
PM SUMMIT 2021 THE YEAR OF COVID-19: STORIES OF PROJECT DISRUPTION, LEARNING AND REIMAGINING
Day of Summit: 27 March 2021
Time: 8am-5pm
Virtual Platform: Zoom
TOTAL PDUs:
Leadership | 3.25 | |
Strategy/Business | 1.5 | |
Technical | 2.5 | |
PDUs | Total | 7.25 |

8:00-9:00 | Welcome and Keynote Address - PDUs: 1.0 Leadership |
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Time | Presentation | Speaker & Title |
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8:00-8:05 | Welcome | Dr. Lynn Keeys: Chair, PM Summit 2021 |
8:05-8:15 | Welcome to the PM Summit | Tunde Ojo-Aromokudu: Acting President, PMI South Africa Chapter |
08h30 - 09h30 | PM Summit Theme | Dr. Lynn Keeys: Chair, PM Summit 2021 |
8:25-8:55 | Keynote: Storytelling and Leading in Unpredictable Times | Mimi Kalinda: Group CEO/Co-founder, Africa Communications Group |
8:55-9:00 | Introduction of session 1 | Bev Hancock: PM Summit Moderator |
9:00-10:00 | Story: Project Servant Leadership in times of Covid Project Execution--A real-life story of successful project execution and leadership in a Covid lockdown scenario - PDUs: 1.0 Leadership |
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12 minutes | Story teller | Mark Dare |
30 minutes | From Servant Leadership to Balanced Leadership. | Dr. Ralf Muller: Editor, Project Management Journal and Professor of PM, BI Norwegian Business School |
18 minutes | Q&A | Bev Hancock: Moderator |
10:15-10:30 | BREAK | BREAK |
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10:30-10:50 | Micro Skill Workshop: Project Communication during Times of Uncertainty - PDUs: 0.5 Technical |
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20 minutes | Presenter | Dr. Taryn Bond Barnard: Senior Lecturer/Researcher, University of Pretoria Graduate School of Technology Management, PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP) |
10 minutes | Weaving our Super Narrative | Bev Hancock: Moderator |
11:05-12:05 | Story: Sleepwell BnB--Finding Your Way in Disruption where Creativity Meets Entrepreneurialism in Project Management - PDUs: 1.0 Strategy/Business |
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12 minutes | Story teller | Nontembiso Nyikana: Owner of Sleepwell BnB |
30 minutes | Expert Conversation | Dr. Puleng Makhoalibe: Founder, Alchemy Inspiration |
- | - | Petunia Matlala: Lecturer, University of the Western Cape & Milpark Education |
18 minutes | Q&A | Bev Hancock: Moderator |
12:05-12:50 | LUNCH | LUNCH |
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12:50-13:25 | Micro Skill Workshop: Delivering Customer Value whilst Navigating the Tsunami of Change - PDUs: 0.5 Strategy/Business |
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20 minutes | Presenter | Karin van Rooyen: Cofounder, PM.Ideas, PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP) |
10 minutes | Weaving our Super Narrative | Bev Hancock: Moderator |
13:25-14:25 | Story: The Red Dot Taxi Project--Stakeholder Engagement as Positive Disruption, Transformation, and Empowering an Industry - PDUs: 1.0 Technical |
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12 minutes | Story teller | Rogeema Kenny |
30 minutes | Expert Panel | Tunde Ajia: Project Management Consultant and Strategy Advisor |
- | - | Pascal Bohulu Mabelo: Expert in Large Infrastructure Projects |
- | - | Louise Worsley: Lecturer, MSc in Project Management, University of Cape Town |
- | Moderator | Dr. Lynn A. Keeys: Chair, PM Summit 2021 |
18 Minutes | Q&A | Bev Hancock: Moderator |
14:25-14:40 | BREAK | BREAK |
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14:40-15:15 | Micro Skill Workshop: Covid-19 Related Delay and Disruption Claims - PDUs: 0.5 Technical |
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20 minutes | Presenter | Mahdi Goodarzi: Founder & Director, GapsFree, PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP) |
10 Minutes | Weaving our Super Narrative | Bev Hancock: Moderator |
15:20-15:40 | Micro Skill workshop: Five Digital Tools to Help You Manage and Deliver Projects in the Virtual Environment - PDUs: 0.5 Technical |
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20 Minutes | Presenter | Dr. Puleng Makhoalibe: Founder, Alchemy Inspiration |
15:45-16:30 | Keynote Presentation: Ashwini Bakshi, PMI Managing Director, Europe and Sub Saharan Africa - PDUs: 0.45 Leadership |
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30 Minutes | Leadership as Changemaking - From Vision to Impact | Ashwini Bakshi: PMI Managing Director, Europe and Sub Saharan Africa |
15 Minutes | Q&A | Dr. Lynn Keeys: PM Summit Chair |
16:30-17:00 | What have we learned? The Presentation of the Super Narrative - PDUs: 0.5 Leadership |
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30 Minutes | Presenters | Bev Hancock: moderator |
- | - | Agalya G.S: Graphic Facilitator |
- | - | Dr. Lynn A. Keeys: PM Summit Chair |
17:00 -17:30 | NETWORKING | NETWORKING |
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