NIC Karachi is hosting a session on AI Applications in Contemporary Project Management on July 6, 2026, at 3:00 PM, featuring Dr Dafydd Cotterell, PhD, Programme Director of BSc Global Business Management Top-Up and Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at Swansea University, with facilitation by Sheikh Hammad Amjad of Business Therapist. The session is open to founders, project managers, and aspiring leaders, with registration available at lnkd.in/dX2bGgsy.
Artificial intelligence is changing the operational reality of project management in ways that are already visible across industries and that will become more pronounced as the tools involved become more accessible and more deeply integrated into the software that project teams use daily. The session at NIC Karachi is designed to give participants a grounded and practical understanding of where those changes are happening and how to position themselves to benefit from them rather than being caught behind the curve. Dr Dafydd Cotterell’s academic expertise in operations management, combined with his role leading a global business management programme at Swansea University, gives him a perspective on AI in project management that spans theoretical rigour and applied relevance across international business contexts, making him a particularly well-suited speaker for an audience of founders and managers who need both the conceptual framework and the practical takeaways.
The session will cover the ways in which artificial intelligence is reshaping how projects are planned, executed, and delivered, with attention to five specific areas where the impact is most significant. Smarter planning, where AI tools can model scenarios, allocate resources, and generate realistic timelines with a speed and accuracy that manual planning cannot match, represents one of the more immediately accessible benefits for teams that adopt these tools. Data-driven decision-making, where AI systems surface insights from project data that would otherwise remain buried in spreadsheets and status reports, addresses one of the most persistent challenges in project management, which is the gap between the information available and the decisions that are actually made. Workflow optimisation, risk management, and enhanced collaboration round out the agenda, covering the full lifecycle of a project from initiation through delivery in terms of where AI is creating the most meaningful changes to how work gets done.
Sheikh Hammad Amjad’s role as facilitator brings a business therapy and founder-oriented perspective to the session that will help translate Dr Cotterell’s academic and operational insights into the specific language and challenges of building and running a startup, where project management often happens informally and the application of structured AI-driven approaches represents a step change in how teams operate rather than an incremental improvement on existing practice. NIC Karachi, supported by Ignite and the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication alongside partners including Tech Destination Pakistan, LMKT, LuckyOne Mall, and Orbit Ventures, continues to build a curriculum that equips its founder community with knowledge across the full range of capabilities that running a technology company in 2026 demands. Participants interested in attending can register at lnkd.in/dX2bGgsy ahead of the July 6 session.
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