• Ellada Kiryakulova, Project Services Analyst for a Major International Project. Currently in Baku, Azerbaijan with 17 years experience in Petrochem / Oil & Gas

Big thanks to Ellada for assistance in providing the information.  If you want to join the team do please get in touch via PPAdmin@planningplanet.com and tell us about yourself :)

• Call for presenters: The Australian Cost Engineering Society (ACES) together with Risk Engineering Society (RES) are hosting the Project Controls Conference, in Sydney 2017 with the theme of “Improving maturity in Project Controls – keeping investments on track” through the presentation streams –  people, process and technology. Learn More  (http://projectcontrols2017.com.au/call-for-presenters/)

• Registration Open: LAST Conference 2017, Melbourne - a mini-conference, aimed at practitioners who are working with Lean, Agile, or Systems Thinking techniques. The event is run by practitioners from the Australian agile community. Learn More (https://www.lastconference.com/melbourne/2017/faq/)

• PMI Global Conference in Chicago, Illinois, US (http://www.pmi.org/global-conference)
• Construction Super Conference in Las Vegas, US (http://www.constructionsuperconference.com/)

• Find your dream job by helping clients to choose you! We already have a number of global companies waiting for your applications. The Soteria method enables all parties in the recruitment process to benefit and it's straightforward read the link for more information and apply now! - read more here and stand out from the crowd.

• 13 Can't Miss Project Controls Books
  (https://www.planacademy.com/13-cant-miss-project-controls-books/)

• Construction Project Management Certification – Is It For You?
  (https://www.planacademy.com/construction-project-management-certification-is-it-for-you/)

• Free Guild Project Controls Compendium - this free resource, created by the community for the community is free to members and available from this page
• LinkedIn 2017 Workplace Learning Report: How modern L&D pros are tackling top challenges (PDF)(https://learning.linkedin.com/content/dam/me/learning/en-us/pdfs/lil-workplace-learning-report.pdf)

• Deltek Webcasts: Three-part Project Risk Management for Dummies webinar series: Project, Schedule, Cost Risk Analysis 
  (https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet)

• Savannah Rayat - Enhancing your life with Personal Agility - During the 2017 Heart of Agile Conference in Pittsburgh, Savannah Rayat, a passionate Agile coach with 10+ years of experience, gave a presentation called “Enhancing your life with Personal Agility”. During the session, she explained how she has applied some basic Agile practices from Scrum and Kanban to refine and focus her approach to life, deciding what is most important to her, and managing teams. Listen (https://soundcloud.com/drunkenpmradio/savannah-rayat-enhancing-your-life-with-personal-agility)

• The P6 XER File Viewer You Didn’t Know You Needed. Review of PrimaveraReader  - read review here

• The BrightWork solution review: a project management solution with best-practice templates and portfolio management dashboards on SharePoint.
  (http://www.bradegeland.com/blog/project-management-app-of-the-month-brightwork)