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When everything feels like a priority, how do you actually decide what gets done first?

This Birds of a Feather session, facilitated by Greg Bailey from Prosymmetry, opens up the conversation on one of the toughest challenges in portfolio management — prioritisation. From structured approaches like Multi-Criteria Scoring to more lightweight methods like MoSCoW and RICE, there’s no shortage of options… but which ones really work in practice?

Join this informal roundtable to share experiences, compare approaches, and explore how different organisations balance value, risk, urgency, and resource constraints when making decisions. Whether you’re refining your current model or starting from scratch, this is a chance to hear what’s working (and what isn’t) from others in the room.

Expect honest discussion, practical insights, and maybe a few different answers — because there’s rarely a one-size-fits-all when it comes to prioritisation.

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AI is already being used across the project lifecycle, yet many organisations still lack a clear way to govern it. Others are barely using AI at all and continue to rely on slower, more traditional ways of working. So what does good AI governance in projects actually look like?

This round table with Emanuela Giangregorio will explore how organisations can use AI in projects not only ethically, but also efficiently and effectively. Using the AI Project Governance Framework (AIPGF) as a reference point, we will discuss the gaps, the risks, and the practical steps teams can take to strengthen governance, build assurance, and prepare for wider AI adoption.

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Managing multiple projects at the same time is now the norm, yet much of project management guidance still assumes stable priorities, clear ownership, and uninterrupted focus. In reality, practitioners are constantly navigating competing demands, shifting expectations, incomplete information, and limited capacity.

This Birds of a Feather session creates space for an open, experience-led conversation about how multi-project delivery really works in practice. Rather than focusing on formal methods, the discussion will surface the day-to-day judgement, adaptations, and decisions that help people keep momentum across several initiatives at once.

Elizabeth is the award-winning blogger behind Rebel’s Guide to Project Management, a specialist blog aimed at helping teams get work done. She is widely published on project management topics and has contributed to numerous websites and magazines.

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Most organisations already own a powerful Microsoft stack - Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Teams, Planner, Project, Azure DevOps, Fabric, Copilot. And yet… content is still disconnected, reporting is manual, PMOs feel stuck as reporting factories rather than strategic partners, AI is being talked about but shows little benefit.

This Birds of a Feather session is an open, facilitated peer discussion about what actually works when enabling PPM within the Microsoft ecosystem.

We’ll explore questions like:

• Basic Microsoft to art of the possible – where to start?
• What have you built internally that worked (or didn’t)?
• How are you linking strategy, delivery, risk, and benefits using the tools you already own?
• Is AI (Copilot, Power Platform AI, automation) creating real impact in portfolio management — or just interesting experiments?

This is not a presentation and not a product pitch. It’s a practical, experience-led conversation. As facilitator, I’ll bring perspective from implementing PPM and risk solutions within the Microsoft ecosystem across hundreds of organisations - sharing patterns I’ve seen succeed (and fail) and offering participants the opportunity to “bounce” their own approaches and challenges off someone who has seen a broad cross-section of real-world implementations.

But the value comes from the room. Your experience - good and bad - shapes the discussion.

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This informal discussion builds on the seminar (11.30 Zone 2) by giving participants space to explore how EPMO services work (or don’t) in their own organisations.

Attendees will share experiences, challenges and approaches to establishing enterprise-level PMO services in different contexts.

The session is designed to be practical and peer-led, focusing on real situations rather than theory, and allowing participants to compare notes across sectors and organisational maturity levels.

Eileen J. Roden is an internationally recognised PMO expert, author and co-founder of the House of PMO. She has supported thousands of PMO professionals across public and private sectors, helping organisations strengthen governance, alignment, assurance and learning across their change portfolios.

Known for her practical, people-centred approach, Eileen focuses on how PMOs can move beyond reporting and control to become trusted partners in decision-making. Her work bridges theory and practice, translating complex portfolio and delivery challenges into clear, actionable insights that PMO professionals can apply immediately.

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The session will open with a short, practical introduction that takes attendees through:

• What an LLM is (and where it helps today)
• What an AI Agent is (and how it differs from a chatbot or copilot)
• What an agentic layer means in an organisational context (coordination, workflows, decision support)

This framing is designed to give everyone a shared language, regardless of technical background. The discussion then anchors AI use cases directly to some core PMO and PM responsibilities, for example:

• Standardisation & Governance – using AI to support consistent documentation,
• Strategic Alignment –prioritisation support and decision framing
• Resource Management – forecasting demand and scenario analysis
• Monitoring & Reporting – automated reporting & exception-based insights
• Risk & Issue Management – early signal detection and cross-project risk themes

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What does it mean to be courageous? Saving someone from drowning or perhaps standing up for moral principles. They are definitely courageous acts, but have you ever thought about that quiet inner courage? One which others don’t notice but helps you speak up in meetings or go for a promotion?

In this short guided session Kate will lead a discussion on psychological courage; how to challenge your inner self-perception to accept how good you truly are at what you do. This builds on from her talk on the imposter phenomenon, but you can attend either or both.

Dr Kate Atkin is an inspirational speaker, training consultant and author. With over 25 years of experience as a facilitator, Kate has worked with many clients on business, management and communication issues. A highly skilled listener, her style is both supportive and challenging.

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Sometimes it’s worth stepping back and asking - are we overcomplicating things?

Led by experienced project management trainer Paul Bradley, this open forum focuses on the fundamentals that underpin successful delivery. The core principles, approaches, and practices that still matter, regardless of methodology, tools, or industry.

Whether you’re new to project management or just want to sense-check how others approach the basics, this session creates space for honest, practical conversation. What does “good” really look like? What do we all do differently? And what should we stop overthinking?

Bring your questions, your experiences, and your perspective, this is a true open discussion where anything goes, and everyone has something to contribute.

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Most organisations already own a powerful Microsoft stack - Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Teams, Planner, Project, Azure DevOps, Fabric, Copilot. And yet… content is still disconnected, reporting is manual, PMOs feel stuck as reporting factories rather than strategic partners, AI is being talked about but shows little benefit.

This Birds of a Feather session is an open, facilitated peer discussion about what actually works when enabling PPM within the Microsoft ecosystem.

We’ll explore questions like:

• Basic Microsoft to art of the possible – where to start?
• What have you built internally that worked (or didn’t)?
• How are you linking strategy, delivery, risk, and benefits using the tools you already own?
• Is AI (Copilot, Power Platform AI, automation) creating real impact in portfolio management — or just interesting experiments?

This is not a presentation and not a product pitch. It’s a practical, experience-led conversation. As facilitator, I’ll bring perspective from implementing PPM and risk solutions within the Microsoft ecosystem across hundreds of organisations - sharing patterns I’ve seen succeed (and fail) and offering participants the opportunity to “bounce” their own approaches and challenges off someone who has seen a broad cross-section of real-world implementations.

But the value comes from the room. Your experience - good and bad - shapes the discussion.