Virtual Lunch and Learn Summit: Impact of COVID-19 on the Project Profession

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The current crisis has disrupted organizational and societal activities. Project Managers are adaptable and like many other professions, we have implemented remote working and virtual operating practices. This summit is an opportunity to share experiences, challenges and strategies for delivering our project activities in the near future.
TIME ACTIVITY
1:00 Opening and expectations for the day
1:10 Opening Activity: What have we changed in our Project Management Practice?
1:20 Keynote Presentation: Preparing for Disruption, Detail is the enemy
1:40 Keynote discussion
1:50 Research and Education Perspective on Post Covid PM
2:20 Professional Associations perspective on PM Post Covid
2:30 Group discussion and summary points for distribution

Keynote Speaker: Roland Spiers – APM Registered Project Professional (RPP) & MAPM

Roland’s career was with HM Customs & Excise then HMRC – His experience covers VAT Auditing, Investigation, Land & Property Policy (Including defence of Policy @ European Court of Justice) as well serving time on the front line of Preventive Duties at Docks & Airports across London & the South Coast – but it is his time with the organisations Estates Directorate that Roland became involved with Project Management. One of the first in HMRC to gain MAPM and then RPP – Roland managed over 3,000 projects in rationalising, optimisation & vacation of estate. He led HMRC’s Special Project Team during the preparation for BREXIT and it is from that he draws on Project Managing through times of uncertainty & disruption. Having left HMRC last September Roland is now an independent Project & Change Management Consultant.