Executive Summit

The future of work won't be defined by a single trend. It will be shaped by the collision of several forces: an aging workforce, shifting immigration patterns, evolving technology, and the rise of AI. For decades, employers could count on a growing workforce to fuel growth. That era is coming to an end. As labor supply tightens and employers adapt to changing workforce demands, long-held assumptions about hiring, skills, and economic growth are being challenged.

Join Indeed's Chief Economist, Svenja Gudell, to:

• Understand the forces redefining the labor market
• Assess how workforce and demographic shifts impact talent strategy
• Prepare for the future through workforce mobility and skills-based thinking

AI readiness is not a technology challenge. It's a skills, trust, and culture challenge. Drawing on Kyndryl's transformation journey, Mark Paulek shares how organizations can identify critical skills gaps, redeploy talent, and the core trust required for successful AI adoption and workforce transformation.

Join this session to learn how to:

• Put people first in the AI journey by fostering a culture of trust, curiosity, and engagement
• Use qualitative data to identify skills gaps using workforce and skills intelligence
• Build job architecture that enable talent mobility and AI readiness

Building on insights from Indeed Chief Economist Svenja Gudell’s keynote, this interactive boardroom brings executives together to translate macroeconomic trends into actionable enterprise strategy. As demographic realities collide with rapid AI adoption, traditional talent playbooks are no longer enough.

In this session, you'll discuss how to:

• Redesign early-career pathways as AI reshapes entry-level work
• Expand talent pools by developing capabilities instead of competing for talent
• Define the durable skills required for future leadership success

At a time when employees are reevaluating what they need from work, CHROs are under pressure to make smarter investments that improve both employee outcomes and business performance. Organizations that align wellbeing strategies with workforce needs are seeing stronger retention, engagement, and productivity.

In this session, you'll discuss how to:

• Connect workforce wellbeing to retention, productivity, and business outcomes
• Identify the wellbeing investments employees value most and measure their impact
• Build a resilient workforce that can adapt and thrive through continuous change

The challenge is no longer whether to modernize HR service delivery, but why these transformation efforts are not fully delivering and how to redesign HR to balance automation with human connection, enable better decision-making, and drive meaningful outcomes.

Join for a research and real-world informed discussion on:

• Why HR technology and AI investments aren’t delivering
• Essential human connection to sustain trust, clarity, and confidence
• Where fragmentation is limiting the impact of HR tech and service models

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

 Join this session to explore one of the community's top priorities this year: Org Redesign & Leader & Manager Development. Gain insights into key challenges, emerging approaches, and practical applications to help you navigate what's next. 

How do leading CHROs prove their value when every investment is scrutinized? Through live polling, peer benchmarking and real world examples, explore how HR leaders are driving transformation, influencing business outcomes, and building credibility in the boardroom.

Join this interactive session to:

• Demonstrate ROI through measurable business outcomes
• Prioritize talent investments that are connect to accelerate transformation
• Build confidence with CEOs and boards through data-driven decisions

In some ways, we have reached AI’s trough of disillusionment where reality has not met expectations. One risk, is implementing AI without intentional planning for development, and workforces risk losing critical thinking skills while dependence on a fallible system grows.

Join this boardroom to:

• Understand and manage declining skillsets
• Implement strategies preserving competences and workforce agility
• Explore how CHROs will lead companies through the next 10 years

Strategic workforce planning (SWP) is a top priority for CHROs as they face pressure to adapt talent and work to AI growth bets while managing growing labor costs. However, current SWP approaches fail to keep up with tech, human and labor market changes, and they remain siloed, complex and theoretical.

Join this session to discuss:

• Practical frameworks to modernize SWP for agility and business impact
• Approaches to integrate AI and human capital strategies
• Methods to break down silos and drive cross-functional alignment

It has never been more important for HR leaders to focus on culture. Every decision, including who you hire, promote, or choose to exit, signals what your organization values. In this fireside chat, learn how organizations embed culture into talent decisions, develop leaders who balance technical expertise with EQ, and build the capabilities needed to drive long-term business performance.

Join the CHROs of Blackstone, BlackRock, Wells Fargo & Revlon on how to:

• Assess how culture and talent strategies enable business growth
• Explore the role of emotional quotient (EQ) in developing future-ready leaders
• Identify the cultural foundations that support performance and resilience

Finish the day sharing lessons learned with your peers over light fare and drinks at this closing reception hosted by your governing body members.