Why Speak at ELEVATE 2025?

As a speaker, you will:

• Showcase Your Expertise: Gain recognition as a thought leader in your field.
• Expand Your Network: Connect with peers, innovators, and key industry players.
  
• Influence the Future: Inspire and equip the next generation of project leaders.
  
• Access Exclusive Content: Receive early access to conference materials and insights.
  
• Boost Your Professional Profile: Highlight your contributions to an international audience.
  

 

What You’ll Receive

To show our appreciation, all speakers will receive:

• A complimentary conference pass, including access to sessions, workshops, and networking events.
  
• Recognition on the conference website, promotional materials, and social media.
  
• A platform to promote your work and expand your reach globally.

Conference Topics and Expectations

Below are the topics for ELEVATE 2025, designed to guide your submission. Each topic includes a detailed description to help you prepare a presentation or workshop that aligns with the event’s goals.

 

1. AI in Project Management: Transforming Decision-Making

Explore how AI is reshaping project management by enabling predictive insights, automating tasks, and enhancing decision-making. Share practical applications of AI tools, discuss integration challenges, and highlight the skills project managers need to adapt.

2. Sustainability in Project Execution: Beyond Compliance

Help participants embed sustainability into project planning and execution. Discuss strategies like green procurement, circular economy principles, and aligning sustainability with project KPIs. Include real-world examples to demonstrate the value of sustainable practices.

3. Leading Hybrid Teams: The New Normal

Dive into the challenges and solutions of leading hybrid teams. Share insights on overcoming communication barriers, building trust, and maintaining engagement. Provide practical tools and strategies for leaders managing remote and in-office teams.

4. Cybersecurity and Project Integrity

Guide attendees on protecting project data and ensuring cybersecurity within project workflows. Highlight threats, mitigation strategies, and the importance of aligning cybersecurity with project governance. Use case studies to illustrate best practices.

5. The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Project Success

Explain how Emotional Intelligence (EQ) impacts leadership, team dynamics, and project outcomes. Provide actionable strategies for developing EQ, managing conflicts, and fostering collaboration. Include examples of how EQ contributes to project success.

6. Agile and Hybrid Methodologies for Modern Challenges (Workshop)

Conduct an interactive workshop to teach Agile and Hybrid methodologies. Share hands-on activities and tools like Jira or Trello. Help attendees understand how to blend flexibility with structure in diverse project environments.

7. What Diversity Really Is: Creating Inclusive Project Teams

Expand the concept of diversity beyond visible traits to include cognitive and experiential differences. Share strategies for fostering inclusion, overcoming unconscious bias, and building high-performing teams. Include success stories and actionable steps.

8. Exploring the Metaverse for Project Simulations

Introduce the Metaverse as a training and simulation tool in project management. Share examples of immersive virtual environments for team collaboration, risk management, and crisis handling. Address accessibility and scalability challenges.

How to Apply

1. Submit Your Proposal: Provide a 150-250 word abstract summarizing your topic, key takeaways, and intended audience.
   
2. Speaker Bio: Include a 100-150 word biography highlighting your relevant experience.
   
3. Format: Indicate if your session is a presentation, panel discussion, or workshop.
4. 30 second video explaining the topic:  This video will be use for conference promotion via PMISCC social media. 

 

Submission Deadline: June 18, 2025

Ready to inspire, connect, and lead? Submit your proposal today and take your place among the pioneers shaping the future of project management.

Submit your application to events@pmiscc.org.