2025 KIPMI Professional Development Day - Exploring the Art and Science of Project Management

Business Acumen

Draft Agenda - The Planning Team Reserves the Right to Update this Agenda

Timeslot 

PDD Activity  

Track 1 

Track 2 

9:00 – 10:00 AM 

Keynote 

The Sustainable Productivity Blueprint: More Done Less Effort

Leslie Minchin 

 

10:15 – 11:30 

 

Sessions

1 & 2 

Session 1 - AI Tools for Creative Problem Solving 

Chris Leonard  

Session 2 - Don’t be Ambitious, Be Audacious: Set and Achieve Your BHAG Using Brain Science 

Leslie Minchin 

11:30 – 12:30 

 

Lunch and Networking 

 

 

12:30 – 1:30 

Sessions

3 & 4  

Session 3 - AI in Project Management: Navigating the Art and Science of a New Era 

Olya Taran 

Session 4 - Projects Are About the People: Leading Projects with Empathy 

Lisa Huber 

 

1:45 – 2:45 

 

Sessions

5 & 6 

Session 5 - Navigating Career Success Through Understanding Risk Tolerance 

Charles Snyder 

Session 6 - A Case Study on Giving Back 

Joseph Bowens 

3:00 – 4:00 

 

Sessions

7 & 8 

 

Session 7 - Why success in SaaS requires a shift in mindset  

Pamela Thomas 

Session 8 - The Trust Equation 

Steve Pollock 

 

4:15 – 4:45 

Speaker 

Beating Burnout with Purpose  

Chris Leonard 

 

4:45 – 5:00 PM 

 

Closing 

 

Mentoring Program Update 

Doug Sloan

 

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Information

Type of category: Professional Development Day

Type of activity: Business Acumen

Date: November 14th, 2025

Hour: 9:00AM to 5:00PM

Registration close date: November 12th, 2025 at 11:59PM

# of PDUs: 6.5

Price

Members: $50.00

Non members and Guests: $60.00

Location

Farm Credit Mid - America Headquarters

12501 Lakefront Place
Louisville, US, 40299

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