Breakfast

Meals and Breaks

Excellence in Action: Award-Winning Leaders Share Their Vision

General Session

Brandon Hall Group CEO Mike Cooke interviews HCM executives from award-winning organizations about how they are navigating their teams through disruption and uncertainty and their perspectives on succeeding in the future of work.

Theresa Zeller

Rajiv Chandran

Ronda Moore

Mike Cooke

Expo and Refreshment Break

Meals and Breaks

Attendees can meet our conference sponsors and attend 15-minute “tech talks” in breakout rooms adjacent to the expo floor.

Tech Talk: Transform Your Upskilling By Using Immersive Simulation

Immersive learning is transforming the speed at which learners develop critical skills. New Learning Simulation Platforms make it faster and more cost-effective to build and deploy simulations at scale.

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Mitch Johnson

Tech Talk: ​​Molding Culture Using Modern HCM

The modern workforce needs modern solutions, and as a manufacturer that has been around for over 50 years, Midwest-based Revere Plastics Systems is no different. As Kristi their VP of HR states, “It blows our workforce’s mind because they never had a platform like this before. Our previous provider really didn’t make the employees’ life any easier, and that doesn’t help cultivate culture.” Learn how Revere Plastics went from a legacy HCM product to the most modern HCM solution that allows them to focus on their people and culture to grow their business.

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Kristi Stuetzer

Tech Talk: The Components of an Effective Digital Readiness Learning Program

Digital technologies and data continue to fundamentally change business models and the nature of work. Ensure your employees are equipped with the knowledge, mindset and behaviors necessary for your organization to transform. Join this session to learn how a luxury car manufacturer created a strategy-aligned program that achieved both learning objectives and organizational impact.

Dr. Sandra Loughlin

Achieving Extraordinary Business Impact through Learning

Maximizing your business impact through learning and development initiatives is a major shift being embraced by business leaders globally. Most traditional ROI models have proved too cumbersome or time-consuming to adopt when looking to analyze the business value of L&D.

Jerry Thorner

Dr. Page Chen

Making HCM a People Analytics Powerhouse

The challenges that HCM organizations face in the current climate are staggering. Employers often cite people analytics as a critical tool to understand and improve the organization and the employee experience, according to Brandon Hall Group research. But about 80% of organizations still collect data through manual or semi-manual methods and only 17% have a dedicated team to analyze data in ways that lead to prescriptive actions. This session explores how HCM strategists can make progress in leveraging people analytics to drive better business outcomes.
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Vivek Ravichandran

Michael Rochelle

Onboarding as a Driver of Talent Retention

Onboarding is more important than ever in this environment of high turnover and hybrid work. Employers must balance technology and automation to drive efficiency with personal touches that establish strong relationships and a sense of belonging for new employees. The quality of onboarding can increase – or reduce – the likelihood of retaining the talent you have worked so hard to recruit.

Jackie Rigby

Matt Moskal

David Wentworth

Lunch

Meals and Breaks

Network with your award-winning colleagues in the Florida sunshine in the middle of winter.

Tightening the Knot on Learning and Performance

Linking learning directly to business objectives is an age-old challenge, but the rise of more digital, remote and hybrid learning ignited innovation and new levels of success. We’ll share strategies and demonstrate the benefits of designing learning by starting at the desired business result and working backward.

Sarah Vita

Katie Coates

Embracing the Metaverse: Why HCM Should Lead the Journey

The advent of the metaverse – the next generation of digital change – creates countless possibilities for improving the scope and impact of human capital management. HCM leaders cannot afford to cast a blind eye or be conservative in their approach. This session explores what HCM leaders can do to take the lead in leveraging the metaverse and drive meaningful change.

John Hoffer

James Jinnette

Lisa Goldstein

Bob Gerard

Claude Werder

Developing the Inclusive, Collaborative Leaders You Need

Every organization has many leaders, from the front lines, to teams, to the C-Suite. But how many great leaders does your organization really have? To improve leadership, organizations must agree on what makes great leaders and the benefits they bring. That has been a monumental challenge. This session tackles this challenging topic with research, insights from award-winning organizations and heavy audience participation.

Carolina Cardoso

Sherita Lee

Andrea Mackechnie

Passing Break

Meals and Breaks

Fast Track: Building a Rock-Solid Learning Tech Ecosystem in a Hybrid World

Rethink & revolutionize the way you approach your learning tech stack to meet the needs of the business, your trainers and learners in our new hybrid reality. Learn how to build a rock-solid learning tech ecosystem by focusing on the foundation, including new approaches to ILT, vILT and hybrid training management.

Peter Olyarchuk

Fast Track: Innovative L&D Solutions

L&D teams should capitalize on the ongoing disruption by building a culture of innovation and experimentation, remodeling the way how training is delivered. Forward-looking organizations are making minimal but necessary innovations to stay ahead amidst industry disruption.

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Carol Cohen

Fast Track: How Do Global Organizations Find, Develop, and Advance their Wonder Women in the Global Workplace?

Wonder Woman was born from the Amazons and became that unexpected leader embracing her full potential. In today's world, she could be from São Paulo, maybe Dubai, or Shanghai, but why aren't real-world global equivalents ascending to lead your management teams? Unlocking and harnessing the potential of talented individuals is a challenge faced by any internationally diverse organization. Join this interactive session as we explore how Learning & Development can transform Diversity & Inclusion programs to unlock the potential of your global workforce, including those Wonder Women around the globe. Don’t miss out on discovering all of your uncelebrated Super Heroes in disguise!

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Kristin Smith

Free Time

Meals and Breaks

Pre-ceremony happy hour

Meals and Breaks

Awards Gala

General Session

Featuring a keynote speaker and a ceremony and videos honoring award winners from 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Kirsten Andersen

Gala Afterparty