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Everyone is talking about AI. But very few are actually using it to run better projects.
Scroll through LinkedIn, industry news, or conference agendas and it feels like AI is everywhere right now.
Vendors are promising “AI-powered” everything. Articles warn that AI will “change your job.” Panels discuss the future of project delivery.
Yet when you go back to your day job, you’re still:
- Wrestling with spreadsheets, cost reports, and schedule updates
- Manually writing variance explanations and management summaries
- Struggling to keep up with risks, changes, and delays
The gap between AI hype and your daily reality in project controls can feel huge.
You might be thinking:
- “I’ve tried ChatGPT, but it just gives me generic answers.”
- “I don’t know what’s safe to share from my project data.”
- “I don’t need more theory – I need to see how this actually works on real project tasks.”
Join us in this masterclass that helps you take one solid step across that gap. You’ll walk away with actionable insights and renewed confidence to drive the future of project controls and project delivery.
Whether you’ve barely touched AI tools or you’ve already started experimenting, this webinar will help you see the space more clearly and identify practical next steps.
Here’s what you’ll gain by attending this free 90-min masterclass:
In this free masterclass, we’ll move beyond the buzzwords and look at how AI can practically support project controls work
- See a handful of use cases of AI applied to project controls tasks
- Explore where AI can help with insight, speed, and communication
- Discover the two essential factors that shape the accuracy, clarity, and power of your AI outputs
- Get ideas you can start experimenting with after the session
We’ll keep the focus on practical demonstrations, not technical theory—just enough to help you see what’s possible and imagine how it could fit into your own projects.
Join us for this free live session and get a clearer picture of how AI can fit into your world of cost, schedule, and risk—without the hype, and without needing to become a data scientist.
WARNING:
We have limited number of virtual seats available on our webcast system and space will fill up fast, so register now to avoid missing out.
About Kamran Akbarzadeh
Kamran Akbarzadeh is the CEO of Project Control Academy. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and built his career in large Oil and Gas organizations, where he worked across R&D, technology development and commercialization, and high-impact leadership roles. His experience spans serving as an R&D Project Manager and Program Lead, a Global Subject Matter Expert, and a Partnership Advisor, with a consistent focus on translating complex technical work into practical outcomes through disciplined execution and stakeholder alignment.
He is also an award-winning author and educator. Kamran has written two award-winning books, Leadership Soup and Get What You Want, and has developed and delivered training programs designed to build real capability, not just share information. His programs include the Get What You Want training program, the Intentional Listening course, Leadership Soup for Excellence, and Leadership Mastery for Project Professionals, all built around clear frameworks, practical application, and measurable professional growth.
Kamran’s journey into AI accelerated when ChatGPT became publicly available and he began exploring how AI could strengthen professional decision-making and execution. Since then, he has pursued hands-on learning in LLM engineering, AI agent development, and AI clone creation, and has earned PMI’s CPMAI certification to anchor his work in a recognized framework for AI initiatives. He now brings that experience into his newest program, Applied AI in Project Controls, helping project professionals use AI to improve speed, consistency, and decision quality while keeping judgment, governance, and accountability at the center.
To learn more about Kamran, please visit his profile on LinkedIn.
About Shohreh Ghorbani
Shohreh Ghorbani is the Founder and Technical Director of Project Control Academy. She began her career as an Industrial Engineer, working in manufacturing and quality systems, where she developed a strong foundation in how data, process discipline, and continuous improvement work together to drive performance. After moving to Canada, she transitioned into Project Controls and built more than two decades of experience across multiple disciplines, with deep expertise in planning and scheduling and cost controls on major multi-billion-dollar projects.
Entering Project Controls without formal training became a defining turning point in her professional journey. It motivated her to build what she wished had existed from the beginning, clear, practical, and accessible education that helps professionals develop competence with confidence. In 2012, she founded Project Control Academy, which has grown into a global leader in Project Controls training, serving tens of thousands of professionals worldwide. She is the creator of several flagship programs, including Applied Project Controls, Earned Value Management Mastery, Project Scheduling Blueprint, Project Control Career Success Roadmap, Project Controls for Project Managers, and Applied AI in Project Controls.
At the heart of Shohreh’s work is a passion for teaching and simplifying complexity so professionals can apply concepts immediately in real projects. She actively collaborates with experts worldwide through webinars, live broadcasts, interviews, and the Project Control Summit, bringing current insights and practical guidance to the global project controls community. Following a webinar on AI and a keynote presentation at Project Control Summit on AI-Powered Project Controls, the response from the community made the next step unmistakable: professionals wanted hands-on, job-ready AI skills. That momentum helped shape Applied AI in Project Controls, reflecting her mission to help project professionals embrace the future with clarity, confidence, and the ability to turn AI from a buzzword into a real advantage in their work and careers.
To learn more about Shohreh, visit her profile on LinkedIn.
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