October 20thOctober 22nd2025

UNLEASH World 2025

The most influential HR conference and exhibition in the world showcasing the next wave of breakthrough technologies shaping the future of work.

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles1 Pl. de la Prte de VersaillesParis

Upcoming Sessions

Main Stage
Oct 21, 2025
9:00 AM9:35 AM
Future of WorkStrategy and Leadership

Reimagining Leadership: Bold Ideas for the Workforce of Tomorrow

Amy ColemanMicrosoftChief People Officer
Description
Today's most successful organizations don't just react to change, they lead it. And increasingly, it's HR that is steering that transformation. As Microsoft's wartime CHRO, Amy Coleman has led through global upheaval and emerged as a blueprint for what modern people leadership can be. In this keynote, she shares how HR can lead the business agenda by combining courageous leadership with next-generation tools like AI to drive both workforce transformation and business growth. This is HR as it should be: agile, strategic, and central to reinvention. • Discover how HR leadership is accelerating innovation and trust across the business • Learn how AI is amplifying leadership, enabling faster, more human-centered decisions • See how bold HR can redefine customer engagement through culture and capability • Get inspired by real-world leadership grounded in clarity, courage, and empathy • Explore how to empower your workforce to lead through what comes next
Stage SO3
Oct 21, 2025
9:10 AM9:30 AM
Artificial IntelligenceFuture of Work

Agents Execute – Robots Build – Humans Lead

Pierre-Alexandre BallandHarvard University & CEPSProfessor
Description
In this opening session, we'll chart the road ahead for organizations seeking to harness the power of AI, agentic systems, and robotics without losing the human core of their workforce. This is your compass session for navigating the complexity of technological transformation with purpose and responsibility. Key Takeaways: • A comprehensive exploration of how AI, robotics, and automation are reshaping global workforces and the implications for businesses. • Insights into how roles and industries are evolving through AI-driven transformation, with a focus on emerging skills and areas where human expertise is amplified. • Case studies of organizations successfully navigating workforce evolution, demonstrating real-world applications of AI and automation integration. • The essential role of human leadership in guiding ethical AI deployment and ensuring technology enhances, rather than replaces, human potential.
Stage SO2
Oct 21, 2025
9:10 AM9:30 AM
Artificial IntelligenceChange ManagementFuture of WorkStrategy and Leadership

Empowering Human Capital in the Age of AI: Keeping Humans at the Helm

Bruce DaisleyBruce DaisleyFormer Twitter VP, Workplace culture author
Description
As AI reshapes the workplace, HR leaders face a pivotal opportunity, not just to adapt, but to elevate the human experience at work. This session reframes the AI conversation from disruption to delight, showing how automation can free people from drudgery, reignite human potential and renew the joy of contribution. From reimagining roles to unlocking new career pathways, the keynote will explore how to build cultures where purpose thrives and people flourish. • Designing work that brings out the best in people: curiosity, care, collaboration and creativity • Reclaiming time for meaningful human connection through intelligent automation • Enabling personalised growth journeys through AI-driven learning and career mobility • Building inclusive cultures where technology uplifts every voice, not just the loudest • Making joy at work a strategic goal- because fulfilled people build better businesses

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