Pre Conference Forums

ProjectWorld November Pre-Conference Forums

In the morning you’ll learn from Senior Level Practitioners sharing strategic best practices on PMOs and Portfolio Management. Then choose your path… Either the Portfolio Management Breakout Sessions or the Project Management Office Breakout Sessions.

8:00	Opening Remarks
8:15	Leveraging Enterprise Architecture, PMO, and ITIL Together to Drive Business Efficiency and Savings in these Challenging Times David Buckholtz Vice-President, Enterprise Technology & Quality, Sony Pictures Entertainment
9:15	Project Portfolio Management – A View From The Trenches San Retna Vice President of IT Effectiveness & Optimization, Safeway, Inc. Chairman, EPMC
10:15	Networking Break
10:30	A Tale of Project Management Diversity: How Project Management Principles Enable Tortoise and Hare Environments to Co-Exist Jan Asbjornsen Manager, Project Management Practices (IT), Starbucks Gerry Lefebvre Manager, Project Management (Beverage Research & Development), Starbucks

PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE		IT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
11:30	Leveraging the Strengths of a PMO to Add Value in Your Organization Gurpreet Singh Kanwar, PMP Manager, Custom Applications, NAV Canada	11:30	Implementing an IT PMO in the Natural Gas Distribution Vertical Penelope Logan Furry, PMP Manager, IT PMO, Atmos Energy
12:30 Luncheon
1:30	Beg, Borrow, Steal... and Sell it! – The Power of Drawing from Different Bodies of Knowledge to Hit a Bulls’ Eye Yan Cardineau Director, Product Development Process, PMO, Medtronic, Vascular	1:30	Answering the CEO’s question: What is the strategic value of IT? Ron Koestler, Director of IT, Tellabs
2:30	Energizing your PMO: How to Be a Leader in Times of Change Karl Popham Division Manager, PMO, Austin Energy	2:30	Best Practices for Implementing Service Portfolio Management for IT Nilesh Patel Director of Infrastructure Service Management, Enterprise Technology Services, Barclays Global Investors
3:30 Networking Break
4:00 – 6:00	Business Plan Immersion Lab Now it’s time to implement. You will meet with experts to learn the specific improvements your personal organization needs for success. You’ll walk with next steps and action points to implement as soon as you get back to the office.	4:00	Hot Topic Session If you’d like to speak during this session please contact Lisa Deutsch at LDeutsch@iirusa.com or 646.895.7482.
		5:00	The Journey to Formal PM and Portfolio Management Michael Schertz Senior Project Manager, Learning Training and Development, Boeing
6:00 Forums Conclude