PMI Alaska Interior Branch Launch – Networking & Speaker Event

Featuring “Leadership in the Age of AI” with Ian Fox Minnock

Friday, September 25, 2026 | 5:30 PM
Black Spruce Brewing Company
3290 Peger Rd, Ste B, Fairbanks, AK 99709

Join the PMI Alaska Chapter for a special evening of networking, learning, and celebration in Fairbanks!

We’re excited to bring Alaska’s project management community together for an evening at Black Spruce Brewing Company featuring networking, an interactive presentation on Leadership in the Age of AI, and an important milestone for our chapter — the official announcement and celebration of the newly established PMI Alaska Chapter Interior Branch.

Whether you are a PMI member, project professional, leader, or simply interested in project management and connecting with Fairbanks’ professional community, we invite you to join us. This event is free and open to everyone.

Welcome from PMI Global Military Affairs

Before our featured presentation, Matt Quick, representing PMI Global Military Affairs, will share a special welcome with the Interior Alaska project management community and recognize the establishment of the new PMI Alaska Chapter Interior Branch.

Matt’s remarks will highlight PMI’s connection with the military community and welcome project professionals from across Interior Alaska as we continue expanding opportunities for connection, professional development, and engagement throughout the region.

Leadership in the Age of AI

AI adoption is rapidly becoming universal, yet AI-specific projects continue to fail at significantly higher rates than traditional IT initiatives. If the technology keeps improving, why are organizations still struggling to turn AI investments into successful outcomes? This interactive session challenges the assumption that technology is the deciding factor.

Drawing on research and datasets from PMI, RAND, MIT NANDA, Gartner, BCG, McKinsey, Gallup, the GAO, federal agencies, and others, Ian Fox Minnock will explore why leadership — including intent, trust, feedback, decision-making, and team ownership — may be the real differentiator between AI initiatives that succeed and those that fail.

The session will move from the data behind AI project failure, to lessons from military and private-sector leadership models, and finally to a live demonstration in which a real initiative is pressure-tested with the audience.

What You’ll Take Away

• A data-driven perspective on why leadership can determine the success or failure of AI initiatives
• Lessons from military, public-sector, and private-sector leadership models
• Insight into how AI use is changing individual and organizational work
• A look at “AI workslop” and its impact on trust and productivity
• Practical approaches to decision-making in an AI-enabled environment
• An interactive live demonstration and decision-making system available to attendees

About the Speaker

Ian Fox Minnock, PMP, PMI-ACP, CPG, is a Geologist 5 with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, where he leads the Mineral Property Management unit within the Division of Mining, Land & Water. He also serves as Vice President of Finance for the PMI Alaska Chapter. A U.S. Army Reserve veteran, Ian brings leadership experience from the military, private sector, and state government. He also holds a certificate in Agentic Data Quality through the Chief Data Officer and Information Quality (CDOIQ) Society, providing an additional perspective on the data-quality challenges that can determine whether AI initiatives succeed.

Celebrating the PMI Alaska Chapter Interior Branch

This event also marks an exciting milestone for PMI Alaska! We are proud to announce the establishment of the PMI Alaska Chapter Interior Branch, expanding opportunities for project professionals throughout Fairbanks and Interior Alaska to connect, learn, volunteer, and engage with the project management community closer to home.

Come meet other professionals from across the Interior, learn more about what’s ahead for the new Branch, and help us celebrate this next chapter for PMI Alaska.

Event Agenda

🕕 5:30–6:00 PM – Networking and Dinner

🕕 6:00–6:10 PM – Chapter Update and Ribbon Cutting for PMI Alaska Chapter Interior Branch

🕕 6:10–6:25 PM – PMI Global Head of Military Affairs Welcome - Matt Quick

🕢 6:25–7:00 PM – Featured Presentation by Ian Minnock

🕗 7:00–7:30 PM – Q&A, Door Raffle, Closing Remarks, and Adjournment

Event Details

Date: Friday, September 25, 2026
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Black Spruce Brewing Company, 3290 Peger Rd, Ste B, Fairbanks, AK 99709
Registration: Free
PDUs: 1 PDU