PMI Research and Academic Virtual Conference

The 2021 Project Management Institute - Research and Academic Conference (RAC) is the 6th in the series conducted by Project Management Institute (.. Read more PMI), India Region, since 2011. Over the years, the conference has attracted researchers, academicians, professionals, and students of project management from diverse fields of applications. This year, the conference expands its horizons by transforming into an international conference and will further our knowledge and understanding of various area related to project management. The advent of AI and data science is transforming the way we manage our projects in ways we would have hardly imagined a few years back. It is an appropriate time for the project management community to reflect on the advances of these fields in terms of their application and integration into project management. Further, there is a need to set course an agenda for the future research to un-earth areas of interest where the application of AI and data sciences can boost the project performance and synchronize with the fundamental principles of project management. The conference theme – “Enhancing project performance: Application of AI and decision sciences” tries to capture these fundamental themes and philosophies which are before the project management researchers of this age.