Speaker

Ivan Moreira is a Program Manager at Affidea Group, where his work focuses on strategy, technology, and AI-driven transformation. His professional lens includes cybersecurity and digital transformation in complex organizational settings, shaped by more than two decades spent guiding large, multi-site organizations through periods of technological change. His experience spans more than 20 years delivering large-scale initiatives across sectors from energy to healthcare. He also serves as a Digital Transformation Advisor for PMI Angola and as a mentor at PUC Minas University. His keynote on AI and the future of the profession at PMI Sweden's Passion for Projects Congress in 2026 anchors his work in AI and project management, building on an earlier keynote at PMI Greece Chapter's 2024 conference. He holds PMP and PMI-PMOCP credentials.

 

AI-Powered PMO: Synergies for the Strategic Evolution From Administrative Function to Strategic Decision Engine Ivan Moreira challenges the idea that a PMO exists to enforce compliance, arguing instead for its evolution into a strategic decision engine in his session, "AI-Powered PMO: Synergies for the Strategic Evolution From Administrative Function to Strategic Decision Engine". This bold, forward-looking session explores how artificial intelligence can move the PMO from routine administration to strategic influence at every level (PMO, portfolio, and organizational), offering fresh perspectives and actionable insights to close the gap between strategic ambition and execution capability. Ivan introduces the PMO Transformation Model, mapping the shift from a traditional PMO built around enforcement and administration to a future-state PMO acting as visionary ecosystem architect. He walks through the Trustworthy AI Framework (a five-layer pyramid spanning ethical, responsible, transparent, governed, and explained AI) designed to build executive confidence in AI-driven decisions, alongside a 12-18 month implementation roadmap that balances early wins with long-term capability building. Decision intelligence techniques round out the session, showing how predictive and prescriptive analytics can give executives clear options and scenario comparisons instead of raw data. Interactive live polls keep the audience engaged throughout.

 

Learning goals summary:

• Understand that it's not just about automating PMO tasks – it's about repositioning the PMO itself as a strategic decision engine.
• Empower PMO leaders and executives to see the AI Tsunami not as a threat to the PMO's relevance but as an opportunity to evolve from administrator to strategic architect.
• Learn the PMO Transformation Model for evolving from a traditional, enforcement-driven PMO to a future-state, ecosystem-architect PMO.
• Apply the Trustworthy AI Framework and a 12–18 month roadmap to build executive confidence and balance quick wins with long-term capability.