PMI Silicon Valley
2019 Annual symposium
LEADING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE ERA OF INNOVATION
Event Dates
Mon, 14 Oct - Tue, 15 Oct, 2019
About The Event
Join us for the 2019 Annual PMI Silicon Valley Chapter Symposium in the heart of Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Our two-day symposium schedule includes two outstanding keynote speakers, ten impactful presentations and opportunities to learn. The second day will be fully dedicated to Open Space.
Event Address
Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Time
Mon to Tue (8:30 am-5:00 pm)
14 - 15 October, 2019
RAMIYA IYER
Opening Keynote Speaker
Ramiya Iyer leads the technology teams for digital, data and pharmacy. Her leadership team is focused on acceleration of innovation and investment in digital technology as well as modernizing our legacy core store systems.
Prior to joining Albertsons, Ramiya was the Vice President of the e-commerce technology group at Levi Strauss & Co. She was instrumental in building and scaling e-commerce platforms and analytic capabilities worldwide. Prior to Levi's, she held various IT leadership roles at Walmart.com and SamsClub.com, leading the technology, engineering, and product teams to incorporate new technologies for search, analytics, and rich, personalized consumer experiences.
KIMBERLY WIEFLING
Closing Keynote Speaker
Kimberly Wiefling helps individuals, teams and organizations achieve what SEEMS impossible, but is merely difficult. How? By turning managers into leaders and groups of people into real teams through her unique "WorkShocks" - highly engaging, experiential, interactive "Learning Laboratories" where meaningful positive change happens.
DEEP EXPERIENCE with GLOBAL COMPANIES: Kimberly has worked all over the US, Europe and Asia, traveling to Japan over 100 times, to work with culturally diverse employees of globalizing Japanese companies. Her superpower is bringing people with diverse backgrounds, cultures; styles together, across borders and boundaries of every kind, to achieve what none could do alone. See details of her work at Silicon Valley Alliances.
Event Schedules
Monday, 14 October
07:00 - 9:00 AM
Registration, Breakfast and Networking
Venue
Main Hall
08:55 - 09:55 AM
Opening Keynote
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Ramiya Iyer
10:00 - 10:55 AM
Program Design for Digital Transformation
Venue
Room J
Speaker
Melissa Hui
10:00 - 10:55 AM
From Project Managers To Value Catalysts -Digital Transformation’s Impact On Project Management
Venue
Room K
Speaker
Lejla Čizmić
10:55 - 11:05 AM
Break
11:05 AM - 12:00 PM
Emotional Intelligence: An Essential Tool for Successful Digital Transformation
Venue
Room J
Speaker
Susan G. Schwartz
11:05 AM - 12:00 PM
Applying Project Management Practices to R&D
Venue
Room K
Speaker
Kerstin Gammon
12:00 - 01:00 PM
Lunch, Exhibition and Networking
01:00 - 01:55 PM
Leading Digital Transformation: A Case Study
Venue
Room J
Speaker
Avinash Patil
01:00 - 01:55 PM
Shift Happens: Realizing Organizational Transformation Projects
Venue
Room K
Speaker
Tom Kendrick
02:00 - 02:55 PM
Innovation for Continuous Improvements in the Digital World
Venue
Room J
Speaker
Anup Deshpande
02:00 - 02:55 PM
Practical Digital Transformation for the PMO
Venue
Room K
Speaker
Vishwa Shroff and Olga Zhuravel
02:55 - 03:05 PM
Break
03:05 PM - 04:00 PM
The Program Manager's Guide to Driving Strategic Transformational Change
Venue
Room J
Speaker
Faten Hijazi
03:05 PM - 04:00 PM
Digital Transformation Effects on Workplace and Leadership
Venue
Room K
Speaker
Sonja Koppensteiner
04:05 PM - 05:05 PM
Afternoon Keynote
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Kimberly Wiefling
Tuesday, 15 October
Open Space
08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
Welcome
Venue
Main Hall
Facilitator
Andrew Webster
09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Open the Circle
Facilitator
Ainsley Nies
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Session 1
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Session 2
Noon - 01:00 PM
Session 3 - Lunch
01:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Session 4
02:15 PM - 03:00 PM
Session 5
03:15 PM - 04:00 PM
Session 6
04:15 PM - 04:45 PM
Closing the Circle - Event Feedback and Appreciations
Facilitator
Andrew Webster
04:45 PM - 05:00 PM
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