*Presentations not available

†No presentation slides

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 -- Project Management Session

Topic

 Speaker

Opening Remarks†

Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration

Welcome and Project Management Update

Michael Peek, Director, Office of Project Management

(Presented by John White, Deputy Director, Office of Project Management)

Plan for Disruptive Technologies*

William “Bill” Eggers, (Project Management Institute, Executive Director of Deloitte’s Center for Government Insights)

Uranium Processing Facility Technology Maturation: Microwave Casting

Jim LaForest, Uranium Processing Facility Project Office

Earned Value Management as a Management Concept†

Patrick Finneran, Accelerated Performance Solutions LLC

Changing the Culture in Capital Projects

Kathye Segala, Associate Laboratory Director, Capital Projects, Triad LANL

Advanced Photon Source Upgrade Project

Frank Gines, Federal Project Director

Jim Kerby, Project Manager, Argonne National Lab

Office of Environmental Management, Projects Perspective

Norb Doyle, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Acquisition and Project Management

Office of Science Project Perspective and Update on the Project Leadership Institute

Ron Lutha, Acting Associate Director, Office of Project Assessment
Ben Brown, PLI Program Manager
Jeff Sims, Director, Project Leadership Institute

National Nuclear Security Administration, Projects Perspective

Robert Raines, Associate Administrator for Acquisition and Project Management

K-West, Maintenance and Storage Facility Mockup

Mark French, Federal Project Director, Richland Operations Office

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 -- Project Management Session

Topic

Speaker

DOE Budget Perspective†

Randall Hendrickson, Acting Chief Financial Officer

Technology Impacts: Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Project Lessons Learned

Reinhard Knerr, Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office

GAO High Risk List Update and Review Takeaways*

Allison Bawden, Director Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office

Construction Economics

Anirban Basu, Chairman and CEO of Sage Policy Group

Integrated Master Schedules

Derek Lehman, Washington River Protection Solutions, and
Energy Facility Contractors Group, Schedule Subgroup Lead

Ethics*

Dr. Marianne Jennings, William P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University

Analysis of Alternatives Best Practices

Steven Ho, Director, Office of Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation

The Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States†

Edward McGinnis, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Nuclear Energy

Federal Project Director Perspective

Federal Project Director of the Year

Thursday, April 25, 2019 -- Project Controls Session

Topic

Speaker

Opening Remarks†

Michael Peek, Director, Office of Project Management

Research Study with ASU: Earned Value Management System Maturity Level Rating Index

Dave Kester, Project Controls, Office of Project Management
Mounir El Asmar, Arizona State University

Project Management Institute Earned Value Management System Practice Guide Update

John Post, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

CACRAC (Current, Accurate, Complete, Repeatable, Auditable, and Compliant)

Craig Hewitt, Washington River Protection Solutions, Energy Facility Contractors Group

Project Assessment & Reporting System (PARS) Update

Zac West, Office of Project Management

Contractor Self-Governance

Tony Spillman, Washington River Protection Solutions, Energy Facility Contractors Group

Additional Presentations

Office of Policy and Program Support

Ivan Graff, Policy Curator, Office of Project Management

PMCDP Update

Linda Ott, Professional Development Division Chief, Office of Project Management

*Presentations not available

†No presentation slides