• 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.

Panellists:

Meredith Silver, Director of B2B Sales & Customer Success, North America, Babbel for Business
Karyn DeFalco, Chief People Officer, Millennium Trust Company
Robert Toohey, EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, Allstate Corporation
Katie Hall, Founder and CEO, Claira

• 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?

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.

• 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?

Panellists:

Tope Sadiku, Global Head of Digital Employee Experience, The Kraft Heinz Compan
Shaelyn Otikor-Miller, Head of Global Digital Workplace Strategy, SVP, Northern Trust Asset Servicing
Sorena Tiba, Senior Director, Technical Sales Consulting & Growth Operations, Igloo

• 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?

 Panellists:

Eliza Wicher, VP, Talent & Organizational Development, Collectors
Sheila Rutt, Chief Human Resources Officer, Culligan International
Alison Moriarty, Formerly Chief Talent Officer, Starcom USA, 

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

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?

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?

 Co-Chair: Peter Walmsley, Coach/Facilitator, EngagedLeadership

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?

Co-Chair: Sam Sleva, VP, Americas Lead, Leadership & Professional Development, Dentsu
Melissa Versino, VP, Head of Leadership Development, Zurich North America