This session explores how PMOs evolve from project oversight to strategic enablers and true catalysts of business value in the age of AI. Based on real-world experience, it shows how to translate strategy into execution by aligning initiatives with data, AI, and business outcomes. Participants will gain a practical perspective on moving from AI experimentation to enterprise impact, balancing technology, governance, and value creation. The session also reflects on the PMO's role in enabling adoption, ensuring compliance, and shaping the right mindset and skills. The key message: sustainable impact comes from orchestrating strategy, governance, and value, not from algorithms alone.
Project leaders today are being asked to deliver more with fewer resources, tighter timelines, shifting priorities, and rising expectations. Many teams are dealing with stress, change fatigue, unclear direction, and pressure to produce results fast. In this high-energy keynote, Saby Waraich shares a practical leadership approach to help project professionals move from SCARE (Stress, Chaos, Anxiety, Resistance to Change, and Ego) to CARES leadership. Through real-world stories from complex digital transformation efforts, cybersecurity incidents, public sector projects, and leadership moments under pressure, Saby will show how project leaders can create clarity, build trust, stay calm, and deliver impact even when the path keeps changing.
Saturday September 26, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am MST Arizona Ballroom
