Agenda

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2019

11:30 AM - 3:30 PM	Pre-conference CHRO event with Ram Charan (by invitation only)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Ram Charan, Global Adviser to CEOs & Corporate Boards and Bestselling Author. Renowned global business advisor Ram Charan has advised the world's top leaders on their toughest challenges. In an interactive discussion, Charan will share his experience and insight into how organizations are rethinking the frameworks and strategy they use to design and deliver an optimum employee experience.
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	Welcome Networking Reception

11:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Pre-conference CHRO event with Ram Charan (by invitation only)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Ram Charan, Global Adviser to CEOs & Corporate Boards and Bestselling Author.

Renowned global business advisor Ram Charan has advised the world's top leaders on their toughest challenges. In an interactive discussion, Charan will share his experience and insight into how organizations are rethinking the frameworks and strategy they use to design and deliver an optimum employee experience.

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Welcome Networking Reception

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Breakfast \| Exhibits
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Josh Bersin, Principal Research Partner, HR People + Strategy. *Optimizing the Employee Experience* Employee experience design may be one of the most important innovations in our thinking about HR. In this research-based presentation, Bersin will discuss the trends, practices, and strategies organizations can employ to optimize the employee experience.
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Break \| Exhibits
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Joanne Lipman, Author and former Editor in Chief, USA Today. *After #MeToo: What next?* In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the world has changed. What comes next? Join Lipman, author of the No. 1 bestseller "That's What She Said, as she lays out real-world solutions and a path forward. Lipman identifies best practices for closing the gender gap, bridging generational and cultural divides, and recalibrating workplaces to create an inclusive environment. Her lively talk is informed by deep reporting, her work with companies across industries, and her own experience climbing to the top of a male-dominated fields. She offers practical steps that both organizations and individuals can take, right now, to help eliminate bias.
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Daniel Jacobs, Founder and CEO, Avanoo. Using Stories to Ignite Culture and Drive Clarity in the Midst of Disruption Join Daniel to discover how HR leaders can harness accelerating disruption to build extraordinary cultures. In this interactive and energetic keynote, Daniel will teach you how to use your own stories and your employees’ stories to build a connected, resilient culture that can lead your organization through any disruption!
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Executive Roundtable Lunch \| Exhibits
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Michelle Gadsden Williams, Managing Director NA & Canada, Inclusion & Diversity Lead, Accenture.
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Breaks \| Exhibits
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Rachel Carlson, CEO and Co-Founder, Guild Education *Doing well by doing good: How F1000 businesses are advancing their bottom line by expanding opportunity for their workforce* Guild Education co-founder and CEO Rachel Carlson will discuss how automation and new technologies are threatening to disrupt the labor market in the coming years, and how leading employers like Walmart, the Walt Disney Company and others are responding to this challenge by expanding access to education benefits to millions of workers. By unlocking social and economic mobility for their workforce, these forward-thinking companies are helping advance their own bottom line by improving recruitment and retention, boosting their brand equity and helping train the next generation of leaders. In sharing the motivations behind these investments and why they benefit both employer and employee, Carlson will demonstrate how expanding access to education isn't just the smart thing to do for businesses right now --- it's how to best prepare for an uncertain future of work.
4:00 PM- 5:00 PM	Alastair Robertson, Former CHRO, Kingfisher Plc and Mark LaScola, Managing Principal, On The Mark. Introducing the Employee Life Cycle Operating Model based on the end-to-end employee experience. This modern, norm-busting OM directly aligns HR to its core purpose while driving efficiency, effectiveness, and the fungible use of HR resources with a keen focus to deliver just what the business and colleagues needs and nothing more. The OM focuses on what matters most to the business and employees utilizing lateral, end-to-end thinking and ensuring what is needed is delivered at the right time at the right place. Robertson and LaScola will unveil the Employee Life Cycle Operating Model and tell the story behind its development and implementation.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Cocktails and Conversation
7:00 PM	Diner Around

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2019

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Breakfast \| Exhibits
8:30 AM - 9:40 AM	Aimee George Leary, Talent Strategy Officer and Andrea Inserra, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton.
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM	Break \| Exhibits
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Accelerating the Growth and Development of the Future HR Executive Business and talent needs are rapidly changing. Based on research by HR People + Strategy and Willis Towers Watson, this session will discuss the skills, capabilities and experiences HR leaders need to drive business results in this ever-changing global environment.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Holly Tyson, Chief Human Resources Officer, Dick's Sporting Goods. *Purpose, People and Power: The Critical Role of HR in this Time of Dynamic Business and Social Change* Society and the workforce are increasingly looking for companies to play a larger role in corporate social responsibility. Companies are being evaluated – by customers, shareholders and potential employees – based on the larger purpose they fulfill. Holly will discuss how Dick's Sporting Goods has made bold moves and how the company's purpose has been instrumental in their employee brand, their talent strategy and their cultural transformation.

*Schedule is subject to change

2019 Strategic HR Forum

The New Employee Experience

October 27 - 29, 2019 Boston, MA

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