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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
Description
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 3 - AI | SO3
Oct 21, 2025
9:00 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 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
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
Stage 5 - Talent | SO5
Oct 21, 2025
9:00 AM9:30 AM
Talent Management

From Blame to Learning: Building a Culture of Accountability in Times of Crisis

Jérôme BarthélemyESSEC Business SchoolProfessor
Description
Crises and failures are rarely “unforeseen.” More often, early warning signs were missed, accountability was diffused, or psychological safety was lacking. The fire at Notre Dame revealed how small oversights and cultural blind spots can cascade into catastrophe. For HR leaders, this case offers a powerful lens: instead of a culture of blame, how do we create environments where employees feel safe raising concerns, leaders act on early signals, and talent systems reinforce collective responsibility? In this session, we will explore how accountability without blame can transform workforce culture, talent management, and organisational resilience. Takeaways for HR Leaders & Talent Managers: • Learn how to build cultures where employees feel safe surfacing risks and mistakes • Understand why blame-based reactions suppress vital feedback and innovation • Translate lessons from crisis response into proactive talent strategies • Apply systemic thinking to uncover root causes instead of focusing narrowly on individuals • Equip managers with tools to turn near-misses and failures into opportunities for organisational learning
Stage 4 - Worktech | SO4
Oct 21, 2025
9:00 AM9:30 AM
Artificial IntelligenceTalent ManagementCompliance and Regulation

What’s Next in HR and Work Technology: Smarter Solutions to Increase Impact and Optimise Costs

David WilsonFosway GroupCEO & Founder
Description
In today's fast-evolving work landscape, adopting new HR technologies isn't a single implementation project but a strategic, on-going process that must adapt to changing organisational needs and employee expectations. In this keynote, David Wilson, Founder and CEO of Fosway Group, draws on the firm's latest research to reveal the key barriers that stall progress and how leading organisations are overcoming them at each stage of their digital HR journey. Key Takeaways: • The biggest blockers to sustained HR tech impact from fragmented data to poor change management and misaligned stakeholder goals • How to build a roadmap for continuous transformation, not just initial deployment Where organisations get stuck, including post-implementation fatigue, lack of user adoption and failure to measure business outcomes • The research draws on choosing the right technology for your modern hybrid workforce strategies for aligning AI and existing technologies with real workforce needs and long-term priorities • How to drive meaningful change in recruitment, learning, skills, HR systems, employee experience, and people analyticsWhether you're just starting out or scaling an existing platform, this session will help you diagnose common issues and stay focused on long-term value not just short-term fixes
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
Description
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
Stage 5 - Talent | SO5
Oct 21, 2025
9:35 AM10:00 AM
Artificial IntelligenceCompany CultureData and Analytics

Building AI To Support Speed & Integration Across HR Tools: Embedding Governance, Ethics and Legal Oversight into Every Bot & System

Michiel van DuinNovartisChief People Technology, Data & Insights Officer
Description
Taking a closer look at how to build a cross-functional governance model that brings together legal, privacy, HR and technology teams to evaluate, design and deploy enterprise-grade AI tools. You'll hear practical insights to take away ideas for your own AI roadmap from automating job profiles and onboarding to launching persona-driven prompt libraries and citizen development programs. Find out how to build multi-agent orchestration platforms to launching AI copilots for HR and workforce planning. The emphasis will be on translating strategic intent into hands-on execution. Central to this is embedding governance and legal collaboration into every phase of development ensuring responsible AI is not an afterthought but a foundation. Key topics include: • How governance is operationalised with legal, DPO, and global process leaders • Frameworks for risk-tiered legal review and use case prioritisation • Embedding ethical safeguards and disclaimers into conversational AI • Why good data, clean knowledge and responsible prompting matter more than models • Lessons from training business teams to co-build with copilots and no-code tools • Strategies to surface data risks early and speed up compliance • A blueprint for aligning tech innovation with workforce trust
Stage 2 - HR Reinvention | SO2
Oct 21, 2025
9:35 AM10:00 AM
Artificial IntelligenceChange ManagementLearning and Development

HR’s Defining Moment : Leading the Human-AI Transformation

Syed Ali AbbasHelloFreshVice President of People – International Markets and HRBPBruce DaisleyBruce DaisleyFormer Twitter VP, Workplace culture authorVincent DupuisAirbusVP HR Digital & AIAlexandre AlvesUnilever Global IT Head of Business Architecture
Description
In a world being rapidly reshaped by AI, HR leaders are no longer just stewards of culture now is the moment they will look back at when they became architects of transformation and co-pilots of profitable growth. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redefine the role of HR as a driving force in business strategy, innovation and long-term value creation. By embracing AI not as a threat but as a powerful ally, HR can lead the charge in reimagining how organisations attract, develop, and empower talent. This keynote panel discussion session explores how HR leaders can: • Champion a vision where human potential is amplified, not overshadowed, by technology • Sit at the table with tech, product and commercial teams to shape AI adoption in ways that serve people and performance • Use workforce intelligence and people analytics to influence high-impact decisions across the business • Lead the redesign of roles, workflows and organisational structures for greater agility and meaning • How HR will increasingly act as the strategic gatekeeper deciding where AI adds value and where human judgement must remain central
Stage 4 - Worktech | SO4
Oct 21, 2025
9:35 AM10:00 AM
Artificial IntelligenceTalent ManagementCompliance and Regulation

Rewiring HR: The People Science Case for Smarter Systems and Human-Centred AI & HR Systems

David SperlGE HealthCareHead of HR, Advanced Visualization SolutionsJason BloomfieldEricssonGlobal Head of People Change & TA TransformationMiriam KugelMicrosoftDirector, AI Transformation Advisory, EMEA / Principal People Scientist
Description
HR technology systems are at a tipping point. Legacy fragmentation, context switching, and siloed data continue to drain time and cognitive energy from both employees and HR teams. At the same time, advances in AI and cloud-based platforms present an opportunity to redesign HR for greater impact, centred on human needs and strategic value. This panel discussion explores how HR leaders can champion system consolidation, build trust in data-driven insights, and adopt AI use cases that actually add value, not complexity. Drawing on a people science lens, we will explore how to make the shift from reactive to proactive and from generic to genuinely human-centred HR. Key Takeaways: • The hidden human cost of disconnected HR systems: cognitive overload, inefficiency, and poor employee experience • The power of contextual integrity: turning scattered people data into strategic insights on engagement, attrition, and DEI • Why cloud-native HR systems unlock AI's potential, enabling safe experimentation and scalable use cases • Practical "AI for All" examples that free HR to focus on what matters • A vision for the future: how to ensure AI-enhanced HR stays inclusive, evidence-led, and human-focused
Stage 1 - Main Stage
Oct 21, 2025
9:40 AM9:55 AM
Artificial IntelligenceFuture of Work

I’m Not Here to Take Your Job: Where Humanoids and AI Merge

David GreenInsight222Managing PartnerAmeca AI RobotEngineered ArtsHumanoid
Description
Together, they explore the future of work, emotion, ethics, and collaboration between humans and machines. Will AI be our competitor, colleague, or co-creator? How should we prepare for a world where intelligence is no longer exclusively human? And what happens when machines not only understand our language but our values? This is not a demo. It's a glimpse into a future that's already arriving.
Stage 1 - Main Stage
Oct 21, 2025
10:00 AM10:30 AM
Artificial IntelligenceCompany Culture

Culture as a Superpower

Alejandra PiñolIngka Group (IKEA)Global Deputy CHROSharon DohertyLloyds Banking GroupChief People & Places OfficerEmilee DeMartinoMcDonald’sSVP, Chief People Officer, International Operated MarketsGeorge RogersLighthouse AdvisoryChief Strategy Officer
Description
This timely keynote panel gathers senior CHRO leaders from IKEA, McDonald's and Lloyds Banking Group to ask: how do you define culture in an age where work is increasingly virtual, automated and borderless? What must be held sacred - and what can evolve? How do you hold onto your unique cultural value proposition when all around you is changing fast? Culture is more than a conversation about values; it's a strategic imperative. The cultural foundations we lay today will determine the humanity and coherence of tomorrow's organisations. Join us for a bold, honest discussion about what it means to protect your corporate culture as your ultimate superpower - before it's too late. • Defining culture when the world and our workplaces are in flux • Leading through uncertainty without losing your cultural compass • The silent drift: how AI and scale can gradually erode cultural cohesion • Redrawing the line between what can be automated and what must remain human • Futureproofing your organisation with culture as the anchor and engine
Stage 4 - Worktech | SO4
Oct 21, 2025
10:05 AM10:30 AM
Artificial IntelligenceTalent Management

Choosing the Right HR Tech and AI Tools – Getting Fit, Adoption and Impact Right

Howard FlintAMP StrategistsCEOStuart PrivettSwissportGlobal Head of HR SystemsJayney HowsonServiceNowSVP, Global Learning and Development
Description
This practical panel discussion brings together HR and technology leaders to share frontline experiences of choosing and implementing the right digital tools. Hear how organisations are overcoming resistance, reducing complexity and making HR technology decisions that truly support people and performance. Whether you're considering new platforms or trying to boost adoption of your existing stack, this session will offer grounded insight and honest takeaways. Aligning tech with real HR needs: how to avoid feature fatigue and focus on impact • Making AI and software work together: integration challenges and opportunities across the HR stack • Supporting adoption: what drives real employee engagement with new tools • Addressing fears and confusion: clear communication around purpose, benefits and safeguards • Balancing innovation and usability: building a tech ecosystem people actually use • Lessons from the field: honest stories of what's worked (and what hasn't) when rolling out new systems • Explore how HR teams can lead tech transformation in a way that's human-centred, strategic and future-fit
Stage 2 - HR Reinvention | SO2
Oct 21, 2025
10:05 AM10:30 AM
Artificial IntelligenceTransformation

Humanist Culture as the Foundation of Enduring Success: Lessons from Hermès

Sharon MacBeathHermes InternationalGroup Human Resources DirectorDon SullMIT Sloan School of Management Professor of the Practice
Description
In this session, Sharon MacBeath, Group Human Resources Director, joins moderator Donald Sull to explore how Hermes defines, transmits, and safeguards its unique humanist culture. • The key elements of Hermes' humanist corporate culture and how do they translate into best-in-class employee experience and business results • How Hermès embeds a shared culture across a decentralized global organization of more than 20,000 employees in 45 countries • How the company has maintained and strengthened its culture while nearly doubling its workforce in the past decade • How to preserve a healthy culture while adapting to changing conditions
Stage 5 - Talent | SO5
Oct 21, 2025
10:05 AM10:30 AM
Artificial IntelligenceAutomationTalent Management

Rethinking Talent for Performance: HR as a Strategic Partner in a High Performance Workplace

Neha KhichaThe Hershey CompanyStrategic Business & Talent Partner, HR DirectorDr Heba MakramFuture of Work ExpertTransformation AdvisorJochen EckholdHUGO BOSSSVP Global HR Teresa WykesEightfold AI Senior Director, Talent-Centred Transformation
Description
Next-generation talent management demands more than better tech, it requires deeper collaboration across the business. As expectations shift from transactional HR to strategic partnership, high-performing organisations are aligning people strategy with business goals through joined-up leadership, intelligent talent practices and smarter use of workforce data. By combining people analytics with real-time insight from line managers and business leaders, HR can become the architect of a more agile, productive, and resilient organisation. • From service provider to strategic partner: What the next era of HR leadership looks like • Building high-performance ecosystems through cross-functional talent partnerships • Precision talent: Using people data to match capabilities to evolving business needs • Moving from measurement to action: What good looks like beyond dashboards and KPIs • Embedding talent strategy into everyday business decisions, from succession to mobility • Creating shared accountability for performance across HR, leadership, and the line
Stage 3 - AI | SO3
Oct 21, 2025
10:05 AM10:30 AM
Artificial IntelligenceData and AnalyticsDiversityCompliance and Regulation

The Future of Work is Both AI & Human Fit: Designing New Workplaces That Align with Human Psychology

Al AdamsenFuture of Work ProjectFounder & CEO
Description
As AI, hybrid models, and new management systems redefine the world of work, organisations face a pivotal challenge: How do we ensure that work truly fits the people doing it? This keynote explores how aligning work design with human psychology - cognition, emotion, motivation - can unlock engagement, performance, and wellbeing. When organisations design for human fit, they build not just better systems, but more resilient, fulfilled workforces. Key Takeaways: • Psychological "fit" as a foundation for future-ready work • Designing AI-enabled roles that elevate human strengths • Supporting autonomy, connection, and well-being in hybrid models • Moving beyond ratings: performance systems built around growth • Understanding and reducing friction between people and process • Why designing for human needs prevents resistance and failure • A new blueprint for building workplaces that work for people
Spotlight 1 | Room E6
Oct 21, 2025
11:00 AM11:15 AM
Artificial IntelligenceTalent Acquisition

From Profiles to Performance: Introducing Agentic AI for Hiring and Talent Growth

Samuel WestEightfold AIAI Solutions Architect
Description
In talent acquisition, that means surfacing qualified candidates, engaging them intelligently, and moving beyond rigid req-based workflows. In talent management, it means using a live digital twin of the work to guide growth, coaching, and internal movement—based on what people are actually doing, not just what's on their resume. If you're evaluating AI solutions or replacing legacy tools, this session offers a clear view into what sets Eightfold apart—and why it matters now.
Eightfold AI
Spotlight 2 | Room E7
Oct 21, 2025
11:00 AM11:15 AM
Artificial IntelligenceAutomationTalent Acquisition

Preparing for Pay Transparency with HiBob

Laura FinkHiBobPeople & Culture DirectorWilliam SmithHiBobSenior Manager, Sales Engineering
Description
The EU Pay Transparency Directive marks a shift toward greater accountability and HR leaders are leading the charge. In this short session, we'll explore how HiBob supports HR teams on the path to readiness. From organising comp data to surfacing key metrics, HiBob helps you bring clarity and consistency to the way your organisation talks about pay. • Understand the main themes of the EU Pay Transparency Directive • See how HiBob supports comp visibility and data organisation • Learn how to surface insights that help flag gaps and trends • Discover how HiBob can support a more consistent approach to pay equity • Get ideas for taking the first (or next) step in your transparency journey
HiBob
Spotlight 3 | Room E8
Oct 21, 2025
11:00 AM11:15 AM
Artificial IntelligenceAutomationTalent Acquisition

The 25 AI Agents Every HR Team Needs To Survive

Ilona te DorsthorstPhenomManager Solutions Consulting EMEA Sebastian HustPhenomSr. Director Talent Experience Strategy
Description
Yes, this sounds like clickbait, but we're showing you the real deal. We’re not talking about dressed-up chatbots. These are 25 AI teammates that can schedule, screen, analyze, summarize, coach, flag risk, and tag in a human when needed. We'll also share the market-tested framework that illuminates your AI & automation maturity level and roadmap to your desired state. Skip the hype. Attendee Benefits: • See real agents in action — Experience exactly how these assistants solve actual problems like healthcare staffing shortages, retail scheduling conflicts, and high-volume manufacturing screening • Get your AI maturity roadmap — Use our market-tested framework to assess where you stand and how to chart your path forward • Bridge the execution gap — Learn how agents transform data into workforce insights, aligning business strategy with talent operations while cutting HR workloads in half
Phenom
Innovation Stage | Showfloor
Oct 21, 2025
11:00 AM12:15 PM
HR Technology

UNLEASH World Startup Award

Syed Ali AbbasHelloFreshVice President of People – International Markets and HRBPJess Von BankMercerGlobal Leader, HR Transformation and Technology AdvisorKathi EnderesThe Josh Bersin CompanySVP Global Industry AnalystMarilyn Pearson HendricksWorkTech AdvisoryCEOBenjamin VisserallygatrCEO & FounderMatt PietschHRTech StrategyFounder & CEOEva van der BruggePandriaCo-Founder and CEOHans JorisPaybixCEO and Co-FounderVincent BaratAlbertCEOClément LhommeauBlifyCo-Founder Audrey HandemAcadian VenturesSenior Associate
Description
Discover the best and brightest HR tech startups on the UNLEASH Expo Floor. The finalists will pitch before a panel of expert judges and thought leaders in HR tech, competing for a prize worth €50,000. The competition is a must-see for anybody shopping for cutting-edge tech or simply curious about what the hottest market trends are today and what the HR tech landscape will look like tomorrow. This session includes: 5 expertly selected startups and 6 industry innovation specialist judges. The format of each pitch is a 4-minute presentation with 4-minutes for questions from our judges. Flow of the Session: 11:00 AM: Welcome from our MC, Jess Von Bank, Global Leader, HR Transformation & Technology Advisory at Mercer,and Judges' Introductions 11:05 AM: Eva van der Brugge, Co-Founder & CEO of Pandria About Pandria: Fix performance management with habits that stick – finally 11:13 AM: Hans Joris, CEO & Co-Founder of Paybix NV About Paybix: Global payroll made simple: Paybix unifies, digitizes, and automates multi-country payroll with visibility, control, and optional managed payroll services. 11:21 AM: Vincent Barat, CEO of Albert About Albert:The only A.I powered Strategic Workforce Planning platform that helps you handle the people side of your long-range plan with confidence. 11:29 AM: Chris Woodward-Jones, Co-Founder of Vizzy About Vizzy: Vizzy is the early careers CV disrupter, helping some of the biggest brands in the world hire top, diverse talent that otherwise would have been missed. 11:37 AM: Clément Lhommeau, Co-Founder of Blify About Blify: The AI-native Learning OS. Bringing continuous learning to your teams directly in MS Teams and Slack. 11:45 AM: Audience Q & A with our Finalists 11:55 AM: Startup Award Winner Announcement, Photography, & Presentation
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
Description
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
Spotlight 3 | Room E8
Oct 21, 2025
11:20 AM11:35 AM
Artificial IntelligenceEmployee Experience and Engagement

Experience-Aware AI: The Missing Link Between Action Planning and Action Taking

Georgina LedwardPerceptyxGlobal Director, Solutions Consulting
Description
With tighter budgets and increased pressures, HR leaders are taking a hard look at the value of their listening and L&D investments. With Activate, you can drive double-digit improvements on your EX and business priorities, even if you don't use Perceptyx for surveys. As you introduce more data, our experience-aware AI learns your organization's DNA and delivers improved guidance, serving as the action layer on top of your EX data. Key Takeaways: • Learn how AI can drive double-digit improvements on your top EX priorities in 6-12 months • Discover actioning best practices that help you quickly move beyond insights to impact • Learn specific tactics for engaging and activating employees at all levels of your organization • Uncover the data behind the success stories, with examples from real-world customers who are realizing measurable results
Perceptyx
Spotlight 2 | Room E7
Oct 21, 2025
11:20 AM11:35 AM
Artificial IntelligenceSkills DevelopmentTalent Acquisition

How Emirates NBD Transformed Volume Hiring with AI & Skills Validation

Dina TaylorHirevueChief EvangelistJonathan MearsEmirates NBDGroup Head of Talent Acquisition
Description
Emirates NBD is the largest banking group in the Middle-East and has reimagined what's possible in talent acquisition. Discover how they use cutting-edge recruitment technology to validate the skills that predict job success, freeing-up managers and recruiters to focus on high-impact projects. Hirevue will be joined by Jonathan Mears, Group Head of TA at Emirates NBD, as he shares their story, their strategy, and the solutions which underpin their success. Attendee Benefits: • Learn how Emirates NBD built 100% automated hiring journeys for specific roles - and what's next on their hiring transformation • See how the latest predictive hiring agents and AI-driven assessments integrate into one seamless candidate experience that validates skills are present • Understand how to combine strategy and solutions to deliver speed, quality, fairness, and predictive hiring at scale • Discover how they saved 42 hours per hire - and where that time goes now • Gain practical insights from Jonathan's global TA leadership at PayPal, Visa, IBM, and now Emirates NBD
Hirevue
Stage 4 - Worktech | SO4
Oct 21, 2025
11:30 AM11:55 AM
Artificial Intelligence

Fluent Futures: How Carrefour Is Using Language to Unlock a New Era of Global Collaboration

Zoe Bordelon GrandonCarrefourGlobal L&D Lead
Description
Carrefour has launched a bold, pan-European language learning initiative that goes far beyond vocabulary. The retailer is building a more connected, agile and culturally aware workforce: breaking down internal borders to fuel innovation and unity across its multinational footprint. Hear how this first-ever group-wide language platform spanning six countries for over 165,000 employees offered free access to 14 languages via Busuu enjoying more than 2,000 sign-ups in the first 48 hours! • Recognising the goal and mission: The need to overcome language barriers as a strategic obstacle to collaboration and cultural cohesion • Repositioning language learning as a driver of inclusion, agility and global mindset • Working with a new technology partner, Busuu, to roll out a scalable, mobile-first platform across Europe • How did the project achieve such rapid adoption with over 2,000 users in 48 hours • Intuitive design: How it blended tech with human-led learning to build lasting behavioural and cultural change • Creating a robust foundation for future L&D innovation and seamless cross-border teamwork
Stage 2 - HR Reinvention | SO2
Oct 21, 2025
11:30 AM11:55 AM
Artificial IntelligenceSkills DevelopmentStrategy and Leadership

Leading the People Agenda in an AI World

Gina Vargiu-BreuerSAPChief People OfficerBruce DaisleyBruce DaisleyFormer Twitter VP, Workplace culture author
Description
In a world shaped by AI and rapid innovation, lasting success depends not just on technology but on the people you grow. This session explores why a skills-first approach, a strong adaptive culture, and purposeful use of people technology form the core of sustainable growth. Leaders must reimagine workforce strategies to unlock continuous learning, agile talent models, and personalized development — creating a people ecosystem ready for the future. Key Takeaways: • Skills are the new currency: Prioritizing skills over roles or degrees unlocks agility, innovation, and real-time workforce adaptability. • Culture powers resilience: An adaptive, value-driven culture provides stability and direction in times of constant change. • Technology as an enabler: AI and data-driven tools amplify the impact of people strategies: from personalized learning to transparent talent mobility. • Skill-based frameworks reshape how we hire, develop, reward, and retain talent for long-term success.
Stage 3 - AI | SO3
Oct 21, 2025
11:30 AM11:55 AM
Artificial IntelligenceAutomationHR TechnologyStrategy and Leadership

New Exclusive Research: How HR Executives Are Navigating and Driving AI Adoption

Nicolas PAUTHIERL'OREALGlobal VP People Develeopment & LearningAnand Chopra-McGowan ValenceManaging Director, EuropeCecilia SandbergAtlas Copco GroupChief Human Resources OfficerLucía CrespoTelefónicaChief Learning Officer
Description
In this session, hear from senior CHROs and HR Leaders about the critical decisions they've made to drive AI adoption in the enterprise. Drawing from exclusive research across dozens of in-depth interviews with CHROs and startup founders, we'll hear practical and innovative steps that HR leaders can take to successfully drive AI adoption including. In this session, you will: • Understand how leading CHROs align AI investments with long-term workforce and business strategy • Explore the internal conversations that shaped enterprise AI adoption—from governance to stakeholder buy-in • Learn what questions HR leaders asked to uncover true capability, scalability, and ethical alignment in potential partners • See how AI partner choices are influencing reskilling priorities, IT-HR collaboration, and operating model redesign • Hear candid reflections on early missteps, internal resistance, and what leaders wish they had known at the start • Discover how partner selection is impacting everything from productivity to employee trust and leadership development • Get practical insight into balancing short-term automation wins with long-term cultural and capability-building outcomes
Stage 5 - Talent | SO5
Oct 21, 2025
11:30 AM11:55 AM
Artificial IntelligenceTalent Acquisition

Riding the Job Revolution: Shaping Workforce in a Disruptive Labor Market

Kerstin WagnerDeutsche Bahn AGExecutive Vice President Talent Acquisition
Description
The labor market is at a crossroads: while talent shortages intensify, entire roles are being reshaped by AI, automation, and digitalization. Under the leadership of Kerstin Wagner, Deutsche Bahn is pioneering a bold and future-focused approach to Talent Acquisition, one that maps evolving job landscapes, empowers recruiters, and integrates data-driven foresight to meet transformation head-on. • Mapping the job revolution: A powerful strategic method to make the job revolution tangible and develop proactive strategies to redesign roles and retrain the workforce. • Bridging market fragmentation: Addressing both talent scarcity and role redundancy with targeted, inclusive hiring strategies across all levels — from blue-collar roles to academic and leadership positions. • Preparing recruiters for change: A large-scale TA transformation effort empowers a nationwide network of recruiters with digital tools, AI capabilities, and labor market intelligence to thrive in a disrupted landscape. • Unlocking hidden potential: Tapping into underrepresented talent pools through diversity initiatives, strong employer branding, and reimagined access to career pathways. • Data-driven TA in action: Leveraging analytics to capture emerging labor market trends, anticipate disruption, and align talent acquisition strategy with the company's broader transformation agenda
Spotlight 3 | Room E8
Oct 21, 2025
11:40 AM11:55 AM
Artificial Intelligence

Accelerate HR Transformation with AI-powered Adoption

Arbaz NadeemWhatfixDigital Transformation Director
Description
This session explores how HR leaders can drive transformation by focusing on user adoption as the foundation of digital success. Learn how Whatfix’s AI-powered adoption suite bridges the gap between human capability and technology innovation by understanding user context, guiding behavior in real time, and delivering measurable outcomes across the employee lifecycle. We’ll discuss how organizations can reduce friction, overcome change fatigue, and accelerate business impact by putting users, and not applications, at the center of transformation.
Whatfix
Spotlight 1 | Room E6
Oct 21, 2025
11:40 AM11:55 AM
Artificial Intelligence

Agentic HCM in Action: 3 Ways to Use AI Agents to Create Business Value

Yvette CameronOracleSenior Vice President, Global HCM Product Strategy
Description
Redefine how work gets done in the new era of Agentic HCM—where an AI-powered workforce sits alongside your employees to automate end-to-end tasks and give them more time to spend on what actually drives your business. Watch AI Agents embedded in Oracle Cloud HCM in action as they streamline work across the entire employee journey.
Oracle
Stage 7 - Talent Acquisition | Room W6
Oct 21, 2025
11:40 AM12:00 PM
Data and AnalyticsTalent Acquisition

Becoming a Talent Magnet: What Other Industries Can Learn from the Hardest-to-Hire Sectors

Balazs FogarasyBATGlobal Employer Brand Lead
Description
Attracting talent is tough but doing so in an industry with legacy baggage, public scrutiny or ethical complexity is even tougher. And yet, companies in these sectors are quietly leading the way in employer brand reinvention. This session explores what more conventional industries can learn from those who've had to fight for credibility. It's a candid look at how redefining candidate experience, using tech with purpose, and aligning internal culture with external promise can turn perception into power and help any business become a true talent magnet. Key Takeaways: • Why industries with the hardest reputations are often the boldest innovators in talent strategy • The power of transparency and values-led hiring in building trust with candidates • How to craft an EVP that reflects real change not just polished messaging • Using AI to reduce friction and add warmth across the hiring journey • Practical takeaways for any organisation looking to refresh how it attracts, engages and retains talent
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