Welcome Global Summit 2024 Los Angeles
Demographics
Know your audience! This is a useful resource when preparing your presentation.
What Are We Looking For?
Global Summit is focused on providing opportunities for attendees to:
Discover smarter ways of working
Connect with the PMI global community
Advance their career and skillsets
For Global Summit, we are looking for sessions that:
- Are by PMO leaders for PMO leaders
- Address project success with AI
- Focus on real life examples of how project management can be a force for good
- Will enhance attendees’ power skills, build their business acumen, and find ways to work smarter, and
- Have practical, tangible and precise takeaways for attendees.
What types of sessions do Global Summit attendees rate highly?
Sessions where the presenters:
Demonstrate expertise on their topic
Present the material in an engaging way
Provide tangible takeaways to attendees
Share new approaches and solutions
Below is a list of topics that we're looking for.
Agile | Change Management | Environmental Social & Governance Law (ESG) | Innovation | PMO | Requirements Management | Stakeholder Engagement | Ways of Working |
Artificial Intelligence | Communication | Earned Value Management | Leadership | Portfolio Management | Resource Management | Strategy | Work Breakdown Structures |
Benefits Realization | Complexity | Estimating | Organizational Culture | Procurement | Risk Management | Sustainability | |
Business Acumen | Cost Management | Ethics | Organizational Project Management | Program Management | SCRUM | Talent Management | |
Business Analysis | Decision Making | Governance | Outsourcing | Project Integration | Scheduling | Teams | |
Career Development | Disciplined Agile Delivery | Hybrid | Project Management Education | Quality Management | Scope Management | Using PMI Standards |
Rules of Engagement/Requirements
Only presentation proposals submitted online and by the published deadline will be considered.
While more than one presentation proposal may be submitted, please note that acceptances are limited to a maximum of one per person.
One co-presenter may participate and co-presenter information must be shared at time of submission.
Submitter is the lead presenter and primary point of contact. Lead presenter is responsible for sharing communications from PMI Speaker Team with co-presenter.
Use clear, error-free language and note word limits for titles and descriptions.
PMI retains the right to modify titles and descriptions for marketing purposes.
Avoid all commercial bias; content is to be educational in nature, neutral and unbiased, free of commercial motive/intent.
Priority given to presentation proposals that include original content that has not been presented elsewhere.
Accepted presenters:
Must adhere to published deadlines (see chart below for milestones),
Will prepare a draft presentation that will be reviewed by subject matter experts,
Will participate in a virtual practice session with a subject matter expert,
Must observe any intellectual property rights, and
Must register for the event; registration is complimentary for a lead presenter. A co-presenter will be offered a discounted registration rate.
Global Summit Programming Timeline
Developing a conference is just like a project! Below are the milestones for participation. Take note of the dates as these will impact you.
(Note: dates are subject to change.)
IMPORTANT DATES FOR VOLUNTEER SPEAKERS:
(Note: dates are subject to change.)
For Presentation Proposals:
January 8 - February 29 | Call for Presentations Open Deadline to submit presentation proposal is NO LATER than February 29, 11:59 p.m. ET |
Week of 1 April | Notification of presentation proposal status sent to submitters. |
For Accepted Presenters:
5 April | Deadline 5 April for Accepted Presenters to:
Please Note: PMI offers one complimentary registration to the lead presenter and up to one discounted registration for a co-presenter. |
17 April | Speaker Webinars
Option 1: 17 April from 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
1 July | Draft Presentation DUE by 1 July 11:59 p.m. ET |
17 June - 2 August | Virtual Practice Sessions to be held with Subject Matter Experts Need to be completed NO LATER than 2 August |
8 August | Final PowerPoint presentation DUE Need to be submitted NO LATER than 8 August at 11:59 p.m. ET |
10 September | Webinar "What to Know Before You Go" at 9:00 a.m. ET. |
18-21 September | PMI® Global Summit Los Angeles, CA Presenters must arrive in event city and check in at speaker registration at least 24 hours in advance to schedule presentation date. |