🎙 PM888: Talk In Your Own Way

Understanding the New World’s Challenges – Trump Tariffs & The China–USA New Cold War, Realizing Opportunities as a Project Manager

Get ready for a thought-provoking PM888 session as we explore how global geopolitical and economic shifts — including the Trump Tariffs and the evolving China–USA New Cold War — are reshaping the world. More importantly, we’ll discuss what opportunities these changes create for project managers today and in the future.

📅 Event Details

Date: 21 December 2025
Time: 7:45 AM – 9:30 AM
Venue: Inspire Hub 1
03–05 Nguyễn Cơ Thạch, An Lợi Đông Ward, District 2, Thủ Đức City, Ho Chi Minh City

Language: English
PDU: 1.5 PDUs

Fee Policy

• PMI Vietnam Chapter Members: Free entry

• Non-Members: 40,000 VND venue renting fee (pay at event)

• No drink order mandatory – guests may bring drinks from outside

Group Information: https://zalo.me/g/uwvnek020

🗓 Agenda

7:45 – 8:00 AM: Check-in & Welcome
8:00 – 8:50 AM: Understanding the New World’s Challenges
8:50 – 9:20 AM: Roundtable Discussion
9:20 – 9:30 AM: Closing

🎤 Speaker: Sam Korsmoe

Sam Korsmoe is an American author, educator, consultant, and long-term Asia specialist with an international career spanning four decades.

About Sam

🌏 Global Experience

• 2.5 years – Peace Corps Volunteer, Philippines

• 4.5 years – Taiwan: English teacher, trainer, writer

• 11.5+ years – Vietnam: business journalist & entrepreneur

• 10 years – China & HCMC: writer, teacher, consultant

🏃 Founder & Race Director

• Greater Yellowstone Adventure Series (7 events, 10 races annually)

🌿 Founder of YESPI

• Accredited outdoor education program for high school students

✍️ Writer & Researcher

• Published widely on business, culture, education, and sports

• Interviewed by NY Times, CNN, BBC, Financial Times, Reuters

• Traveled to nearly every country in Asia

• Speaks Vietnamese (fluent), Mandarin (survival), Chavacano (near-fluent)

📚 Books

• Saigon Stories (2006)

• A World Gone Mad for Marathons (2019)

• Vietnam – Asia’s Rising Star (English 2023 | Vietnamese 2024)

✒️ Saigon Writers Club

• Founder & lead instructor

• 15 classes taught

• 5 anthologies published (5th coming by Tết 2025)

🎓 Education

• BA Political Science – Montana State University

• MA International Studies – University of Washington

• TEFL Certification

• Master’s thesis on Vietnam’s Đổi Mới reforms

📚 Special Book Opportunity

Participants may pre-register to purchase Sam’s books at the event:

📘 Vietnam – Asia’s Rising Star (English)
📗 Việt Nam – Ngôi sao đang lên của Châu Á (Vietnamese)

Payment and pickup directly on-site.

📝 Free Registration

Open to both PMI Vietnam Chapter Members and Non-Members.

👉 Registration Link: https://forms.gle/hj1hpa5Ke9QkMhmFA