Future-Proof Your Career with AI Options

Learn about the difference between automation, AI and agentic and ways you can harness these to further your career. In this session you will learn:

Introduction to automation, AI, agentic
Trends in the marketplace
Take advantage of UiPath training and certification
In demand skills needed to strategically position yourself to stay ahead
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Future-Proof Your Career with AI Options
Women in Automation Series
2025

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Diana Gray
Senior Community Marketing
Manager @ UiPath, AMER
Tracy Dixon
6x UiPath MVP
Operational Modernization
Partnership Lead
Meet the Team
Priyadarshini Estevez
6x UiPath MVP
Automation Solutions Architect

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•Automation, AI, and Agentic
•The Future of Work
•Learning
•Resources
•Networking and Community Engagement
Agenda

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Automation,
AI, and Agentic

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RPAemulates human-like actions
while interacting with digital
systems and applications
Three Rs
R
R
R
Routine
Repeatable
Rules-based
5
PROCESS
Sequence of
Steps
ROBOTIC
Like Human
Action
AUTOMATION
Minimal Human
Intervention

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AI Enables Automation ofProcesses That Include
Uncertainty
You cannot determine an outcome
with 100% certainty.
High Variability
There is too much variability for
rules based.
Unstructured Data
Information like articles, documents,
images, videos and emails.
Property
Valuation
Loan Defaults Inventory
Forecasts
Resume
Matching
Purchase
Decisions
Language
Translation
Invoice
Extraction
Email Routing Speech to
Text

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Semi-
structured
data
Unstructured
data
Classify
emails
Forms in
VDI
Mine
processes
Mine
tasks
Chatbots
Speech
to text
Understand
documents
AI
Automate more with the combination of RPA and AI
Email event
Fill forms
Moving
file/folders
Copy/
paste
Activities
Read/write
to databases
Scrape
data
Capture
Tasks
Extract
structured
data
Log in
to apps
RPA
Emulate humans and focus on “execution”
Rules based, repetitive tasks
Task management
Structured data
Definitive
Assist humans and focus on “thinking”
Increasingly cognitive and complex tasks
Pattern recognition
Semi-structured and Unstructured data
Probabilistic and high-variability

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AI without the automation is like the brain without the body!
Graham Sheldon –UiPath CPO
AI-powered automation
Open | Flexible | Responsible
Supported by UiPath Built with UiPath or BYO
Docs Screens Tasks Processes
Solutions
Infrastructure
Integration Service –Validation Station –Active learning –Fine tuning –Guardrails –Auditing
Generative AI Specialized AI
Context
HITL
UI
API
Action
People
Comms
Docs
Data
Processes
AI-powered automation
Delivering enterprise automation with Specialized AI

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What is Agentic Automation?
Agentic automation now lets you optimize complex, unstructured
processes that traditional automation can't address by itself. So you can
operate faster, more efficiently, and more responsively than ever before."
It all starts with agentic-AI-powered agents that can...

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Agents and Robots

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The Future of Work

13. 13A fully automated enterprise frees people to focus on higher value work
Technology’s New Power Couple: RPA & AI
“
The potential of automation is vast. We believe the power of AI can
make it almost limitless. And so, we’ve built AI into every part of
the UiPath Platform. You can reach new levels of productivity and
automate more.
Daniel Dines
CEO and Founder at UiPath
10x
%
plan to use agents
in 2025
“Withoutorchestration,
thereisnoagenticAI.”
-DanielDines,CEOandCo-Founder|UiPath
agentic AI
estimated growth
by 2028 (Gartner)

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Stay Ahead: Understanding agentic AI can position you as a leaderin emerging
technology and innovation.
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First Mover Advantage: Companies adopting agentic AI see faster operations,
better personalization, and increased efficiency.
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Career Opportunities: Demand rising for AI strategists, automation architects, and AI-
driven decision-makers.
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Complements RPA: RPA spending is projected to more than double by 2028,
reaching $8.2 billion (IDC).
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Explosive Growth: Expected to grow 10x by 2028,surpassing $4B, with an average
annual growth rate of 68%.
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Investment: Global spending on agentic AI surged from $0 in 2023 to nearly $400M
in 2024.
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Mainstream: top 25 technology trend for 2025 (Gartner).1
Agentic and
Automation
Trends
OVERVIEW

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Career Potential of Agentic: Key Job Trends
•30% of work hours will be done by machines by 2030
(McKinsey).
•24M workers (U.S. + Europe) will need to transition careers
(McKinsey).
•71% of executivessay AI will drive higher automation.*
•52% of companies plan to deploy AI agents in 2025.*
•STEM, healthcare, legal, creative jobs are growing; office,
production, customer service roles declining (McKinsey).
•AI upskilling and automation CoEsare now workforce
priorities.*
* Survey completed for UiPath AI and Automation Trends 2025 report

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Learning

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Automation & AI Career Paths

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Automation & AI Career Paths
Additional Roles
•RPA Sponsor–Sets automation as a strategic priority and secures corporate resources.
•RPA Champion–Drives RPA adoption and serves as the primary advocate.
•RPA Change Manager–Leads change management and communication strategy.
•RPA Solution Architect–Designs and oversees the RPA solution architecture.
•RPA Infrastructure Engineer–Manages infrastructure, deployment, and troubleshooting.
•RPA Supervisor–Monitors and orchestrates the virtual workforce.

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Seizing Opportunities in AI Certification
https://academy.uipath.com/learning-plans/specialized-ai-associate-training
UiPath Certified Professional Specialized AI Associate
UiPath Certified Professional Specialized AI Associate certification is designed for those with an essential understanding
of AI and process automation development. The specialized AI Associate certification is designed for individuals in
technical roles who have some experience with Document Understanding and Communication Mining and is a first step
towards building advanced competencies in process automation and intelligent document processing (IDP).
https://academy.uipath.com/learning-plans/automation-developer---specialized-ai-professional-training
UiPath Certified Professional Specialized AI Professional
The UiPath Certified Professional Specialized AI Professional Certification is expected to have extensive, hands-on
experience with UiPath Document Understanding, Communication Mining, and AI Center. They are able to
independently build and lead AI-Powered production-level automations.
The Specialized AI Professional Certification focuses on assessing knowledge and skills in constructing and deploying
intelligent robots with cognitive capability encompassing AI, ML, and NLP.
The Specialized AI Professional is a credential that represents a high level of expertise, particularly suited for roles such
as Advanced Automation Developers, Solution Architects, Automation Architects, and other related positions.

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AI & Agentic Learning Plans
•UiPath Automation Developer-
Specialized AI Professional
•UiPath Specialized AI Associate
•UiPath Automation Center of Excellence
Essentials
•UiPath Automation Project Manager
•UiPath Automation Business Analyst
Professional

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Resources

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Education
Learn RPA Skills
-Free Community Software
-Academy
-Certification
-Academic Alliance
Support
Solve problems
-Forum
-Documentation
-Community Blog
-Use Cases Repository
-Job Board
Network
Grow your career
-Meetups& DevCon
-Mentorship
-Hackathons
-MVP Program
-Automation Champions
An ecosystem enabling
developer success

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Networking &
Community

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Join the Community
forum.uipath.com
uipathcommunity.slack.com
community.uipath.com

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Q & A