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        • Stephen Smith
        • Martha Wenc
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        • Melanie Gallant
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        • Perry McLeod
        • John Buckley
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        • Dianne Gaudet
        • Kevin Schwenker
        • Brenda Fay
        • Matthew Leach
        • Jeremy McCurdy
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        • Katalin Allen
        • Victor Zhu
        • Gary Cox
        • Robin Veinotte
        • Nathan Dennison
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        • Ian MacNeil and Carrie Forbes
        • John Trites
        • Teri Fearn
        • Brian Fanning
        • Anas Aman
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        • Victoria Mcintosh
        • John Robertson
        • Emily Hemlow
        • Jordan Kyriakidis
        • Patrick Rogers
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        • Natalie Doyle Oldfield
        • Victor Zhu
        • Grant Sullivan and Greg Foran
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        • Livia Botyanszki Boss
        • Ron RIchard
        • Patricia Uptegrove
        • Dale Kehler and Lynn Clark
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        • Catherine Vardy
        • Devin Cameron and Melissa Reid
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        • Louise Harris
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7:30 – 8:00
Registration

 Entry

8:00 - 8:10
Travel Time

8:10 - 8:15
PDS Chair: Michelle Murray

Professional Development Summit Welcome:

Main Ballroom - Room 200A

8:15 - 8:30
Honourable Stephen McNeil, Premier Nova Scotia

Welcome Address

Main Ballroom - Room 200A

8:30 – 9:20
IBM Canada Presents: 
Opening Keynote: François Héon

The Yin and Yang of Leadership for Individuals and Groups

Main Ballroom - Room 200A

9:20 – 9:30
Break

9:30 – 10:30
Keynote Workshop: François Héon

Learning to Use the Yin and Yang Principles in Leading Groups

Main Ballroom - Room 200A

10:30 – 10:45
Travel Time

10:45 –11:45
Track A - Session 1

Grant Sullivan

Rural Sourcing - A model for economic expansion and wealth distribution

Room 202

Track B – Session 1

Matthew Leach & 

Andrew Mitchell


Business Analysts, Change Your Perspective and Innovate!

Room 203
Track C – Session 1

Angie Evrovski & 

Dale Kehler

Motivating You Team: Lessons Learned in the Trenches

Room 204

Track D – Session 1

Stephen G. Purcell & Christopher Norman

BPM (Business Process Management)



Room 205

11:45 – 12:10
Lunch 
(continues during the keynote address) 
Main Ballroom - Room 200A

12:10 – 13:00
IBM Canada Presents: 
Keynote: Namir Anani

The Quest for Talent in the Internet of Things (IoT) Economy

Main Ballroom - Room 200A

1:00 – 1:15
Travel Time

1:15 – 2:15
Track A – Session 2

Jordan Kyriakidis


Engineered systems analysis, testing, validation and verification.







Room 202
Track B – Session 2

Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia

Building Leadership for Business Growth: Developing Competitive Advantage in the Digital Economy





Room 203
Track C – Session 2

Michael Frenette

Increasing your skill-set and growing your professional network globally by leveraging tools and templates from PMI’s new integrated virtual platform, ProjectManagement.com.

Room 204

Track D – Session 2

Stephen Doiron

Change Management Competency Development / Thought Leadership





Room 205

2:15 – 2:30
Travel Time

2:30 – 3:30
Track A – Session 3

Kevin Schwenker

Using Mentoring for Change and Knowlege Transfer


Room 202
Track B – Session 3

Jeffery Campbell

Agile - A different way of working


Room 203
Track C – Session 3

Jo Marchand

HRM’s IT Service Management Journey - the Sequel

Room 204

Track D – Session 3

David Davidson


Project Management, the building blocks for ISI's process re-engineering

Room 205


3:30 – 3:45
Travel Time

3:45 – 4:45
Track A – Session 4

Kevin Burgess

Clarity in the Cloud and Innovation as a Competitive Advantage

Room 202

Track B – Session 4

Jean-Claude Beaudry &

Bruce Caddell

Agile Implementation Through Continual Service Improvement

Room 203

Track C – Session 4

Jennifer Bedell

Driving Change in a Global Environment


Room 204
Track D – Session 4

Cheryl Macpherson
 

PMO Organizational successes and Governance

Room 205


4:45 – 5:00

Wrap-up/Door Prizes: 
Jean-Claude Beaudry: PDS Chair

Main Ballroom - Room 200A


5:00 – 5:30
Ernest & Young - Reception
Jean-Claude Beaudry: PDS Chair

Main Ballroom - Room 200A


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    • 2023 Session One >
      • Employer Panel
      • Juliet Turpin
      • Ross Saunders
      • Chris Keevil
      • Natalie Ripp
    • 2023 Session Two >
      • Women in Technology Panel
      • Susan Power
      • Robert Newcombe
      • Greg Kirczenow
      • Zafar Muhammad
    • 2023 Session Three >
      • Agile Panel
      • Carlo Carandang
      • Graham MacDougall
      • Jessica Reid
      • Angela Arsenault
  • Keynote - Shawn Kanungo
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  • Previous Events
    • 2019 Program >
      • Opening Address - Chris Crowell
      • Mike Lipkin - Keynote
      • 2019 Session One >
        • Precious Williams
        • 2019 Robert Newcombe
        • Martin Davis
        • Women in IT Mini-Panel
        • Dawson Mossman
      • 2019 Session Two >
        • 2019 Susan Power
        • Doug Denny
        • Karla Pooley
        • Blockchain Mini Panel
        • Thomas Ley
      • 2019 Session Three >
        • Tracy Zwicker-Forbes
        • James Slupsky
        • Kim Scaravelli
        • Nachiket Parab
        • Chris Mitchell
    • 2018 Program >
      • Jim Harris Morning Keynote Speaker
      • Jim Harris Lunch Keynote Speaker
      • 2018 Session One >
        • Jean-Claude Beaudry
        • John Robertson
        • Chris Fullerton
        • Bill Carroll
        • Ian Ghent
      • 2018 Session Two >
        • Danielle Comeau
        • Stephen Smith
        • Martha Wenc
        • Andrew Pery
        • Mini-panel - Evolution of Technology
      • 2018 Session Three >
        • Charles Villanyi Bokor
        • Melanie Gallant
        • Mini-panel PM Stories
        • Tim Dickinson
        • James Slupsky
      • 2018 Session Four >
        • Perry McLeod
        • John Buckley
        • Emad Rizkalla
        • Michelle Murray
    • 2017 Program >
      • Ted Graham Keynote Speaker
      • 2017 Executive Panel >
        • Fawn Annan - Moderator
        • Peter Burns
        • Sandra Cascadden
        • Roman Coba
        • Spiro Bokolas
        • Jeremy Wubs
      • 2017 Session One >
        • Dianne Gaudet
        • Kevin Schwenker
        • Brenda Fay
        • Matthew Leach
        • Jeremy McCurdy
      • 2017 Session Two >
        • Katalin Allen
        • Victor Zhu
        • Gary Cox
        • Robin Veinotte
        • Nathan Dennison
      • 2017 Session Three >
        • Ian MacNeil and Carrie Forbes
        • John Trites
        • Teri Fearn
        • Brian Fanning
        • Anas Aman
      • 2017 Session Four >
        • Victoria Mcintosh
        • John Robertson
        • Emily Hemlow
        • Jordan Kyriakidis
        • Patrick Rogers
    • 2016 Program >
      • 2016 Keynotes >
        • Jennifer Gillivan - Opening Keynote
        • Perry Monaco - Lunch Keynote
      • 2016 Session One >
        • Ian MacVicar
        • Natalie Doyle Oldfield
        • Victor Zhu
        • Grant Sullivan and Greg Foran
      • 2016 Session Two >
        • Livia Botyanszki Boss
        • Ron RIchard
        • Patricia Uptegrove
        • Dale Kehler and Lynn Clark
      • 2016 Session Three >
        • Catherine Vardy
        • Devin Cameron and Melissa Reid
        • Steve Caseley
        • Victoria McIntosh 2016
      • 2016 Session Four >
        • Louise Harris
        • Mike Frenette
        • Stephen Doiron
        • Tim Pratt
    • 2015 Program >
      • 2015 Session One
      • 2015 Session Two
      • 2015 Session Three
      • 2015 Session Four
    • 2014 Presentations
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    • 2013 Workshops
    • 2012 Presentations
    • 2012 Workshops
    • 2011 Presentations