pmihawaiipdd2026

Check-In / Registration
2026-10-07 16:30 - 20:00 UTC | 0_Lobby, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
Check-In for the event to receive your name badge, program, and pick up giveaways.

Meet-Up Networking
2026-10-07 17:00 - 18:00 | 1_Mauka Ballroom, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
Continental breakfast.

OPENING KEYNOTE: Creating More Value with PMI's M.O.R.E. Mindset
2026-10-07 18:00 - 19:00 | 1_Mauka Ballroom, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
This workshop introduces PMI's M.O.R.E. mindset and explores how project professionals can adapt their approach to create greater value. Through self-assessments, small-group discussions, peer learning, and interactive activities, participants examine practical ways to apply the four M.O.R.E. behaviors in their day-to-day work.

The New PMI-CPMAI Certification
2026-10-07 19:20 - 20:20 | Ohana, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
CPMAI goes beyond the typical AI CHATGPT content to addressing how AI can be used to enhance decision-making at the organization level using a data-driven project approach.

Psychological Safety: Building High Performing Project Teams
2026-10-07 19:20 - 20:20 | Ewa, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
Psychological safety is a key component of high functioning project teams and is a foundational part of building trust that unlocks better decision-making, innovation, and team performance. Join us to learn more about psychological safety – what it is, why it is so important, and how it can impact project success. We will share practical tips on creating a psychologically safe environment where project team members feel safe to ask questions, speak up, and take smart risks.

Evolution of the Logical Framework Approach
2026-10-07 19:20 - 20:20 | Diamond Head, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
The Logical Framework Approach (LFA) had its beginnings in the international development domain in the 1960's. As project management grew as a profession, so did the adoption of the LFA. Government and private sector projects increasingly strategically aligned and planned projects using LFA. The logical approach to planning was adapted and has served as the basis for a wide range of methodologies and models that help bring value to current endeavors and undertakings. This presentation will introduce the LFA and characterize its evolution as a way of working.

Beyond Process - Building the Next Generation PMO
2026-10-07 20:40 - 21:40 | Ewa, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
Today's PMOs must deliver more than governance, templates, and status reports; they must become strategic partners that accelerate business outcomes.

In this session, discover how next-generation PMOs are moving beyond process to drive innovation, enable better decision-making, and deliver measurable value across the enterprise.

We will explore how artificial intelligence can reduce administrative work, enhance portfolio insights, improve executive communications, and empower project teams to focus on strategy rather than paperwork. Through practical examples and real-world lessons, you'll leave with actionable ideas to evolve your PMO, regardless of its current maturity, and position it as a catalyst for organizational success in an increasingly AI-enabled future.

Business Acumen - 60%, Ways of Working - 25%, Power Skills - 15%

Review and Update of the Mentoring Program
2026-10-07 20:40 - 21:40 | Ohana, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
Retrospective of the 2026 PMP® Mentorship Program, designed in partnership with Manaʻolana International. This 9-month experience connects seasoned PMs with professionals through structured sessions, a Personal Development Plan (PDP), PDU opportunities, and community-building. Review the past year with the mentors and mentees – see their progress, listen to challenges and how we overcame them. This session offers insight into how mentorship can support PMP challenges, career advancement strategies, or leadership succession and strengthen Hawaiʻi’s project management community.

Welcoming Talent: Tips to Identifying and Hiring the Best Team Members
2026-10-07 20:40 - 21:40 | Diamond Head, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
Building a strong project team starts long before kickoff—it begins with how you identify and add new members to the team. This session offers practical tips to enhance your hiring practices. Participants will discuss and practice such areas as defining essential skills in potential team members, interviewing effectively, reducing bias in the selection process, and making hiring decisions.

Lunch
2026-10-07 21:40 - 22:40 | 1_Mauka Ballroom, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
Buffet Lunch

"If Mom Says No, Ask Dad - Getting to Yes by Understanding Your Audience"
2026-10-07 23:00 - 2026-10-08 00:00 | 1_Mauka Ballroom, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
The key to effective communication is a clearly defined desired outcome and understanding your audience and their decision making needs. This session will explain how to address decision makers needs for data (dad), story (mom) and relationship (grandma) and how to combine these details effectively in different situations.

Be a better presenter: Build and give better presentations
2026-10-07 23:00 - 2026-10-08 00:00 | Diamond Head, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
Improve your presenting skills by practicing simple presentation techniques to be a better small group speaker, both in person and online. Learn pointer to streamline your powerpoint so it helps you give a better presentation. Gain confidence, learn techniques to reduce nervousness, and practice non-verbal techniques to improve your delivery.

When Plans Meet Chaos: The Military Advantage in Project Execution
2026-10-07 23:00 - 2026-10-08 00:00 | Ewa, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
Organizations don't usually have a planning problem. They have an execution problem. Project plans are built with logic and structure, but execution happens amid competing priorities, shifting conditions, limited resources, unclear ownership, delayed decisions, and breakdowns in coordination.
Military professionals have trained for, lived through, and delivered in those conditions. They know how to translate intent into action, align people around a common goal, make decisions with incomplete information, adapt without losing momentum, maintain composure under pressure, and deliver results when the plan collides with reality.
In this interactive AhaSlides session, participants will use phones or tablets for live polls, rankings, and crowd-sourced insights while exploring how military experience creates a powerful advantage in project execution.
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen 40% | Power Skills 40% | Ways of Working 20%

From Prompt to Production: Deploying AI in a Real Construction Business
2026-10-07 23:00 - 2026-10-08 00:00 | Ohana, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
Most construction firms have tried AI. Few have deployed it into daily operations. This session walks through one Maui contractor's journey from experimentation to production.

Daniel Souza shares how ELCCO Inc. built a working AI toolkit spanning submittal review, bid analysis, estimating and change order pricing, training content development, and marketing — all without a data science team, custom software development, or replacing a single estimator.

Attendees leave with a framework for identifying which of their own workflows are AI-ready, a candid view of where AI still fails in construction and why verification discipline is non-negotiable, and a repeatable method for turning tribal knowledge into tools teams actually adopt.

A working session for project professionals ready to move from AI curiosity to AI capability.

CLOSING KEYNOTE
2026-10-08 00:20 - 01:20 | 1_Mauka Ballroom, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street

Pau Hana
2026-10-08 01:20 - 02:00 | 1_Mauka Ballroom, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 2454 South Beretania Street
Relax and unwind. Drinks and pupus. Reconnect and meet new friends.
