2026 Agenda

Registration Open
Convention Lounge | 1) Networking & Events
Registration Open
Convention Lounge | 1) Networking & Events
Your Next Move: Designing Your Career with Intention
| 1) Networking & Events
People Strategy & Analytics: A Hands-On Workshop Led by Experts & HR Leaders
| 6) Performance Reimagined
AI Colleagues in HR: From Agentic Promise to Real-World Deployment
| 3) AI + Humanity
Lunch & Networking
Wynn Pavilion | 1) Networking & Events
It’s Complicated (and That’s Okay): Rewriting the Rules of HR & Finance
| 5) Culture + Belonging
Skills-First Strategies in the Age of AI: Building Resilient, Adaptable Workforces
| 6) Performance Reimagined
Flexibility Without the Headache: Designing Benefits That Work Harder for Your Budget & Your People
| 4) Health + Wellbeing
Smart Tools, Dumb People Decisions: Who's Actually Running This?
| 3) AI + Humanity
Calibration That Connects: Turning Performance Management into Strategic Advantage
| 5) Culture + Belonging
The AI Game Show: CHROs Compete to Transform
| 6) Performance Reimagined
Official Kickoff Reception
Wynn Pavilion | 1) Networking & Events
What VCs Are Actually Betting on in Work Tech Right Now
| 10) Innovation Stage
Building a Head and Heart Organization: The Next Leadership Revolution
| 8) Horizons Stage
The Fractional Workforce Lab
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
Showing Up as a Leader in a Hyper-Visible World
| 8) Horizons Stage
Finding Untapped Talent and Breakthroughs at the Edges
| 8) Horizons Stage
Why Most AI Startups Won’t Survive Enterprise Reality
| 10) Innovation Stage
Change, Disrupted: Humans x Machines Adoption in the AI Era
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
Lunch & Networking
Wynn Pavilion | 1) Networking & Events
Transform Awards Community Celebration
Innovation Lounge | 1) Networking & Events
Board-Ready Talent Conversations
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
The Biology of Leadership: What Science Reveals About Sustaining Performance Over Time
| 8) Horizons Stage
Building a Culture of Performance: Insights from 1,800+ Organizations
| 6) Performance Reimagined
Growing Beyond Borders: Tactical Approaches to Faster Growth Through Global Hiring
| 5) Culture + Belonging
The Next Generation Manager: Leadership Skills for an AI-Accelerated Workplace
| 7) Leading at the Edge
The C-Suite Burnout Nobody Talks About: Why Senior Leaders are Cracking and How it Quietly Shapes Bad Decisions
| 4) Health + Wellbeing
AI’s Superpowers and Super Flaws: Designing Systems That Don’t Break
| 3) AI + Humanity
Behind the Scenes: How Modern Recruiting Teams Hire Alongside AI Agents
| 3) AI + Humanity
Who Owns the Risk When AI Makes the Call?
| 7) Leading at the Edge
Mastering the Art of High-Performance Wellbeing
| 4) Health + Wellbeing
The New Economics of People Spend — The AI Trends Rewriting the Workforce
| 6) Performance Reimagined
Founder Talks: The Hardest Lesson We Learned in Year One
| 10) Innovation Stage
Unmasking Workplace Trauma: Rebuilding Trust When Tough Decisions Have Broken It
| 5) Culture + Belonging
AI@Work: Build Your Future Organization in Real Time
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
The Silent Fallout of DEI Rollbacks
| 5) Culture + Belonging
Transformation at Enterprise Scale: What the Next Decade Will Demand
| 8) Horizons Stage
The Multi-Generational Care Mandate: How Workplaces Are Rising to the Sandwich Challenge
| 4) Health + Wellbeing
C-Suite Succession in the Age of Disruption
| 7) Leading at the Edge
Driving HR Excellence in an AI-Centered World: Alight + IBM
| 3) AI + Humanity
Workforce Planning 2.0: The AI Signals HR Needs (Before the Board Asks)
| 6) Performance Reimagined
The Next Big Bet: VCs on Emerging Workforce Technologies
| 3) AI + Humanity
How Women in Sports Are Resetting the Mental Health Conversation
| 4) Health + Wellbeing
Rewarding the Work That Doesn’t Show Up in Dashboards
| 6) Performance Reimagined
AI@Work: Master an AI-First Mindset
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
Reversed Perspective: The VC Pitch
| 10) Innovation Stage
How Belonging Is Being Rebuilt Online
| 8) Horizons Stage
Blending People, Processes & Values After Acquisition
| 5) Culture + Belonging
Rethinking Growth: Developing Skills Instead of Chasing Titles
| 6) Performance Reimagined
Designing the Workplace for a Hundred-Year Life
| 4) Health + Wellbeing
AI@Work: Become a Superlearner in the Age of Automation
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
The Loneliness Epidemic: What Your Culture Is Really Creating
| 5) Culture + Belonging
Using Strategic Discomfort to Accelerate Organizational Change
| 7) Leading at the Edge
Why Your Team Doesn’t Trust AI (and How to Change That)
| 3) AI + Humanity
Registration Open
Convention Lounge | 1) Networking & Events
The Gen Z Behaviors Every Generation Should Adopt to Thrive in an AI Era
| 8) Horizons Stage
Win with Confidence: Organization Digital Twins
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
Operating Under the Microscope: Talent Strategy Inside PE-Backed Companies
| 6) Performance Reimagined
The Truth About Workplace Silence: Why Speaking Up Isn’t Safe for Everyone
| 5) Culture + Belonging
The CFO–CHRO Alliance: Leading Workforce Health Innovation Together
| 4) Health + Wellbeing
When Managers Hold Teams Back: Breaking the Performance Bottleneck
| 7) Leading at the Edge
From AI Anxiety to Advantage: Building Bias- Aware Talent Workflows That Leaders Trust
| 3) AI + Humanity
From Pilot to Graveyard: Why So Many Innovations Fail to Scale
| 10) Innovation Stage
Borders, Belonging & the Future Workforce: Immigration Policy, Automation & the Global Talent Crossroads
| 8) Horizons Stage
From Data to Decisions: AI-Powered Insights Across the Employee Lifecycle
| 6) Performance Reimagined
Personalized Benefits: The Promise Everyone Wants or the Reality No One Can Deliver?
| 4) Health + Wellbeing
Your Candidates Are Using AI. Here is How You Level the Playing Field
| 3) AI + Humanity
The Inclusion Gap in AI Adoption: Who Gets Left Behind?
| 5) Culture + Belonging
The C-Suite Reset: Aligning People, Org, and Tech
| 7) Leading at the Edge
Pitch The Future Competition
| 10) Innovation Stage
The Exit Economy and the Disproportionate Toll on Black Women
| 8) Horizons Stage
AI Life Hacks: Simple Ways Leaders Are Saving Time, Energy & Focus
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
Founder Talks: Building AI Products That Don’t Scare Legal Teams
| 10) Innovation Stage
Scenario Planning for a World in Flux
| 7) Leading at the Edge
Digital Teammates: Where AI Agents Fit on the Org Chart
| 3) AI + Humanity
Measuring the True Return on Your Social Impact Initiatives
| 5) Culture + Belonging
Designing Compensation for the Modern Workforce
| 6) Performance Reimagined
Beyond Parental Leave: The Hidden Maternal Risks Employers Don’t See
| 4) Health + Wellbeing
Hiring With Humanity: Redesigning the Candidate-Recruiter Experience
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
Designing Teams with Cognitive Diversity in Mind
| 8) Horizons Stage
Unlimited PTO, Remote Work, and the Flexibility Paradox
| 4) Health + Wellbeing
Building a L&D Ecosystem That Actually Moves the Needle
| 6) Performance Reimagined
The Identity Crisis of the Modern CPO
| 7) Leading at the Edge
What Is a Job Now? Rethinking Work, Purpose, and Value in the Age of Algorithmic Tools
| 3) AI + Humanity
Refining Career Growth for a Nonlinear World
| 5) Culture + Belonging
Psychedelics, Therapy, and the New Health Frontier: The 2026 Trends Employers Can’t Ignore
| 8) Horizons Stage
AI@Work: Building Bots for Real-Time Employee Feedback
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
From Seed to Series A: What Changes (and What Breaks)
| 10) Innovation Stage
Inside the Glass Office: Building Radical Transparency
| 5) Culture + Belonging
Automation and the Mind: Cognitive Load, Skill Atrophy, and Critical Thinking
| 3) AI + Humanity
Data or Surveillance? Navigating the Fine Line in Performance Measurement
| 6) Performance Reimagined
The Fractional Executive Advantage: How Leaders Leverage Specialized Talent to Accelerate Strategy
| 7) Leading at the Edge
Mental Health for the Global Workforce: Access & Equity at Scale
| 4) Health + Wellbeing
Why Healthcare Is the Hardest (and Most Important) Work Tech Market
| 10) Innovation Stage
Education Is Being Rewritten: What Comes After Degrees, Credentials, and Classrooms
| 8) Horizons Stage
AI@Work: The Adoption Playbook: Turning Pilots Into Real Use
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
When Rules Can’t Keep Up: The Future of Compliance
| 8) Horizons Stage
AI@Work: Prompting for Leaders: Asking Better Questions of AI
| 11) Learning Lab by Deloitte
From Boardrooms to Seed Rounds: How HR Leaders Are Shaping the Startup Ecosystem
| 10) Innovation Stage
Cocktails & Comedy w Peter Phelan
| 1) Networking & Events