All 2025 Conference Sessions

Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo™ 2025 conference dives deep into key topics for CHROs and their leadership teams, as they set out to drive critical business priorities and successfully equip an integrated human-technology workforce.

2025 Conference Theme

Accelerate Workforce Potential: Building New Foundations for Performance

In 2025, HR leaders must rethink how to build agile, high-performing workforces fueled by technology. Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo™ 2025 delivers targeted sessions to help CHROs and their teams navigate shifting talent needs, redefine performance, and align people and tech strategies for real business impact.

Expect practical insights, peer-led discussions and actionable frameworks to lead through change with confidence.

At Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo™ 2025 you get the expert insights you need to create an adaptive, innovative and high-performing human-technology workforce.
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Monday, 06 October, 2025

06:45 PM - 07:00 PM BST

Exhibitor Welcome & Onsite Logistics
Exhibitors and their staff are encouraged to attend this session to familiarize themselves with the venue, onsite support and services, best practices for a successful conference, as well as a live Q&A with the Gartner team. Thank you for being an important part of the conference and the attendee experience! ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 07 October, 2025

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM BST

Gartner Opening Keynote: Transforming How Work Gets Done – HR's New Domain in the AI Era
Harsh Kundulli, VP Analyst, Gartner
Katie Sutherland, 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 BST

Workvivo: Listen. Connect. Transform - The Voice That Drives Change at Hammond’s
Steven Buck, Principal People Scientist, Workvivo
When employees feel heard—and leaders act—transformation happens. Katy, CPO at Hammonds, and Steven Buck, Head of Employee Insights at Workvivo, share how Hammonds’ Voice of the People program puts employee voice at the heart of culture and change. In this 20-minute session, learn how connecting communication, recognition, and change metrics turns listening into action and drives lasting engagement. ... Show More Show Less

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM BST

Dayforce: Engaging Frontliner Workers at Canal & River Trust
Karen Seth, PEOPLE DIRECTOR, Canal & River Trust
Founded in 2012, Canal & River Trust is the UK's largest canal charity, caring for a 2,000-mile network of stunning canals and navigable rivers.

Here how Karen Seth, People Director, has created a leading employee experience across the 1,600 employees and their thousands of volunteers.

Karen will also draw on her career working for Co-operative Group, Sainsbury's and as a non-executive director for the NHS Business Services Authority. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM BST

CHRO Circle Roundtable: Adapting Your Organization Design During M&A
Ceree Eberly, Emeritus Chair, Emeritus
Jill Smart, President, Emeritus
CHROs play a pivotal role in navigating mergers and acquisitions to ensure effective organization redesign and alignment with business and talent objectives. Join members of the CHRO Global Leadership Board and your peers to delve into how leading CHROs effectively adapt organizational structures during M&A. Discover strategies and best practices to leverage talent, build culture, and collaborate with stakeholders to drive success amid transformative change. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

Right-Size Your Skills-Based Strategy for 2026
Dion Love, VP, Advisory, Gartner
Despite deep investment in skills-based initiatives, CHROs and their teams are seeing disappointing returns. This session addresses the need for a skills strategy that boosts talent fluidity while reducing wasted effort. Participants will learn Gartner’s framework to right-size their skills strategy, ensuring their workforce is prepared for changing business needs. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

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

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM BST

Manufacturing Peer Meetup: Workforce Skills for Industry 4.0
Join this Peer Meetup and learn how your peers are prioritizing the upskilling and reskilling of employees to meet the demands of automation, robotics, and digital transformation. There is a strong focus on closing the skills gap, supporting lifelong learning, and developing technical and digital competencies for the future factory. 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

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM BST

2025 Hype Cycle for Corporate Learning Technologies
Chris Hester, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Organizations are facing macroeconomic conditions that are volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. This macroeconomic shift has caused ever-changing priorities in the learning function that call for a continuous review of the technology landscape and consideration of new innovative technologies to support the organizations talent and business growth. This session will highlight Gartner’s brand-new Hype Cycle for corporate learning which is designed to help L&D leaders better understand the hype surrounding emerging technologies and their potential for long-term success, guiding them in their investment and adoption decisions. This presentation will highlight a few of the key innovation areas in the learning market in 2025, and other emerging technologies to consider for the future. ... Show More Show Less

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Simone Piana
VP of HR, Talent Acquisition International, ADP

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