Agenda and Program

Focus - Festival of Knowledge and Compentece, Annn Arbor, SEP
Festival Day (SEP 8, THU) - Festival of knowledge (PM 2025 - trends and expectation)
Duration Speaker Start Finish
Welcome, Introduction, Motto and Guidance (Baumann, Semolic, Goff) 0:10 Dr. Baumann 8:30 AM 8:40 AM
Part 1 - The scientific research side and input (sequence under discussion)        
Trend and tendency in the field of project management (key note)        
Keynote UfM, Chrysler, IPMA 0:25 T.B.D. 8:40 AM 9:05 AM
PM at the Ross Business School 0:20 Prof. Svaan 9:05 AM 9:25 AM
PM and trends at the UFPR in Brazil 0:20 Prof. dos Santos 9:25 AM 9:45 AM
PM and trends with complex projects (at the University in Kassel/ GER) 0:20 Schneider 9:45 AM 10:05 AM
Coffee Break 0:30   10:05 AM 10:35 AM
The importance of the human side for project success        
Transfer of new results of the brain research into project management (motivate to change behavior) 0:25 Dr. Baumann 10:35 AM 11:00 AM
The Human Side of Managing Risk in Complex Projects 0:25 Prof. Thamhain 11:00 AM 11:25 AM
Social Network - the future trend of communication within projects and enterprises 0:25 Dr. Squires 11:25 AM 11:50 AM
Introduction of the Hypothesis Market 2025 0:10 Dr. Baumann 11:50 AM 12:00 PM
Lunch Break 2:00   12:00 PM 2:00 PM
Part 2 - The needed harmonization between practice and research        
Project Management in the Industry (KOSTAL.) and expectations for 2025 0:30 Dr. Maisel 2:00 PM 2:30 PM
PM in an international context today and tomorrow (Brose North America) 0:30 Mr. Clements 2:30 PM 3:00 PM
Project Management in other industries - expectations for 2025 0:30 TBD, ESG 3:00 PM 3:30 PM
Coffee Break 0:30   3:30 PM 4:00 PM
Knowledge AND/ OR Competence - trends and tendencies in international PM Certification 0:45 Goff 4:00 PM 4:45 PM
First Results of Hypothesis Market PM 2025 0:30 Prof. Semolic, Dr. Baumann 4:45 PM 5:15 PM
Feedback 0:15 All 5:15 PM 5:30 PM
Dinner for Participants     7:30 PM open