Work, Rewired: How AI is Transforming the Built Environment

CIBSE East Midlands

AI is no longer simply a standalone tool we open on our desktops. It is increasingly becoming part of how work moves through an organisation—from initial research and complex analysis through to critical decision-making and final delivery.

In this session, Georgi Iliev will share practical examples of organisations that are actively redesigning their workflows around AI, while posing one important question for our industry:

If we built our organisations today, with AI available from day one, would we design work in the same way?

The session will explore:

• The complete AI workflow: What AI can now do across an entire project lifecycle.
• Beyond the hype: How organisations can move from isolated experimentation to meaningful, structural transformation.
• Lessons from the frontline: Practical insights from SMEs already using AI to solve real-world business challenges.
• The future of operations: What day-to-day working could look like in the near future.
• Impact on the built environment: What this fundamental shift could mean for professionals working across our sector.

About the speaker

Georgi Iliev is an applied AI and business-transformation specialist who helps organisations use AI to improve productivity, transform operations and build competitive advantage.

He is Venture and Product Development Manager at Nottingham Business School, a Founding Member of the Centre for Business and Industry Transformation, and Head of the award-winning CBIT Venture Builder.

Georgi has worked across a portfolio of AI-enabled projects worth more than £20 million, funded by industry, the UK Government and international governments. His work uses technologies including intelligent agents, workflow automation and digital twins to transform industries and business operations.

He also leads the Leading AI-Driven Business Transformation course, contributes to the MSc Strategic Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, and was selected for the Google for Education Higher Education Faculty AI Fellowship. He has also held a Perplexity AI Business Fellowship and founded the annual Transforming SMEs with AI event.

Please join us on Microsoft Teams for what promises to be a timely and thought-provoking discussion about how AI could reshape the way our industry works.