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PMI UK Midlands & Derbyshire Branch Event: Will AI make the project manager obsolete? 19th November 2025

PMI UK Midlands & Derbyshire Branch Event: Will AI make the project manager obsolete? 19th November 2025

This event is taking place at The University of Warwick, IDL Auditorium Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL.

With the increasing use of AI, how is the project profession being impacted by it? A great question, and in this highly interactive session we’ll explore this question in a more detail. Going back to first principles and exploring just what a project actually is and the main reasons for failure (yes, lots of projects fail), we will discuss how project management may be impacted by the use of AI – and whether AI will make the role of the project manager obsolete. 

Oh…be ready to use your phones/devices and get involved with some live research into the effects of AI in project management.  

What’s in if for the Attendees:? 

You’ll be clear as to exactly what a project is (and, crucially, isn’t – you may be surprised), why projects go wrong, and how AI can help us deliver better projects. 

And..oh…have a bit of fun whilst we explore all of this. 

Who Should Attend: 

Everyone and anyone! You don’t have to be a project manager to enjoy this interactive workshop – come along, contribute and find out more about projects. 

Speaker

Prof Ian Clarkson is a highly experienced director, consultant, author, mentor, facilitator and speaker with over quarter of a century experience in project, programme and portfolio management, organisational change and learning. I am an advisor to many organisations and industry bodies (inc. PMI, APM and PeopleCert) on project management best practice. Ian is:

✅ Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Leicester School of Business
✅ Fellow of the Association for Project Management (FAPM)
✅ Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) 

✅ Fellow of The Learning and Performance Institute (FLPI)
✅ Author of the APM Body of Knowledge (BoK)
✅ I was a member of the Global Review Group for PRINCE2 6th and 7th Editions, and MSP 5th Edition
✅ I was on the technical advisory board for the development of the APM Higher Apprenticeship in Project Management, and also for the update to the APM suite of certifications.
✅ I am a regular contributor for Project Manager Today Magazine, APM and PeopleCert blogs, and the APM Projecting the Future initiative.
✅ I have published over 100 articles, blog, papers on project management.

Ian is passionate about helping organisations improve project delivery, and encouraging the next generation of project professionals

Agenda

  • 17:45 Welcome, Reception & Networking
  • 18:30 Introductions
  • 18:45 Main session
  • 20:15 Q&A
  • 20:30 Wrap Up & Networking