Strategy and Leadership

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Strategy and Leadership are core principles and attributes that are crucial to the successful execution of an organization's long-term goals. It is essential for a CEO or leader of a company to show strategy and leadership qualities in order to efficiently drive a business towards profitability and growth.

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Stage 1 - Main Stage
Oct 21, 2025
8:55 AM9:35 AM
Future of WorkStrategy and Leadership

Reimagining People Strategies in an Era of AI

Amy ColemanMicrosoftChief People Officer
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Amy Coleman, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, has guided the company through defining moments of transformation, showing what modern people leadership can truly achieve. In this keynote, Amy will share how people strategies can shape both cultural and business agendas by pairing courageous leadership and empathy with next-generation employee experiences that accelerate workforce transformation and fuel business growth. This is people operations at its best: agile, strategic, and central to reinvention. Key Takeaways: • Harness the power of high performance, meaningful connection to purpose and people, and empathetic leadership as your competitive edge. • Design next-generation employee experiences where AI and humanity work together to accelerate transformation. • Lead with the courage to transform disruption into opportunity through bold, people-centered leadership that shapes the future.
Stage 2 - HR Reinvention | SO2
Oct 21, 2025
9:00 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
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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
Stage 3 - AI | SO3
Oct 21, 2025
9:35 AM10:00 AM
Artificial IntelligenceAutomationStrategy and LeadershipCompliance and Regulation

AI Is Here to Stay: Breaking Silos and Building Trust via Cross-Functional Collaboration in the Age of AI

Stuart PrivettSwissportGlobal Head of HR SystemsRobyn AgostonHuman FluencyCEO & FounderOluyomi OkunowoWella CompanySVP HR, Commercial Hair and Nail Organization
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As AI is making its impact felt across every corner of the business, to make it work, HR leaders, IT teams and people managers must come together to co-design systems that are fair, effective and aligned with how people actually work. This session explores how cross-functional collaboration inside the whole HR ecosystem - between strategy, operations, talent, tech and compliance - can shape AI that supports better decisions, fairer outcomes and a stronger employee experience. • Why resisting AI is no longer an option and how to harness it with intent • Cross-functional collaboration: HR, IT, and legal working together to build trustworthy systems • Rethinking bias: Proactively monitoring and refining AI to uphold diversity and inclusion • Keeping humans in the loop: Ensuring AI enhances, not overrides, human judgment in hiring and reviews • Building agile feedback loops that evolve AI tools in line with organisational values and workforce expectations
Spotlight 1 | Room E6
Oct 21, 2025
11:20 AM11:35 AM
Artificial IntelligenceStrategy and Leadership

A Workforce Reimagined: AI Agents & the Future of Work

Richard DohertyWorkdaySenior Director Product Marketing
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The era of agentic AI is here, and it's fundamentally changing the way the world works. We'll explore how AI agents aren't just automating tasks, but becoming collaborative partners. Our spotlight will be on the latest innovations from Workday, showing how you can leverage these tools to drive efficiency, unlock new value and empower your people.
Workday
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