Registration & Morning Coffee

The Covid-19 crisis provided our function an opportunity to step up to the unpredictable challenge by leading the business and our employees through times of uncertainties. Risk-taking, learning by doing, agile working and caring of our employees at the same time were displayed by us to navigate the organization through the crisis in the short-term. Now or never is the time to adapt our function to be well set-up in the long run!

Martin Lexa, Former Alcon, Medtronic, Novartis HR executive

Employee Engagement At Work Post Covid-19

Learning about the impact of Covid-19 has had on your employees during the pandemic.How people have adapted to remote work? How engaged were your employees during the pandemic? How to manage those who prefer to work from home or those who long to return to the office (Hybrid Work Model) 

Azad Navaz, Head of Qualification, Training & Retail HR, BMW

The HR Data Quality Dashboards provide visual representation and details on the result of the current suite of proactive data quality monitoring checks implemented in collaboration between Data Governance, Data Science and Data Management Teams. There is one Dashboard used weekly by a Data Quality Team to check the quality of data in several HR Systems (employee information, compensation data, etc.) and raise tickets in case of needed improvements and changes. Another Data Quality Health view is reported and refreshed on a monthly basis to present a long-term development of the quality in different contexts (systems, analytic solutions, business processes, etc.). Data checks are implemented in a python script and results are presented in a Tableau Dashboard.

Julia Markina, Senior Data Engineer, Merck KGaA

Craftsmanship Agility: How Are YOU Going To Be Ready For The Future?
The pandemic has caused the world to shift, organizations preparing to constantly be ready for the future. But how are we going to make sure you and your employees are remaining relevant for the future?

Florine Van Der Ven, Global HR Business Partner Tech, ING GROUP

Q&A Panel Discussion

Lunch for Speakers and Delegates

Keeping Your Learning Agile In VUCA Times
Stephanie Fastre, Learning and Organisational Development, EMEA, NETFLIX

 What The Heck Is Talent Anyway?
Finding a clear talent definition is challenging. In general, talent in the workplace is approached in multiple ways: it can describe innate or mastered skills, but is also used to define high-performing and high-potential employees. Hence, the exact meaning of talent in a business setting varies according to the context and point of reference.
In this session, we will unpack several talent-related topics and try to get to a new definition of what talent is (and what isn't) in the post pandemic context:
Corporates, large and small, tend to have some sort of talent development programs in place but do they actually work?
Everyone talks about skills/reskilling/upskilling. Is talent dead and replaced by the super-skilled?
Performance management has been reinvented. Have our "talents" noticed anything about it?
If indeed someone is a “talent”, do they truly need to be "acquired" or "managed"?

Catalina Schveninger, Chief People Officer, DataCamp

Importance Of Fostering An Inclusive Culture To Drive Sustainable Business Performance 
We will look into the strategic importance of culture why inclusivity is key in driving business performance
How to maintain strong cultures in a hybrid work environment 
How to measure culture and the ROI
Claudia Chloe Tattanelli, CEO & Founder, C-YourCulture

Q&A Panel Discussion

Networking and Refreshment Break

In this session, we’ll go beyond thinking of a diversity strategy as a box-ticking exercise to explore the real-life benefits to your business if it is implemented in the right way. Many companies complain they can’t find diverse staff. We’ll look at resourcing strategies that can help, but also how to benefit from those staff once they’ve been hired, and how you can empower and promote them within the organization, overcoming the obstacles. Participants will gain insights from short practical exercises, informed by Anne’s in-depth experience in this area as a senior manager in several organizations, including the BBC.

Anne Morrison, Chair, Pearson College London’s Governing Body (former BAFTA chair, former BBC Academy Director) 

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