PMI Adelaide South Australia

🎓 PMI Adelaide was delighted to attend the Federation University Final Project Showcase yesterday, where students presented innovative and practical software solutions addressing real client needs.

A big thank you to Nadil and the Federation University team for hosting such a well-organised and engaging event. We were impressed by the students’ strong collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery capabilities demonstrated throughout their presentations.

At PMI Adelaide, we’re passionate about supporting emerging project professionals through mentorship, professional development, and industry connection opportunities — and we look forward to continuing our relationship with Federation University and its talented students.

📢 45 Days to Open: Delivering Japan’s Uniqlo in Adelaide

How do you deliver a flagship retail project with only 45 days until opening?

Join PMI Adelaide for our first Construction Project Management session for 2026, featuring Thanh Huynh from Huntha Management, as she shares the real story behind delivering the Uniqlo Adelaide Flagship Project at Myer Centre Adelaide under intense time pressure.

This session will unpack practical lessons in:
• Crisis project management
• Rapid mobilisation
• Stakeholder alignment
• Building trust under pressure
• The soft skills that no Gantt chart can replace

📅 Tuesday, 2 June | 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Torrens University, 88 Wakefield Street, Adelaide

Expect real stories, honest reflections, and actionable takeaways from 20 years of hands-on project delivery.

📢 One Membership. Endless Possibilities: How PMI Benefits Power Your Career

What does PMI membership look like in action?

Join this live webinar to hear directly from PMI members across different career stages as they share how PMI membership has supported their professional journeys — from expanding networks to unlocking new opportunities.

🎤 Featuring:
• Charissa Ong
• Sydney Mudau
• Dr Olga Lozova
• David Trott (Moderator)

✔ Gain insights from real experiences
✔ Learn how others maximise PMI membership benefits
✔ Ask your questions during the live fireside chat

📅 Tuesday, 2 June 2026
🕒 12:30 AEST | 14:30 NZST
💻 Online Webinar

👉 Register here: https://pmi-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2ENxCgczS96b1Eim2Qh5Mg

🚀 Volunteer Opportunity – Associate Director, Professional Development

PMI Adelaide is looking for a passionate and driven leader to join our Operations team as the Associate Director of Professional Development.

This role is an exciting opportunity to help shape learning, mentoring, certification, and career development initiatives that deliver real value to our members and broader project management community.

✨ Lead professional development programs
✨ Collaborate with industry and training partners
✨ Support mentoring and learning initiatives
✨ Help drive member engagement and growth

📅 Applications close: 5 June 2026

If you’re passionate about professional development, leadership, and community impact, we’d love to hear from you.

https://volunteer.pmi.org/opportunities/71448

⏰ Reminder – Practical Leadership for Project Environments

There’s still time to register for PMI Adelaide’s hands-on leadership workshop with Natalie Milosevic (Realign Your Life).

Build practical skills to communicate under pressure, delegate effectively, manage expectations, and lead teams with more clarity and confidence.

📅 Full-day workshop + follow-up coaching session
☕ Includes catering, resources, and small-group learning

👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/ghrpeb7R

📢 Practical Leadership for Project Environments

At a certain point in your career, it’s no longer just about doing the work — it’s about leading people, managing pressure, and delivering through others.

Join PMI Adelaide for a hands-on leadership workshop designed for professionals stepping into or already in project and team leadership roles.

Led by Natalie Milosevic (Realign Your Life), this full-day session focuses on real-world scenarios and practical tools you can apply immediately.

✨ What you’ll gain:

• Communicate clearly under pressure
• Delegate effectively without micromanaging
• Give feedback that actually lands
• Manage expectations and navigate tough conversations
• Build and develop high-performing teams

📅 Full-day workshop + follow-up coaching session
☕ Includes catering, resources, and small-group learning

This is not theory — it’s practical leadership for real project environments.

👉 Register now and take the next step in your leadership journey
https://events.humanitix.com/practical-leadership-for-project-environments

☕ Great conversations, new connections, and a strong turnout at our very first PMI Adelaide Coffee Meet-Up!

It was fantastic to see at least 22 project professionals join us this morning at Vault 91 Café to connect with the community and hear insights from Jennifer James (Paxus) on the current state of the Tech Market.

A special thanks to Paula, Ben, Behrang, and Gaurav for joining us and helping make the morning such a success.

We’re excited to continue creating relaxed and meaningful spaces for our project management community to connect and grow together.

Introducing Our New PMI Adelaide Board Members
Please meet our new board members!

We’re delighted to welcome Ben and Behrang to the PMI Adelaide team as Directors at Large. Both bring diverse experience, fresh perspectives, and a strong passion for strengthening our project management community.

Ben Lewis

Having grown up on a farm in a small town in Tasmania, I have a deep appreciation for community — and I'm genuinely grateful to find myself in this one.

The project management community is something special. It's built of people who make positive change by building teams, bringing others along on the journey, and showing up not just for a profession, but for a way of life. Because projects don't only happen at work — they happen all throughout our lives. Life itself is one big project journey, and the skills we develop through this profession apply to everything we do, everyone we become, and everything we aspire to be.
I look forward to sharing what I've gathered along my journey — and learning just as much from what others have gathered on theirs.

Behrang Fatemi

My core experience has been in leading large-scale initiatives across fintech and the digital economy back to my country. Since migrating to AUS, I’ve continued to evolve my career in project management and enterprise architecture, with a strong focus on delivering practical, outcome-driven solutions in complex environments.
Adelaide has given us a great balance, professionally and personally. Alongside my wife and son, I’m enjoying the lifestyle here while continuing to grow and challenge myself.
I’m someone who finds clarity in simplicity… I love the ocean, tennis, long walks, and time on the trails. Those quiet moments often give me space to reflect, and to stay connected to what truly matters, including the values I carry from my late father.

For me, project management is, above all of its knowledge areas, about communication… and the ability to manage it effectively.
Joining the PMI Adelaide Board is an opportunity I truly value. I’ll consider it a success if I can contribute to strengthening professionalism across SA and help build a more connected, capable, and forward-looking project community.

We’re excited to have them join the PMI Adelaide leadership team and look forward to the value, insight, and energy they will bring to our chapter and members.

Please join us in welcoming Ben and Behrang! 👏

📢 Practical Leadership for Project Environments

At a certain point in your career, it’s no longer just about doing the work — it’s about leading people, managing pressure, and delivering through others.

Join PMI Adelaide for a hands-on leadership workshop designed for professionals stepping into or already in project and team leadership roles.

Led by Natalie Milosevic (Realign Your Life), this full-day session focuses on real-world scenarios and practical tools you can apply immediately.

✨ What you’ll gain:

• Communicate clearly under pressure
• Delegate effectively without micromanaging
• Give feedback that actually lands
• Manage expectations and navigate tough conversations
• Build and develop high-performing teams

📅 Full-day workshop + follow-up coaching session
☕ Includes catering, resources, and small-group learning

This is not theory — it’s practical leadership for real project environments.

👉 Register now and take the next step in your leadership journey
https://events.humanitix.com/practical-leadership-for-project-environments

Innovation in Action | AI Project Delivery & A Major Chapter Milestone! 🚀 🎂

What an incredible turnout yesterday for the PMI Adelaide South Australia Chapter event! With over 100 project professionals in the room, the energy was a testament to the thriving project management community here in Adelaide.

A Professional Milestone & Guest Insights The highlight of the evening was a deep dive into Artificial Intelligence Project Delivery, presented by Sana Ahmed, Senior Project Manager and Senthil Arumugam, Head of Network Operations & Engineering Services from ElectraNet Pty Ltd. They shared a fascinating case study on automating the connection enquiry response process—a project born out of the clean energy transition goal.

Key Takeaways from the Session:

Hybrid Frameworks: Combining traditional PM methods with the Cynefin model to manage the uncertainty of "Greenfield" AI projects.

Safe-to-Fail Experiments: The importance of time-boxed iterations to validate feasibility before scaling.

The Innovation Mindset: Shifting toward curiosity and cross-functional collaboration to optimize engineering resources.

Celebrating Our Team & Community 🎂 A massive congratulations to our event team member, Iroshini Corea Weeratunga, who hosted her very first event for PMI! She did an awesome job keeping the group engaged and ensured the evening ran seamlessly.

We also celebrated a significant chapter milestone: surpassing 600 members! It was an honor to mark this achievement with a cake-cutting ceremony led by Yudhi Mohan-Ram MEng PMP (President), Peter Pavan (Director at Large) and Adrian J. (Associate Director – Events).

Gratitude to our Community A huge thank you to:

Our sponsors: SA Water, ElectraNet Pty Ltd, Paxus, GPA Engineering, EGM Recruitment, and INMAA Advisory.

Our venue partner: Torrens University Australia.

Our dedicated volunteers, with a special shout-out to Diego Beltran, our Volunteer of the Quarter!

What’s Next? Don't miss our upcoming sessions. Check the PMI Adelaide website for registration links: https://pmiadelaide.org/events/event-listings

Let’s keep the momentum going!