AI in Project
Management Virtual Panel

February 6, 2024
11:30 am GMT

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AI in Project Management Virtual Panel

AI has a lot to offer when it comes to project management. Its ability to improve resource planning and optimization, provide better collaboration tools, and reduce the risk of delays and cost overruns makes AI an invaluable asset for project managers worldwide.

With recent advancements in AI, project managers must look at the opportunities the technology presents. During this hour long panel discussion our speakers will discuss how they are using AI and where the opportunities and challenges lie.

Speakers

Yaniv Shor
CEO, Proggio

Entrepreneur, seasoned manager, product and program leader, author of “Time to Deliver” and the “Projectmap” patent. Founder and CEO of Proggio – a collaborative project and portfolio management solution for Enterprises. Follow Proggio on Twitter – @proggiodotcom

Before founding Proggio, held several Senior positions at Verifone, Aladdin (Safenet), Flextronics and Intel.

Anthonia I.
Project Director, Pernod Ricard

Seasoned PPPM leader with a strong history of success orchestrating projects and programmes including Government Major Projects & Programmes (GMPP), in the Climate, Energy, NetZero, Building Back Better, Covid-19 recovery and Ten Point Plan commitments. Skilled in Benefits Management, PPPM Waterfall and Agile Approaches, Frameworks, Techniques and Methodologies. Talent for establishing a high-performance culture, influencing C-level decisions, leading multi-disciplinary teams of 100+ staff, shaping portfolio strategy, value for money, and balancing competing priorities. Possess excellent communication, organisation, time management and interpersonal skills.

Aoife Ahern
Global Executive Director, Delivery Excellence, Novartis

Aoife spent many years in delivery focused roles working on complex programs. For about half her career she has been setting up and operating green and brownfield PMOs and EPMOs. She is an energetic, passionate, driven leader of strategic changes within the organising and leverages portfolio, program and project management to execute on strategic objectives. In the past few years she has been working more in the product space looking at how to leverage a product approach to portfolio management and also to ensure the data provides relevant actionable insights and tells a story. She is passionate about value based delivery by ensuring strategic alignment, simplification and transparency.

Aoife has over 20 years’ experience in a variety of roles including Head of PMO, Director of EPMO and Director of Enterprise Portfolio products and Business Insights. She has experience from starts ups to global companies across a variety of industries including telecoms, government, health-tech & pharmaceuticals

Amit Arkad
Director, R&D Project Management, GSK

Amit is a senior certified PM with experience across all stages of vaccine product development (Research, Development and Life-cycle management). He also has breadth of knowledge gained through leading business improvement projects, managing strategic partnerships and JVs, Business development assets, and Merger & Acquisition (M&A). Currently he is leading a team of senior project managers at GSK R&D for the delivery of mRNA technology-based projects.

Amit holds a Masters in Pharmacy from University of Mumbai and an Executive Masters in Business Administration from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.