Agenda - By Track

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
9:00 AM

Build & Prove – Opening Briefing

How to use today to move one decision and one metric.
 
David Green
Build & Prove – Opening Briefing
 

David Green

Managing Partner & Executive Director · Insight222

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A vendor-neutral opening that aligns Impact and Innovation tracks, introduces three cues to test every session, and sets a pilot-to-production bar with governance and telemetry. Leave with one decision to move, one metric that matters, and a Finance or IT co-owner.

 
9:05 AM

Skills, AI & Transformation: A 2026 Playbook for People Analytics

Operating models, AI governance and adoption tactics that Finance will back.
 
David Green
Skills, AI & Transformation: A 2026 Playbook for People Analytics
 

David Green

Managing Partner & Executive Director · Insight222

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A research-led keynote on how high-performing teams structure People Analytics, where AI genuinely adds value, and the decisions that move cost, capacity and culture. Expect a practical operating model, governance guardrails, and adoption behaviours you can copy next quarter.

 
9:35 AM

From Static to Dynamic Job Architecture

Using labour market data and skills signals to keep roles current and compliant.
 
Elin Thomasian
From Static to Dynamic Job Architecture
 

Elin Thomasian

Senior Vice President, Alliances & Strategy · TalentNeuron

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How to move from rigid job catalogues to skills-based structures that update continuously using internal signals and labour market data. See the operating model, governance and tooling required to refresh roles in weeks – not months – and unlock faster workforce planning, fair pay, and internal mobility.

 
10:05 AM

Before & After: Better Data Stories in 15 Minutes

Before-and-after fixes that speed decisions across HR dashboards and updates.
 
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
Before & After: Better Data Stories in 15 Minutes
 

Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

CEO · storytelling with data

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A fast-paced session on transforming data stories. Learn how small design shifts turn confusion into clarity – and take away practical strategies you can apply immediately.

 
10:20 AM

Audience Q&A – Analytics Strategy, Skills and Storytelling

Live questions on value, skills, adoption and communication in people analytics.
 
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Elin Thomasian David Green
 
 

Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

CEO · storytelling with data

Elin Thomasian

Senior Vice President, Alliances & Strategy · TalentNeuron

David Green

Managing Partner & Executive Director · Insight222

 
 
 

A fast, audience-led Q&A where the panellists tackle real-world questions on analytics strategy, dynamic job architecture, AI-enabled decision-making and data storytelling. Expect pragmatic answers, examples and quick pointers you can apply immediately.

 
11:00 AM

Trusted AI at Enterprise Scale – Led by People Analytics

How PA leaders seed, scale and govern AI for measurable business impact.
 
Jeremy Shapiro
Trusted AI at Enterprise Scale – Led by People Analytics
 
Jeremy Shapiro
AVP, Workforce Analytics · Merck & Co
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Why HR–AI starts in People Analytics, and how to scale it safely. Get the architecture, governance and partnership pattern, a pilot-to-platform playbook, and a CFO-ready impact model. Practical guidance on Works Councils, privacy and ethics.
 
11:50 AM

Augmenting HR Strategy with Real-Time Talent Intelligence

A case study in skills, supply, location and workforce decisions
 
 
Augmenting HR Strategy with Real-Time Talent Intelligence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A global enterprise used external, real-time labour-market intelligence to sharpen workforce planning, skills strategy, location choices and pay decisions – and link them to CFO-ready outcomes. Learn the methods, governance and adoption moves behind the results, with reusable artefacts for your own programme.

 
1:30 PM

Skills‑Anchored SWP: A Finance‑Ready Way to Plan Capacity

Make skills‑based workforce planning fundable with guard‑rails, costed options and monthly reviews.
 
Rupert Bader
 
 
Rupert Bader
Group Director, Workforce Strategy & Planning · Walmart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Make skills‑based workforce planning fundable. Learn to infer critical skills, size external supply, convert to build vs buy options with cost and time ranges, and tie scenarios to headcount and opex guard‑rails. Take away the few artefacts CFOs use plus three pitfalls and fixes.
 
1:45 PM

Stand Up SWP Fast – The 3–6–9 Starter Kit for Pharma

One-page scenarios, six signals, and a 90-day Finance cadence
 
Paul Batten
Stand Up SWP Fast – The 3–6–9 Starter Kit for Pharma
 

Paul Batten

Head of Global People Analytics · Takeda

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A pragmatic SWP starter you can stand up in weeks. See the one-page A/B/C scenario, the six inputs leaders accept, and the 90-day cadence with Finance that keeps it real. Includes a mini-case, assumptions register, trigger list, and a first-30-days checklist you can reuse.

 
2:00 PM

Score and Fund SWP Bets – A CFO-ready Playbook

A 10-minute decision scorecard for non-regrettable Build/Buy/Blend moves.
 
Antony Ebelle-ebanda
Score and Fund SWP Bets – A CFO-ready Playbook
 

Antony Ebelle-ebanda

Global Head of Digital Surgery Integration & Talent Insights · Johnson & Johnson

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Convert SWP options into funded, non-regrettable bets with a CFO-ready scorecard. See the decision gates, an anonymised mini-case with before/after metrics, and the 30/60/90 cadence that turns choices into commitments with Finance.

 
2:35 PM

A Manager Copilot for Contingent Labour – Faster, Safer, Cheaper

Route requests correctly, cut rework and prove value with policy-as-code.
 
Tanmay Manohar
A Manager Copilot for Contingent Labour – Faster, Safer, Cheaper
 

Tanmay Manohar

Vice President, People Analytics & Workforce Planning · Paramount

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How to simplify contingent hiring – faster routes, fewer errors, clearer spend – with a repeatable pattern you can adapt quickly.

 
3:45 PM

Amazon's Hyperscale Hiring: 90 % Cost Cut – 3× Funnel Precision

Data‑driven models turn hiring into a P&L lever while aligning Finance and Legal
 
Ashish Parulekar
Amazon's Hyperscale Hiring: 90% Cost Cut – 3× Funnel Precision
 

Ashish Parulekar

Global Head of Talent Acquisition Science and Analytics · Amazon

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Explore how Amazon slashed paid recruitment marketing by 90 %, tripled funnel precision and hit 95 % demand‑forecast accuracy by fusing ATS clickstream, external labour signals and rigorous governance – revealing an actionable playbook for transforming hiring spend into measurable commercial value.

 
4:35 PM

The People Calculator – Workforce Stability That Drives Sales

A composite stability metric, A/B validation, and benchmarks store leaders trust.
 
Vatsala Syed
The People Calculator – Workforce Stability That Drives Sales
 

Vatsala Syed

Head of People Analytics · Wawa, Inc.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See how a composite 'People Calculator' links workforce stability to sales in frontline retail. Vatsala shares the metric recipe, the causal validation with test–control stores, an external benchmark overlay, and the governance and monthly cadence that enable confident action without exposing sensitive data.

 
Thursday, October 16, 2025
9:00 AM

Scale & Govern – Day Two Kick-off

Make AI-enabled people analytics durable, measurable and fair
 
Michael Moon
Scale & Govern – Day Two Kick-off
 

Michael Moon

Director, Organizational Research and Insights · AbbVie

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Set the day’s focus: service models and SLAs, AI evaluation for safety, bias and rollback, CFO-grade ROI, and skills/SWP tied to capacity and cost. Leave with a service catalogue, a pilot→prod scorecard, and a finance-ready scenario to run next week.

 
9:05 AM

AI Readiness Isn’t a Tech Strategy. It’s a Trust Strategy.

Define readiness, rebuild trust, and make AI decisions defensible.
 
Ali Fazal
AI Readiness Isn’t a Tech Strategy. It’s a Trust Strategy
 

Ali Fazal

Senior Vice President Marketing · One Model

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Get a practical, trust-first approach to AI readiness in HR. See where people-data trust fails, what CHROs need, and how explainable metrics and transparent logic drive faster, defensible decisions. Walk away with a simple framework to rebuild credibility across HR, PA and HRIT.

 
9:35 AM

Scale With Confidence — Operating People Analytics in the AI Era

Service model, AI evaluation, and benchmark targets you can ship in 90 days.
 
 
Scale With Confidence — Operating People Analytics in the AI Era
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A practical playbook to scale people analytics: a service catalogue with owners and SLAs, an AI evaluation loop Legal will sign, and benchmark-backed targets Finance trusts — plus three anonymised mini-cases and a 90-day field guide.
 
10:05 AM

Financial Simulation of AI Transformation – Draup's Etter

Quantifying ROI via workload modelling, scenarios, and CFO-grade metrics.
 
Vijay Swaminathan
Financial Simulation of AI Transformation – Draup's Etter
 
Vijay Swaminathan
CEO · Draup
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
See how Draup's Etter turns roles into workload models and CFO-grade scenarios to value AI. Understand demand- and supply-side effects, from faster forecasting to workforce cost optimisation. Get a clear, defensible ROI view to steer strategy, staffing and reskilling.
 
10:20 AM

Q&A panel

 
 
Ali Fazal Vijay Swaminathan Michael Moon
 
 
 
 

Vijay Swaminathan

CEO · Draup

Michael Moon

Director, Organizational Research and Insights · AbbVie

 
 
 
 
 
11:00 AM

Skills Risk Radar – Operate, Fund and Govern at Enterprise Scale

A governed, finance-grade method to spot capability risk and choose fast responses.
 
Lilia Hayrapetyan Maddie Oliver
 
 
 
 

Maddie Oliver

Senior Vice President, People Research · Citi

 
 
 
 
 

See how a CFO-ready Skills Risk Radar spots capability gaps early and routes to the fastest, lowest-risk response. Learn the risk model, the signal set, the governance that keeps it safe, and the monthly finance cadence that tracks avoided risk and time-to-coverage.

 
11:50 AM

Proof, Not Pilots – How We Run AI for Business Outcomes

Service catalogue, scorecard, and monthly value cadence that Finance trusts, for enterprise HR AI.
 
Patricia Frost
Proof, Not Pilots – How We Run AI for Business Outcomes
 

Patricia Frost

SVP and Chief People and Places Officer · Seagate Technology

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Move from experiments to operated services. Seagate's model covers a service catalogue, a pilot→production scorecard, and a monthly value cadence Finance trusts. Two vignettes evidence time-to-decision, capacity/cost and risk impact, with guard‑rails for privacy, bias, audit and rollback to keep Legal and Works Councils aligned.

 
1:30 PM

The CFO Handshake: People Analytics as a Finance Service

Design the joint model, cadence and rights that integrate HR with Finance.
 
Jamie Durling Helena Tao
 
 
 
 

Helena Tao

HR Director, People Analytics · Corning Incorporated

 
 
 
 
 

A strategic, operator-grade conversation on embedding people analytics into Finance's rhythms. Learn the shared model, decision rights and monthly reporting that sustain investment, convert capacity into cost or revenue, and make proxy metrics finance-grade across revenue and staff groups. Leave with templates and a governance map.

 
2:20 PM

From Idea to Sign-off — The SWP Engine BU Leaders Actually Use

How a two-person team embedded A/B/C scenarios in BU and Finance decisions.
 
Alan Susi
From Idea to Sign-off — The SWP Engine BU Leaders Actually Use
 

Alan Susi

VP, Global Head of Organizational Planning and Analytics · S&P Global

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See how a two-person SWP team turned scenarios into decisions. Learn the A/B/C one-pager, the Finance handshake, and the cadence and triggers that embed planning in BU reviews — with mini-cases, kill/pivot rules and assets you can copy next week.

 
3:30 PM

Building Quant HR – from reporting to signal-driven decisions

Signals, back-tests and attribution that Finance trusts, built on rigorous reporting and governance.
 
Taras Kowaliw
Building Quant HR – from reporting to signal-driven decisions
 

Taras Kowaliw

Managing Director, Head of People Analytics · Blackstone

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Upgrade HR from dashboards to decisions using a quant mental model: signals, back-tests, human-in-the-loop recommendations and attribution Finance can audit. Hear a mini-case on hiring 'diamonds in the rough', a GenAI reality check, and a six-step playbook you can replicate within a quarter.

 
3:45 PM

The 24-Month Playbook: Innovation, Collaboration, Scale

What to build, buy and fund – and how to make finance sign it off.
 
Bin Xie Angela Le Mathon Lilia Hayrapetyan Shannon Rutledge
 
 
 
 

Angela Le Mathon

People Alkemie · People Alkemie

Lilia Hayrapetyan

Managing Director · Citi

 

Shannon Rutledge

Director, People Analytics · T. Rowe Price

A fast, unsentimental close to the day: what to prioritise in the next 6–24 months across data platform, skills, AI and finance alignment. Expect pointed debate, live polling and a clear five‑point playbook – with owners, artefacts and risk checks – you can start in the next quarter.

 
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
11:00 AM

GenAI‑Driven Talent‑Risk Intelligence at Nasdaq

Protecting high‑impact roles through critical‑talent segmentation and privacy‑first analytics
 
Nicole Lettich
GenAI‑Driven Talent‑Risk Intelligence at Nasdaq
 

Nicole Lettich

Director, People Analytics and Insights · Nasdaq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Learn how Nasdaq's People Analytics team built a privacy‑first GenAI risk report that pinpoints critical‑talent attrition, slashes regretted losses by $630 k, and delivers action‑ready insights to leaders within 24 hours.

 
11:50 AM

Employee Experience That Pays Back – A Case Study Playbook

How a large enterprise linked wellbeing, trust and workload to retention, safety and productivity.
 
Kevin Rutherford
Employee Experience That Pays Back – A Case Study Playbook
 

Kevin Rutherford

VP, Professional Services - North America · Welliba

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A sponsor-led case study on measuring and predicting employee experience to shift business outcomes. See how an enterprise connected EX drivers to attrition, absence, safety and customer metrics, governed for privacy and compliance, equipped managers with playbooks, and proved ROI to Finance without naming the client.

 
12:10 PM

Strategic Workforce Planning in the Age of GenAI

One plan – capacity, cost, skills and AI impact
 
Peter Louch
Strategic Workforce Planning in the Age of GenAI
 

Peter Louch

CEO · Vemo

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Build a Finance-aligned workforce plan that factors GenAI. Learn a simple driver model, realistic productivity ranges and scenario scorecards that turn hours saved into capacity or cost. Leave with cadence, governance and a business case you can socialise.

 
1:30 PM

Executive Signals that Ship Decisions – Multichannel Listening

AI-summarised weekly feed with routing, guard-rails and proof leaders trust
 
Stephanie Murphy
Executive Signals that Ship Decisions – Multichannel Listening
 

Stephanie Murphy

Vice President, People Experience · UnitedHealth Group

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How a multichannel listening pipeline became an exec-ready weekly feed. See the signal stack, routing and ownership, crisis-to-cadence shift, privacy guard-rails, and the three metrics that prove adoption.

 
1:45 PM

Own the Logic – Ship a Decision Micro-Product in 4 Weeks

A vendor-neutral pattern to cut cost-to-serve and speed decisions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Own your decision rules and ship a micro-product fast. Senior Systems Architect shows how to blend just three signals, encode policy-as-code, and surface a clear recommendation where managers work – with telemetry to prove adoption and a method to retire costly integrations.

 
2:00 PM

Data-Led RTO Decisions – Policy-as-Code in 10 Minutes

Commute, badge and sentiment signals into a fair, auditable RTO decision.
 
Christopher Cerasoli
Data-Led RTO Decisions – Policy-as-Code in 10 Minutes
 

Christopher Cerasoli

Senior Associate Director People Analytics · Boehringer Ingelheim

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Chris shows how a policy-as-code service blends commute APIs, badge patterns and pulse sentiment to guide who should be on-site and when – with privacy guard-rails and an override trail. See the signal stack, governance, and the before/after metrics leaders track.

 
2:35 PM

Building a Workforce Twin – Synthetic Personas to De-Risk Change

Reusable architecture and privacy guard-rails for safe pre-testing of policy change
 
Matthew Corritore
Building a Workforce Twin – Synthetic Personas to De-Risk Change
 

Matthew Corritore

Senior Manager, People Data Science Team, People Analytics · HubSpot

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See how HubSpot's People Analytics team built a privacy-safe 'Workforce Twin' that simulates employee reactions, letting leaders trial policy changes, predict risk and accelerate sign-off. Get the architecture, performance benchmarks and guard-rails you need to adapt the approach in your own organisation.

 
3:45 PM

Automated HR Data Governance That Actually Holds Up

Role parity, feed reconciliation, anomaly traps, and audit trails that scale.
 
Sunil Meharia
Automated HR Data Governance That Actually Holds Up
 

Sunil Meharia

Senior Manager, People Data Science · Discover Financial Services

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

If HR data isn’t accurate and access-controlled, AI and reporting ship risk. See how to mirror Workday roles downstream, reconcile daily feeds at field level, catch rare anomalies, and provide an audit trail regulators trust – without buying a new platform.

 
4:35 PM

Manager Agents for HR – Faster Reviews, Better Coaching

Policy-as-code, AI-Ops and adoption patterns from a pre-IPO tech team.
 
Yuyan Sun
Manager Agents for HR – Faster Reviews, Better Coaching
 

Yuyan Sun

Head of People Analytics · Motive

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Automate the repeatable so managers can coach. Yuyan Sun shares manager agents for reviews, HR queries and calibration nudges, plus the architecture, AI-Ops model and literacy campaign that made them safe, auditable and adopted.

 
Thursday, October 16, 2025
11:00 AM

Listening as a Product – Signals, Open-text and Agentic AI

Run in-house listening with micro-pulses, UX experiments and safe agentic Q&A.
 
Kristin Saboe
Listening as a Product – Signals, Open-text and Agentic AI
 

Kristin Saboe

Head of Employee Voice · Google

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Most listening ships dashboards, not decisions. Hear how in-house teams can run weekly micro-pulses, test nudges and centralise quality data for agentic Q&A. Learn where open-text now outperforms forms, how to treat response behaviour as signal, and the privacy and explainability guard-rails that keep leaders and employees safe.

 
11:50 AM

Skills‑Based Organisation: What to Build, Prove and Park

A pragmatic, CFO‑credible path to scaling skills with governance, adoption and ROI
 
Ying Li Aashish Sharma Jenny Wu
 
 
 
 

Jenny Wu

Head of People Analytics Consulting · Ericsson

Ying Li

Global Head of People Analytics, Sr. Director · Ericsson

Aashish Sharma

VP, Workforce Intelligence · RTX

 
 
 

Three leaders debate how to scale skills in 90 days – what to build first, how to prove value that Finance accepts, and what to park. Expect clear guard‑rails, adoption telemetry, and a CFO‑ready metric set: internal fill, time‑to‑coverage, and avoided external spend.

 
1:30 PM

AI Prototyping – Rapid Build vs Hidden Risks

A repeatable playbook to triage, instrument, and scale GenAI in HR
 
Maddie Oliver Ketaki Sodhi Craig Starbuck
 
 
 
 

Maddie Oliver

Senior Vice President, People Research & Analytics · Citi

Ketaki Sodhi

Agentic Listening & Analytics Program Owner · Microsoft

Craig Starbuck

Head of People Data, Analytics, & Technology · Chime

 
 
 

A practical panel on moving from pilots to production in people analytics and HR. Learn gating criteria, measurement that proves value, enablement at scale, and a 90‑day plan to either stop or scale. Evidence over anecdotes, with tangible artefacts you can use next week.

 
2:20 PM

AI‑Ready Total Rewards – Product Model, Equity Checks, Manager UX

How to productise rewards with guardrails and deliver measurable value fast
 
 
 
 
Rosana El Sayed
Executive Director · JPMorgan Chase & Co.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
See how a product operating model in Rewards links UX, data, and governance to cut planning effort and assure fairness. Learn the two‑click rule, streamline comms to save hours, and embed pre‑decision pay‑equity checks – with a 90‑day pilot and evidence pack you can run.