2026 PD Conference
Lighting the Way for Project Professionals
A full-day conference connecting Victoria's PM community through leadership, AI, and governance insight.
| 8:00 AM | Break | Registration & Continental Breakfast | ||
| 9:00 AM | Plenary | PMIVI Welcome & Director's Speech | ||
| 9:15 AM | Keynote | Human Judgement in an AI World: Why Project Managers Are the Last Line of Risk Control | David Adeleke | |
| 10:15 AM | Break | Refreshment Break / Transition to Breakouts | ||
| 10:45 AM | Breakout 1 | Human-Led Governance in an AI-Enabled World: Practical Frameworks for Project Managers | Nathan McKeown | Room 1 |
| 10:45 AM | Breakout 2 | GenAI Adoption: Tales from the Trenches (What Worked, What Didn't, What I'd Do Differently) | Steve Harris | Room 2 |
| 10:45 AM | Breakout 3 | The Journey to Portfolio Leadership | Laurel Sim | Room 3 |
| 11:45 AM | Break | Lunch Break & Award Ceremony |
| 1:00 PM | Breakout 1 | Risks Are Not Only About Your Project: Principles of Enterprise Risk Management | Ivan Rincon | Room 1 |
| 1:00 PM | Breakout 2 | Outcome-Driven AI: A Project Manager's Path to Faster Delivery | Joel Thompson | Room 2 |
| 1:00 PM | Breakout 3 | The Missing Link: What Separates AI Projects from AI Transformation | Cynthia Lynam | Room 3 |
| 2:00 PM | Refreshment Break / Networking | |||
| 2:15 PM | Breakout 1 | From Chaos to Control: Building a Secure Operating Model for Knowledge Work With Microsoft 365 for Business + Copilot | Anu Joliffe | Room 1 |
| 2:15 PM | Breakout 2 | AI-Accelerated Insight and Collaboration: A High-Velocity Human-Centered Design Sprint | Dan McNeill & Adam Haigler | Room 2 |
| 2:15 PM | Breakout 3 | AI Considerations for Agile and Scrum Teams | Petra Skapa | Room 3 |
| 3:15 PM | Refreshment Break / Transition | |||
| 4:00 PM |
Closing Plenary Presentation |
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| 5:00 PM | Door Prize & Raffle and Closing Remarks | |||
| 5:15 PM | Networking Reception & Anniversary Celebration |
Conference Pricing
Reduced pricing available for enrolled students and chapter volunteers. Reach out to the chapter for details.
Full-day attendance qualifies for PDU credits. Number of PDUs TBC.
Photo and Video Consent
All participants hereby consent to the use of their likeness, including but not limited to photographs and videos, taken during the conference. Participants understand and agree that these photographs and videos may be used by the conference organizers for promotional and marketing purposes, including but not limited to website content, social media posts, brochures, and other promotional materials.
Participants further acknowledge that they will not receive any compensation or royalty for the use of their likenesses in the photographs and videos.
If participants wish to refrain from being photographed or filmed during the conference, it is their responsibility to inform the conference organizers in writing prior to the start of the conference. The conference organizers will make reasonable efforts to accommodate such requests, but cannot guarantee that all photographs or videos will be excluded.
Participants release the conference organizers, volunteers, and any third parties acting under their authority, from any claims, damages, or liability arising out of or related to the use of their likeness in the photographs and videos.
