PMI EMEA LIM 2019: Full Schedule

09:00 IST

#205 - How to Engage Emerging Professionals with Your Local Chapter

Join this interactive session to hear emerging project management professionals share the WHY behind their engagement with local chapters. Ask questions and hear their insights on successful approaches to attract and keep young practitioners involved in your chapter’s activities.

At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:
1. Describe good practices for engaging emerging professionals.
2. Describe ways to keep emerging professionals engaged with the chapter.

Moderators

Cristina Olaru

Academic Programs Specialist, PMI

As Academic Programs Specialist for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, Cristina Olaru is responsible for leading the academic institutions engagement activities in these regions. In her role, Cristina is working to build sustainable relationships with universities and promote... Read More →

Speakers

Marcel Furmie, CAPM

Cape Town Branch Leader, PMI South Africa Chapter

Marcel serves as a Project Manager in an immensely successful Ed-Tech company in Cape Town, South Africa called GetSmarter. Over the past decade, Marcel has worked in a range of tech companies, starting at Microsoft at age 18 and pivoting to become a Linux systems administrator, before... Read More →

Elodie Marinier

Volunteer, PMI France Chapter

Elodie Marinier, 24 years old, is a student in her final year of master's degree, and preparing a final thesis on the theme of sponsorship in the esport sector. She also works as a business developer at PwC, working in sectors such as aeronautics, consumer goods and entertainment.She... Read More →

Omar Saleem

Volunteer, PMI UAE Chapter

Omar is based in Dubai with experience working with a global technology vendor, a telecom operator and a global market intelligence and advisory company.Volunteering at the PMI UAE chapter, he was responsible for doubling the number of chapter members from 2016 to 2018 and improving... Read More →

Zeina Assouad, PMP

Outreach Director, PMI Melbourne Chapter

Zeina has worked as a project manager for over eight years in both public and private sectors. Her experience spans a number of industries, including telecommunications, ICT and environmental services. She has been a member of PMI since 2011 and an active volunteer of the PMI Melbourne... Read More →

Prabhu Rajpurohit, CAPM

Secretary, PMI Mumbai Chapter

Prabhu Rajpurohit is a volunteer with PMI since 2009 and secretary at the PMI Mumbai Chapter, India. He is a B.Tech graduate from NMIMS University and also holds a CAPM certification from PMI. Prabhu has volunteered with the PMI Mumbai Chapter in multiple portfolios and is a regular... Read More →

Saturday May 11, 2019 09:00 - 10:15 IST
Wicklow Hall 2B, Level 2

Academic

Session Format Educational Session

14:15 IST

#220 - Leveraging Academic Institutions to Build the Pipeline of Future Practitioners

Attend this session to learn about PMI programs and resources that will help you engage academic institutions as channel collaborators. You will also have the opportunity to learn from fellow volunteers about successful activities they have engaged in for building relationships with universities and creating a valuable pipeline of future practitioners.

At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:
1. Describe good practices for engaging academic institutions as channel collaborators.
2. Identify proven activities used to build relationships with universities.

Speakers

Cristina Olaru

Academic Programs Specialist, PMI

Heather Ramsey

Manager, Academic Programs, PMI

Heather Ramsey joined PMI in 2013 and is the manager of Academic Programs with oversight of the Global Accreditation Center for Project Management (GAC) and outreach with university faculty and students and emerging professionals. Heather has over 26 years of experience in higher... Read More →

Emanuela De Fazio, PMP

Director of Education, PMI Central Italy Chapter

After graduating in Computer Engineering in 1999, she worked in different companies (Metoda, Oracle Italia, Alenia Marconi System, Selex, Finmeccanica); now she works in Leonardo Finmeccanica. Having different roles (software developer/analyst, consultant, project manager, C4ISR Product... Read More →

John McGrath

Director of Events, PMI Ireland Chapter

John McGrath is a project management professor and Course Director for the MSc Project Management at Technological University DublinPrior to entering academia, John spent over twenty years working as a project management consultant. His track record includes over 250 global companies... Read More →

Saturday May 11, 2019 14:15 - 15:30 IST
Wicklow Hall 2B, Level 2

Academic

Session Format Educational Session