IFA Pakistan webinar: Leveraging AI in Power BI for Everyday Business Impact |17 May

In today’s fast-paced business world, small businesses and practitioners often face a common challenge: how to make smarter, faster decisions without a dedicated data team. This session is designed to bridge that gap.

This talk explores how modern AI features in Power BI can transform static dashboards into dynamic decision-making tools. These features allow users to ask natural-language questions, uncover hidden trends, and receive auto-generated insights in seconds—without writing a single line of code.

We'll dive into practical demonstrations that show how small businesses can:

  • Understand customer behavior through AI-driven analysis,
  • Identify root causes of performance issues using interactive visuals,
  • Forecast sales or inventory needs with built-in predictive tools,
  • And prepare data faster using AI-assisted transformations in Power Query.

Whether you're a finance manager, operations head, or a solo entrepreneur, this talk will show how Power BI’s AI capabilities can help you go beyond reports—and start using data as a real driver of action.

The session is business-focused, easy to follow, and packed with examples that are directly applicable to real-world problems. Attendees will walk away with not only a better understanding of what AI in Power BI can do, but also how to start using it immediately—even without deep technical expertise.

If you’re looking to boost productivity, cut through data noise, and make confident decisions using tools you already have—this talk is for you.

1. Understand and Apply AI Features in Power BI

Participants will learn how to use built-in AI visuals like Smart Narrative, Key Influencers, Quick Insights, Anomaly Detection and Decomposition Tree etc to uncover insights and explain business trends without writing code.

2. Use AI to Make Faster, Data-Driven Decisions 

Attendees will see how to move beyond dashboards and start using AI-powered features of Power BI to support strategic decision-making in real time.

3. Improve Productivity with AI-Enhanced Data Preparation

Learn how AI capabilities in Power Query can streamline data transformation tasks, saving time and improving accuracy—even for those without a technical background.

Date: Saturday 17 May 2025
Time: 3pm - 4pm - UK | 7pm - 8pm Pakistan
CPD: 1 hour
Price: Free

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About the speaker:

Abdul Shakoor, CMA (USA), FFA (UK), AFMAbdul Shakoo

Abdul currently working as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for TOSHIBA and BOSS Home Appliances is an experienced professional having diversified experience in the field of Financial Modeling, Budgeting and Forecasting, Data Analysis and visualisation in Power BI.

He is heading LEXICON Global organization and a Regional Director for Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) UK for Pakistan. Previously he had been teaching as an adjunct faculty member in University of the Punjab, Air University, Islamabad and PAC Group having overall more than 12 years of experience.

Muhammad Imran Muhammad Imran

Muhammad Imran Bukhari is an MBA and a seasoned Business Intelligence professional, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and MCSA – BI Reporting certified expert with over 15+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, ERP implementations, and Finance. With strong expertise in Microsoft Power BI and Excel, he specializes in helping businesses unlock data-driven insights for strategic growth.

With a proven track record of delivering impactful BI solutions at national and international levels, he has successfully led and executed numerous BI and data analytics projects across diverse industries, including Retail, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Telecom across Pakistan, Middle East, and Southeast Asia.