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

09:00 AM - 09:45 AM AEDT

Gartner Opening Keynote: Transforming How Work Gets Done – HR's New Domain in the AI Era
Katie Sutherland, Director, Advisory, Gartner
Neal Woolrich, Director, Advisory, Gartner
CEOs plan to fuel the next wave of growth by taking cost out of the business, reinvesting in growth areas, and capitalizing on AI. Achieving this vision will require transforming how work gets done across the enterprise. Join us to learn how HR can become an enterprise leader of the change that lies ahead by expanding from its traditional focus on the workforce to how work itself must change. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM AEDT

Prioritize Function Investments for Business Needs: Gartner's HR Score and Budget Benchmarking
Antoinette Chang, Sr Principal, Advisory, Gartner
With increased pressure on HR to drive workforce productivity and business growth, it’s critical that CHROs make the right investments on where and how to spend their function’s time, energy and budget. Join this session to learn about Gartner’s diagnostic tools, HR Score and HR Budget & Efficiency Benchmark, and how they support CHROs make data-driven investment decisions aligned with the most important business needs. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AEDT

Build HR's Digital Dexterity to Drive Organizational Success
Laura Gardiner, Director Analyst, Gartner
Is your HR team ready to support the enterprise in AI and digital transformations? Many HR teams struggle to support business leaders because they lack digital dexterity. In this session, CHROs can learn how to develop their team's digital dexterity in order to support the broader enterprise. ... Show More Show Less

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM AEDT

SAP SuccessFactors: Shaping What’s Next: Signals and Scenarios for HR in 2026
Sean Collins, Regional Head of HCM Value Advisory APJ, SAP SuccessFactors
This session will explore early data signals and possible scenarios shaping work in 2026 and beyond, with practical implications for HR and HR technology. We’ll examine how work is evolving, the shifts in workforce composition and expectations, and the practices likely to enable organisations to adapt. Real-world SAP customer examples will ground the insights, while delegates can share their experiences to validate and enrich the discussion. ... Show More Show Less

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AEDT

From Meeting Demand to Delivering Value: The CHRO’s Guide to Strategic Stakeholder Management
Robin Boomer, Sr Director, Advisory, Gartner
CHROs are facing escalating demands while being expected to deliver with less budget, less bandwidth, and less support. To deliver on organizational needs while protecting HR resources, CHROs must shift from a reactive service delivery model to one that is value-optimized through strategic stakeholder management. Join this session to learn how to START actively shaping expectations, STOP the behaviors that drain HR resources, and help HR CONTINUE practices that link impact to performance. ... Show More Show Less

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM AEDT

Handshakes Over Handoffs: Achieving HR Transformation Through Intentional Collaboration
Jonathan Tabah, Director, Advisory, Gartner
CHROs are constantly transforming HR models to meet organizational needs. In 2024, 97% of HR functions reported restructuring, yet less than half achieved goals like strategic alignment or cost reduction. Tensions between HR roles (HRBPs, COEs, Shared Services) often hinder progress. To succeed, CHROs must build trust, drive shared accountability, and implement governance mechanisms. Join us to explore practical strategies for HR transformation. ... Show More Show Less

03:30 PM - 04:15 PM AEDT

CHRO Circle Roundtable: Elevating the Strategic Impact of Your HR Talent (Multi-group)
Katie Sutherland, Director, Advisory, Gartner
While HR is being tasked with accelerating workforce performance, there is one thing clearly holding the HR Function back: HR talent capability. 61% of CHROs agree that HR staff lack the skills to support the business more strategically. Join this roundtable to connect with peers to discuss the skills HR staff need to lead in 2025, and how to best develop those skills to propel the HR function and the organization forward. ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 18 November, 2025

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AEDT

Signature Series: Gartner Futures Lab - The Top Forces Impacting Strategic Planning in 2026
Brent Cassell, VP, Advisory, Gartner
HR leaders cannot predict the future. However, they can adopt a more deliberate approach to sensing and responding to trends across seven categories (technological, political, economical, social/cultural, trust/ethics, regulatory/legal and environmental). Join this session to learn more about Gartner’s Tapestry framework and how it can help you weave together a story about the plausible future. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM AEDT

Ask the Expert: Get Ahead of Changing Labor Market Conditions
Dion Love, VP, Advisory, Gartner
Join Dion Love, Gartner Vice President and host of Benchmark with Gartner for a discussion on current insights into the global labor market, including talent indicators of economic conditions, emerging issues, and trending topics across 2025. Bring your questions on where the labor market is today and where it is headed in 2026 as you prepare your strategic plans for the coming year. ... 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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