
21-22 November, 2023
Park Plaza Victoria | London, United Kingdom

21-22 November, 2023 | Park Plaza Victoria, London, United Kingdom
The Leading
Future of Work Event Series
The Future of Work Europe Event launched in 2019 with the core mission toĀ focus on the latest trends & strategies within the Future of Work landscape including: Frontline Workers, Workplace Transformation, HR Technology, Culture, Employee Engagement, Digital Workplace, Learning & Development, Human Resources and Office Space & Design.
Created for senior executives within:
ā Human Resources
ā Internal Communication
ā Change Management
ā Digital Workplace
ā Employee Experience & Engagement
ā Business Transformation
2022 Speakers
Morgan Bone, Head Of Corporate Affairs
Virgin Money
Lucy Kuri, VP of People & Organisation
Mars Wrigley Global
Alastair Procter, SVP, Strategic HR Operations
Interpublic Group (IPG)
Magali Demierre, Global Head of Employee Experience
Philip Morris International
Jane Gibbon, Chief People Officer
London Business School
Sarah Kaiser, Head of Employee Experience
Fidelity International
Nicola Wood, MD HR - Performance, Reward & Recognition Transformation,
Standard Chartered Bank
Nicholas Wardle, Head of Employee Experience, Brand Experiences
Brand Experiences
Paul Bennun, VP Employee Experience
DAZN Group
Ash Thomas, Head of Talent & Leadership Development
British Heart Foundation
Ioanna Pappa, Group Head of Leadership Development
Merlin Entertainments
Richard Serio, Account Executive
Howspace
Dan Hutchinson, Vice President - HR UK & Ireland
Schneider Electric
Jennifer Sproul, Chief Executive
Institute of Internal Communication
Julie Asselin, Head of Marketing
365Talents
Giralda Chiverton, Region Lead
Howspace
Susan Quain, Digital Employee Experience Director
Fidelity International
Emma Parry, Head of Changing world of Work Group
Cranfield School of Management
Lucy Standing, Founder
Brave Starts
Neil Andrew, Head of Talent,
Primark
Ciaran Moloney, VP Enterprise Solutions
General Assembly
Flaminia Curti, Digital Employee Experience Lead
Johnson Controls
Robert King, Director Talent Development
Credit Agricole CIB
2023 AGENDA

09:00am
Chairs Opening Remarks
09:10am
Panel: HRās role in creating a great āfuture-readyā organization
- 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.
09:50am
Presentation: What steps can HR leaders take to really make an impact on their organizations?
- 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?
- How to truly get a seat at the table for the CHRO
10:20am
Presentation: Creating connection with a dispersed workforce
- How can you maintain employee connection whilst still offering flexible working or that transcends locations, geographies, time zones and cultures?
- Connecting employees to purpose and driving engagement
- Generating authentic connections and capturing those āwater-coolerā moments remotely
- Creating a sense of community and belonging for all employees
10:50am
Future of Work Connects
10:55am
Morning Break and Networking
11:40am
Panel: Re-engaging employees and avoiding āQuiet Quittingā
- What can employers do to re-engage disconnected employees?
- Facilitating a culture of open communication to address employee problems
- Understanding individual goals and expectations
- Making sure employees feel valued and celebrated
- Prioritizing mental and physical well-being and avoiding burnout
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12:20pm
Presentation: Building a change-ready organization
Is your organization change ready? How do you cultivate a work culture that is receptive to change?
- Ensuring you have a clear vison and incentivizing employees to move towards it
- Developing change champions and building change management capabilities into your organization
- Communicating change effectively, knowing your audience and the impact that any change will have on them.
- Creating a compelling case for change and ensuring all leaders are on board.
12:50pm
Lunch & Networking
1:50pm
Panel: Elevating employee experience through technology
- 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?
2:30pm
Presentation: The Metaverse and the world of work
- 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?
3:00pm
Panel: Reconsidering culture in a hybrid world
- 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?
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3:40pm
Afternoon Break
4:10pm
Discussion Groups
Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in one of the following discussion groups:
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Group 1: How to make a business case for and operationalize employee experience?
This session will look at the perception of cost relating to employee experience and culture. How can you understand the costs, how do you operationalise it and get funding and ongoing budget and how does it contribute to the bottom line?
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Group 2: 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?
Group 3: 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 or should you hire for behaviours and train for skills?
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Group 4: How can you equip your leaders and managers 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 and managers to be fully capable of navigating the new working models to make sure they are successful and deliver results?
5:10pm
End of Day One
Day two

09:15am
Chairs Opening Remarks
09:30am
Presentation: Building a Future-ready workforce
- How can employers predict what capabilities and skills their future workforce will need?
- How can you move towards being a skills-based organization
- Ensuring you have the right people and skill sets to meet your future organizational needs
- Bridging the skills gap, investing in your upskilling program, improving digital literacy
- Rethinking strategies for gaining and retaining talent.
10:00am
Presentation: Rethinking your EVP for a multi work style environment
- Has your EVP been updated to adjust to the new ways of working?
- How do you deliver on your EVP in an environment that is differentiated by the employee and their workstyle preferences?
- Do you have the right building blocks in place to match the employee experience with your EVP?
- Are your leaders equipped to deliver and enable the promises made to employees and candidates?
- Fostering collaboration, innovation and a sense of belonging when not in a bricks and mortar setting
10:30am
Panel: Attracting the next generation of employees
- What are the next generation of talent looking for in their employers?
- How does this differ from 5 years ago?
- What do they value and what is motivating for them?
11:10am
Morning Break and Networking
11:40am
Presentation: Reassessing your total rewards and compensation strategy
- What does your long-term total compensation strategy look like?
- How do you deal with overly inflated job titles and salaries following the war for talent?
- How to respond to the rise and fall of inflation and the cost of living
- Balancing pay with other benefits and providing longer term incentives.
12:10pm
Presentation: Harnessing the power of Talent Intelligence
- How can organizations use data and AI to connect with employees across the hiring and employee lifecycle?
- Why talent intelligence is key to building workforces of the future
- The role of AI in creating fairer, more diverse, and inclusive workplaces and eliminating human bias.
- Evaluating the risks involved, both ethical and practical.
12:40pm
Panel: Advancing DEI priorities
- Balancing DEI objectives with short term staffing needs
- What challenges does hybrid working present for maintaining equity in the workplace?
- Strategies for advancing under-represented talent
- Are your recruitment programs fit for advancing your DEI goals?
- The importance of a good employee value proposition to attract and retain diverse talent
- The social model of disability, how can you change the environment that individuals are placed in?
1:20pm
Lunch & Networking
2:20pm
Presentation: Driving sustainability in the workplace
- What is HRās role in promoting environmental and social initiatives to both employees and leaders?
- Why should sustainability be top of the agenda? A look at the benefits of having a sustainability strategy beyond the environmental benefits
- Strategies to help the organizations meet its environmental goals whilst also aligning with employee values
- Inspiring, training, and engaging the organization on best practices and sustainable initiatives.
2.50pm
Presentation: Is the Future a 4-day week?
- Is the 9-5 five-day week still fit for purpose?
- What are the benefits for employers and employees of moving to a 4-day week?
- How are initial trials going? A look at real life case studies and examples.
- What challenges can employers expect and how can HR get buy in from the top?
3:20pm
Panel: Leadership development in the new era
- Changing paradigms to a more human leadership style, what capabilities do future leaders need?
- How do you enable good leadership with a constantly changing and dispersed workforce?
- Developing strategic capabilities, behaviors, and frameworks.
- Growing a diverse leadership succession pipeline
- What critical challenges do leaders of today and tomorrow face and how can they be equipped to deal with them?
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4:00pm
End of Day Two
Standard Two Day Pass
- Two Day Conference Ticket
- Coffee-break & networking
- Lunch & Networking
- Access To All Sessions on The Day
- Access To All Presentations Post Event Via The FoW Hub
Location
Get to the venue
AIRPORT
Heathrow Airport: 15.2 miles
Gatwick Airport: 26.9 miles
PARKING
Parking is available at venue, please contact the venue direct for prices.
ADDRESS
239 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, Pimlico, London SW1V 1EQ
