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The Artful Argument is a unique professional learning and networking event. It's a space for senior leaders from industry and government, academics, specialists, and those on the frontline of major projects to engage in collaborative conversations about shared challenges and emerging opportunities in the world of projects.
The Artful Argument
What
The Artful Argument is an exclusive dinner forum for senior leaders and experts in leading complex projects, programs, portfolios in any industry, sector or technical domain.
Now in its sixth year, the forum has evolved into an intimate dinner for no more than ten senior leaders, hosted in private dining rooms across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra.
Each evening centres on a single, research-informed proposition relevant to real-world practice. There are no panels and no simple answers.
The conversation is structured and facilitated, with open dialogue and candid sharing of perspectives enabling a deeper understanding of a complex, multi-faceted issue.
Who
The table brings together a carefully curated mix of:
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Heads of PMO and Portfolio
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Project and Program Directors
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Sponsors and Responsible Owners
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Divisional and enterprise leaders accountable for delivery
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Capability and L&D leaders in project-based organisations
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Specialists and academics with relevant expertise
Participants are typically Director, Executive or C-suite level, and from government, private sector, not-for-profits, academia, and recently-retired captains of industry.
With only ten seats, the professional networking and relationship building that happens at the Artful Argument is far from transactional. It is conversational, considered and collaborative.
Why
For attendees, The Artful Argument offers a rare opportunity to think deeply with peers about complex, shared challenges and emerging opportunities that shape delivery performance - issues like culture, governance, capability uplift, portfolio discipline, AI, project controls, contracting, leadership, politics, and many more.
For sponsors, it provides exclusive stewardship of an industry-shaping conversation. Sponsorship is not just about brand exposure - it's about enabling an important dialogue among senior leaders, influencing professional thinking, and strengthening relationships in a non-sales environment.
For both, the value lies in the generative and always-informative discussions, and the relationships built through shared intellectual exchange.
How to sponsor
Each Artful Argument is intentionally intimate and focused, with a single sponsor per event.
Sponsorship is $5,000 plus GST and includes up to five seats at the table. The other half of the table will be curated by host, Kestrel Stone, with an eye to ensuring that there is a good balance of perspectives and diversity of thought, personalities, and industry experience.
Sponsors gain a rare opportunity to shape the theme at the centre of the "Argument" - to throw the spotlight on an important issue and influence the narrative and thought leadership around it.
This format suits organisations that value targeted engagement over ad-hoc exposure, relationships over 'likes', and shaping the narative over following the crowd.
Get in Touch
Reach out for a chat about sponsoring an Artful Argument.
