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Submissions closed for 2026

Recognising Excellence. Leadership. Impact.

The IPMA Australia Global Individual Awards recognise outstanding project practitioners and leaders who are making a difference and shaping a better future for Australia and the world.

Submissions closed on Sunday 2 August 2026. Thank you to everyone who entered.

To be presented at the

IPMA Australia Conference 2026

Friday 4th of September 2026 9:00am – 6:00pm
RMIT University — Storey Hall
IPMA Australiawww.ipmaaustralia.org
Submissions Closed
For any inquiries please contact Ryan Clark

The Categories

3 Awards. One Purpose.

01

Young Project Manager of the Year

This category is open specifically to project practitioners with demonstrated professional skills, who have worked/are working on any type of project anywhere in the world and are within the age bracket of 18 to 35 (inclusive) on the date applications are due. For the applications in the 2026 Awards circle, the applicant must be born after June 1990. Entry is free.

02

Project Manager of the Year

This category is open specifically to program or project managers with demonstrated professional skills equivalent to one of the IPMA Four-Level Certification (e.g., levels A to D) or other recognised comparable Project Management Certification from an IPMA Member Association. For details of IPMA Certification levels, see https://ipma.world/ipma-certification/4lc/. Entry is free.

03

Agile Leader of the Year

The IPMA Australia Global Award Agile Leader category recognises those individuals who most effectively demonstrate their agile leadership competences regardless of the scale, number, complexity or type of work referenced. The assessors' judging focuses on the qualities of the individual. The submission will be assessed in terms of completeness, clarity and succinctness. This category is open specifically to Agile Leaders with demonstrated professional skills equivalent to one of the IPMA Four-Level-Certification (e.g. levels A to D) or other recognised comparable Agile leadership Certification from an IPMA Member Association. For details of IPMA certification levels see https://www.ipma.world/individuals/certification/. Entry is free.