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      This year's conference theme is Power New Possibilities: Lead the Transformation of Work. ​The AI era is unlocking a new age of possibilities, and organizations are rethinking their boundaries for growth but often underestimate factors that power the possible. HR leaders have a pivotal opportunity in 2026 to lead the transformation of work and prepare both the work and workforce for success.

       

      Track A: CHRO Leadership, Strategy and the HR Function

      AI is reshaping the enterprise and HR, creating a pivotal moment to elevate HR’s strategic impact as CEOs drive growth. This track equips CHROs to balance growth and efficiency, transform skills with AI, deliver lasting value, and strengthen HR’s enterprise influence.

      Track B: Organizational Transformation and Change

      Rapid transformation is redefining HR’s enterprise role, creating new risks and opportunities for CHROs. This track helps leaders guide change, redesign work for AI, boost workforce readiness, and evolve operating models to integrate new technologies at scale.

      Track C: Talent Management, Skills and Performance

      As work is reimagined for the human–machine era, CHROs must partner with business leaders to deliver the skills and talent that fuel growth. This track helps evolve talent management with AI, build future‑ready leaders, and drive a high‑performance culture.
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      Tuesday, 07 October, 2025

      11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

      Engaging the Workforce Through Disruption
      Rachael Dix, Director, Advisory, Gartner
      Organizations are under immense pressure to optimize costs, to respond to digitalization, new work models, and rapid technological advancements, leading employees to experience disruptive change daily. Whether they’re experiencing a reduction in force, a restructure or another change, HR leaders fear employee engagement will be negatively impacted. This session will explore tactics to reconnect employees to leaders, to work and to one another to lay solid foundations for engagement as change inevitably continues. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

      HR Technology Priorities for 2026
      Sam Grinter, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
      This session will present the results of the 2025 HR Technology Priorities survey. This will give CHRO’s a first look at what their peers plan to invest in for 2026 and so provides an opportunity to benchmark their foreword looking HR technology investment strategy. ... 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 - 11:30 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

      Top Trends Shaping Talent Acquisition for 2026
      Jamie Kohn, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
      Recruiting leaders face tremendous pressure to deliver the scarce talent needed to fuel business transformation. However, economic volatility and AI-driven innovation are creating uncertainty about how to drive recruiting forward. Join this session to learn how top recruiting leaders will address these challenges in 2026 and beyond as an input to your strategic plan. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

      Top Trends that Will Shape Learning and Development Strategy for 2026
      Rebecca Burton, Sr Principal, Advisory, Gartner
      Learning leaders face the dual demands of driving employee and organization growth amidst AI-driven workforce disruptions and rapidly evolving skill requirements. Join this session to discover key trends in learning and their implications for L&D strategies in 2026 and beyond. ... Show More Show Less

      12:45 PM - 01:15 PM BST

      Build HR's Digital Dexterity to Drive Organizational Success
      Stephanie Clement, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
      Is your HR team ready to support the enterprise in its AI transformation? 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

      12:45 PM - 01:15 PM BST

      More ≠ Better: How Big Data Is Holding Back Talent Initiatives
      Tony Guadagni, Director, Research, Gartner
      HR leaders rely on data to support high-stakes decisions. But too often, data collection efforts over-emphasize the quantity of data – often at the expense of data validity. This is especially true in talent management, where large-scale initiatives to identify, validate and quantify skills have generated massive data sets that are often too unreliable for practical applications. Join this session to learn how the best organizations focus skills-related data collection efforts to drive business performance. ... Show More Show Less

      12:45 PM - 01:15 PM BST

      The Key to Sustaining Employee Productivity: Equipping Managers for Changing Work Models
      Shannon Wiest, Sr Principal, Advisory, Gartner
      Many organizations have already asked employees to return to the office, while others are exploring various kinds of hybrid work models in the hope of increasing organizational productivity. However, Gartner data shows that there is no difference in productivity between onsite and hybrid employees. This session will explore the immediate and long-term impact of transitioning work models on employee productivity, highlight the essential role of managers as the key to enhancing productivity during these transitions, and outline steps CHROs can take to equip managers for success. ... Show More Show Less

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      Head of Talent Acquisition, 1848 Ventures

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