June 13th, 2025

(All registered participants will get two reminder updates and a Zoom link starting June 7 and June 12, 2024).

Time	Content	Comments (Speaker in Room unless Noted)
9:15 – 9:30	Welcome Comments	Conference Chairs and Deans
9:30 – 10:15 am	Leadership in High-Stakes Projects: Navigating Challenges in Today’s Landscape	Keynote Speaker: Ben Breen
10:15 – 11:15 am	To AI or not AI: That’s The Question for Project Professionals	PMI, Industry, Academic Panel

11:15 – 11:30	Networking Break and Vendor Demos
11:30 – 11:50	Building a Culture of Ownership: An Aircraft Carrier Perspective (literally)	Tim Wharton, US Navy
11:50 – 12:10	PM Voices from the Field	BU Met Alums in industry Luis Arguelles and Fabio Mazzocco

12:15 – 1:15 Lunch, Vendor Demos, and Tour of the heat exchange area (top floors) of the CDS building, hosted by BU Sustainability

Time	Content	Comments (Speaker in Room unless Noted)
1:15 – 1:35	The PMI Viewpoint: AI x PM	Kathleen Walch
1:35 – 1:55	The Art of Stakeholder Engagement: Innovative Approaches for Project Success	Professor Denise Arruda
1:55 – 2:45	AI Meets Construction: AI’s Role in Shaping the Built Environment	Industry/Academic Panel
2:45 – 3:00	Networking Break and Vendor Demos
3:00 – 3:30	PM Voices from the Classroom	Student project presentations
3:30 – 3:40	PM Voices from the Field	BU Met College Alums Ben Awuah and Inthumathi Chandrasekaran
3:40 – 4:00	Hello! Humans! – The importance of HITL in PM	Professor Dave Silberman

4:00 – 4:30	Closing Keynote: Embracing Transformation Amid Evolving Project and Business Challenges	Karim Teli, CEO and Entrepreneur

Join us at the BU PUB for networking at Fuller’s BU Pub from 6:15 PM to 8 PM. Click here to see the website

June 15, 2024

Tutorials and Certifications

PMI Exam Preparation

Virtual

Questions: Email – kanabar@bu.edu