We are looking forward to seeing all of you! As you prepare for your trip to College Park, Maryland, we have compiled some important information to help you plan your trip.  Please download our helpful Program Guide to help answer all your conference questions!

Program Guide

We are excited to offer a dynamic program full of experts and diverse opinions. This program will be modified depending on the number of papers received.

 

To watch the presentations or to view the presentation slides, please select the title of the presentation.

Please note, not all presentations took place during the conference. Some presentations may be missing slides or videos.

12th IPMA Research Conference Program

Friday, April 19th, 2024

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Welcome Cocktail in Atrium

Saturday, April 20th, 2024

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

10:30 - 11:00 AM

Break & Group Photo

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

A Paradigm Shift towards Sustainability, Adaptability and Human-Centeredness

Oyekunle, David; Okwudili Matthew; Ugochukwu Motomori Bakare, Kafayat; Olawale Fatai, Lateef; Asuni, Olasubomi

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Colony Ballroom

 

Workshop:

Leveraging GenAI in Project Marketing

Dušan Žarković

Carroll Room

Early Stage Research

Critical Performance Factors in BIM Projects Across Life-cycle Stages: A Network Perspective

Yang, Lin; Hu, Xinran; Lv, Xiaoyue

Governing the Co-Evolution of Urban Development Programs: A Case Study of Shenzhen Qianhai

Li, Yongkui; Zhang, Yueran; Wang, Mengqi; Luo, Sheng; Zhang, Yueran

 Exploring the Intersection of Machine Learning and Project Management: A Systematic Literature Review on the Potential Impact of AI on Project Management Processes

Carlotto, Marco; Mariani, Costanza; Mancini, Mauro

Banneker Room

Chatbots in Projects

Early Stage Research

The Intelligent PMO: Disrupting Project Management with Chatbots

Kelly, Éamonn; Daniels, Matthew; Kelly, John

Transformation of Project Management Through Intelligent Chatbot Tools

Stojiljković, Sara; Obradović, Vladimir; Todorović, Marija

Jimenez Room

Sustainability

Harmonizing AI with Project Management Phases for Sustainable Initiatives

Toljaga-Nikolić, Danijela; Stojiljković, Sara; Stepanović, Vladana

Early Stage Research

Enhancing Project Management in Smart and Sustainable Cities with AI-NLP Tools: A Preliminary Exploration

Torregrosa-López, Juan Ignacio; Peters, Barend-Daniëls; Miguel-Capdevila, Merce; Artacho-Ramírez, Miguel Ángel; Lo-Iacono-Ferreira, Vanesa G.

2:00 - 2:30 PM

Break

 

3:45 - 4:30 PM

Colony Ballroom

AI Walk & Talk

6:30 - 11:00 PM

Colony Ballroom

Research Awards Gala

Sunday, April 21st, 2024

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Colony Ballroom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PhD Panel:

Pitch Your Research in Progress

Martina Huemann

Carroll Room

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Award Winners Panel

Ding Ronggui

Banneker Room

The Impact of Blockchain Technologies on Project Management and the Complementary Role of AI

Wagner, Philipp; Wagner; Thomas; Wagner, Reinhard

Extraction Of Traffic Crash Locations From Text Narratives: A Zero-shot Approach Using Large Language Models

Arteaga, Cristian; Oh, Inhwa; Park, Changwoo; Park, Jee Woong

Yoon, Eunsang; Seo, Sungchul; Park, Changwoo; Hong, Seongyeoll; Park, Jeenyoung

10:30 - 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Colony Ballroom

Meet the Editors

Moderators: Martina Huemann, Miroslaw Skibniewski

Cecil Chua, Nathalie Drouin, Young Hoon Kwak, Vladimir Obradović, Mladen Vukomanovic

Carroll Room

AI Perspectives: Industry and Government

Moderator: Tim Jaques

Kevin Jackson & John Dreissnack

12:30 - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 PM

Carroll Room

Ethical Challenges

Early Stage Research

Ethical Challenges in Project Management

Oyekunle, David Oyewumi Taiwo; Preston, David

Early Stage Research

Management of R&D Projects Based On Evaluating Scientific Productivity Using Publications Clustering

Kuchanskyi, Oleksandr; Biloshchytskyi, Andrii; Biloshchytska, Svitlana; Toxanov, Sapar; Mukhatayev, Aidos

Banneker Room

Early Stage Research

Project Resilience Management Model

Montenegro, Maria Alessandra;Obradovic, Vladimir; Todorovic, Marija

AI & Risk

Investigating Tensional Knots in IPD Project Value Co-Creation Through the Communicative Processes

Huang, Shanshan; Xu, Xinge;He, Yuqi; Fu, Guohua; Ding, Qianxing

Early Stage Research

LLMs-based Risks Identification for Construction Contracts

Fu, Yongcheng; Qi, Xuan; Zhang, Lihan

Jimenez Room

Emerging Use Cases

AI for Project Plan Engineering

Vallet, Gilles

Behavioral Aspects of Decision Making: Are Project Managers Mad Hatters?

Obradovic, Tijana A. Pipić, Sonja; Stepanović, Vladana

Early Stage Research

Graph Neural Network Approach for Optimised Resource Allocation in Construction

Abdikenov, Beibit; Omirbayev, Serik; Aryn, Abay; Faizullin, Adil; Neftissov, Alexander

 

2:30 - 3:30 PM

Colony Ballroom

Closing Remarks

Monday, April 22nd, 2024

Washington, D.C. Excursion - $30/person

9:45 - 10:00 AM

Load Bus at Stamp Student Union

10:00 AM

Depart for Washington, D.C.

10:30 AM - 2:45 PM

Tour D.C.

2:45 - 3:00 PM

Load bus at designated location

3:00 PM

Return to Stamp Student Union

 

*Program subject to change

 

Cancellation Policy

  • All cancellations must be submitted in writing via email to rc2024@ipma.world.
  • Cancellation requests received on or before Sunday, April 7, 2024 are refundable, less a processing fee of $35. This includes requests to change attendee types (e.g. from in-person to online).
  • No refunds will be administered for requests received after Sunday, April 7, 2024.
  • A single registration may not be split between two attendees. Each individual attending is required to register at one of the available registration fees.