Steven Fitzgerald, Co-founder and President, Habanero Consulting

• How can HR help prepare their organizations for the Future of Work
• Building a Future of Work framework and aligning people strategy to ensure successful business operations.
• How can HR leaders contribute to a culture of high employee engagement and positive employee experience?
• Harnessing the full potential of employees and gaining a competitive edge.

Moderator: Steven Fitzgerald, Co-founder and President, Habanero Consulting

Panelists:

Ramneet Aujla, Chief Human Resources Officer, Metrolinx
Kelly Davis, Chief People Officer, Sunwing Travel Group
Corey Daxon, Feldman Daxton Partner
Kelly Mawhinney, Partner & Toronto Career Office Business Leader, Canada, Mercer

• Are the traditional operating models still fit for purpose?
• How can organizations truly empower their HR Business Partners?
• Strategies for streamlining inefficiencies
• How do you push self-serve and get into the true business of HR strategic support?

Presented By: Leena Verma, Vice President Human Resources, Revera

• The world needs visionary leaders who understand that the Future of Work is is about designing organizations that prioritize employee experience
• Meaningful experiences keep employees invested and fulfilled
• Experience cultivates a feeling that, like culture, is intangible 
• When teams are united by purpose and trust, empowered to live and work on their terms, are exposed to diverse perspectives, they achieve more and stay longer
• This progressive session reveals how to leverage remote work’s unique combination of personal agency and diverse hiring to strengthen employee experience and culture

Presented By:

Sarah Fern, Chief People Officer, Velocity Global

Understanding the three key elements of creating an impactful hybrid work strategy: mindset, culture, and technology, and how they come together to support employee wellbeing and the future of work.

Moderator: Jason Brommet, Head of Modern Work & Security Business, Microsoft Canada

You’ve seen it yourself. The challenge for Human Resource professionals has never been greater. How do you hire, engage, and retain employees so that you can stay on top of your game? How do you leverage data to get more engagement and ROI out of your benefit spend?

Join Faizal Mitha, Chief Innovation Officer at HUB International, as he explores how the latest innovations in benefit planning can help your organization achieve its goals and keep employees engaged.

During the presentation you will learn how to:

• Go beyond benchmarking for true personalization in your planning.
• Leverage evidence-based benefit planning in your organization.
• Implement a benefit plan that addresses key challenges in the current environment.
• Support unique employee populations in a competitive job market.
• Use personalization in your benefits program to promote inclusivity.
• Promote quality employee experiences as part of a total rewards strategy.

Join us as we explore how data-driven benefit planning can help you create a meaningful value proposition - addressing key challenges and helping your organization differentiate itself for success.

 Presented By: Faizal Mitha, Chief Innovation Officer, HUB International

• How can employers be intentional with their technology approach to improve the digital employee experience?
• Bridging the gap between the people function and IT to create effective digital workplaces.
• Leveraging technology for internal insights and frequent touch points with teams.
• How can employers remain competitive in their technology approach in such a fast-moving environment?

Moderator: Scott deVeber, Digital Workplace Consultant, Habanero Consulting

Panelists:

Liz Volk, Chief Human Resources Officer, Longo's
Imtiaz Ahmed, Vice President, Digital Experience & Enablement, SE Health
Jeffrey Chu, Senior Vice President, People Culture and Technology, WWF-Canada
Kristen Ruttgaizer, Chief People Officer, Igloo Software

• How can the metaverse be used affectively within organizations?
• What opportunities does it bring? A look at teamwork and collaboration in the metaverse
• What potential challenges do you need to think about?
• Is your organization ready for this new virtual world? Does it need to be?

• How have employers had to change their culture strategies to reflect the new ways of working?
• How can employers protect company culture whilst empowering hybrid teams?
• Should companies be encouraging micro cultures that form around teams or should culture be determined from the top down?
• How can leaders be intentional in creating a sense of belonging for all employees?

Moderator: Mallory O'Connor, Practice Lead of Culture and Transformation, Habanero Consulting

Panelists:

Jennifer Lennox, Vice President, People and Culture, AutoCanada
Alana Free, Senior Vice President, People & Culture, Goodlife Fitness
Amanda Cennon, Head of Future of Work & Employee Experience, Electronic Arts (EA)
Sarah Fern, Chief People Officer, Velocity Global

Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in one of the following discussion groups:

Group 1: Total Flexibility Vs. Mandated hybrid Vs. full-time In Office/ on site
From strategy to execution. Now organizations have seen the effects of their chosen working model what outcomes have they seen? This session will look at different working models and discuss the pros and cons of each one. Is your model working or do you need to consider a different approach or adapt it? What do you need to support each working model?

Co-Chairs:
Scott deVeber, Digital Workplace Consultant, Habanero Consulting
Paul Anthony Hamilton, Director Talent Acquisition, LCBO

Group 2: How can you move towards being a skills-based organization?
This session will look at how organizations can shift mindsets and redefine talent strategies to move away from the traditional job role hierarchy to a faster moving, dynamic matching of skills to work and how do you move to skill-based hiring?
Co-Chairs:
Deanna Pathak, Global Head of Talent SVP, Klick
Mo Chahdi, Global Head of Contingent Talent Solutions, Dell Technologies
Mallory O'Connor, Practice Lead of Culture and Transformation, Habanero Consulting

Group 3: How can you equip your leaders to be successful in a multi-choice workstyle culture?
Now that employees can work from anywhere, what tools and skills do leaders need? How are you equipping your leadership to be fully capable of navigating the new working models to make sure they are successful and deliver results?

Co-Chairs:

Tabatha Cammidge, Managing Director, Strategy & Future of Work, ATB Financial
Melissa Di Natale, Senior Manager, Future Design, ATB Financial