Gartner HR Conference Sessions

Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo™ 2025 conference dives deep into key topics for CHROs and their leadership teams and how they must redefine employee growth and success within an integrated human-technology workforce. Attend to address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2025 Conference Theme

Accelerate Workforce Potential: Building New Foundations for Performance

In 2025, HR’s mandate is to configure a workforce and workplace that can pivot swiftly during times of change, innovate continuously and deliver superior performance, all empowered by technology. ​

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind.

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Monday, 17 November, 2025

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM AEDT

CHRO Circle Roundtable: Build (or Rebuild) Employee Trust in Times of Constant Change (Multi-group)
Shannon Wiest, Sr Principal, Advisory, Gartner
Fewer than half of employees trust their leaders, which negatively impacts workplace outcomes, particularly trust and employee engagement. HR leaders typically focus on helping leaders operate with transparency, accountability and consistency to regain employee confidence and commitment. However, these tried-and-tested tactics do not necessarily work in an environment where the employee experience is characterized by never-ending change. Join this Roundtable to share and learn how your peers both build and regain employee trust through effective change leadership. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM AEDT

Roundtable: Change Management Approaches in an Environment of Never-Ending Change
Ingrid Laman, VP, Advisory, Gartner
Over 80% of organizations have undergone at least one significant organizational restructuring, senior leader transition and/or organizational culture change in the past year. The amount and pace of disruptive change will only increase amid a renewed focus on growth coupled with disruptive technological advancements as well as political and economic uncertainty. Join this roundtable to discuss and debate with your peers’ different approaches to managing change in this time of never-ending change. ... Show More Show Less

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AEDT

How to Build Change Readiness in the Era of Never-Ending Change
Neal Woolrich, Director, Advisory, Gartner
Today, employees must absorb and adopt an onslaught of organizational change. But only 43% of leaders agree that employees can do so without experiencing undue stress. This session will help CHROs and their teams support leaders to develop employees’ skills to overcome common stressful barriers to change adoption increasing overall change success. ... Show More Show Less

01:00 PM - 01:45 PM AEDT

Peer Meetup: Reimagining Work and Organisation Design for Agility and Capacity
Join your peers and discuss the opportunities and best practices in the future of work and organisational design. Move beyond traditional headcount planning to strategic workforce planning focused on long-term capabilities. Discuss how to redesign structures to unlock human potential and adapt to changing business demands. Engage with peers to share insights and strategies for building agile, resilient organisations. Peer Meetups are networking sessions that allow you to connect and share with a small group of your peers, without Gartner facilitation. Please make every effort to attend your Peer Meetup as other attendees will be looking forward to meeting with you. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 18 November, 2025

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM AEDT

Research Discussion: Reinventing Change Leadership
Ingrid Laman, VP, Advisory, Gartner
With CEOs prioritizing growth amidst global economic uncertainty, HR leaders must help leaders drive change without corroding employee engagement. However, HR leaders face two challenges: 74% of them believe leaders lack change leadership skills and 73% recognize employees are fatigued from change. CHROs and their teams will learn what great change leadership looks like in an environment where work is characterized by never-ending change rather than predictable continuity. ... Show More Show Less

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AEDT

Bridging the Information Gap: Successful Executive Change Communication
Neal Woolrich, Director, Advisory, Gartner
Over half of CHROs agree their change communication fails to engage employees. This starts right from the top, with leaders often being ill-equipped to lead, motivate and drive critical business transformation. This session will discuss how HR can support enterprise leadership to improve change-readiness and performance by channeling change communication to what really motivates employees. ... Show More Show Less

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM AEDT

Who Are The Successful Change Leaders of Today?
Neal Woolrich, Director, Advisory, Gartner
Between CEO ambitions for transformation and growth and external disruptions, organizations need great change leadership to succeed. Join this session to learn what capabilities are critical to successful change leadership in today's environment and how the best organizations are developing successful change leaders. ... Show More Show Less

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“A great opportunity to take time out of the work week and invest in learning from industry professionals. A diverse conference agenda that kept me fully engaged and already looking forward to next year.” 

Jodie Mather
Director, People Support, Australian Government Department of Human Services

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