Are We Still Failing?

Lindsay Chamberlain, PMP, MLIS, Consultant, Vice Chair of Professional Development, PMI PMOSIG

Main Conference Track Session // Friday November 21, 2008
10:30

Change: Leading It, Managing It, Owning It

Judy Balaban, PMP
Vice President – Infrastructure Services Management & PMO
REALOGY CORPORATION
11:45

How to Choose the Right Projects Before You Start To Work On Them!

Peggy Chin, PMP
Director – Alliance Governance
PRUDENTIAL REAL ESTATE AND RELOCATION SERVICES
1:00
 Luncheon
2:00

A Team Based Approach to Accelerating Organizational Change

Pamela Denise Gladwell
President, Center for Quality of Management & Chief Quality Officer
GOAL/QPC
3:15
 Networking Break
3:30

Track closed.

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4:45
 Conference Concludes