Title: Setting up collaboration between primary care and Emergency hospital results in quicker emergency stays for patients – Change Management across organizational borders

Presenter: Clas Lundhagen

Description: Clas and the manager of Södersjukhuset emergency ward initiated a successful change project across organizations with 3 local emergency centers and 10 health centers to implement a 'prehospital consultation' - which shortened patient emergency stays.  

Skill Level: Advanced (8-10 years)

Domain: Develop the Change Management Plan, Execute the Change Management Plan

Category: Critical Change Foundations

Bio: Clas is a certified senior change leader, business developer and leader developer with long (15 years) and broad experience of working with successful change management, business development and development of leaders/management in private, public and idea-driven organizations and as well as a project manager in various types of projects.  
 
The change projects range from development and implementation of business planning and follow-up process, implementation of new ways-of-working and documentation system for 10,000 users and value projects to introduction of a new organization and organizational mergers. Clas also created new2change.com (a learning hub for change leaders)  
 
With 15+ years of both strategic and operational change leadership in many types of organizations, approx. 30 leadership development and management team development programs and 10+ years as a project manager, Clas has the broad, comprehensive experience needed to be able to support change projects at all levels.  

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Title: 5 Steps to Negotiating Change - Using Negotiations Best Practices to Effect Change Initiatives

Presenter: Roy Weissman

Description: What if you could transform the people resisting change to becoming your best allies for change? Using Negotiations best practices, you will learn how to motivate those same people to want and embrace the change.   

Skill Level: Beginner (0-3 Years)

Domain: Formulate the Change Management Strategy, Develop the Change Management Plan, Execute the Change Management Plan

Category: Professional Growth & Leadership

Bio: With a career in client-facing roles in the media, entertainment and technology industries, Roy has negotiated and closed deals with C Level executives at both large and small companies. These include Amazon, Comcast, Verizon, News Corporation, and many more.

He is experienced in cultivating productive partnerships and identifying new business opportunities.

He is a big picture strategist with a track record of effectively transforming strategy into bottom line results. He brings a deep understanding of the media and technology marketplaces including management and hands-on experience in initiating, developing, building relationships and closing distribution and strategic partnership deals.

Currently Roy is an Assistant Professor of the Practice at St. John’s University in New York.

Of course, the ultimate test of his negotiation skills comes with the negotiations with his young daughter who is learning these skills very quickly.

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Title: How to Navigate Change with Emotional Intelligence and Strategic Insight

Presenter: David Baldwin

Description: If you are navigating organizational shifts, team transitions, restructuring, or rising expectations, you are not alone. In this free leadership webinar, we will show you how to understand the human side of change, reduce resistance, and move your team forward with strategic awareness. 

Bio: David has delivered proven ROI leadership development and coaching work resulting in financial business success for Fortune 500 companies in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Thailand, UAE and throughout the United States to more than 10,000 executive participants. 

He has co-written books on influence tactics, communicating vision, and leadership networking, along with articles and interviews with Chief Learning Officer, South China Morning Post, Leadership Wired and Human Resources Magazine. His leadership expertise is from posts in the television, service and manufacturing industries at CBS, ESPN, Nordstrom and Caterpillar. 

David holds a master’s of science degree in communication studies with a focus on organizational leadership behavior from Illinois State University, and a bachelor’s degree in speech communication with an emphasis in television broadcasting and social psychology.  

Some fun facts about David include:  David has traveled and worked in over 25 countries and 50 of the United States and territories, 4 time Olympic attendee and memorabilia collector, Actor in a Movie with Batman, Television Host, Disney Park fan with wife and boys, and Scouting Troop Master. 

Learning Objectives:

• How to understand the emotional cycle of change
  • The four stages people move through during transitions and how to recognize them in yourself and your team
    
    
• How to reduce friction by speaking to mindset, not just tasks 
  • Learn the difference between structural change and psychological change and why leaders often overlook the human response 
    
    
• Why emotional intelligence is the catalyst for successful change 
  • A clear explanation of how EI helps leaders respond to reactions, resistance, and uncertainty 
    
    
• How the Change Style Indicator works 
  • Discover the strengths, blind spots, and communication needs of Conservers, Pragmatists, and Originators 
    
    
• Practical strategies to guide people from reaction to implementation 
  • Simple tools you can use immediately to improve alignment, clarity, and teamwork 
    
     

Title: From Curiosity to Capability: How We Made AI Work A Change Management Playbook For Leveraging AI in Practice

Presenter: Nury Rivas

Description: Learn how a small firm turned AI curiosity into capability. This session offers a practical roadmap for change leaders to drive readiness, engagement, and ethical adoption of AI in their organizations or client work.

Skill Level: Intermediate (4-7 Years)

Domain: Evaluate Change Impact & Readiness, Evaluate the Change Effort

Category: Technology & AI

Bio: Nury Rivas is a Senior Consultant at Pivot Consulting Inc., where she is helping to lead the integration of emerging technologies, including AI, into the firm and its change management practice. A curious problem-solver and early adopter, Nury played a key role in shaping Pivot’s internal AI enablement journey, guiding the team through experimentation, learning, and responsible adoption.

With over 15 years of experience in organizational change, learning, and digital transformation, Nury brings a people-first perspective to technology-driven change. Her work focuses on helping clients and colleagues alike build confidence and capability in using AI tools to enhance collaboration, insight, and impact.  
Known for her approachable style and practical mindset, Nury is passionate about translating curiosity into confidence while ensuring that technology becomes an enabler of human potential rather than a replacement for it.

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Title: Change Management Lessons Learned in Canadian Digital Health Transformation Projects

Presenter: Chelsea King

Description: A thoughtful and engaging reflection on change management efforts in digital transformation projects in the Canadian healthcare landscape; with lessons that can be applied to future work in other industries.

Skill Level: Intermediate (4-7 Years)

Domain: Evaluate Change Impact & Readiness, Formulate the Change Management Strategy, Develop the Change Management Plan, Execute the Change Management Plan , Evaluate the Change Effort

Category: Critical Change Foundations

Bio: Chelsea King is a healthcare leader in Ontario, Canada with over a decade of experience in digital transformation projects. She has led change management efforts in Alberta and Ontario, with a focus on human-centered change. In her current role, she oversees the clinical informatics efforts and ongoing change management strategies at University Health Network.  

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Title: Agentic AI Change: A Human-Centered Focus to Agentic AI Adoption and Workplace Transformation

Presenters: Burak Atagun and Nathalie Visser

Description: Discover how agentic AI—intelligent systems that plan, reason, and act—are transforming work. Learn practical strategies andframeworks, and take-home templates to build culture, skills, and leadership support for AI adoption.  

Skill Level: Intermediate (4-7 Years)

Domain: Evaluate Change Impact & Readiness, Formulate the Change Management Strategy, Develop the Change Management Plan, Execute the Change Management Plan, Evaluate the Change Effort

Category: Technology & AI

Bios:

Burak Atagun is a change practitioner at Accenture, where he has spent the last several years working on initiatives that drive the adoption of emerging technologies and processes within large, global organizations. His expertise lies in enabling tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot and Power Platform, which empower teams to work more efficiently and collaboratively. At Accenture, Burak has been leading key initiatives such as analytics for data driven decision making, senior leadership enablement sessions, and live demos & workshops, which make up Accenture’s automation, Generative AI and agentic transformation strategy.

In his role, Burak is responsible for developing and implementing change management analytics that support organizational goals, helping drive engagement across teams, and ensuring a seamless transition during the adoption of emerging technologies.

Nathalie Visser is a senior leader in Accenture’s internal IT change & adoption practice specializing in AI change enablement. She has nearly 20 years of experience working with Accenture leaders, teams and clients, focusing on change management, talent and organizational effectiveness. She is currently leading generative and agentic AI change and adoption programs at Accenture. She and her team guide Accenture people to adopt new behaviors, build skills, embrace new ways of working – to integrate AI into their daily work. Her teams ready Accenture leaders and teams to experience the full value of the technology. By day, Nathalie is building strategies for AI adoption and sharing her favorite AI prompts; by night she’s exploring AI storytelling with her young children via dragon poems and unicorn songs. You can also find her helping the next generation female leaders, build the skills and confidence to blaze their trail.  

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Title: The Deliberate Disruptor: Why Elite Organizations Institutionalize Skepticism in 2026 

Presenter: Jim Benvie

Description: In today’s volatile business world, Jim Benvie, “The History PM,” shares The Deliberate Disruptor—a framework to challenge assumptions, prevent groupthink, stress-test decisions, and build resilience.   

Skill Level: Intermediate (4-7 Years)

Domain: Evaluate Change Impact & Readiness, Formulate the Change Management Strategy, Evaluate the Change Effort

Category: Professional Growth & Leadership 

Bios:

Jim Benvie, known as “The History PM,” brings more than 40 years of global project leadership experience to presentations on leadership, critical thinking, and lessons from history. A Distinguished Toastmaster, longtime PMP, and former PMI Houston board member, he speaks nationally on challenging conventional thinking and applying practical, timeless strategies to modern leadership.   

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Note: This session will be conducted as a Zoom Meeting, where attendees participate and breakout into rooms.  Have your webcam ready.

Maximum Participants: Limited to the first 300 registrants. 

Title: From Thinking to Believing: Building a Case for Change Through Productive Thinking and Facilitation

Presenter: Gabriela Prado

Description: Discover how Productive Thinking and facilitation help teams move from thinking to believing—separating creative and critical thinking to co-create a meaningful Case for Change.  

Skill Level: Intermediate (4-7 Years)

Domain: Formulate the Change Management Strategy

Category: Professional Growth & Leadership

Bio: Gabriela Prado, MSc, CCMP, Managing Innovation Facilitator (University of Brighton) and Productive Thinking Practitioner (ThinkX), is CEO & Founder of The Change Lab and a postgraduate faculty member specializing in change leadership and facilitation. With over 20 years of experience leading cultural and digital transformation processes across Latin America, she integrates evidence-based methodology, creative problem-solving, and human-centered design. Gabriela helps leaders and teams think differently about change, co-creating strategies that are not only adopted but believed in.  

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Title: Bridging Theory and Practice in Change Management

Presenter: Miriam Forster 

Description: Break through resistance and drive innovation! This interactive session equips leaders with frameworks and tools to co-create solutions, build buy-in, and spark lasting change, even in challenging environments.

Skill Level: Beginner (0-3 years)

Domain: Evaluate Change Impact & Readiness, Execute the Change Management Plan 

Category: Critical Change Foundations

Bio: Miriam Forster is an independent consultant and change management specialist dedicated to helping organizations and individuals thrive through innovation, data-driven decision making, and adaptive leadership. A Doctor of Business Administration candidate in Business Intelligence at Marymount University, she blends academic rigor with practical experience to advance business education and organizational development. With over 15 years of experience spanning consulting, curriculum design, and program leadership, Miriam has led creative learning initiatives that integrate technology and foster critical thinking. She holds degrees from The American University and George Washington University. An active member of ACMP, AOM, and Phi Kappa Phi, Miriam also serves as a peer reviewer for the Academy of Management. Her research and professional interests include business intelligence, organizational change, leadership development, and innovative learning design.  

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Title: All Change IS Behavior Change! 

Presenter: Michelle Yanahan

Description: In this session, you’ll learn how to identify, trigger, activate, and sustain human behavior for change. You’ll walk away able to apply behavior to your change projects as well as coach your leaders and organization on behavior change.  

Skill Level: Advanced (8-10 years)

Domain: Formulate the Change Management Strategy, Develop the Change Management Plan, Execute the Change Management Plan, Evaluate the Change Effort 

Category: Psychology & Neuroscience

Bio: Michelle Yanahan, Principal and Owner of ChangeFit 360, is a passionate organizational change management strategist and thought leader with proven expertise in executing change programs that grow organizational change management as a strategic business competency. Michelle has 25 +years of progressive business experience in leadership roles in operations, change management and change leadership, IT execution and project management office (PMO) development.  Michelle holds a Masters in Organizational Behavior from Benedictine University as well as CCMP and Prosci ADKAR change management certifications.  Michelle has been a featured presenter for numerous professional organizations including ACMP, ATD, Change Management Institute, Change Management Review, PMI, OD Network, and SHRM.  ChangeFit 360 has been recognized by ACMP, ATD, SHRM and ICF as a qualified education provider in support of their professional certifications and is proud to hold a customer satisfaction rate.  

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Title: Quantum Technologies: The Next Colossal Change Management Program 

Presenter: Greg Skulmoski

Description: Quantum technologies are emerging and promise to be the next colossal program of change management projects. Dr. Skulmoski outlines the quantum technology program of projects that most organisations are planning and the adoption barriers they face.   

Skill Level: Intermediate (4-7 Years)

Domain: Formulate the Change Management Strategy 

Category: Technology & AI

Bio: Greg Skulmoski PhD, MBA, BEd, CITP, FBCS is an award-winning change manager who has led projects in Australia, the Middle East, and Canada. His innovative use of risk management tools earned the CISO 2017 Middle East Security Award. He was one of the project managers for the Smartphone-Connected Pacemaker Devices program, ranked third in Cleveland Clinic’s Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2021. Greg was on the Update Committee for the PMBOK Guide (2000) and contributed to other project management standards. He currently teaches risk and innovation management at Bond University, Australia.

Greg is a “prominent author” of award-winning books including Shields Up: Cybersecurity Project Management, Cybersecurity Training: A Pathway to Readiness, Quantum Cybersecurity Program Management, and Accelerated Quantum Technologies Change Management. In 2025, the Australian Institute of Project Management honoured Greg with their Project Management Research Achievement Award. He is also a founding board member of Quantum Security and Defense Australia.

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Title: Convert a Communication Traffic Jam into a Communication Symphony

Presenters: Robert Snyder

Description: Do you work in a Frustration Factory? Let's convert it into an Elegant Expectation Factory. Do you sit in a Communication Traffic Jam? Let's convert it into a Communication Symphony. Let's shift emphasis from Infinite Activity to Finite Productivity.