PMWest 2026 Speakers
Opening Keynote Speaker - Day 1
What NASA Learned about All Three and The Current 88% AI Problem
Ed Hoffman
Dr. Hoffman spent three decades rebuilding how NASA learns, leads, and manages knowledge after the Challenger and Columbia disasters, work that carries a direct lesson for any BC project leader: the projects that survive hard failures are the ones that turn lessons learned into lasting practice.
Every project team in BC carries knowledge that walks out the door when a project ends or a team member moves on. Dr. Hoffman’s decades at NASA offer a playbook for capturing that knowledge before it’s lost, so lessons learned actually change how the next project runs, not just how the postmortem reads.
Closing Keynote Speaker - Day 1
The Hidden Dynamics of Recognition, Trust, and Professional Integration in Project Management
Mehran Jamshidi
Mehran’s keynote is built on fresh UBC research with Metro Vancouver hiring managers and project professionals, so this isn’t theory borrowed from somewhere else, it’s about our own market. As AI takes over more of the technical side of project work, the professionals who get recognized and trusted are the ones who understand these relational dynamics, and Mehran breaks down exactly what separates the two.
Closing Keynote Speaker - Day 2
Speak to Lead: Inspire with Storytelling that Builds Connection, Influence, and Impact
Precious Ile
If you’ve ever struggled to get a room full of stakeholders aligned, this session is for you. Precious is a triple-certified executive coach and PMP who has taken this exact challenge and turned it into a teachable framework, so you leave with practices you can use in your very next stakeholder meeting, not just inspiration.
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