Schedule at a Glance

Saturday, October 27, 2007

7:30–3:00 

Community Service Day

6:30–8:30 

Welcoming Reception / Networking Event

Sunday, October 28, 2007

9:00–10:15

Keynote Address
Colonel Jeffrey A. Bedey
Commander, New Orleans Hurricane Protection Office, US Army Corp of Engineers

10:15–10:30

Break

10:30–11:45

Taking your PMP Certification to the Next Level
Archie Messersmit, IIL
Paul Marca, Stanford
Laura Williams, BU

What Your
Project Team
Isn't Telling You
Tim Johnson
CarpeFactum

Five Essential
Leadership Skills
Gabe Munoz
Entergy

Using Metrics
to Estimate Documentation and Other Projects
Paul Mueller
UserAid

Understanding Web 2.0 and Its Impact on Technical Communication
Scott Abel
The Content Wrangler

XML and Structured Authoring:
Is it right for your organization?
Kay Ethier
Bright Path Solutions

11:45–1:00

Lunch Speaker
Andrea Ames
IBM

1:00–2:15

Project Planning:
The Key to Success
Greg McCormick Cedar Canyon Consulting

The Added Value of Project Management
Yangping Chen
PMI Board of Directors

Preventing and Recovering
Troubled Projects
Meryl Natchez
TechProse

Using the “Balanced Scorecard” Approach to Measuring Project Success
Joan Lasselle
   Lasselle-Ramsay
Neville Fleet
   Cisco Systems

Introduction to Adobe Captivate
Neil Perlin
Hyper/Word

The Tao of DITA
Michael Priestley,
    IBM
Amber Swope,
   JustSystems

2:15–2:30

Break

2:30–5:00
Hands-on Workshops

Project Planning and Estimating Workshop
Dwight Davis
EDS

Critical Chain
Project Management
Adrianne Bush
Raytheon

Post-Katrina New Orleans: Is This the World's Largest Troubled Project?
Nancy Exnicios
IBM   

Taming
Microsoft Project
Martina Wood
Consultant

Creating Multimedia User Assistance Using Adobe RoboHelp 7 and Captivate
Neil Perlin
Hyper/Word

Advanced DITA Workshop
Robert Anderson
IBM

Monday, October 29, 2007-

8:00–9:00

Travis Christ, VP Marketing, and Joe Berry, CIO
US Airlines

9:15–10:30

Applying PMBOK Techniques to Non-traditional Projects
Susan Nelson
Booz Allen Hamilton

Peak Performance Project Management
Dwight Davis
EDS

Improving
Organizational Performance
Elizabeth Bailey
Countrywide

Using Wikis for
Fast and Furious Knowledge Management
Nicky Bleiel
ComponentOne

Trends in Software User Assistance
Joe Welinske
WritersUA

Content Management:
It's the People,
Not the Tool!
Rahel Bailie
Strategy A Consulting

10:30–10:45

Break

10:45–12:00

Program Manager (PgMP) Certification
Patti Harter
PMI Office

Selling Your
Project to Upper Management
Bob Annoni, STI

Simplify and Visualize Project Planning using OpenMind
Brandon Conrad
Matchware

MindMap Your Way to Project Success
Linda Oestreich, HP

Reducing Training Costs by Moving Courses Online
Phylise Banner Klein
Skidmore College

How to Save Big Bucks on Your CMS Implementation
Bernard Aschwanden
Bright Path Solutions

12:00–1:15

Lunch Speaker
Frank Saladis
International Institute for Learning

1:15–2:15

Introduction to
PMI OPM3^®
Walter Viali
PMO To Go

Project Management where English is the Second Language
Rick Bachofner
Bachofner Consulting

Practical, Cost-Effective Methods for Determining Stakeholder Needs
Kerrie Green
The Experience Lab

Shaping Up or Shipping Out:
How to Handle
Poor Performers
Kelly Shortt
CORPTAX

Accessibility:
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth
a Pound of Cure!
Char James-Tanny
JTF Associates

Content Analysis:
The Key to Content Reuse
Mollye Barrett
Ken Cooke Co.

2:15–2:30

Break

2:30–5:00
Hands-On Workshops

Assessing Your Organizational Maturity with OPM3
Walter Viali
PMO To Go

Expanding Your Project Management Toolkit
Tim Bombosch
Lasselle-Ramsay

Surviving
Office Politics   
Tim Johnson
CarpeFactum

Critical Preparation for Complex Organization-wide Projects
Rahel Bailie
Emma Hamer
Strategy A Consulting

Reducing Production Costs by Automating  Documentation Processes
Peter Lubbers
Oracle

Creating Web-Based Surveys
Bonni Graham 
   Scantron
Sharon Burton
   WonderWare

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

8:00–9:00

R. King Milling
Chairman, Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Restoration and Conservation
President, Whitney National Bank
President, America's WETLAND Foundation

9:15–10:30

Your Future as a Project Manager
Frank Saladis

Intro to Earned Value Management
Susan Woods
Elanor Haupt
PMI-CPM

Overcoming
Resistance to Change
Emma Hamer
Strategy A Consulting

Strategies for
Reducing Translation Costs
Brian Hertz, SDL
Jamie Wagner,
Endeavor Consulting

Managing eDiscovery Compliance
Johnette Hassell
Electronic Evidence Retrieval

Creating a Proposal Resource Center
Lynda Benjamin
Octant

10:30–10:45

Break

10:45–12:00

Lean Six Sigma
Milton Frank
PMO Link

Intro to Earned Value Management II
Susan Woods
Elanor Haupt
PMI-CPM

Trends in Project Management Tools and Technology
Panel Discussion

Automation, Alliances and Acquisitions: The Changing Landscape of Localization
Dan Johnson
Lingo Systems

Migrating to XML
Case Study:
Sterling Commerce
Bob Zebian
Sterling Commerce

Managing Proposal Development
Dick Eassom
SM&A

12:00–1:15

Lunch Speaker
Linda Oestreich
Hewlett-Packard

1:15–2:15

Creative Management Structures
Tricia Thomason
Robert Scott Carr
Miller Consulting

Organizational
Earned Value
Maturity Model
Susan Woods
Elanor Haupt
PMI-CPM

Honing Your Workplace Negotiation Skills
Steven Roosa
  Verizon
Peggy Gerace-Roosa
  Sandstone Enterprises

Multilingual Glossary Management: Is it Worth the
Investment?
Michael Cárdenas
Local Concept

Migrating to XML
Case Study:
Juniper Networks
Rajal Shah
Richard Hendricks
Juniper Networks

Streamlining Your Proposal Writing Process
Diane Borgwardt
Pearson

2:15–2:30

Break

2:30–4:30
Hands-on Workshops

Advancing Your Career with the PMI College of Performance
Management
Neil Albert, President

Reserved to Repeat Sanding-Room-Only Sessions

Honing Your Workplace Negotiation Skills
Steven Roosa
  Verizon
Peggy Gerace-Roosa
  Sandstone Enterprises

Translation
Coordination:
Bringing Together
GMSs, CMSs and
Other Key Ingredients
Jim Romano
Prisma International

Calculating the
Fiscal Return of Using XML and DITA
Amber Swope
JustSystems

Writing Winning
Grant Proposals
Judith Herr
Well Chosen Words

4:30–

Closing Event