Session Details
June 13th, 2025
665 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215
Room 1750 (17th Floor) Click to see image of entrance to the building.
| Time | Content | Comments (Speaker in Room unless Noted) |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome Comments | Conference Chairs and Megan Funaro, Assistant Provost for Operations, Boston University |
| 9:15 – 10:00 am | Reframing project success | Keynote Speaker: Ben Breen, PMI |
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | To AI or not AI: That’s The Question for Project Professionals | Ike Nwankwo, PMI, Kushagra Varma, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Kathleen Walch, PMI and Anil Sawhney, Boston University (Moderator) |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Networking Break and Vendor Demos | |
| 11:15 – 11:40 | Building a Culture of Ownership: An Aircraft Carrier Perspective (literally) | Tim Wharton, US Navy |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | PM Voices from the Field | BU MET Alums in industry Luis Arguelles and Fabio Mazzocco Rich Maltzman, Boston University (Moderator) |
12:00 – 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, PMI |
| 1:35 – 1:55 | The Art of Stakeholder Engagement: Innovative Approaches for Project Success | Professor Denise Arruda, PMI Mass Bay |
| 1:55 – 3:00 | AI Meets Construction: AI’s Role in Shaping the Built Environment | Ben Breen, PMI, David Morczinek, AirWorks, Dheekshita Kumar, Civcheck.ai, Aleksey Chuprov, Suffolk Construction, and Anil Sawhney, Boston University (Moderator) |
| 3:00 – 3:15 | Networking Break and Vendor Demos | |
| 3:15 – 3:55 | PM Voices from the Classroom | Student project presentations |
| 3:55 – 4:15 | PM Voices from the Field | BU MET Alums in industry Ben Awuah and Inthumathi Chandrasekaran Vijay Kanabar, Boston University (Moderator) |
| 4:15 – 4:35 | Hello! Humans! – The importance of HITL in PM | Professor Dave Silberman |
| 4:35 – 4:50 | Closing Keynote: Embracing Transformation Amid Evolving Project and Business Challenges | Karim Teli, CEO and Entrepreneur |
| 4:50 – 5:00 | Thanks, next year, and closing | Vijay Kanabar, Boston University |
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Note: We will Zoom and Record the Sessions except for the Tour.
Generous Breaks between Sessions for Q and A. Networking and Refreshments
Research Posters and Opportunity to Share Your Knowledge and Skills
(All registered participants will get two reminder updates and a Zoom link starting June 7 and June 12, 2025).
Post-Event Reception at BU Pub
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 14th 2025
| June 14, 2025 | Tutorials and Certifications | PMI Exam Preparation and PMI-CP (TBC) | Virtual |
Questions: Email – kanabar@bu.edu