People 2030 Conference

09:00 AM - 09:10 AM ET

Opening Remarks

What is workforce sustainability and why is it key to sustainable business? What are leading companies doing to understand it, test it, and promote it? On day one, we will explore the trends, challenges, and opportunities we need to explore. On day two, we will continue to look at innovation addressing these challenges of purpose, potential, and productivity and creating a people-first world of work.

Diana Scott, US Human Capital Center Leader, The Conference Board

Amy Armitage, Program Director and Program Chair, The Conference Board

09:10 AM - 09:40 AM ET

The New Science of Workforce Engagement and Inclusion

Our keynote session balances research and practice - offering behavioral insights and practical tools and strategies to improve productivity, performance, employee engagement, and customer experience. Learn how one organization developed a more inclusive, sustainable, and productive workforce through new approaches to leadership, decision-making and collaboration.

Diana Scott, US Human Capital Center Leader, The Conference Board

Julia Dhar, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Laura Kohler, Chief Sustainability & DEI Officer, Kohler Company

09:40 AM - 10:10 AM ET

The Challenge and Opportunity of Workforce Innovation

Our next session is a deeper exploration of the trends and opportunities facing our U.S. workforce. Our speaker will explore America's need to create a robust and diverse workforce and the trends impacting that challenge. We'll explore how technology, skill, labor shortages, equity and workforce opportunity issues, and partnerships are shaping a new business agenda. Learn how organizations can drive a new purpose-filled, value-based culture while placing a premium on not only changing balance sheets but changing lives.

Chike Aguh, Senior Advisor, Project on Workforce, Harvard University

David Etzwiler, CEO, Siemens Foundation

Amy Armitage, Program Director and Program Chair, The Conference Board

10:25 AM - 10:55 AM ET

Panel: Framing the Digital Transformation and Value for the Corporation

Our next session will provide insights into the strategic role of the CHRO and spotlight how organizations are reframing workforce challenges in a hybrid work world. Learn why it’s important to talk about the "now" of work and not just the future of work. We'll discuss how adopting an ongoing digital transformation mindset can help teams navigate the business in a changing world. Learn how top HR officers are balancing social value and commercial value practices to enhance long-term value to the organization.

Diana Scott, US Human Capital Center Leader, The Conference Board

Shannon Hobbs, Chief People Officer, GEICO

Mabel Rius, Head of Human Resources, US and Americas, HSBC

Bradley Killinger, CEO, Sapience Analytics

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

Keynote Session: AI and the Future of Work

Our next session looks at how emerging AI technologies will impact purpose and potential in the development of an engaged workforce and enhance employee experience. Learn about the most recent developments in how AI will impact all facets of the workforce and business innovation.

Keith Sonderling, Commissioner, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Amy Armitage, Program Director and Program Chair, The Conference Board

11:35 AM - 12:05 PM ET

Keynote Session: Reimagining the Future of Work: Tech Trends and the Power of AI

In our next session, a leading global venture capital firm shares insights into work tech trends and the impacts of AI on work and the workforce. Learn about companies that are leading the work revolution and shaping how people work in the future. Explore how work tech investors evaluate risks and opportunities and prioritize the impacts of new technology. The session will bust more than a few myths regarding the future of work.

Stela Lupushor, Senior Fellow, Human Capital, The Conference Board

Jason Corsello, Founder and General Partner, Acadian Ventures

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM ET

Roundtables: Developing a Sustainable Model of Working

Our next break-out exercise will explore workforce sustainability elements in interactive roundtables and discussion. We'll discuss how people have changed and how work has changed. How has the hybrid workforce changed what is needed? What do successful teams need? How do we create engagement? How do we promote inclusion, well-being, and fun? Participants will share their own experiences and share what a sustainable workforce and work environment means to them.

Seema Bhansali, Vice President, Employee Experience and Inclusion, Henry Shein

Ann Marie Gothard, Vice President, Global Corporate Media Relations, Henry Shein

01:10 PM - 01:40 PM ET

TRACK THREE - ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY

01:35 PM - 03:25 PM ET

TRACK ONE - ALIGNING PURPOSE

1:45 – 2:15 pm Session G1
Leadership and Resilience in Times of Uncertainty
Disruptive social, political, and economic forces are creating vast uncertainty in today’s labor and business markets. At the same time a shortage of top talent makes attracting and retaining talent the number one internal issue for businesses around the world. Our next speaker looks at how business leaders can turn these challenges into opportunities. The session explores key drivers for attracting and retaining talent and the competitive advantage of a purpose–driven culture, based on data–driven insights from AESC's unique market research.
Karen Greenbaum, President and CEO, AESC

2:20 – 2:50 pm Session G2 – Panel: Building a Culture of Sustainability
In our next session, a panel of Chief Sustainability Officers and internal sustainability practitioners explore how building sustainability into corporate purpose leads to high levels of engagement and well–being. We'll share practical strategies for aligning human capital with ESG strategies and more. Hear why a sustainable organization begins with a sustainable and engaged workforce.
Deb Gorhan, Director of Sustainability Culture and Engagement, Johnson & Johnson
Noorie Rajvanshi, Director Sustainability and Climate Strategy, Siemens
Nick Murdock, Agency Sustainability Program Manager, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

2:55 – 3:25 pm Session G3
Tools and Practices to Connect with Your Purpose
In our next session, we'll discuss how a fast–paced investment firm helped employees connect with purpose at work. Learn how a senior HR executive developed practices and led hundreds of meditation sessions to improve wellbeing and reduce stress, while enhancing clarity, productivity and problem solving among employees. Find out how micro moments can be managed to create macro and measurable change.
Kate Swords, Head of U.S. Human Resources, Cerberus Capital Management

01:45 PM - 03:25 PM ET

TRACK TWO DEVELOPING POTENTIAL

1:45 - 2:15 pm Breakout Track Two Session H1 Panel: Framing the Power of Workforce Learning and Potential
Much has been said about the emerging skills–based economy and the need for skill–building and ongoing learning to meet the needs of digital organizations. In this session, we will discuss how leaders are reframing the need to invest in building capabilities, teams, networks, automation, and new business structures to ensure a culture of learning and growth. Learn how to make learning more consumable, how to partner to make tech skills happen, and how to focus on experiential learning where it counts most.
Sara Dionne, Chief Learning Officer, Comcast
Gordon Pelosse, SVP Employer Engagement, CompTIA
Robin Erickson, Vice President Human Capital, The Conference Board
Moderator: Melissa Feigelson, PhD, Director Talent Insights, Verisk

2:20 – 2:50 pm Breakout Track Two Session H2 Digital Transformation Journey
In our next session, we’ll share best and next practice strategies for how organizations can build business agility and advance digital transformation in their operations. Learn about the skills and requirements of transformation and business sustainability from this renowned global expert, author and digital strategist. Our speaker will share experience, insights, and ideas to further successful digital transformation and a digital workforce, including her collaboration as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Impact Circle for Digital Transformation of Industries.
Laureen Knudsen, Chief Transformation Officer, Top 100 Women in Tech, Broadcom

2:55 – 3:25 pm Track Two Session H3
Building an Inclusive Workplace and Embedding DEI in the Culture: New Frontiers in People Analytics
Creating a high–performing, cohesive, and inclusive workplace in today’s work environment comes with challenges. In this session, we’ll talk through LyondellBasell’s efforts to build a workplace that is inclusive and embeds Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within its culture. We’ll dive deep into the crucial role of data and innovative data science techniques that LyondellBasell employs to monitor the success of DEI initiatives, spotlight areas for improvement, and implement actions that further our DEI strategy. Further, this session will shed light on how LyondellBasell leverages people analytics as a core capability to generate meaningful and actionable insights related to talent and DEI.
Kyle Pierce, Chief DEI Officer, LyondellBasell
Aaron Sorensen, PhD, Head of Business Transformation and Chief Behavioral Scientist, Lotis Blue Consulting

01:45 PM - 03:25 PM ET

TRACK THREE - ENHANCING HUMAN CONNECTIONS, PRODUCTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE

1:45 – 2:15 pm Track 3 Session I1
Building Engagement and the Employee Performance Connection
Human connections are the core of work, yet too often are left to chance. In our next session, we'll share new research on the power of employee connection and how to engage and inspire employees to create better connections across every stage of employee experience. Learn how a leading organization leveraged the power of connections to deliver business impacts in productivity, retention, and performance.
Andrea Dumont, Chief Marketing Officer, Enboarder
Darren Gant, Leader Global Onboarding and Learning, Cisco Systems

2:20 – 2:50 pm Track 3 Session I2
Performance Management Evolution in the Future of Work: Engage, Enable, Transform
To remain relevant, employee performance management must adapt to a changing workforce, new work arrangements, and rapidly changing business context. Learn how leading firms are evolving their performance management strategies to enhance engagement, build a systemic skills foundation, and ensure productivity at scale, while achieving business objectives and transforming their organizations.
Elson Kuriakose, Head of People Corporate Global Engineering, Google
Ashley Walvoord, Director Performance Assessment and Careers, Verizon
Moderator: Arun Bedi, Senior Director – Talent Management and Executive Coaching, Visa

2:20 – 2:50 pm Track 3 Session I3
Power Shift: The Rise of the Worker
Technologies, demographics, and pandemic-era new habits are driving new behaviors, expectations, and tensions in how workers relate to their organizations. Everything – from how jobs are designed, how the workplace is designed, how worth is established – is changing. The workforce is demanding more – better conditions, fair pay, job security, benefits, flexibility. Organizations have to adapt and re-examine everything. What trajectory might we expect this to go by 2030?
Stela Lupushor, Senior Fellow and Steering Committee, Human Capital Analytics Institute, The Conference Board, co–author, Humanizing Human Capital
Solange Charas, Distinguished Principal Research, Fellow and Advisor, The Conference Board and Founder and CEO, HCMoneyball, co–author, Humanizing Human Capital

03:35 PM - 04:05 PM ET

Closing Conversation: Economic Insights on the Talent Marketplace, Workforce Investments, and the Future of Work

In our final session of the day, our Chief Economist at The Conference Board will share how economic and market data reshape decisions at the C-suite and Board levels. Learn how global market and economic data are enabling current and future decisions about the workforce and future of work. Explore how to connect the dots of economic data with workforce investment.

Diana Scott, US Human Capital Center Leader, The Conference Board

Dana M. Peterson, Chief Economist and Leader, Economy, Strategy & Finance Center, The Conference Board

04:10 PM - 04:15 PM ET

Closing Remarks, Action Reflection, and Day Two Preview

04:20 PM - 04:40 PM ET

Magic with Scotty Wiese

Scotty Wiese is an award-winning magician and human connection speaker. Don't miss this session as Scotty will take you on a journey that will make you laugh, be thoroughly entertained, and chase your own magic.

04:45 PM - 05:45 PM ET

Reception with a Touch of Magic