Why Students, Faculty, and Campus PMOs Should Attend
By Lori Milhaven, Executive Vice President
October 8, 2026
Students will lead projects shaped by AI from their very first job. Faculty are preparing them for it. Campus PMOs are already experiencing it. International Project Management Day 2026 Online Conference brings it all into focus, live on November 5, 2026!
Here is what’s in it for students, faculty, and campus PMO teams.
For Students: See the Future Before You Are Hired
- See the real future of work. Sessions like “The 40-Year Disruption, AI as Catalyst: Not Cause” with Dr. Ed Hoffman and Joti Balani cut through the hype. AI does not replace project leaders. It exposes the ones who never learned to lead.
- Learn from people who have built things that matter. Mick Ebeling, Dr. Al Zeitoun, Dr. Elissa Farrow, and many more share stories you will not find in a syllabus.
- Build the skills employers ask for. Leadership. Judgment. Adaptability. The human skills AI cannot automate are the ones hiring managers compete for.
- Join a global conversation. Connect with project professionals around the world, right from your dorm room or classroom.
For Faculty: The Easiest Curriculum Upgrade of the Year
- Make it a class session. Stream a keynote, assign a talk, and debate it the following week. One event, a semester of discussion.
- Bridge theory and practice. Business, engineering, IT, healthcare, and public policy programs all run on projects. IPM Day shows students what that looks like at scale.
- Refresh your own perspective. Get the same front-row view of how AI is reshaping project work, straight from the people leading it.
- Strengthen career readiness. Give students interview talking points most of their peers will not have.
For University PMOs and IT PMOs: Lead the Change on Your Campus
Universities do not just teach projects. They run them constantly.
New student systems. Research infrastructure. Campus construction. Cybersecurity upgrades. AI tools changing faster than policy can keep up. Your team carries all of it, often with lean staff and tight budgets.
IPM Day is designed for exactly that pressure.
- Get ahead of AI adoption. Learn how leading organizations decide what to automate, what to govern, and what to leave to people.
- Lead change people accept. Faculty, staff, and students do not adopt new systems because of a memo. Hear how top leaders build buy-ins.
- Upskill your whole team at no cost. Bring your entire PMO.
- Benchmark against the best. See how project leaders worldwide deliver value, not just deliverables.
Your PMO shapes how your institution changes. IPM Day 2026 is your chance to shape it better.
You can join thousands of people live online Nov. 5, 2026, or as a registrant get unlimited on-demand access from anywhere at any time through Feb. 7, 2027.
AI will keep changing the pace. Projects will keep changing the world. The only question is whether your students, Faculty and PMO’s are ready to change both.
View speakers, topics, and details: iil.com/international-project-management-day
Questions about student and education discounts? Email learning@iil.com.
Let’s make a difference. See you online at IPM Day 2026!
Lori Milhaven, Executive Vice President, IIL
Lori Milhaven
Executive Vice President at International Institute for Learning (IIL)
Our deepest purpose is to enable growth and success of individuals, teams and organizations with long-lasting, high quality learning in a technology-driven world. Lori is honored to have been with IIL over 30 years, and to make it her mission to focus on continuous improvement, client driven success and to go above and beyond to meet expectations.
