Risk Mgmt from the view of Executive Management by Ayman Sadek

With over 25 years of practical experience, primarily in executive management, Ayman has found that the most common obstacles organizations face stem from unforeseen or uncertain events. This presentation highlights specific objectives that all executive management personnel should understand, thereby strengthening the organization and enabling faster, more effective decision-making.

A paper on the topic has been published https://pmworldjournal.com/article/closing-the-risk-communication-gap

Eng. Ayman Sadek currently serves as Managing Director and a member of the Board of a maritime company in Egypt. He can be contacted at: tam330@hotmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayman-sadek-74880b17/

Questions? lgdarmstadt@pmi-gc.de 

Mithun A. Sridharan
From Project Manager to Leader

5 capabilities to accelerate your leadership journey

An open PMI roundtable bringing project management professionals together to exchange ideas, experiences, and challenges.
The agenda is shaped by the participants — join the discussion and expand your network.

Focusing on the Start: Integration and Initiation according to the PMBOK® Guide

In this session, we dive into the first critical steps of any project. We explore the "Initiating" focus area and the integration processes within the "Governance Performance Domain" of the new PMBOK® Guide (8th Edition).

The Women in Projects Network proudly continues its six-year tradition of celebrating International Women’s Day. In 2026, we embrace the global theme *Give To Gain*, with a focus on personal growth, giving back, ,and enhancing career visibility and marketability.

Give To Gain emphasizes the power of reciprocity. When we generously share time, knowledge, visibility, and support, opportunities multiple and we all rise.

Nerine Jones – Give Your Vital V – How Visibility, Voice, and Value Help Women Rise Together
Give To Gain is not passive—it is intentional. In this keynote, Nerine Jones challenges women to stop shrinking, waiting, or hiding their strengths. 

Marcus Morrison – Give Yourself the Career You Deserve
Marcus explores how professionals can actively take ownership of their careers in an evolving job market. 

Panel Discussion
Women in Projects PMI Chapters – Poland, United Kingdom, Germany
Panel Topic: What Does ‘Give To Gain’ Mean in 2026?
Moderator: Ruth Hunter, Project Manager, J&J.

Please address any questions to: Martin.Bertram@pmi-gc.de 

We face new challenges in projects every day. With this CoP, we want to take a "deep dive" into a wide range of topics from the broad field of project management across all industries and develop new approaches to tackling these issues, as well as publish them in presentations and articles where appropriate.

In this meeting, we want to align the next topics for our Roadmap.

Scope management is one of the three cornerstones of the magic triangle of project management and the foundation for time and cost management. The session will discuss the most important terms related to scope management, explain the structured approach recommended by the Project Management Institute, including some related tools, and highlight the special features of plan-driven and agile approaches.

As PMI Germany Chapter, it is important to us to warmly welcome our new members to the chapter and inform them about current developments, exciting offers, and news from the world of project management. That is why we hold our monthly welcome hour for new members—a format for exchange, insights, and participation. At this event, our new members have the opportunity to ask questions about topics that interest them in connection with the PMI Germany Chapter community. The open dialogue in the early evening is moderated by Jörg Glunde, Vice President of Membership of PMI Germany Chapter e.V., possibly together with other volunteers from the PMI Germany Chapter.

At our meetings so far last year, it has become clear that our members would like to take a closer look at the PMBOK® Guide. At the next meeting, one of our participants will give a presentation on the topic of ‘Stakeholders in the Performance Domains’ and show how these can be applied in projects in the life sciences sector.
Afterwards, we would like to initiate a discussion and exchange our own experiences and good practices.

Communication-Driven AI Agents for Next-Generation Project Management

Project management runs on communication — yet most PM tools still focus on internal data instead of integrating the real project reality that lives in emails, meetings, and chats. This talk shows how fully integrated AI assistants inside PM tools can turn live communication into timelines, risks, and decisions in real time, while keeping humans in control of what becomes the committed plan. Using real-world examples and live automation demos, we explore how communication-driven AI enables a 10× increase in project manager productivity without removing accountability.

by Oliver Wilken

https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-wilken-8576b9144/

 Oliver Wilken is the co-founder and CEO of AIcoo, an AI startup building a project-management layer that turns emails, meetings, and chats into live updates across PM tools. With a background in management consulting at d-fine, technology, and hands-on experience running projects across various setups, he focuses on closing the gap between project documentation and project reality.

Questions? lgdarmstadt@pmi-gc.de