Pre-Conference Focus Day
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Pre-Conference Focus Day
Tuesday 18th November 2025
12:00 pm Check-In & Networking Lunch
1:00 pm Chair’s Opening Remarks
Driving Retention
1:10 pm Evolving the Role of a Scheduler to Balance Technical Skills, Practical Construction Knowledge & Soft Skills
Synopsis
- Explore how new expectations and responsibilities are shaping the modern scheduler role, and the skills needed to be a strategic planning partner to meet today’s project demands
- Bridge the gap between software and site: encourage schedulers to walk jobsites, integrate field knowledge, and challenge assumptions with confidence
- Build the soft skills that elevate schedulers into trusted advisors to influence teams, driving collaboration, and share lessons learned to improve project outcomes
1:50 pm Panel: Positioning Scheduling as a Rewarding Career to Create a More Robust Talent Pipeline & Support Capacity Requirements
Synopsis
- Developing effective college and student engagement programs that highlight the scheduling discipline as a career opportunity
- Reviewing the value or opportunity of internal recruitment and transition into scheduling roles
- Rethinking your requirements to expand your talent pool beyond college graduates or existing construction professionals
2:30 pm Defining Scheduler Career Paths to Drive Employee Engagement & Support Strategic Objectives
Synopsis
- Exploring the career paths open to schedulers and matching individual motivations with departmental or company objectives
- Defining performance criteria and KPIs to allow team members to take control of their own progression
- Exploring how responsibilities change as you move into leadership and how to make that transition successfully.
3:10 pm Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
Scaling Departmental Capacity & Capabilities
3:50 pm Audience Discussion: Formalizing Knowledge Management & Training Processes to Improve Team Capabilities
Synopsis
- Creating a formal knowledge management system to centralize organizational expertise and prevent over-reliance on individual SMEs
- Exploring different formats to create an environment of continuous learning, such as bi-weekly meetings, workshops and mentoring
- Utilizing training and knowledge sharing to spotlight SMEs and future leaders
4:40 pm Case Study: Building a Scheduling Team & Department from the Ground Up – Objectives, Lessons Learned & Next Steps
Synopsis
- Define clear roles, processes and standard operating procedures that align scheduling with wider project controls and operations teams for seamless collaboration
- Establishing standard operating procedures to clarify roles and responsibilities within the team and between departments to ensure consistent levels of service
- Scaling team and processes to support company growth and evolving requirements, while maintaining departmental coherence
- Understand how to communicate resource needs effectively with senior leadership and operations teams to avoid overload