Program Management Summit 2007  
Oct. 10 - Oct. 11, 2007
Ronald Reagan Building
Washington, DC

 Guide to the items below by date:
  Wednesday, October 10   Thursday, October 11

Wednesday, October 10
WHEN   DESCRIPTION
8:00AM-8:30AM
Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:30AM-9:30AM
Opening Keynote: Global, Strategic, and Program Drivers of E-Gov: Managing the Complexity through Your Agency
Tom Hughes
Chief Information Officer, Social Security Administration
9:30AM-10:00AM
Morning Coffee Break
10:00AM-11:15AM
Session 1: Leading from the Side -- Collaborative PM Strategies ~ 1.25 Category 4 PDUs
Gail Rissler
(Moderator)
Executive Vice President, Systems Solutions Group, McDonald Bradley
Mark Krzysko
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Business Transformation, Dept. of Defense
Dr. Gregory Parham
Chief Information Officer, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Dept. of Agriculture
Karla Timmons
Senior Advisor, HR Connect Program Office, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Dept. of the Treasury
11:15AM-11:30AM
Break
11:30AM-12:45PM
Session 2: Managing Risk Making Sound Decisions -- Real-World Scenarios for PMs ~ 1.25 Category 4 PDUs
Michael Lisagor
(Moderator)
President, Celerity Works
A. Andrew Anderson
Program Manager El Paso Sector, SBInet, Customs and Border Protection, Dept. of Homeland Security
Susan Camarena
Chief Knowledge Management Officer, Federal Transit Administration, Dept. of Transportation
Marilyn L Holland
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Dept. of Agriculture
1:30PM-1:45PM
Break
1:45PM-3:00PM
Session 3: Program Management Certification -- Reconciling the Requirements ~ 1.25 Category 4 PDUs
Albert Matera
(Moderator)
Acting Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer and Acting Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration
Julie Dunlap
Director, Census 2010, Lockheed Martin
Scott Fass
Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Lesley Field
Policy Analyst, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Linda Ott
Senior Certification Manager, Federal Acquisition Institute
3:00PM-3:15PM
Break
3:15PM-4:30PM
Session 4: 20/20 Hindsight -- Lessons from Recovering Programs ~ 1.25 Category 4 PDUs
Gail Verley
(Moderator)
Senior Advisor, Office of International Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Karen Kopf
Operations Director, FEDSIM, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration
COL Dennis McFadden
Chief, Army Pre-positioned Stock (APS) Operations, U.S. Army Materiel Command
Oscar Morales
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management, Division Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency
Thursday, October 11
WHEN   DESCRIPTION
8:00AM-8:30AM
Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:30AM-9:45AM
Session 5: A Program Manager's Guide to Privacy and Security ~ 1.25 Category 4 PDUs
Jim Litchko
(Moderator)
President, Litchko & Associates
Sally Wallace
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy/Records Management, Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Robert Wright
Former Chief, Plans and Program Management Unit, Special Technologies and Applications Section, Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Justice
9:45AM-10:00AM
Break
10:00AM-11:15AM
Session 6: Program Manager's Town Hall Meeting: Using Practical Strategies to Address PM Challenges ~ 1.25 Category 4 PDUs
Independent Program Oversight, EVM, Best Practices, Automation
Emory Miller
(Moderator)
Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Robbins-Gioia
Dennis Hall
Visiting Faculty, IRM College, National Defense University
John Hope
Program Management Executive for the Office of Information Technology Program Management, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Justice
John Neave
Office of Project Management Oversight, EM-53 Office of Environmental Management, Dept. of Energy
11:15AM-11:30AM
Break
11:30AM-12:30PM
Session 7: Creating Effective Virtual Teams for Collaborative Program Management ~ 1 Category 4 PDUs
Teresa Bozzelli
(Moderator)
Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, IDC Government Insights
Randy Adkins
Director, Knowledge Management Center of Excellence, U.S. Air Force Materiel Command
Ronald Simmons
Director of KM Integration, MCCDC, U.S. Marine Corps
12:30PM-12:45PM
Break
12:45PM-2:15PM
Luncheon Keynote: Top Ten Tips On Acquisition Management for Program Managers
John Nyce
Associate Director for the Acquisition Services Directorate, National Business Center, Dept. of the Interior