AI and Data Analytics Interest Network Conference

26 February 2026 | Holiday Inn London - Bloomsbury, WC1N 1HT, London

AI in Action: Tools to adapt and automate

Join us in London on 26 February 2026 for the inaugural APM AI and Data Interest Network Conference, AI in Action.

This eagerly anticipated conference is recommended to all levels of project professional and will focus on practical capability-building in AI and data analysis.

Through hands-on exercises, real examples and guided application, we will explore how AI is reshaping planning, delivery and decision-making and how to embed these approaches in your own work and organisation. Expect practical tools and advice, collaboration and progress you can put into practice immediately.

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Date: 26 February 2026

Time: 08:30-17:30 GMT

Venue: Holiday Inn London - Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1HT

Member: £128
Non-member: £190
Corporate Partner/Affiliate employee: £140
Student member: £33

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Who Should Attend?

Early Career Project Professionals

If you are building your foundation in the profession, this is a chance to develop confidence with data and AI in a supportive, practical environment. We will learn together, with space to ask questions, try things out and build skills step by step.

Experienced Project Leaders, Managers and Change Practitioners

If you are responsible for guiding delivery or shaping organisational outcomes, this is an opportunity to explore how AI is being used to enhance project performance and forecasting. You will gain both strategic insight and practical approaches you can adapt to your own context.

Professionals committed to growth

Whatever your current level of familiarity with AI and data, you are welcome. This is a learning space designed for curiosity, reflection and progression. The focus is on building confidence and capability in a way that feels meaningful to you and supportive of your work.

Conference programme (subject to change)

🕐 08:00-09:15 Registration and networking
🕐 09:15-09:30 Welcome address 🞇 Mark Barnett, Head of Project Management, Weston College
🕐 09:30-10:15 Opening keynote
🕐 10:15-10:45 Are you ready for the Government Programme and Project Data Standard? 🞇 NISTA
🕐 10:45-11:15 Refreshment break
🕐 11:15-12:00
Stream 1 Panel Session: Will AI take my job? TBC
Stream 2 AI in action Adapting, Automating, and Advancing Project Delivery is about moving from awareness to capability and stepping forward with the skills, confidence and judgement required to lead in a rapidly evolving profession. Adopting AI in project management - prompt engineering.
🕐 12:00-12:45
Stream 1 Reimagining PMO services through intelligent automation This session examines how PMO services can be reimagined through intelligent automation and AI-enabled tooling. Drawing on real-world use cases and hackathon examples, it showcases how modern PMOs can shift from administrative oversight to strategic insight, driving better outcomes and organisational agility.
Stream 2 Leading change in the age of AI 🞇 Donna Unitt, Lead, APM Enabling Change Interest Network AI isn’t just another tech upgrade it’s reshaping how we work and how we lead change. This fast-paced session dives into what truly sets AI disruption apart and how today’s leaders can ride the wave instead of being swept away by it. We’ll explore how AI is redefining roles, reimagining workflows, and flipping business models on their head, and why the old playbook for change simply won’t cut it anymore. Expect bold ideas, real-world examples, and practical takeaways for shifting mindsets, empowering teams, and transforming uncertainty into opportunity.
🕐 12:45-13:45 Lunch
🕐 13:45-14:30
Stream 1 Clarity on the APM Data Literacy Framework TBC
Stream 2 Data driven change - using analytics to drive adoption 🞇 Muriel Barre, Founder and Director, Nexgen Innovation Consulting Ltd 🞇 Donna Unitt, Lead, APM Enabling Change Interest Network Successful change today is powered by insight. In this session we’ll explore how data and analytics can reveal who’s adopting, who’s struggling, and who is resisting and what interventions will have the biggest impact. You’ll discover how to turn dashboards into decisions, support your people, and take adoption from gut feel guesswork to predictable success.
🕐 14:30-15:15
Stream 1 Closing the gap - A practical framework for implementing Data Analytics in the project environment TBC
Stream 2 Predicting delivery outcomes using agile and project data A practical, hands-on workshop demonstrating how predictive analytics and regression models can be applied to agile and project delivery data. Attendees will learn how historical sprint and performance data can be used to forecast delivery dates, identify risks early, and support data-driven decision-making.
🕐 15:15-15:45 Refreshment break
🕐 15:45-16:15 Panel session Governance: Responsible AI 🞇 Promise Akwaowo, Process Automation Analyst, Royal Mail Group An exploration of how organisations can balance AI-driven automation with human judgment and accountability. This topic focuses on responsible AI governance, ensuring transparency, trust, and ethical decision-making while using automation to enhance rather than replace human intelligence in project and programme delivery.
🕐 16:15-16:45 Closing remarks
🕐 16:45-17:15 Open networking

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What you will gain

Using no-code/low-code platforms to modernise delivery

Work with no-code and low-code automation approaches to streamline workflows and support more adaptive, responsive project environments.

Predictive analytics for smarter forecasting

Understand how predictive models can improve schedule, resource and benefits forecasting and how to apply them with clarity and confidence.

Reimagining PMO services through intelligent automation

Examine real examples of PMOs that have modernised their service models by integrating AI while maintaining governance, agility and meaningful human connection.

Balancing automation with human expertise

Learn how to ensure AI strengthens rather than replaces the critical thinking, judgement and collaboration that sit at the core of effective project leadership.

Enhancing benefits realisation, risk management and knowledge sharing

Use AI-driven insights to improve real-time benefits tracking, risk identification, and organisational learning while building cultures that value data-informed decision-making.

Clarity on the APM Data Literacy Framework

Gain a clear understanding of the competency levels and how to use the framework to assess, build and evidence capability across teams and organisations.

AI in Action: Adapting, Automating, and Advancing Project Delivery is about moving from awareness to capability and stepping forward with the skills, confidence and judgement required to lead in a rapidly evolving profession.

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APM AI and Data Analytics Interest Network

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Analytics Interest Network is a community for industry practitioners and academic professionals who are looking to support the sector and establish good practices of AI and data analytical skills in the delivery of projects across all industry sectors.

Our goal is to support the ongoing transformation in project management practices brought about by AI and data analytics.

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