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Keynote Speakers
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8:30 – 8:45: Opening and Welcome Address <\/strong>
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Welcome Speaker from the Host University<\/strong><\/p>\n

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8:45 – 9:15: Keynote I<\/p>\n

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9:15 – 9:45: Keynote II<\/p>\n

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9:45 – 10:15: Coffee Break<\/p>\n

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10:15 – 10:45: Keynote III<\/p>\n

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10:45 – 11:15: Keynote IV<\/p>\n

\"\"Lee R. Lambert<\/strong><\/span>
\nA Founder of the PMP<\/strong><\/span>
\nPowell, Ohio, United States<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Lee R. Lambert is considered throughout the world as one of the project management profession\u2019s thought leaders.\u00a0 He has been spreading the PM word for over 50 years and was one of the Founders of the PMP.\u00a0 Lee has been recognized by the Project Management Institute as one of only 85 PMI Fellows and in 2024 he received the Distinguished Leader in Project Management Award from the IEOM Society.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0He brings a \u201creal world\u201d message to those hoping to excel in their role of managing projects.\u00a0 His unique and humorous style creates an enjoyable and productive learning environment.<\/p>\n

Lambert has implemented four enterprise-wide project management information systems and his work in developing High Performance Teams has been judged a miracle.\u00a0 \u00a0He has prepared and delivered user training to thousands of employees at AT&T, IBM, General Electric, MicroSoft, Roche and countless others.\u00a0 His value-add consulting and training has been instrumental in creating successful PMOs to drive rapid implementation. He has provided \u201cpublic\u201d training programs for more than 50,000 professionals in 51 countries.\u00a0 Lee loves sharing his experience and knowledge on a variety of project management methodologies.<\/p>\n

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8:30 – 8:45 am: Remarks from Conference Chairs<\/p>\n

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8:45 – 9:15 am: Keynote V<\/p>\n

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9:15 – 9:45 am: Keynote VI<\/p>\n

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9:45 – 10:15 am: Coffee Break<\/p>\n

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10:15 – 10:45 am: Keynote VII<\/p>\n

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10:45 – 11:15 am: Keynote VIII<\/p>\n

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8:30 – 8:45 am: Keynote IX<\/p>\n

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8:45 – 9:15 am: Keynote IX<\/p>\n

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9:15 – 9:45 am: Keynote X<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Luis Rabelo<\/span>
\nProfessor<\/span><\/strong>
\nDepartment of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems<\/strong><\/span>
\nUniversity of Central Florida<\/strong><\/span>
\nOrlando, FL, USA<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Topics: New Ways to do Humanitarian Logistics Using Space Exploration Technologies<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Luis Rabelo received the BS in Electro-Mechanical Engineer from the Technological University of Panama in 1983, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1987 Master\u2019s and Doctorate in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri. He was a Postdoc at the University of Missouri in Nuclear Engineering. Dr. Rabelo received a dual MS in Systems and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has worked for the Advanced Technology Group (Goodrich) and Honeywell Laboratories. Dr. Rabelo was a NASA Fellow from 2002 to 2005, and a Project Manager at NASA from 2009 to 2011. He is currently Professor in the Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department at UCF. He is also the Undergraduate Coordinator. He has written more than 300 articles and a book in Artificial Intelligence. He has been the principal advisor for 39 Master\u2019s students and 29 PhDs. He received the award for the Best Scientific Article of the Year 2004 from the Society of Automotive Engineers, received the distinction \u201cONE NASA\u201d in 2006. He was the recipient of the Fulbright Distinction in 2008. In November 2008, he received the honor of the Technological University of Panama (UTP) of being the 2008 Distinguished Alumni. In 2011, he was the Henaac Award Winner in Education. In 2013 and 2018, he received the Forest R. McFarland Award from the Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE). Lately, he received the SAE Russell S. Springer Award for his article on the modeling of space operations systems in 2017.<\/p>\n

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9:45 – 10:15 am: Coffee Break<\/p>\n

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10:15 – 10:45 am: Keynote XI<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Nagajyothi Koripella<\/span><\/strong>
\nPro VC<\/strong><\/span>
\nBharatiya Engineering Science & Technology Innovation University (BESTIU)<\/strong><\/span>
\nGownivaripalli, Gorantla, Andhra Pradesh, India<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Topic:<\/em> Innovation, entrepreneurship and startups<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr K Nagajyothi, AICTE Margadarshak, NAAC peer team chairman and Pro Vice-chancellor of Bharatiya Engineering science and technology innovation university has 24 years rich academic experience in various reputed academic universities and colleges across South India. Dr Jyothi has published 31 research papers in journals and presented\u00a0 46\u00a0 papers in conferences. She has three patents to her credit in which two are granted, one by Indian Patents and other by Australian patents. She has received best innovator and best researcher award for the Indian patent. She is the recipient of many awards for academics and community services. To name a few recent ones include Exemplary women in education award by Asia Today in 2020, Best youth worker award by Indian Srilankan embassy in 2019, the super woman award by Star network in 2022 apart from many best teacher awards. recently she has been honoured as the Best Education Leader in Hyderabad by forever star group. Her long academic service has facilitated her to get recognised by AICTE as margadarshak in 2018 to guide higher educational institutions to improve quality of education and acquire accreditation. Dr Jyothi has been recognised as an expert committee member by Ministry of education for NEAT and SLA. With rich expertise in accreditation process of NAAC, NBA, Dr Jyothi has been guiding many colleges presently towards accreditation. As a NAAC peer team chairman, Dr Nagajyothi Visited many universities and colleges across the country and guided many colleges for NAAC and NBA accreditation.<\/p>\n

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