Keynote Speakers
Morning Keynote

Karin Hurt and David Dye help human-centered leaders resolve workplace ambiguity and chaos, so that they can drive innovation, productivity and revenue without burning out employees. As CEO and President of Let’s Grow Leaders, they are known for practical tools and leadership development programs that stick. Karin and David are the award-winning authors of five books including, Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates and Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results-Without Losing Your Soul A former Verizon Wireless executive, Karin was named to Inc. Magazine’s list of great leadership speakers. David Dye is a former executive and elected official. Karin and David are committed to their philanthropic initiative, Winning Wells – building clean water wells for the people of Cambodia.
Afternoon Keynote

Founder and CEO, PMO Strategies
Host, PMO Strategies Podcast
Host, PMO IMPACT Summit
Co-Founder & President, Project Management for Change, nonprofit
Laura has been instrumental in bringing PMOs and Project Management to the strategy table for 25 years. She knows just how hard it can be to drive effective and sustainable change in organizations, having spent 15 years in the role of PMO leader beginning in 1999. For the last 9 years, she’s been helping organizations drive higher return on investment for their strategy by unleashing the full potential and power of project management and the PMO. She has developed a unique and powerful system for growing organizational project management competency with a deliberate focus on driving high-IMPACT outcomes on every project.
In 2021, Laura was named the Global PMO influencer of the Year, the only award of its kind, by the PMO Global Alliance for her many accomplishments in shaking up the way the world sees and values the PMO through her popular PMO Strategies Podcast and as a part of the longest running PMO-specific virtual conference, the PMO IMPACT Summit. Laura welcomes you to join her community of IMPACT Drivers on their mobile app the IMPACT Driver Network and learn more about how they can help you at PMOStratetgies.com.
Morning Technical Session


Betsy Kauffman is a globally recognized Organizational Agility Coach with more than 20 years of experience working in Fortune 500 companies. Her company, Cross Impact Coaching, is an organizational design firm focused on working with companies to help them solve the big problems impeding them from achieving agility, collaboration, alignment, and innovation. She is a published author providing thought leadership to the agile and project management communities and speaks internationally on leadership, corporate culture, and organizational agility. She just completed her first TED Talk: “4 Tips to Kickstart Honest Conversations at Work'' in conjunction with the TED@PMI partnership and was selected by the TED editors to have her talk brought to the main stage. Check it out at TED.com!
Alcides Santopietro is the owner of Santopietro Project Management, a Project Management training company based in Montreal, Canada. He is also a lecturer at two universities in Canada: UQTR and UQAC.
He has 20 years of experience managing international projects in IT, web/media, engineering and aviation sectors, and has been designing and delivering training in the Project Management field for over 10 years.
His career includes the management of projects in over 10 countries and a portfolio of transformational projects for a Swiss organization, where he also worked as VP of Operations.
Alcides has been a PMI member since 2002 and an active volunteer of different chapters since then, recently acting as PMI-Montreal mentor, VP of the board and Disciplined Agile Chapter Champion.
An Industrial Engineer with a Masters in Project Management, Alcides is PMP®, PMI-ACP®, CSM and DASSM certified and is a PMI Leadership Institute Masters Class alumni.
Originally from Brazil, he's been living in Montreal, Canada since 2007.

Dr Mike Clayton is the founder of OnlinePMCourses.com. He's also the founder and host of popular Project Management YouTube channel, OnlinePMCourses.
After a first career managing large projects in the UK for 12 years, Mike has been training Project Managers for 20 years. He has also written 14 print books (5 about Project Management), started 3 businesses, advised business leaders, and spoken widely. Mike proves that Project experience is a springboard for many distinct career options.
Afternoon Technical Session

Marcus Udokang is an IT Consultant, and a writer and presenter, specializing in project management and business analysis, specifically business applications, requirements analysis, and business process management. He has worked in various industries including Financial Services, Oil and Gas, and IT Training/Education.
Marcus is also the host of the YouTube and Podcast channel The Inquisitive Analyst, where he interviews thought leaders and mid-level professionals. On the show, they discuss the triumphs and challenges within the Business Analysis and Project Management fields.

John Stenbeck, PMP, PMI CDAI (Certified Disciplined Agile Instructor), PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Professional and Certified Scrum Master is a three-time Amazon #1 Best Selling Author and GR8PM Founder. He will make sure this will not be like any other professional development experience you’ve experienced. Because John’s goal is to achieve maximum knowledge transfer, giving you useful, powerful information in an easily accessible format, expect him to keep you on your toes. Prepare to buckle up and hold on … this event will fast-track your expertise to the next level