KINGSTON SYMPOSIUM, Saturday, OCTOBER 03, 2026
PMFORGE 2026 - Session & PDU Details
INNOVATE! BUILD! LEAD!
Morning Sessions: Welcome & Keynote
- 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Registration (Room 110)
- 10:00 AM - 10:10 AM | Session Opening Remarks | Room 108
- Speakers: Shaun Cahill and Sid Sharma
- 10:10 AM - 10:15 AM | Welcome Address | Room 108
- Speaker: Thomas Doyle (PMI OVOC Chapter President)
- 10:15 AM - 10:20 AM | Keynote Introduction | Room 108
- Speaker: Sid Sharma
- 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM | Keynote Address | Room 108 (PDU: 1.0)
- Speaker: Victoria Nolan
- 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Morning Break & Networking
Mid-Day Sessions: Parallel Breakouts & Lunch
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Morning Breakout Sessions (Choose One)
- Option A: Breakout Session #01 (Innovation Inside The Guardrails: Leading Change When The World Moves Faster Than Your Approval Chain) | Room 118 (PDU: 1.0)
- Speaker: Norman Musengimana
- Option B: Breakout Session #02 (Innovation in Practice) | Room 120 (PDU: 1.0)
- Speaker: Shari Hughson
- Option A: Breakout Session #01 (Innovation Inside The Guardrails: Leading Change When The World Moves Faster Than Your Approval Chain) | Room 118 (PDU: 1.0)
- 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM | Networking Lunch (Upper Promenade) (PDU: 1.0)
Afternoon Sessions: Workshops & Panel Discussion
- 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM | Afternoon Workshops (Choose One)
- Option A: Workshop #01 (Making AI Work For You) | Room 118 (PDU: 1.5)
- Facilitator: Shaun Cahill
- Option B: Workshop #02 (Managing Change - In Real Time) | Room 120 (PDU: 1.5)
- Facilitator: Margaret Reid
- Option A: Workshop #01 (Making AI Work For You) | Room 118 (PDU: 1.5)
- 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM | Afternoon Break & Networking (Hallway)
- 03:15 PM - 04:15 PM | Panel Discussion (Building Canada's Supercomputing Future) | Room 108 (PDU: 1.0)
- Moderator: Bryon McConnell
- Panelists: Dr. Ian Karlin and Dr. Ryan Grant
- 04:15 PM - 04:30 PM | Closing Remarks | Room 108
- 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM | Evening Networking Session (PDU: 1.0)
