Calendar of Events
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PM Your Way to the Top: Project Management as a Leadership Accelerator
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The 88% Problem: Why Your AI Rollout Is Not Changing How Work Gets Done
From Certainty to Confidence: How Project Leaders Make Decisions When Outcomes Are Probabilistic
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The Agile Enterprise. Using Lean Six Sigma practices in Agile - Kanban and Kaizen
The Orchestrated Enterprise: Aligning AI Productivity, SAFe® Governance, & Cloud FinOps
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In My Shoes: Culture, Strategy and Decision Making
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September CMM (Virtual)
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Project HEADWAY: Figuring Out What Is Possible
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Professional Development Day 2026
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The Human Cost of Delivery Noise: How Leaders Protect Decisions, Credibility, and Outcomes in High-Risk Mega Projects
AI for Project Leaders: Practical Workflows, Guardrails, and Human Judgment
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How PMOs Turn Strategy into Results with OKRs
Upcoming events
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Name of the activity
PDUs
Hours
Price
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2026
Sep
9
2026
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2026
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7:00AM to 8:00AM
Free
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10
2026
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2026
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2026
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2026
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2026
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2026
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2026
Past events
Date
Name of the activity
PDUs
Hours
Price
Sep
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2026
PM Your Way to the Top: Project Management as a Leadership Accelerator
Type of category: Lunch & Learn (LNL)
Type of activity: Power Skills, Business Acumen
Date: September 2nd, 2026
Hour: 12:00PM to 1:00PM
# of PDUs: 1
This webinar explores how core PM principles including stakeholder management, risk planning, scope definition, and change management translate directly into personal leadership development and career advancement strategies.
The 88% Problem: Why Your AI Rollout Is Not Changing How Work Gets Done
Type of category: Knowledge Exchange (KNX)
Date: September 9th, 2026
Hour: 9:00AM to 10:30AM
# of PDUs: 1.5
Use a proven AI governance framework to evaluate initiatives, uncover gaps between strategy and outcomes, and lead more effective conversations about AI success.
From Certainty to Confidence: How Project Leaders Make Decisions When Outcomes Are Probabilistic
Type of category: Lunch & Learn (LNL)
Type of activity: Business Acumen
Date: September 9th, 2026
Hour: 12:00PM to 1:00PM
# of PDUs: 1
Artificial intelligence is changing the way projects are delivered, but many project managers are still applying traditional acceptance criteria to systems that produce probabilistic rather than deterministic outcomes.
The Agile Enterprise. Using Lean Six Sigma practices in Agile - Kanban and Kaizen
Type of category: Knowledge Exchange (KNX)
Type of activity: Power Skills, Business Acumen
Date: September 10th, 2026
Hour: 7:00AM to 8:00AM
# of PDUs: 1
This webinar explores how Lean Six Sigma practices can be effectively integrated into agile environments to maximize customer value. Focusing on the Voice of the Customer, the session highlights methods for capturing and integrating customer feedback throughout agile project cycles.
The Orchestrated Enterprise: Aligning AI Productivity, SAFe® Governance, & Cloud FinOps
Type of category: Knowledge Exchange (KNX)
Type of activity: Power Skills, Ways of Working, Business Acumen
Date: September 10th, 2026
Hour: 9:00AM to 10:00AM
# of PDUs: 1
While generative AI tools promise unprecedented developer velocity, enterprise delivery leaders face a growing paradox: localized coding speedups rarely translate into predictable product delivery or bottom-line business value. Without structural governance, unchecked code generation pushe
In My Shoes: Culture, Strategy and Decision Making
Type of category: Knowledge Exchange (KNX)
Type of activity: Power Skills, Business Acumen
Date: September 15th, 2026
Hour: 8:00AM to 9:00AM
# of PDUs: 1
Real stories on how C-level and Boardroom culture directly impacts project success, bypassing textbook theories for raw, lived experiences.
September CMM (Virtual)
Type of category: Chapter Member Meeting (CMM)
Type of activity: Power Skills
Date: September 16th, 2026
Hour: 6:30PM to 8:00PM
Registration close date: September 16th, 2026 at 5:00PM
# of PDUs: 1
Topic: Ten Steps to Mastery in Presenting Speaker: Guy Grindborg
Project HEADWAY: Figuring Out What Is Possible
Type of category: Knowledge Exchange (KNX)
Type of activity: Business Acumen
Date: September 17th, 2026
Hour: 2:00PM to 3:00PM
# of PDUs: 1
Projects are often saddled with unreasonable and impossible expectations at the outset, with little practical consideration of what is required to succeed. In the face of these challenges, project managers struggle to make sense of what is real, what is possible and what is practical.
Professional Development Day 2026
Type of category: Professional Development Day (PDD)
Date: September 21st, 2026
Hour: 8:00AM to 5:00PM
Registration close date: September 11th, 2026 at 11:59PM
# of PDUs: 20.0
**You must pre-register to attend!** PDD 2026 is designed as an in-person event, and live virtual attendance will not be available for this year’s sessions. Registered attendees will receive access to session recordings following the event.
The Human Cost of Delivery Noise: How Leaders Protect Decisions, Credibility, and Outcomes in High-Risk Mega Projects
Type of category: Knowledge Exchange (KNX)
Type of activity: Power Skills, Business Acumen
Date: September 29th, 2026
Hour: 8:00AM to 9:00AM
# of PDUs: 1
High-risk projects rarely fail because leaders lack intelligence, experience, or data. They fail because critical information becomes distorted as it moves through organizations under pressure. Schedule urgency, optimism bias, authority gradients, and reputational concerns create what I ca
AI for Project Leaders: Practical Workflows, Guardrails, and Human Judgment
Type of category: Knowledge Exchange (KNX)
Type of activity: Power Skills, Ways of Working, Business Acumen
Date: September 29th, 2026
Hour: 10:00AM to 11:00AM
# of PDUs: 1
AI is quickly changing how project professionals draft reports, analyze risks, summarize meetings, and communicate with stakeholders. But the real leadership challenge is not simply learning a new tool. It is knowing which parts of the project work can be safely supported by AI, and which
How PMOs Turn Strategy into Results with OKRs
Type of category: Knowledge Exchange (KNX)
Type of activity: Power Skills, Ways of Working, Business Acumen
Date: September 30th, 2026
Hour: 9:00AM to 10:00AM
# of PDUs: 1
***PMI Led Webinar*** Most organizations don't struggle to define OKRs, they struggle to execute them. PMI and OKRMentors explore how PMOs build the culture that turns strategy into outcomes.
