Bart Briers
AIgeneer in project management
Bart Briers is a project management thought leader, keynote speaker, trainer, and advisor with more than 25 years of experience leading and transforming projects across a wide range of industries.
Throughout his career, he has worn many hats: project manager, consultant, trainer, author, and speaker. He is widely recognized for his pragmatic and refreshing views on project management, challenging traditional thinking while remaining firmly grounded in real-world experience. His sessions combine practical insights, thought-provoking ideas, and a healthy dose of humor, making even complex topics accessible and engaging.
Today, Bart occupies a unique position at the intersection of Project Management and Artificial Intelligence. As a strategic advisor at Cronos AI, Belgium's largest AI ecosystem, he collaborates with more than 50 AI companies and hundreds of AI specialists. This privileged vantage point gives him early access to emerging AI technologies, real-world implementations, and the lessons learned from organizations that are already transforming the way work gets done.
AI Took my old job. Great!
When Generative AI first appeared, many project managers were delighted. Finally, something could take over the work nobody enjoyed: status reports, meeting minutes, steering committee slides. Then things changed. AI became surprisingly good at planning, risk management, stakeholder analysis and even coaching. It is entering the domains we considered our expertise, and the excitement has turned into concern. What is left of the project manager? After 25 years in project management, Bart Briers now works at the centre of Belgium's largest AI ecosystem. In this provocative yet optimistic keynote, he argues that the future is not replacement. It is reinvention. Key Learnings The real discomfort is identity disruption, not task automation. AI exposes what project management was never truly about. The future of project management is reinvention, not replacement.