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Art of Projects 2024

Career-long learning and development

 

The Art of Projects 2024 Conference, organized by PMI Budapest and held on November 7, 2024, at the Bosch Innovation Campus, brought together project professionals from across Europe for a full day of learning, inspiration, and networking. The event featured compelling keynote presentations by global experts such as Lee R. Lambert, Lynn Shannon, and László Kónya, who shared insights on topics ranging from the evolving role of the project manager to global megatrends and personal branding. Attendees participated in diverse breakout sessions covering subjects like adaptability, intergenerational collaboration, and success factors in project management. The conference also included a vibrant engagement area, where the PMI Corner showcased innovations like the PMP Exam Simulator, PMI Infinity AI assistant, and interactive features such as the Selfie Wall and Curiosity Wall. The day concluded with a panel discussion on the future of project management, making the 2024 edition a memorable and impactful event for the PM community.
 

Speakers and session leaders

Keynote Speakers
  • Lee R. Lambert - PMI Fellow, Founder of the PMP
  • Lynn Shannon - PMI Board of Directors, Chair of the Compensation and Talent Committee
  • László Kónya - Managing Director, Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Hungary; Board Member-at-large, AmCham Hungary
 
Panel Discussion
Session leader: Dezső Dudás, MSc, PMP
Panelists:
  • LuAnn Pickard, PMP - Chair of the Board of Directors, Project Management Institute
  • Bálint Blaskovics, PhD, PMP - Head of Department, Program Director at Corvinus University
  • Dániel Juhász, MBA, PMP, ACP - Freelance Project and Program Manager, Partner at Zenith Vanguard
  • Georgina Hegyközi, PMP - Winner of the Young Project Professional Award (2022)
  • László Kónya, PMP - Board Member-at-large, AmCham Hungary
Breakout session leaders, moderators & speakers

Breakout Session #1 - moderator: Dóra Balogh, speakers:

  • Branislav Zobenica - Chapter President, PMI Serbia
  • Kristóf Dudás, MA - Academic Outreach Officer, PMI Austria
  • Yolanda Cabrera-Sybesma - Vice President, PMI-NL Chapter; CEO, CiNTL Pharma B.V.

Breakout Session #2 - session leader: Dr. Olusoji Owolabi, MSc, PMP - Vice President of Marketing, PMI Budapest, speakers:

  • Valéria Földi, Dr., PMP - Project Manager, Deutsche Telekom TSI Hungary
  • Gábor Kőmíves, PMP - Project Manager, Deutsche Telekom TSI Hungary
  • Ádám Csikós - Partner, Cushman & Wakefield Hungary
  • Eszter Osskó, MA - HR Consultant

Breakout Session #3 - session leader: Billal Ben-Redouane, PMP - Vice President of Professional Events, PMI Budapest, speakers:

  • Krisztina Varga - Business Leader, former CEO of Brendon, Oximio
  • Tamás Csépányi, PMP®, PMI-ACP®, SAFe® RTE - Agile Project Lead
  • Dániel Juhász, MBA, PMP, ACP - Freelance PM, Zenith Vanguard Partner

Breakout Session #4 - moderator: Bence Tuske, PMP - Vice President of B2B Connections, PMI Budapest, speakers:

  • Gábor Papp - Project Manager
  • Eszter Waszlavik - PMO Lead

Breakout Session #5 - session leader: Róbert Dénes - PMO, Bosch Engineering Center Budapest, speakers:

  • Péter Benedek Balog - Head of Academic Relations
  • Tamás Göndör - Product Engineering Coach
  • Zoltán Kosznai - Senior Expert, Hardware & DRBFM
  • Imre Szalóki - Senior Expert, Product Engineering & DRBFM

Breakout Session #6 - session leader: Virág Paczári - Single Membership Project Manager, speakers:

  • Andrea Fodor - Project Manager, Consultant, Projektcoach Consulting Kft.
  • Márk Barabás - Junior Project Manager, OTP Bank Nyrt.
  • Cvetkovic Teodorovic Angelica Laura - Senior IT Project Manager, MOL IT & Digital
  • Zsuzsanna Besze - IT Business Analyst, Cherrisk

Special Breakout - PMI Corner - session leader: Andrea Fazekas-Ruck - Senior Project Manager, Geomant-Algotech Zrt., speakers: 

  • Viktor Horváth, MSc, PMP - Vice President of Members, PMI Budapest
  • Zsófia Katona-Tajti - Vice President of Volunteers, PMI Budapest
  • Gabriella Takács, MSc, PMP, Prosci - Senior Project Manager, Career Coach, Mentor, bp Hungary
  • Ágnes Katalin Keresztessy, PMP, SAFe PO/PM, MA - IT Program Manager, ExxonMobil
 

11th Art of Projects Conference

How will artificial intelligence (AI) influence and transform the project management profession?

 

In 2023, the 11th Art of Projects Conference, organised by PMI Budapest, Hungarian Chapter and MOMART 2020 Marketing Ltd., took place with a number of distinguished speakers from the USA, UK and Hungary. The conference was held on 9th November 2023. The PMI Budapest, Hungarian Chapter once again hosted the largest international English-language project management conference in Central Europe, with more than 330 guests attending this year. The conference was held at one of the most important European automotive development centres of the international Bosch Group, the Bosch Budapest Innovation Campus, which was recently completed.

Speakers at the 2023 conference included:

  1. HUN - Dr. György Bőgel, Moderator of the day
  2. USA - Jennifer Tharp, PMP®, Chair of the Project Management Institute Board of Directors
  3. USA - Cornelius Fichtner, PMP®, CSM, Speaker and podcast host
  4. UK - Peter Taylor, PMP®, Speaker and Coach
  5. UK - Susie Palmer-Trew, APM, PMQ, MSc, Entrepreneur
  6. HUN - Tamás Fischl, PhD, Researcher, Robert Bosch Kft.
  7. HUN - László Milán Molnár, PhD, Head of the Budapest Engineering Centre for Automated Management, Robert Bosch Kft.

Presentations at the "Art of Projects 2023" Conference

 

Jennifer Tharp, PMP® USA flag
Chair Of The Board Of Directors at Project Management Institute
Powering the Project Economy


 

László Milán Molnár, PhD Hungarian flag
Automated Driving - Challenges of a highly changing business environment

 

Peter Taylor, PMP® USA flag
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on our Project Management world

 

Cornelius Fichtner, PMP®, CSM USA flag
Keynote Speaker and Podcast Host
Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: Revolutionizing the Way We Work

 

Tamás Fischl, PhD Hungarian flag
Manage AI in industrial projects

 

Susie Palmer-Trew, APM, PMQ, MSc United Kingdom flag
Artificial intelligence versus The People: is AI Guiding or Leading the Transformation

 

Presentations at the "Art of Projects 2022" Conference


Tony Appleby, MBA, CDir, PMP® Chairman of the Board of the Project Management Institute


 

Lela Machaidze, PMP®, MBA, BRMP, PMI-ACP PMI Tbilisi, Georgia Chapter Founding President

 

Greta Blash, PgMP, PMP®, PMI-PBA, PMI-ACP, DASSM, CDAI Hybrid Project Manager and
Stephen Blash, PMP®, PMI-ACP, DASSM Project Hybrid Professional

 

Kónya László, MBA, PMP® Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Managing Director

 

Zábori Balázs MSc, PhD, Fizikus, Space Engineer, CTO, Program Manager

 

Beth Ouellette, MBA, PMP®, PgMP, PBA, CDAI, DASSM, DAC PMI Fellow


The AOP 2022 speakers were:

  1. HUN - Dr. György Bőgel, Moderator of the day

  2. USA - Tony Appleby, MBA, CDir, PMP® Chairman of the Board of the Project Management Institute

  3. Georga - Lela Machaidze, PMP®, MBA, BRMP, Founding President of PMI-ACP PMI Tbilisi, Georgia Chapter

  4. USA - Greta Blash, PgMP, PMP®, PMI-PBA, PMI-ACP, DASSM, CDAI Hybrid Project Manager

  5. USA - Stephen Blash, PMP®, PMI-ACP, DASSM Project Hybrid Professional

  6. HUN - László Kónya, MBA, PMP® Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Managing Director

  7. USA - Beth Ouellette, MBA, PMP®, PgMP, PBA, CDAI, DASSM, DAC PMI Fellow

  8. HUN - Balázs Zábori MSc, PhD, Physicist, Space Engineer, CTO, Program Manager

 

Following the "Art of Projects" Conference, on 4th November 2022, PMI Budapest, Hungarian Chapter organized a Project Management Master Class event with Beth Ouellette and Greta Blash. During the morning, Beth gave a presentation on the practical use of the Disciplined Agile toolkit, while Greta discussed the difference between traditional, adaptive and hybrid approaches and the benefits of using different approaches.