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Why Artificial Intelligence will run tomorrow's projects - without you!

What if the best project manager didn’t exist?

In this provocative, future facing manifesto, Peter Taylor – known to many as the original Lazy Project Manager – explores the uncomfortable questions raised by the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and what it could mean for the future of the profession.

What if project managers aren’t evolving but evaporating?

Traditional project management has created a powerful legacy, but the landscape is shifting fast. What if success no longer depends on a command‑and‑control hero at the helm? As artificial intelligence becomes more capable, the next generation of project delivery won’t be managed – it’ll be orchestrated: seamless, silent and almost invisible.

It might feel like the end of project management as we know it and the beginning of something radically smarter. But humans still sit at the heart of this change, and this keynote explores how their role is set to transform.

Peter Taylor defines the emerging future of the ‘Invisible Project Manager’, where AI systems coordinate workflows, timelines and resources, and the human‑in‑the‑loop shifts from managing activities to safeguarding outcomes. Change is coming quickly, and it’ll reshape the profession at speed.

This is a thought‑provoking guide for forward‑looking leaders, digital transformation strategists and change agents who are planning for the long game.

The question is: are you ready to disappear?

Organiser:  APM South Wales and West of England Network

CPD:  2.00

Ticket prices:

Student member: Free

Associate member: Free

Member: Free

Non-member: £20

Corporate Partner/Affiliate employee: £10

Agenda -

17:45 – Registration, refreshments and networking

18:30 – Presentations

19:30 – Networking

20:00 – Close

Speaker:

Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager

Keynote speaker and coach, Peter is the author of the number 1 bestselling project management book ‘The Lazy Winning Project Manager’, along with many other books. 

He has built and led some of the largest PMOs in the world, now with Dayforce, where he is the VP Global PMO. 

He has also delivered over 530 lectures around the world in 28 countries and has been described as ‘perhaps the most entertaining and inspiring speaker in the project management world today.