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Wednesday, 12 November 2025 | Day 1 Agenda
12:00PM – 1:30PM
HRO Today Association EMEA Board of Advisors Meeting
1:45PM – 2:45PM
CHRO/HRD Briefing – Executive Learning Session
Sponsored By:
1:45PM – 2:45PM
TA Panel
2:45PM – 3:15PM
Networking Break
3:30PM – 4:30PM
C-TEN Meeting
3:30PM – 4:30PM
CHRO/HRD Briefing and CTEN Meeting
Thursday, 13 November, 2025 | Day 2 Agenda
8:00AM – 9:00AM
General Admission Breakfast
8:30AM – 9:15AM
CHRO/HRD Breakfast
**All CHROs and Heads of HR**
9:00AM – 9:30AM
Welcome – Opening Remarks
Elliot Clark, CEO, HRO Today
9:30AM – 10:15AM
CHRO Panel: Talent, Technology, & Tomorrow
Global HR leaders must navigate complex challenges across cultures, compliance landscapes, and talent markets. Attracting top talent, keeping teams engaged, and navigating the rise of AI-driven tools are both pressing and promising.
This dynamic panel of CHROs and HRDs will explore the evolving strategies for building high-performing cultures while managing the integration of AI and analytics into HR operations. The group will discuss actionable insights that drive enhanced decision-making, and a positive employee experience. Panelists will share lessons learned, innovative practices, and predictions to help HR executives lead with agility and vision.
10:15AM – 10:50AM
Onstage Interview
Kevin Blair, Global Head of TA, Ericsson
Whether you can measure it conclusively or not, everyone knows that the better workforce delivers the better result. What should the philosophy of a great TA leader and their impact on business outcomes? TA leaders need to understand the business, the business risks, and their role in driving business success. Kevin Blair, Global Head of TA for Ericcson (and previously IBM and Cisco), is an innovative thinker and has a track record of driving rapid change and TA success. His unconventional approach to TA leadership and his views on TA infrastructure will be explored in an onstage interview by Elliot Clark, CEO of HRO Today, where Kevin will share his thoughts on talent, business, strategic HR, and the future.
10:50AM – 11:10AM
Coffee Break
11:15AM – 11:30AM
Research Showcase
11:30AM – 12:15PM
THINK TANK SESSIONS
Ethical Use of AI, Tech Security and Integration
Redefining HR Leadership in the Digital Age
As artificial intelligence and emerging technologies reshape the HR landscape, executives must lead with a clear vision grounded in ethical governance, data security, and strategic alignment. This session will explore how to drive technical innovation without compromise. Participants will discuss how to responsibly integrate AI into core HR functions such as talent acquisition, workforce planning, and employee experience, while managing risk.
11:30AM – 12:15PM
THINK TANK SESSIONS
Workforce Development, Upskilling, Leader and Manager Effectiveness
Strategic Workforce Development: Empowering Leaders and Building Sustainable Talent for Organisational Impact
HR executives are uniquely positioned to shape the workforce strategy as a core driver of business performance. This session will explore how to lead enterprise-wide initiatives that accelerate upskilling and employee retention, strengthening leadership pipelines and managerial effectiveness, and building a resilient, future-ready workforce.
Key Takeaways:
- Strategic frameworks for aligning workforce development with business goals
- Best practices for scaling upskilling across diverse functions and geographies
- Approaches to strengthening leadership and managerial capabilities organisation-wide
- Tactics for embedding continuous learning and adaptability into organisational culture
- Metrics for measuring impact and communicating value to executive stakeholders
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Networking Lunch
2:30PM – 3:15PM
THINK TANK SESSIONS
Global Mobility & Executive Development
Developing Future-Ready Leaders Across Borders
As the workforce becomes increasingly borderless, the need for strategic global mobility and executive development has never been greater. In this session, participants will discuss how to design agile mobility programmes that not only relocate talent, but reduce the skills gap and drive global growth.
Key Takeaways:
- How global mobility programmes are evolving to meet business and talent demands
- Executive development strategies that align with succession and global expansion goals
- The role of cultural intelligence and adaptability in preparing future leaders
- Emerging technologies shaping cross-border leadership programmes
2:30PM – 3:15PM
THINK TANK SESSIONS
Managing Cost Models in Uncertainty
In an era defined by volatility—economic shifts, geopolitical tension, talent shortages—HR leaders are under pressure to manage costs while sustaining growth, culture, and competitiveness. This session explores how to reengineer cost models to stay agile in the face of continuous disruption.
Key Takeaways:
- Building adaptive workforce cost models for uncertain environments
- Aligning HR investments with business priorities without compromising talent experience
- Leveraging data and scenario planning to drive smarter resource allocation
- Creative solutions for balancing fixed versus variable talent costs
3:15PM – 3:40PM
Networking Break
3:45PM – 4:15PM
CHRO Panel: Managing Cultures Across Generations and Borders
Bridging Identity, Inclusion, and Impact in a Global Workforce
As organizations scale globally and teams become more multigenerational than ever, the challenge of aligning values and culture across diverse backgrounds is both urgent and complex. This executive panel brings together HR leaders who are navigating the intersection of age, geography, and cultural identity to build cohesive, purpose-driven organizations. Key Topics:
- Reconciling generational differences in values, communication, and expectations
- Local vs. global: sustaining core values while honoring cultural nuance
- The role of leadership in modeling inclusive, adaptive cultures
- Creating unified employee experiences across age groups and regions
4:15PM – 4:30PM
EMEA and APAC RPO Baker’s Dozen Announcement
Larry Basinait, VP – Market Research, HRO Today
4:35PM – 5:30PM
On Your Own
5:30PM – 6:30PM
Pre-Awards Reception
**Invite Only**
