9:00 AM

Day One: Exploring Innovations and Building Trust in Analytics

 
David Green
Day One: Exploring Innovations and Building Trust in Analytics
 
David Green, Insight222
 

David Green introduces day 1 of PAWorld 2025, highlighting the focus on exploring AI-driven innovations and the critical role of trust in adopting analytics to enhance the employee experience.

 
 
9:10 AM

How Leading Companies are Improving Workforce Experiences with People Analytics and AI

 
David Green
How Leading Companies are Improving Workforce Experiences with People Analytics and AI
 
David Green, Insight222
 

In his opening keynote, David Green reveals how top organisations leverage people analytics and AI to enhance the workforce experience. Learn practical applications, success stories, and how analytics and AI is driving personalisation, value, and engagement at scale. Gain insights into its transformative potential in HR and strategies for implementing analytics and AI solutions effectively.

 
 
9:40 AM

Transforming HR with People Analytics in the Era of AI

 
Ralf Buechsenschuss
Transforming HR with People Analytics in the Era of AI
 
Ralf Buechsenschuss, Microsoft
 

Join Ralf Buechsenschuss, Microsoft’s expert in Analytics, Intelligence, and AI Transformation, to learn how People Analytics and AI can drive HR impact. Gain practical insights on integrating siloed data, automating processes, and leveraging AI to deliver better decisions, transform employee experiences, and build a data-driven culture in the AI era.

 
 
10:10 AM

Joint Q&A: Unlocking AI’s Potential in People Analytics and Employee Experience

 
Ralf Buechsenschuss David Green
 
 
Ralf Buechsenschuss, Microsoft
David Green, Insight222
 

David Green and Ralf Buechsenschuss come together for this interactive Q A, exploring how generative AI and People Analytics are transforming HR decision-making and employee experiences. Engage in discussions on breaking down data silos, implementing AI tools, and driving a data-driven culture to tackle HR’s biggest challenges.

 
 
10:25 AM

Morning break

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10:55 AM

AI, Governance, and Privacy: Building a Trustworthy Foundation

 
David Power
AI, Governance, and Privacy: Building a Trustworthy Foundation
 
David Power, State Street
 

David Power, Chief Data Officer at State Street, explores how organisations can align AI, governance, and privacy in workforce analytics. Discover practical frameworks for ethical employee data use, ensuring regulatory compliance and building trust for innovation.

 
 
11:25 AM

AI Agents and Analytics: Shaping the Future of Employee Experience

 
Natalie Sheils
AI Agents and Analytics: Shaping the Future of Employee Experience
 
Natalie Sheils, Mosaic Group
 

This fireside chat with Natalie Sheils will explore how AI agents are revolutionising HR by automating routine tasks, enhancing decision-making, and personalising employee experiences. Drawing on real-world examples, Natalie will share how organisations can leverage AI tools to improve workforce outcomes while retaining a human-centred approach.

 
 
11:55 AM

Proactive Nudging: Driving Action with Real-Time People Analytics

 
Alexander Locher
Proactive Nudging: Driving Action with Real-Time People Analytics
 
Alexander Locher, EY
 

EY’s nudging engine, built with Microsoft, integrates PowerBI and Teams to drive proactive decision-making. By detecting anomalies in key metrics and triggering real-time nudges, the system prompts users to take action when trends shift. This session explores how behavioural nudges enhance data-driven decision-making, increase engagement with analytics, and improve business responsiveness.

 
 
12:25 PM

Aligning Ethical AI and Employee Experience: A Discussion with Natalie and David

 
David Green David Power Natalie Sheils Alexander Locher
 
 
David Green, Insight222
David Power, State Street
Natalie Sheils, Mosaic Group
Alexander Locher, EY
 

Natalie Sheils and David Power join David Green for a Q&A on AI, ethics, governance, and employee experience. This interactive session explores the commonalities and contrasts between building trustworthy foundations for AI and using AI to redefine HR. Gain clarity on challenges, opportunities, and frameworks for integrating AI responsibly in the workplace.

 
 
12:45 PM

Lunch break

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1:45 PM

Cultural Mapping and Personalisation: Building People Analytics at Sandvik

 
Björn Axelsson Stephan Bos
Cultural Mapping and Personalisation: Building People Analytics at Sandvik
 
Björn Axelsson, Sandvik
Stephan Bos, Sandvik
 

Discover how Sandvik leverages people analytics to drive business value in a decentralised global structure. Björn Axelsson and Stephan Bos will explore the People Analytics journey Sandvik has been on, with some highlighted use cases like organisational cultural mapping for M A integration. Attendees will gain actionable insights on scaling analytics organically to improve both integration and employee experience.

 
 
2:15 PM

Unlocking Productivity with AI-Driven Cluster Analysis

 
Lucia Goerke
Unlocking Productivity with AI-Driven Cluster Analysis
 
Lucia Goerke, Swisscom
 

Lucia Goerke shares how her team leveraged AI-powered cluster analysis on employee survey comments to uncover and address productivity barriers. The session reveals how advanced analytics and human understanding can identify unique challenges, such as workplace amenities, to create impactful change.

 
 
2:45 PM

Balancing Scale and Personalisation in People Analytics

 
Lucia Goerke David Green Björn Axelsson Stephan Bos
 
 
Lucia Goerke, Swisscom
David Green, Insight222
Björn Axelsson, Sandvik
Stephan Bos, Sandvik
 

This interactive Q&A session brings together Lucia Goerke, Björn Axelsson, and Stephan Bos to discuss the intersections between AI-driven productivity insights and cultural mapping for personalisation. Through debate and collaboration, the speakers and audience will explore how people analytics can effectively balance tailored employee experiences with scalable frameworks, uncovering practical strategies for driving organisational impact.

 
 
3:00 PM

Afternoon break

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3:30 PM

Becoming a Skills-Based Organisation to Drive Career Pathways

 
Alison Ettridge
Becoming a Skills-Based Organisation to Drive Career Pathways
 
Alison Ettridge, Lightcast
 

Many organisations struggle to structure career pathways effectively. This session explores how a skills-based approach, underpinned by a unified skills taxonomy, enables organisations to improve career development opportunities, integrate internal and external skills data, and support employee growth. Learn how organisations are using skills intelligence to enhance workforce planning and employee experience.

 
 
4:00 PM

AI for Workforce Agility: Supporting Employees in Dynamic Work Environments

 
Calin Turcanu David Green
AI for Workforce Agility: Supporting Employees in Dynamic Work Environments
 
Calin Turcanu, Microsoft
David Green, Insight222
 

In this fireside chat, Microsoft’s Calin Turcanu discusses how AI supports workforce agility by enabling adaptable, employee-centred strategies. Hosted by David Green of Insight222, the session explores practical applications of AI to empower employees, address evolving work demands, and foster resilience in fast-changing environments.

 
 
4:30 PM

The Role of Generative AI in Employee Experience

 
Alison Ettridge David Green Calin Turcanu
 
 
Alison Ettridge, Lightcast
David Green, Insight222
Calin Turcanu, Microsoft
 

This panel brings together industry leaders to discuss how generative AI is reshaping employee experience. Panellists will explore its potential to drive engagement, personalise support, and enhance productivity while addressing ethical challenges, governance, and trust.

 
 
9:00 AM

Day Two: Strategic Alignment and Long-Term Impact

 
David Green
Day Two: Strategic Alignment and Long-Term Impact
 
David Green, Insight222
 
David Green will summarise the key takeaways from day 1, focused on innovations and their immediate impact, before introducing day 2's focus on achieving long-term strategic alignment using AI and analytics to enhance employee experience.
 
 
9:10 AM

Defining SWP in a Rapidly Changing World

 
Ursula Kidson Christian Vetter
Defining SWP in a Rapidly Changing World
 
Ursula Kidson, TalentNeuron
Christian Vetter, TalentNeuron
 

This session will explore the latest technological advancements driving end-to-end Strategic Workforce Planning . Ursula Kidson, Vice President - EMEA

 
 
9:40 AM

Revolutionising Internal Mobility: Leveraging AI for Employee Growth

 
David Shontz
Revolutionising Internal Mobility: Leveraging AI for Employee Growth
 
David Shontz, Nokia
 

David Shontz shares Nokia’s approach to transforming internal mobility with AI-powered recommendation engines and skills mapping. Learn how AI-driven personalisation enhanced employee experience, addressed career growth challenges, and reduced attrition. Gain practical insights into building scalable skills taxonomies and adopting AI for workforce development.

 
 
10:10 AM

From Strategic Workforce Planning to AI-Driven Internal Mobility

 
Ursula Kidson David Shontz Christian Vetter
 
 
Ursula Kidson, TalentNeuron
David Shontz, Nokia
Christian Vetter, TalentNeuron
 

This interactive Q&A brings together Ursula Kidson and Christian Vetter from TalentNeuron, and David Shontz from Nokia to discuss their innovative approaches to workforce planning and internal mobility. Attendees will gain deeper insights into integrating AI, shared taxonomies, and data architectures to address workforce planning challenges and enhance employee career growth through scalable, tech-enabled solutions.

 
 
10:25 AM

Morning break

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10:55 AM

From Assessment to Impact: Scaling Leadership Success at Novartis

 
Kevin Erikson
From Assessment to Impact: Scaling Leadership Success at Novartis
 
Kevin Erikson, Novartis
 

Kevin Erikson will share how Novartis measures the real-world impact of its leadership assessment and development programmes. Learn how predictive analytics help forecast performance, sustained excellence, and engagement, while aligning with senior leadership priorities to secure buy-in and scale initiatives globally.

 
 
11:25 AM

Balancing Engagement and Productivity in AI-Powered Workplaces: A People Science Approach

 
Jamie Cunningham
Balancing Engagement and Productivity in AI-Powered Workplaces: A People Science Approach
 
Jamie Cunningham, People Science Advisors
 

Explore the intersection of employee engagement and productivity in AI-powered workplaces. Jamie Cunningham, founder of People Science Advisors, will share strategies for fostering collaboration between HR and IT, leveraging generative AI to enhance the employee experience, and ensuring sustainable adoption. Gain practical insights into creating AI tools that drive performance and engagement.

 
 
11:55 AM

Navigating Leadership Development AI Transformation

 
Jamie Cunningham Kevin Erikson
 
 
Jamie Cunningham, People Science Advisors
Kevin Erikson, Novartis
 

In this dynamic Q&A session, David Green moderates a discussion between Kevin Erikson (Novartis) and Jamie Cunningham (People Science Advisors), drawing connections between scaling leadership programmes and aligning AI adoption with employee engagement. Expect an interactive exploration of shared themes, practical strategies, and points of debate relevant to HR, leadership, and analytics professionals.

 
 
12:10 PM

Lunch break

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1:00 PM

Bridging the Data Divide: Enabling HR to Drive Insights

 
Jennifer Chough
Bridging the Data Divide: Enabling HR to Drive Insights
 
Jennifer Chough, Roche
 

Roche’s HR team faced a challenge: data tools were available, but adoption was low. This session explores how they successfully launched multiple HR dashboards holistically, tailored training to different audiences, and provided a structured framework to build data fluency. Learn how a targeted, user-focused approach increased data adoption and empowered HR teams to make more strategic, data-driven decisions.

 
 
1:30 PM

Unlocking People Insights with NLP and Generative AI

 
Emanuele Magrone
Unlocking People Insights with NLP and Generative AI
 
Emanuele Magrone, Sunrise
 

This session delves into how AI and GenAI can transform unstructured text data—such as survey responses—into powerful datasets that drive actionable people analytics insights. Learn how leveraging open-source machine learning models, NLP techniques, and tools like ChatGPT can uncover hidden workforce patterns, enhance decision-making, and improve the employee experience.

 
 
2:00 PM

Enhancing Employee Experience Using Analytics and AI

 
Emanuele Magrone David Green Jennifer Chough
 
 
Emanuele Magrone, Sunrise
David Green, Insight222
Jennifer Chough, Roche
 

This interactive Q A session, hosted by David Green, brings together Jennifer Chough (Roche) and Emanuele Magrone (Sunrise) to explore how people analytics and AI can shape employee experience. Learn how to scale culture data fluency, decode sentiment using advanced tools, and balance human judgement with data-driven insights for meaningful workforce outcomes.

 
 
2:15 PM

Afternoon break

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2:45 PM

Decentralising Employee Listening for Enhanced Workforce Experience

 
Eric Turlotte
Decentralising Employee Listening for Enhanced Workforce Experience
 
Eric Turlotte, Nestlé
 

Discover how Nestlé transitioned from fixed biannual employee surveys to a dynamic, decentralised employee listening strategy. Explore how integrated technology and AI-driven tools are enabling localised feedback, on-the-fly listening, and actionable insights. Learn practical approaches to transforming employee feedback into measurable improvements in engagement, experience, and organisational agility.

 
 
3:15 PM

From Volume to Value: Aligning Analytics with Employee and Business Values

 
Luc-Olivier Laleve
From Volume to Value: Aligning Analytics with Employee and Business Values
 
Luc-Olivier Laleve, ABB
 

Many organisations generate people analytics insights but struggle to translate them into business value. This session explores how ABB is shifting from a volume-driven approach to a value-focused mindset, ensuring people data leads to real business impact. Learn how framework, behaviors, and mindsets must evolve to drive effective decision-making.