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PMO unCONNorth America 2027May 11–12Montreal, Canada

PMO unCON is PMI’s global event for the PMO community

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PMO Global Alliance

PMO unCON is an initiative organized by the PMO Global Alliance, PMI’s community of PMOs.

The Unconference

A new edition,
built by the people in the room.

PMO unCON is not a conference where you sit and listen. It is two days of facilitated conversation between PMO leaders — the agenda is shaped by the participants, and every format is built around exchange between the people in the room.

After Paris, Istanbul and San Diego, PMO unCON returns on May 11–12, 2027, in Montreal, Canada.

People over process

Real dialogue instead of presentations. The room is the programme.

Questions over answers

We challenge assumptions and explore the grey areas of PMO work.

Honesty over perfection

What is working, what is not, and the problems that don't fit on a slide.

Action over theory

Ideas, tools and connections you can apply the week after.

How it works

How the two days work

1

You propose

Bring the PMO problem you're wrestling with — operating model, prioritisation, AI, value, stakeholder resistance. The agenda is built from what the room brings.

2

The room discusses

You spend most of the two days in small, facilitated peer sessions — working through real cases with people who face the same thing.

3

You leave with answers

Concrete ideas, tools and contacts you can put to work the week after.

PMO unCON community moment — PMO leaders at a previous PMO unCON edition (1 of 51)
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What we are planning for Montreal

300+

PMO professionals expected

30+

Countries represented

2

Full days

50+

Sessions

Projected figures, based on the previous PMO unCON events.

What to expect

Four formats, one shared objective: conversations that change how your PMO works.

Immersive Discussion Labs

Small-group, participant-led sessions where the real PMO challenges get discussed openly.

PMO Voices Panels

Candid conversations with PMO leaders sharing what worked — and what did not.

Hands-on Masterclasses

Practical, tool-driven working sessions delivered by experienced practitioners.

Networking & Solutions Stage

Structured networking moments plus a stage for the solutions shaping PMO practice.

The full Montreal 2027 programme will be published closer to the event.

What you take home

What you leave with

01

Answers to your hardest PMO problem

Bring the challenge you're stuck on and leave with approaches other leaders have already tested.

02

A cross-border benchmark

See how PMOs across your region — and beyond it — handle what you're handling.

03

A network that lasts

Two days with peers senior enough to change things — and relationships that outlast the event.

04

Something to apply Monday

Practical frameworks and ideas ready to use the week you get back.

Who is in the room

Built for everyone shaping the PMO agenda.

The value of an unconference comes from the mix in the room. Montreal brings together practitioners and decision-makers from across North America — senior enough to change something, close enough to delivery to know what actually works.

  • Experienced PMO leadersLooking for new ways to prove strategic value and keep the PMO relevant.
  • Future PMO leadersBuilding the skills, network and perspective to step into bigger roles.
  • Executive sponsorsWanting a clearer view of what a modern PMO should deliver to the business.
  • Consultants & advisorsTesting ideas with peers and staying close to real-world PMO practice.
  • Project & portfolio managersConnecting delivery reality with the strategy the PMO is meant to enable.

The 2027 edition

PMO unCON North America 2027
Montreal, Canada

Two days in Montreal with PMO leaders from across North America and beyond. The venue will be announced soon — subscribers hear it first.

Dates
May 11–12, 2027
Location
Montreal, Canada
Registration
Opens soon

Get notified when registration opens.

In detail

What is a PMO unconference?

Everything you need to know before May 2027 — the format, the audience and why PMO unCON comes to Montreal.

An unconference, not a conference

A PMO unconference inverts the traditional event model. There is no fixed line-up of keynote speakers talking at an audience: the agenda is built on site by the people who show up. Participants propose the topics they are struggling with — PMO operating models, portfolio prioritisation, AI in project delivery, value measurement, stakeholder resistance — and the room self-organises into parallel, facilitated conversations around them.

The result is closer to a working session between peers than to a lecture. Every attendee is expected to contribute, which is why PMO unCON keeps the group deliberately small compared with a mass-market project management conference.

Why Montreal in 2027

After editions in Paris, Istanbul and San Diego, PMO unCON North America 2027 comes to Montreal, Canada, on May 11–12, 2027 — a bilingual, international city that is easy to reach for PMO leaders from across North America and beyond.

The group stays small enough for real conversation. The venue is being finalised and will be announced on this page.

Who attends a PMO leaders summit like this

The room is intentionally mixed: PMO directors and heads of PMO, portfolio and transformation leaders, PMO consultants and advisors, and project and programme managers who are shaping the way delivery works in their organisation. Roughly half of the value of the two days comes from the sessions — the other half from the people you meet between them.

Venue, registration, pricing and the full programme for Montreal 2027 are announced on this page and sent first to the updates list.

Questions

The essentials, for now.

Venue, pricing, programme and registration are confirmed step by step and published here — and sent to everyone on the updates list.

See all FAQs
When and where does PMO unCON 2027 take place?
PMO unCON North America 2027 takes place on May 11–12, 2027, in Montreal, Canada. The venue will be announced on this page.
Is registration open?
Not yet. Registration will open soon. Pricing and the full programme will be published on this page.
What makes an unconference different?
The agenda is co-created by the participants. Instead of one-way presentations, the majority of the time is spent in facilitated peer discussion.
Who organises the event?
PMO Global Alliance, part of Project Management Institute.

Coming in 2027

PMO unCON 2027
North America · Montreal, Canada

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Partners & sponsors

Sponsorship and exhibition packages for the 2027 editions are being prepared. Register your interest to receive the prospectus first.

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