How HR Leaders Change the World

09:30 AM Cecilia Crossley, Founder of Uplifting People

Why has HR NEver mattered more?

09:40 AM Rachael Woodman, Client Impact Director at Uplifting People

Opening Plenary

10:00 AM Plenary Speaker:

Why Our Change Efforts Fail —Turning Strategies Into Successes

The gap between the ambition of change and actual outcomes is wider than ever.

Sustainable change requires relentless focus on what can feel insurmountable, by turning strategy into reality through people.

In this session gain insight into:

How People Leaders can close the transformation value gap
What it takes to activate your workforce, ensuring they're active agents of change, rather than employees experiencing change fatigue; and
Why decision making must be transformed through alignment with other leaders.

10:30 AM Boardroom Conversation

The Human Advantage: Designing Organisations Where People and AI Make Each Other Better

How should work be redesigned now that AI is changing everything? Rather than focusing on AI tools, this session explores how HR redesigns work so that technology amplifies human capability.

11:15 AM Morning Coffee Break

have a coffee and connect with your peers

11:45 AM Boardroom Conversation

The Winning Organisation: What Will Separate the Best Employers in 2027?

What will separate the organisations people choose to work for in 2027 -what will actually differentiate organisations that consistently outperform?

12:30 Lunch

Take a break, grab some lunch and network with your peers

13:30 Participate in two cutting edge workshops

Work with your peers in two highly topical workshops by leading experts.

How do we build organisations that learn continuously?

Provide practical tools for experimentation and adaptive culture. Having explored what HR should be building, this workshop moves into how to build it. Delegates will learn practical approaches to experimentation and continuous learning that they can apply immediately.

How do we turn difficult conversations into influence?

Great ideas often fail because leaders struggle to build alignment. This workshop equips HR leaders with practical techniques to influence, challenge constructively and lead difficult conversations with confidence.

15:10 Afternoon Tea Break

Take a break and share ideas with your peers

15:45 Keynote speaker - Livia Firth

Stop Eating at Your Desk, and Other Stories to Fall in Love with Change

Livia Firth is one of the most electrifying voices on the planet when it comes to the power of business to drive change.

As founder of Eco-Age, and co-founder of The Circle advocacy group launched with Annie Lennox, she has spent decades proving that doing business with integrity isn't idealism, it's strategy.

This session will end the day on an inspirational note, connecting organisational change with personal leadership.

16:40 PM Closing Remarks