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Celebrating Agility: Elevating Collaboration, Inspiring the World

 

We’re excited to invite you to PMI Sydney Chapter’s inaugural Agile Community Gathering, a featured event within the PMI Agile Symposium 2025 (20–22 November 2025 AEDT)!

This year’s Agile Symposium theme -  “Celebrating Agility: Elevating Collaboration, Inspiring the World”  highlights the power of global collaboration and learning from diverse Agile experiences; an event co-hosted by 15 PMI Chapters around the world.

This PMI Sydney Chapter Agile Gathering embodies this spirit by bringing together practitioners, leaders, and agents for a day of deep connection, shared learning, and collective growth.

Why attend?

• 🤝 Connect with Agile professionals across industries
• 💬 Engage in interactive sessions, lightning talks, and open discussions
• 💡 Learn from real-world stories and global thought leaders
• 🔄 Reflect on your journey and leave inspired

 

Sydney Event Details (in-person)

📅 Date: Thursday, 20th November
🕘 Time: 12:00-19:30
📍 Location: Smartsheet office - Level 33, 60 Margaret Street, Sydney 2000

 

Sydney Event Agenda:

• 12:00-13:00   Registration + Networking lunch
• 13:00-14:00   Opening + Keynote   [In-person and Online]
• 14:00-15:30   Community Lightning Talks & Panel discussion - hear from industry leaders in the field   [In-person and Online] 
  • Ruchi Motial Suri, Founder and Principal Consultant, Success Culture
  • Yannick Arekion, Client CTO, Unisys; Past President, PMI Canberra
    
  • Alex Sloley, Director, International Association of Facilitators (IAF)
  • Suhas Rao, App Innovation Architect and DevOps Champion, Microsoft  
  • Brad Purdy, Professional Services and Business Development Leader, Smartsheet  (panel chair)
• 15:30-16:00   Tea / Coffee Break
• 16:00-18:00  Interactive Workshop and Group activities (Agilopoly) led by Terry Haayema, International Author, Speaker, Enterprise Coach. [In-person only]
  • Play Agilopoly with like-minded PMI agilists, collecting agile practices into your framework to build wealth for your organisation. How will your empire grow? 
• 18:00-18:30   Reflections + Closing [In-person only]
• 18:30-19:30   Networking [In-person only]

Hurry, register now, limited spots available!

 

 

Can’t make it to Sydney?

👉 Join virtually from anywhere in the world and be part of this global conversation. You’ll have complimentary access to the 3-days Agile Symposium: https://www.pmiagilesig.org/

• Please note, the 3-days Agile Symposium program is for online only sessions. Please refer to the PMI Asia Pacific Agile SIG website for the latest program.

 

Whether you join from your home office or attend in person, you’ll gain fresh perspectives on agile practices, leadership, and success stories from around the world.

 

Notice of Filming & Photography:

Please note that a professional photographer and videographer will be on-site to document this event. Photographs and videotapes are the sole property of PMI and PMI Sydney Chapter. By attending this event, attendees understand that PMI and PMI Sydney Chapter may use the likenesses for future promotional purposes.

If you do not wish to be photographed, please notify the photographer, videographer and/or PMI Sydney Chapter volunteers.

 

Our PMI Sydney Chapter Event Sponsors:

We would like to thank our event sponsors (in-kind) and community partners for their continuous support in providing the best value to our members and project professionals in the community.

 

Smartsheet. Since our founding in 2005, Smartsheet has enabled individuals and teams to become high achievers. We do this by creating innovative work management solutions, mobilizing a passionate and diverse global team, and making a positive impact in communities where we live and work. Today, Smartsheet is present in nonprofit organisations, small businesses, and more than 80% of Fortune 500 companies around the globe.  Our game-changing platform is redefining the possibilities of work management and empowering people to do amazing things. We are guided by our purpose – building a brighter future for all.

As leaders in projects, PMO and agile services, PM-Partners has a long-standing reputation for helping clients across a range of industries execute and deliver their strategies more effectively. Taking a pragmatic, outcomes-focused approach, their expert advisory, delivery, training and resourcing teams optimise delivery environments, drive quality and consistency, and uplift the capabilities of organisations and people. This enables their customers to achieve their outcomes and objectives with less risk and cost and accelerate the delivery of value.