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March 4, 2025 | Day 1 Agenda
8:00AM
Registration and Breakfast
9:00AM
Chairman’s Welcome
9:15AM
Opening Keynote Panel Discussion: Unlocking the Power of HR Analytics: From Data to Decisions Across the Employee Lifecycle
The integration of data analytics into HR functions is revolutionizing how organizations manage talent, drive employee engagement, and make strategic decisions. By leveraging advanced data analytics, HR teams can move beyond traditional practices to adopt predictive and prescriptive approaches that enhance every stage of the employee lifecycle. This panel will explore how next gen HR analytics is reshaping decision-making, improving workforce planning, and creating data-driven HR strategies that align with business goals.
- Predictive Talent Acquisition: How AI-driven analytics can forecast candidate success, reduce hiring bias, and optimize recruitment strategies
- Using HR analytics to track and enhance employee engagement, productivity, and satisfaction in real-time
- Leveraging predictive analytics to anticipate workforce needs, manage talent gaps, and support succession planning
- Using data to personalize employee development programs and predict future skill requirements
- Enhancing HR’s strategic role with insights derived from AI-powered analytics, driving more informed leadership decisions
- Navigating data privacy concerns, ethical AI usage, and ensuring fairness in AI-driven HR decisions
Moderated by:
Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Former CHRO, Elevance Health
Panelists:
Krish Das, VP, Enterprise Data Officer, Ulta Beauty
Javier Cuero, Managing Director Data Enablement & Human Insights, ATB Financial
Leonidas Guadalupe, Director of People Analytics and Data Governance, Children’s Health
10:00AM
Leveraging AI and Data Analytics for Predictive Workforce Planning and Succession Management
This presentation explores how AI-driven insights and advanced analytics can help organizations forecast talent needs, identify skills gaps, and develop a proactive approach to leadership succession, ensuring the right people are in the right roles at the right time.
- Using data to forecast hiring needs, skill shortages, and emerging talent trends
- Leveraging AI to assess current workforce capabilities, identify high-potential employees, and plan for future leadership
- Building robust succession pipelines through data-driven decisions, reducing risks of talent gaps
- Enabling a flexible workforce that can adapt to market changes and organizational goals through dynamic planning
- Tracking the impact of predictive workforce strategies on employee retention, performance, and organizational growth
Speaker:
Javier Cuero, Managing Director Data Enablement & Human Insights, ATB Financial
10:30AM
GenAI Analytics and the Impact to Security and Privacy
As organizations integrate GenAI into their operations, they must also address critical concerns around security and privacy. This high-level strategic talk explores the balance between leveraging GenAI’s potential and safeguarding sensitive data, providing key considerations for executives and decision-makers in shaping a secure and privacy-conscious future.
- How GenAI is driving competitive advantage through enhanced data-driven decision-making and operational efficiency
- Identifying the potential security challenges posed by GenAI, including the risk of AI-generated attacks and vulnerabilities within AI models
- Understanding the evolving privacy landscape as AI becomes more embedded in business processes, and strategies for ensuring compliance with global privacy regulations.
- Key approaches for aligning AI-driven innovation with robust security frameworks, focusing on risk management and resilience planning
- Preparing for the future by establishing clear governance models and ethical guidelines to manage GenAI’s impact on both security and privacy
Speaker:
Erwin Carrow, INFOSEC Innovation, Research and Development Lead, Vice President, US Bank
11:00AM
Networking Break
11:30AM
AI in Hiring: Avoiding Robotic Bias and Promoting Diversity
As organizations increasingly turn to AI for hiring and recruitment processes, it’s crucial to ensure these technologies align with diversity goals rather than hinder them. HR leaders need to be aware of potential algorithmic biases that can unintentionally perpetuate existing inequities. This presentation explores strategies to clean up historical data, design fair algorithms, and ensure that AI-driven hiring supports diversity and inclusion.
- The importance of auditing historical data to identify and eliminate bias
- How to design algorithms that support diversity without compromising on talent
- Practical steps HR leaders can take to align AI hiring practices with DEI goals
- Legal and ethical considerations in using AI for recruitment
- The role of ongoing monitoring and adjustments in AI hiring systems to prevent bias
Reserved for Industry Partner
12:00PM
Towards Human-Centered AI: Balancing Technology and Empathy
AI offers immense potential to transform HR, but it’s essential to maintain a human-centric approach. Here, you will learn how to leverage AI while preserving empathy and connection within the workplace.
- Prioritizing human values throughout the AI development process,ensuring ethical considerations are embedded from the outset
- Ensuring AI technologies augment and enhance human capabilities,rather than replacing them, to create a synergistic relationship between humans and machines
- Building trust and transparency around AI systems by communicating their capabilities,limitations, and decision-making processes openly and honestly
- Developing a workforce equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to thrive in an AI-driven environment, fostering a culture of continuous learning and adaptation
- Measuring the impact of AI initiatives on employees and the overall organizational culture, ensuring that AI implementation aligns with the company’s human-centric values
12:30PM
Lunch and Networking
1:30PM
The Future of Work: A Data-Driven Perspective
As emerging technologies, economic trends, and demographic shifts continue to transform the workplace, business leaders must harness the power of data analytics and AI to navigate this evolving landscape. This session will explore how data-driven insights can shape the future of work, enabling organisations to anticipate changes, optimize strategies, and drive long-term success.
- Analyzing the impact of AI, automation, and digital transformation on workforce
- Understanding the role of data analytics and AI in navigating the evolving future of work
- Learn how data-driven insights can help organizations anticipate changes and optimize strategies
- Discussing the impact of AI and data on workforce management, productivity, and long-term success
- Actionable strategies for leveraging data to drive organizational resilience and adaptability in a rapidly changing environment
2:00PM
Interactive Discussions: Challenging HR Myths Through Data-Driven Disruption
HR decisions are often based on intuition, experience, or industry benchmarks rather than concrete data. This session challenges the status quo, emphasizing the power of data to uncover hidden patterns, identify opportunities, and drive innovative HR strategies. By debunking common HR myths and replacing assumptions with evidence-based insights, HR professionals can make more informed decisions, optimize resource allocation, and ultimately deliver greater value to the organization.
2:45PM
Presentation reserved for industry partner
3:15PM
Afternoon Coffee
3:45PM
Building an AI-Ready People Analytics Function from the Ground Up
In this presentation, Leonidas will share his experience and strategic approach to building a People Analytics function from the ground up. The roadmap is designed specifically for organizations with little to no existing analytics capabilities within HR. The session will cover:
- Mastering data fundamentals – translating the theory to reality
- Progressing to developing trusted products for consulting and ultimately the organized deployment of large-scale, AI-driven solutions
- How this strategy empowers HR leaders to transform their decision-making processes and drive impactful business outcomes
Speaker:
Leonidas Guadalupe, Director of People Analytics and Data Governance, Children’s Health
4:15PM
Responsible AI in HR: Navigating the Future of Work
Step into the exciting world where AI meets HR! Our session explores how cutting-edge technology is reshaping the workplace, offering both opportunities and challenges for HR professionals. Join us for an engaging session filled with real-world examples, interactive discussions, and actionable insights. Whether you’re an AI novice or a tech-savvy HR pro, you’ll leave equipped with the knowledge to confidently navigate the AI-powered future of HR.
- Demystifying AI Decision-Making: Learn about “Explainable AI” and how to make AI-driven HR processes more transparent and trustworthy
- Ethical AI in Action: Dive into recent ethical guidelines and discover practical ways to ensure your AI systems are fair and unbiased
- Bias Busting: Explore cutting-edge techniques for detecting and eliminating bias, including the often-overlooked issues of intersectional bias and informed consent
- Future-Proofing HR: Get a sneak peek into emerging technologies like emotion AI and their potential impact on data quality, representation and the workplace
- The AGI Revolution: Discuss how the development of Artificial General Intelligence could reshape HR practices and ethics
Speaker:
Shally Steckerl, Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4:45PM
Chairman’s Summary
5:00PM
End of Day One
March 5, 2025 | Day 2 Agenda
8:00AM
Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:45AM
Chairman’s Welcome
9:00AM
Predict and Prevent: Leveraging Analytics for Talent Retention
Employee turnover is a costly and disruptive challenge for organizations. This presentation will evaluate into the power of predictive analytics to identify early warning signs of attrition and develop proactive retention strategies. By understanding the factors that drive employee turnover, HR leaders can implement targeted interventions to improve employee engagement, satisfaction, and loyalty.
- Identifying key drivers of employee turnover through in-depth data analysis, examining factors such as job satisfaction, work-life balance, compensation, and career growth opportunities
- Building predictive models using advanced analytics techniques to forecast attrition rates and identify employees at risk of leaving the organization
- Implementing targeted retention interventions based on the insights gained from predictive models, such as personalized development plans, targeted compensation adjustments, or improved work-life balance initiatives
- Measuring the effectiveness of retention strategies by tracking employee turnover rates, engagement levels, and other relevant metrics
- Creating a data-driven culture of retention by fostering a continuous feedback loop between HR analytics and business operations
Speaker:
Jugnu Sharma, Lead HR and Talent Analytics, Marathon Oil
9:30AM
The Role of Data Analytics in Employee Engagement and Motivation: How Data can Provide Insights into Employee Satisfaction and Drive Engagement Strategies
By harnessing the power of data analytics, HR professionals can gain valuable insights into employee satisfaction, identify areas for improvement, and implement targeted strategies to foster a positive work environment. This presentation will explore how data can be used to analyze employee engagement and motivation, focusing on key areas such as:
- Understanding the factors that contribute to employee health and happiness
- Examining the role of leaders in creating a supportive and motivating work environment
- Exploring how data can be used to identify trends, measure engagement levels, and track the effectiveness of initiatives
- Developing practical strategies based on data-driven insights to improve employee engagement and motivation
Speaker:
Maya Madkour, International Keynote Speaker, PhD Candidate at Plymouth, Author and Professor
10:00AM
Presentation Reserved for Industry Partner
10:30AM
Morning Coffee and Networking
11:00AM
Overcoming Challenges in Implementing HR Data Analytics
HR Analytics provides insights into the enormous potential of the workforce. However, implementing it is intriguing, exciting, and perplexing. There are many things that need to happen, this session explores the implications and common issues that may arise.
- Exploring some techniques for building a strong HR analytics function from the ground up
- Gaining insights into what to do about some common roadblocks
- Identifying opportunities for showing the value of using analytics one project at a time
11:30AM
Leveraging People Analytics for Workforce Optimization
Today’s workplace is dynamic, and to properly navigate the ever changing currents, leaders must understand the power of people analytics and lean into it in decision making. This session will provide HR leaders and business executives with the knowledge and tools they need to harness the full potential of people analytics for better decision making and to drive organizational success.
- Learning what people analytics is and why it’s a game-changer for modern HR practices
- Discovering the importance of Data-Driven Decision Making and the evolving role of data in influencing key business decisions
- Exploring the needs, sentiments, and demographics of today’s diverse workforce and how they impact organizational dynamics
- Gaining a global perspective on how the workforce has evolved over the decades, highlighting key trends and shifts
- Identifying the crucial metrics that organizations should monitor, such as employee satisfaction, promotion and pay equity, and work-life balance
- Learning how to use data to pinpoint potential areas of legal risk for the organization and areas of improvement
- Uncovering best practices for leveraging people analytics to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace
- Learning how to stay ahead by exploring emerging trends in people analytics
- Review how to ensure your organization remains resilient and competitive
12:00PM
Session Reserved for Industry Partner
12:30PM
Lunch and Networking
1:30PM
Achieving Automation in People Analytics Executive Reports
In this session, Babak will dive into Air Canada’s advanced methodologies for reconciling historical and automation flow of current workforce data, resulting in highly granular executive reporting. He will cover:
- Techniques for tracking hires, active populations, and terminations, and how these detailed insights facilitate temporal comparisons across multiple organizational levels
- An overview of the technical processes behind refining our data models to improve accuracy and reliability
- How Air Canada enhanced the ability to inform HR strategy and drive data-driven decision-making within the organization
Speaker:
Babak Khosravifar, GHR People Analytics Manager, Air Canada
2:00PM
Building a World-Class HR Analytics Team: Building Internal Capabilities and Changing Mindsets
Businesses today have access to more people data than ever before. But are our tendencies as human beings toward cognitive bias warping the stories our data tells us? This discussion explores how the relationship between our innate perceptions of ourselves and the work our business does can influence not only the way we interpret results, but the results themselves, and how this can result in a kind of “artificial optimism”. Cailin Koy provides insight into how and why this happens from the highest echelons of our organizations, and strategies to avoid misleading yourself and missing what your data truly has to say.
- Defining the role of HR analytics within the organization and establish clear objectives
- Overcoming pre-conceived ideas about AI and demonstrating value
- Building a team with the right mix of analytical,technical, and business skills
- Developing a robust data infrastructure to support advanced analytics capabilities
- Fostering a culture of data-driven decision making throughout the organization
2:30PM
Skill as a New Currency in the Modern Economy
In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world, skills have emerged as a vital asset, akin to a new form of currency in the modern economy. As traditional career trajectories give way to an era of lifelong learning and continuous adaptation, the demand for diverse and in-demand skills has skyrocketed. This presentation will explore how skills are reshaping the workforce, why they are becoming the key to success in the 21st century, and what individuals and organizations must do to stay competitive in this new landscape.
- The digital revolution and skill demand: how technology has transformed the nature of work and fueled the need for a wide range of innovative and technical skills
- The growing importance of continuous education and skill acquisition in driving career growth and resilience
- Skills as a competitive advantage: why individuals with adaptable, future-proof skill sets are at a premium in today’s knowledge-driven economy
- How organizations can foster a culture of learning and invest in the upskilling of their workforce to remain competitive
- Strategies for embracing skill as a new currency to thrive in an increasingly automated and AI-driven job market
Speaker:
Zeeshan Khan, HRIS Manager, STV
