HR Technology Conference
Agenda 2024

In this highly anticipated session, Stacey Harris will delve into key findings from the 27th Annual 2024-2025 HR Systems Survey - the largest non-sponsored study across the HR tech market. The survey includes details on spending, budgets and how HR leaders are leveraging emerging trends such as AI governance tools and augmented skill-building solutions. Learn which solutions buyers are keeping, replacing or putting in the budget and who's showing up on the RFPs. Discover which HR tech vendors receive top ratings for user experience and customer satisfaction across 12 solution categories and over 200+ solution providers.

Don Robertson will discuss the art and science of HR and the importance of finding the balance between data-driven decision-making and the human experience. Through case studies and best practices, he'll explore how to leverage analytics and technology, while preserving empathy and intuition. You'll discover how this balance can drive employee engagement, retention, diversity and inclusivity, and ultimately, business performance.

Strategy, process optimization and skills can be empty gestures unless the providers with whom you partner are keeping up their end of the arrangement. Whether you’re about to implement with a new provider or are struggling with a current provider’s service, this session is a safe forum to gain insight into navigating these sometimes-choppy waters.

Organizations are increasingly focusing on hiring, engaging and retaining key talent as well as supporting their development and well-being. Mervyn Dinnen will share creative strategies that HR and Talent teams are crafting personalized, digital experiences throughout the entire talent journey that prioritize the moments that matter most to people and encourages and supports them in achieving their best outcomes.

Join Madeline Laurano as she delves into the dynamic state of talent acquisition technology. Explore AI’s impact, the evolution of skills-based talent initiatives, and talent intelligence strategies that enhance TA. Engage in discussions, name names, and gain actionable takeaways to elevate your recruitment game. Join us for an interactive session where knowledge meets collaboration, helping you stay ahead in your HR tech transformation.

AI, especially generative AI, is triggering firms everywhere to consider new ‘HR transformation’ projects. The hope is that AI will make HR processes smarter and more efficient. But not every HR leader can deliver a transformation project successfully. Join industry analyst Brian Sommer as he examines the critical transformation issues no one wants to discuss.

Trish Steed will lead a discussion about AI and how it’s impacting every HR process and employee touchpoint. Find out what you need to know as an HR leader, including: the latest developments in AI technology; the most important applications and use cases of AI technology in HR processes and the potential future of AI in HR. In addition, get insights to help you make informed decisions for incorporating AI technology into your organization’s HR function and discuss ethical considerations, transparency, bias mitigation, data privacy and the importance of maintaining the human touch in HR.

We’ve spent the last two years talking about the disruption that GenAI is bringing to the world of people strategy. It’s important stuff, and there is plenty of content here at HR Tech to help you better understand the implications. But HR professionals also face many other challenges. Join this interactive session to explore the key issues impacting HR beyond GenAI.

While many organizations are contemplating taking a skills-based approach to talent management, Delta Air Lines is building a dynamic, skills-based experience for continuous employee learning using talent intelligence technology. By utilizing disruptive technologies like an AI-driven skills ontology that automatically incorporates industry trends with embedded intelligence, Delta can determine which skills are most important to the organization, and employees can easily combine those with their current capabilities, strengths and aspirations to create a personal career path. All the content in the skills library is based on Delta-specific skills and personalized to each employee’s career goals. Tim Gregory will explain how Delta has taken its approach to customer experience and applied it to the employee experience, building a modern, skills-based organization.

Commissioner Keith Sonderling will address the implications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in employment decision-making and human resources. Employers are using AI to make employment decisions at every stage of the job life cycle, from hiring to promotion to firing. AI-driven technologies have the potential to make the workplace more open, fair and inclusive by eliminating unlawful discrimination from such decisions. However, AI can also amplify workplace bias if it is poorly designed or carelessly deployed. Drawing on real-world examples, Sonderling will reveal the promises and perils of using AI to make employment decisions.

Andrew Winnemore will explore HR’s pivotal role in driving long-term, holistic transformation within organizations, especially in the context of the rising tide of ‘Intelligent Services.’ Rather than viewing technology as the endgame, he’ll discuss how HR can effectively harness tech to facilitate revolutionary changes in workplace dynamics and operational strategies.