CALL FOR PRESENTERS:
PW&WCBA 2011
Email to apowers@iirusa.com by April 1, 2011
From: Amanda Powers
Re: ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts®
Event Date: November 14-16, 2011
Location: Disney’s Contemporary Resort • Orlando, Florida
Website: www.projectworld.com
INDUSTRY ALERT: OFFICIAL CALL FOR PRESENTERS
Papers are being accepted on a rolling basis, we suggest you submit your proposal as early as possible.
The Institute for International Research (IIR) is currently seeking corporate practitioners, authors and
experienced facilitators to present at the 2011 ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts®
conference.
The event will take place November 14-16, 2011 at Disney’s Contemporary in Orlando, FL.
About this unique event:
PW&WCBA is the industry's year round resource for gaining cutting-edge insights through C-Level case
studies & corporate best practice presentations, exclusive Web Seminars, Learning Labs, including the
Annual PMO, Agile and Portfolio Management Forums.
Who and what are we looking for?
Experienced corporate practitioners, industry experts and qualifies facilitators sharing innovative case
studies, techniques and templates that attendees can implement as soon as they get back to the office.
Each presentation should demonstrate at least three tangible takeaways. We are looking for high caliber,
unbiased, industry speakers sharing real stories from within the trenches.
Please note: Decisions will be based on the alignment of the content with the 2011 agenda content,
feedback from the event advisors as well as on industry recognition and/or personal references. We expect
our speakers to move beyond the fundamentals.
We expect our speakers to move beyond the fundamentals.
2011 Presentation Topic Areas include, but are not limited to:
 What's New in Agile?
 The Mechanics of Business Process
Modeling
 Agile, tools, and metric tracking
 Negotiation Skills for Dealing with
 Cloud Risk: Managing the Risk and
Suppliers
Rewards of Cloud Computing
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Improved Elicitation Techniques
 Defining and Developing the next
generation of PMs
 Developing Excellent Scoping Skills
 Improving the Value of your PMO
 Agile Project Management
 IT Portfolio Management
 A Systematic Approach to Increase
Business Process Performance
 Soft and Leadership Skills
 Improving Service Levels with Your
 Risk Management
Stakeholders
 Building Program Management Expertise
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Business Analysis Planning and
 Motivating Teams and Increasing Team
Monitoring
Performance
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Developing a PM Toolkit: The Essentials
 Creating a Center of Excellence (both BA
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Implementing portfolio management
and/or PM)
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Risk management
 Demonstrating the Current Value of
Project Management and Business
 Estimating and identification of
Analysis to Your Organization
requirements
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Career Paths for the BA and PM - where
do you go after 5 years?
Using Six Sigma and LEAN to Improve
Project Management
Requirements Management and
Communication
Funding Models in a Tight Financial
Market
Leading Global Teams
Change Management
Reading Verbal and Non-Verbal Cues
Virtual Engagement
Lightweight Project Management Tools
vs. Heavyweight
Enterprise Analysis
Enterprise Architecture
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Business Rules: An Important Technique
to Capture and Discover What You Need
Green Practices for the PM and BA
Getting the Benefits of Consolidating, But
Without Doing So
The Current and Future State of the BA
Identify and Retain the Best and the
Brightest
Agile: Governance and Decision-Making
The Green IT Movement
Sustainable Portfolio Management
Practices
Development Techniques that are
Flexible and Responsive
SOA Governance
Integrating Business Architecture with
Human Performance
BONUS: In addition to the exposure and honor of being a speaker, speakers will also receive FREE
admission to the conference, access to the post-conference web seminar series as well as any preconference activities ($3,000+ value).
How to Get Accepted: Priority will be given to presentations that highlight NEW case studies on
pushing beyond the PMBOK and BABOK, presenting new skills, techniques and best practices for today’s
PM and BA worlds. ONLY corporate/client-side speakers will be considered. If you are a
consultant, solution provider, technology provider, analyst, or consultant, please see sponsorship/exhibit
section below.
Interested in sponsoring or exhibiting?
If you are a vendor or solution provider and are interested in showcasing your organization's expertise Please contact Jon Saxe, Senior Business Development Manager at jsaxe@iirusa.com or 646-895-7467 for
more information.
If you were not selected to present and are a vendor or solution provider, you may qualify for additional
speaking opportunities available through sponsorship.
CALL FOR PRESENTERS:
For consideration, please e-mail apowers@iirusa.com with the following information by Friday, April 1,
2011:
 Proposed speaker name, job title, and company name
 Contact information including address, telephone and e-mail
 Title of Presentation (one line, benefit focused)
 A brief summary of content to be delivered (no more than 75 words), followed by 3 bullet points
of what the audience will gain from your presentation (key audience takeaways)
 Previous conference speaking opportunities for the last 3 years
 Short bio of speaker (50-75 words)
NOTE: If your proposal is selected, portions of this submission will be printed in the brochure.
Additional Details:
 Commercialism and self-promotion are NOT permitted or tolerated. If this happens, you will
NOT be invited to return as a speaker.
 Travel, lodging and other expenses are the responsibility of the speaker.
Thank you for your interest in PW&WCBA. Please visit www.projectworld.com for more information.
All the best,
Amanda Powers
Conference Director
Institute for International Research
*Due to the high volume of submissions, only accepted speakers will be notified. If you are accepted
you will be notified by May 1.