Explore the Agenda
7:00 am Check-In & Networking
8:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Redefining the Project Controls Landscape
8:10 am Defining the Remit of Project Controls as a Function to Maximize ROI Through a Period of Rapid Technological & Industry Change
- Exploring how the remit of Project Controls varies across organization types and sizes, and the benefits and limitations of each model
- Recognizing how strategic enrichment of the role through automation is reshaping skills required of the future workforce: How do we ensure we don’t lose the value of the function or role of a controller on projects?
- Defining project versus program controls to scale traditional models to the modern megaproject portfolio effectively
8:50 am Panel Discussion: Finding & Recruiting the Next Generation of Project Controllers to Future-Proof Your Team
- Broadening the recruitment pool beyond traditional construction and engineering backgrounds to attract diverse, aligned skillsets
- Positioning project controls as an attractive career pathway by highlighting opportunities afforded by the skills acquired
- Developing hybrid career paths that let early career hires rotate between field operations, planning and cost control
10:00 am Morning Refreshments & Speed Networking
Track 1: Developing Your Project
Controls Function
Expanding Functional Impact
10:40 am Securing Organizational Understanding & Buy-In to Project Controls as a Way to Maximize Project Profitability
- Defining and measuring the impact of project controls across different layers of your organization
- Presenting and communicating the value of controls clearly to different stakeholders to strengthen alignment and ensure buy-in sticks
- Ensuring ease of access to controls resource and assets to strengthen engagement with the function
11:20 am Case Study: Transforming Controls from a Standalone Function into an Integrated Partner for Enhanced Project Outcomes
- Demonstrating how integration of controls in project teams strengthens forecasting accuracy, risk management and project delivery
- Structuring your team’s resources to position project controls as a core partner to key functions, like construction, operations, finance and strategy teams, while balancing resource constraints
- Ensuring strong communication and teamwork to engage both technical staff and executives effectively by building trust in data and advice
Track 2: Data Driven Project Controls
Delivering Accurate Insights
10:40 am Determining the Right Level of Detail to Track Project Data to: How Do You Balance Accuracy with Efficiency When Working with Multiple Partners?
- Evaluating the various cost breakdown structures, and the benefits and limitations of each for getting granularity without overwhelming teams with unnecessary detail
- Scaling standard data structures to match client requirements: how do we manage realistic expectations of what will be achievable?
- Simplifying data capture in the field to encourage accurate data integration into schedules and estimates
11:20 am Panel Discussion: Building a Clear Data Governance Framework to Improve Accurate, Predictive Decision- Making
- Defining what data governance means and why it’s important across your organization
- Establishing clear structures, categories and standards for all partners to adhere to
- Implementing easy to use technology workflows that enable engagement at every level of the project team
- Ensuring data governance frameworks implemented are priming your organization for AI adoption
12:30 pm Lunch Break
Track 1: Right-Sizing Controls for Maximum ROI
1:30 pm Scaling Teams & Systems to Support Portfolio Growth Most Efficiently
- Evaluating where organizations sit on the maturity curve of project controls
- Understanding an effective model to apply shared services consistently across multiple projects
- Empowering project teams through rotational learning and decision-making frameworks to decentralize controls through the wider organization
- Examining how organizational structures must adapt as the business grows
2:10 pm Audience Discussion: Right-Sizing Controls Programs to Match Project Scale & Client Requirements to Maintain Standards of Service on Every Project
- Creating a baseline for all projects that meets organizational and code expectations, but doesn’t burden small projects in the process
- Evaluating the flexibility required to adapt and scale reporting formats to individual client preferences
- Creating standard templates for projects of different sizes and scales to support consistent, high-quality outputs to clients
Track 2: Integrating Systems & Data
1:30 pm Working With Analytics Teams to Integrate Data into a Single Source of Truth to Deliver Actionable Insights Faster
- Evaluating the common disparities between fragmented datasets to align a plan to prepare data for integration
- Conducting a robust data cleaning process to ensure accuracy of data inputs
- Mapping the different types of solutions that can support data integration and the resource and investment requirements of each to choose the right path for your organization
- Managing change during the transition to a new data repository to ensure inputs are validated
2:10 pm Using AI to Evolve Monte Carlo Outputs & De-Risk Schedule Updates
- Exploring how AI agents can expedite evaluation of multiple simulation scenarios and support selection of the right project outcome
- Leveraging AI to continuously evolve simulations and provide more real time agility to project changes
- Translating simulation outputs into actionable insights for superintendents, schedulers and project managers to strengthen course corrections
2:40 pm Afternoon Refreshments
Maximizing Client Satisfaction
3:20 pm Clarifying the Distinction Between Client & Contractor Roles to Provide a Comprehensive Controls Program, Most Efficiently
- Exploring how contracting models are reshaping project controls obligations across owners, GCs and EPC firms
- Discussing the differences in reporting depth across clients and EPC partners that can complement one another’s systems
- Sharing practical lessons to bridge experience gaps and build alignment on roles to maximize cross-stakeholder efficiency
4:00 pm Audience Breakouts: Exploring Market Specific Best Practices to Refine Your Program Standards & Maximize Client Satisfaction
- Comparing how labor productivity and crew management are tracked differently from industry to industry
- Assessing current best practices for procurement of materials and indirect services in each secttor
- Understanding how work breakdown structures can be refined to best fit your industry and drive maximum efficiency in project controls reporting
4:40 pm Client Panel Discussion: Understanding What Owners Value Most to Drive Maximum Value for Their Business
- Assessing how inconsistent reporting standards impact owners and what they expect from contractor alignment on a project
- Defining the specific data points owners prioritize from contractors and EPC partners to drive project decisions
- Understanding how partner requirements in bidding and selection influence owner trust and project award decisions