HR Transform 2022 Agenda

Workplace Equity: Compensation Strategy

The 2021 Compensation and Culture Report found that 58% of U.S. employees would consider switching jobs for more pay transparency. What is the right level of transparency? What is the impact of a distributed workforce on your approach to transparency and equity? What strategies and policies are you using to ensure and measure a fair and equitable workplace? We’ll answer these questions and more with experts who embed workplace equity into their core business.

Maria Colacurcio

CEO

Syndio

Kyle Holm

Vice President, Total Rewards Advisory

Sequoia

Andrea Morales

Head of Total Rewards

Affirm

Gabriela Taveras

President

Equal Pay Group

Talent Acquisition: What It Takes in 2022

Are you tired of hearing, ‘The Great Resignation?’ So are we. In this session, we’ll cut to the chase. We’ll explore tactics, best practices and strategies of talent acquisition professionals and VC talent leaders working with today’s most innovative companies. They’ll dive into what it takes to have a competitive advantage in today’s talent market AND how you engage and retain that talent.

Katrina Cruz

Head of Talent

Anthemis

Heather Dunn

Chief People Officer

Gem

JR Rettig

SVP Talent

Pendo

Brian Vaught

EVP - Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Publicis Media

Reimagining Work: A New Operating Model

We’ve been given a unique opportunity to think about work differently. The struggles that we’ve experienced have yielded innovation and invention. In this session, we’ll learn from leaders who are building new operating models and leaning into change to reinvent the way work gets done, instead of simply translating the methods of the past. They’ll dive into the most innovative ways to approach workflows, processes, technologies and beyond that we should consider in this new world. And, you’ll walk away with new strategies and insights to help your organization work smarter.

Barb Bidan

Chief People Officer

Boom Technology

Emily Busse

Head of Communications

Loom

Vanessa Larco

Partner

NEA

Raphael Ouzan

CEO & Founder

A.Team

Modern Leadership

Leaders of today’s organizations need to be ready to lead in a new, evolving workplace that wants flexibility and freedom above all else. With the avalanche of change, the priorities and behaviors that define leadership will look different. What are the key ingredients in the special sauce that make leaders successful in the future of work? We’ll explore this and more with people and talent leaders who have led teams at companies like Adobe, Carta, Tesla, and Netflix.

Stephen Bailey

CEO and Co-Founder

ExecOnline

Mark Lipscomb

VP, Employee Experience

Adobe

Cher Murphy

Senior Managing Director

Teneo

Suzy Walther

Head of People

FalconX

Health Equity, Inclusivity and The Talent War: The Case for Fertility and Family-Forming Benefits

As the war for talent continues, it’s more important than ever to offer competitive benefits that support a diverse workforce. In this fireside chat, Carrot Fertility CEO and Co-founder Tammy Sun will sit down with Leah Sutton, SVP Global Human Resources at Elastic, and Rehab Hammad, Senior Manager of Benefits at Snap, Inc., to discuss the growing demand for fertility and family-forming support, how to ensure true inclusivity and global benefits parity, and the role these critical benefits play in health equity.

Rahab Hammad

Senior Benefits Manager

Snap Inc.

Tammy Sun

CEO and Co-Founder

Carrot Fertility

Leah Sutton

SVP, Global HR

Elastic

How to Think About Your People Tech Stack

As the world of work shifts, the tools and technologies we use to support that work has to shift. Companies are looking at ways to build a scalable infrastructure of technology systems to support, grow and accelerate development of their people. And, the role of automation is front and center. How do you best leverage technology and automation to keep people focused on the work that only you, as humans, can do? What are the technology systems that you need as you grow and how do you think about building out a tech stack to suit your unique organization?

Q Hamirani

Global Head of People Operations

Airbnb

Brandon Sammut

Chief People Officer

Zapier

Tracie Sponenberg

Chief People Officer

The Granite Group

Erica Young

Enterprise Solutions Architect

SHRM

How to Leverage Your Culture and Learning Strategy in this Next Era of Work

Every people leader is reimagining and re-writing the organizational playbook for how we work. Join Udemy’s SVP of People Cara Brennan Allamano and Cleo's SVP People & Culture Nikki Hampton as they explore Udemy’s playbook and ways for other companies to write theirs. We know it’s no longer about the donuts or free beer, but how do we navigate this organizational shift and sustain it? Cara will share stories of how they are recommitting to their organizational values, clarifying behaviors, and doubling down on learning as the driver of change in order to maintain a world class employee experience at Udemy. This session will provide leaders with insight into how to continue to leverage culture as a critical component to success in this next era of work.

Cara Brennan Allamano

SVP of People and Places

Udemy

Nikki Hampton

SVP People & Culture

Cleo

The Evolving Role of the Office

As companies contemplate RTW, remote, and hybrid work, one of the biggest components, from a financial and cultural impact standpoint, is the role of a physical space. How should you be thinking about office space and the in-person experience? What does it mean to design a space that inspires collaboration where people want to be? Where does the responsibility for this work lie in the organization? Join leaders in real estate, design and workplace experts as they answer these questions and more.

Aaron Harvey

Partner and Creative Director

Original Reality Group

Corinne Murray

VP of Workplace Strategy + Culture Transformation

IMPEC Group

Caroline Quick

Head of Global Real Estate and Workplace

Cloudflare

Ending the Guesswork – The Future of Mental Healthcare is Personalized

We’re in the middle of a worldwide mental health epidemic, and can’t afford trial and error. That’s why Precision Mental Healthcare is such a significant advancement for the mental healthcare industry. In this session, learn how this is driving innovation at large employers like General Mills and DocuSign, and how these innovations can make mental health more accessible for everyone while improving employee productivity, health, and wellbeing.

Sarah Bowe

VP of Customer Success

Spring Health

Chris Brunson

VP of Total Rewards

General Mills

Ellen Meza

Senior Director, Global Benefits, Well-Being & Mobility

DocuSign

Using Cross-Disciplinary Expertise to Cultivate Employee Success

Employee Success. Voice of the Employee. eNPS. Employee Experience. The list of cross-disciplinary frameworks applied to people organizations is extensive. The Great Resignation -- better called The Great Reckoning -- made clear that our people are the most powerful, adaptable, and sustainable drivers of organizational success, while also being intensely frustrated, underutilized, and disengaged. Our panelists will share frameworks with origins in other disciplines that they've used to unleash the potential of our people while positioning our organizations for success in this new, people-first environment.

Jordan Berman

CEO & Founder

OFC (ofc.tv)

Thomas Igeme

Head of Talent

Turn/River Capital

Charlotte Nagy

Director People Data & Analytics Strategy

Uber

AJ Thomas

Head of People Products & Strategy

X, the Moonshot Factory

Getting Women Back to Work: What’s Next?

Women in the United States have lost more than 5.4 million jobs since February 2020. This is a staggering number that cannot be ignored. What needs to be done to support and enable women in the workplace? What can employers do to support today’s workforce and lay the foundation for success of the future workforce? We’ll learn from the NYC Economic Development Corporation, who’s leading progressive efforts to support women at work, Reboot Accel, and VMG Partners. You’ll gain the data and insights to understand the gravity of this challenge and ways you can support women to stay in the workforce.

Andrew Bartlow

Founder & Managing Partner

Series B Consulting

Melissa Pumphrey

Vice President of Economic Research & Policy

NYC Economic Development Corporation

Brianna Rizzo

Talent Partner

VMG Partners

Alexandria White

Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

ReBoot Accel

Revealing the Untapped Power of Data

Increasingly, we are relying on data to inform and drive our decision making in this remote and distributed environment. Some argue that there’s no digital without data. From financial planning to office planning to skills gap analysis, data is at the heart of how we approach many of our toughest challenges. In this session, we’ll explore how data can guide decision making and unlock key insights that inform how we support our people and organizations.

Jelena Djordjevic

VP of People

Thumbtack

Amit Mohindra

CEO

People Analytics Success

Marty Réaume

Chief People Officer

Sequoia Consulting Group

Noah Warder

Head of People

Guusto

Ian White

Founder and CEO/CTO

ChartHop

Thinking Beyond the Salary: Making Benefits Count

The worldwide shortage of talent is making it difficult for organizations to find quality candidates. To engage current and future workers, HR leaders are crafting competitive employee benefits packages—ones that include bonuses, professional development, a flexible work environment, equity, retirement, health benefits, and holistic wellness programs.

Yet, the majority of employees underestimate and undervalue their benefits, leading to disengaged employees and turnover.

A financial wellness program can enhance your employee experience, and connect the dots between total compensation and personal finances. Learn how financial wellness drives benefit adoption, improves engagement, supports employees’ life goals, and builds long-term wealth.

Michelle Delcambre

Operating Partner

Felicis Ventures

Jackie Nith Ishibashi

Global Wellbeing Consultant

Sequoia Consulting Group

Ellen Meza

Senior Director, Global Benefits, Well-Being & Mobility

DocuSign

Quit Looking Backwards – The Power of Community to Propel People Leaders and Our Teams Forward

There’s no going back to the workplace of the past. We are now challenged with unifying distributed workforces. What’s right for nimble high-growth scaling orgs most likely will not fit the needs of a large corporation or mixed populations with contract and full-time employees. So how do we connect the dots without being siloed on a lonely island? We leverage the power of community, for ourselves and for our organizations. This panel discussion will provide insights on how People Leaders are using community to share tactical strategies to support their day-to-day roles, elevate their personal growth and leverage community to support their teams and organizations.

Tracy Avin

Founder

TroopHR

Angela Cheng-Cimini

SVP, Talent & CHRO

Harvard Business Publishing

Sara Marzitelli

VP, People

Kindbody

Cory Stern

VP, Global Head of HR

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech, Ethicon

Onboarding New Hires: The Early Intersection of Retention

Retention strategies are more critical today than ever before, and that all starts with offer-to-onboard experiences. Which is why for those who are getting hired today, especially those new to an organization, the offer-to-onboard experience is so important. It’s no surprise that candidate finalists want responsiveness during the hiring process. Based on the latest Talent Board candidate experience benchmark research, candidates who get multiple options to communicate goals, meet team members and get questions answered prior to their start date, their willingness to refer others and increase their relationship with their new employer (or current employer) increased dramatically. This panel discussion will cover the importance of an engaging onboarding process and it's early intersection of retention.

Kevin Grossman

President

Talent Board

Danielle Monaghan

VP Global Talent Acquisition and Mobility

Uber

Vinay Patankar

CEO & Co-Founder

Process Street

Greg Russell

Head of Talent Acquisition

Snapdocs

Beyond the Championship Ring: Redefining Your EVP in a Competitive Talent Landscape

Join three HR executives leading talent in the sports industry for a dynamic conversation. While their teams compete for championships on the field, ice, and court, these women are focused on redefining their organization’s Employee Value Proposition (EVP) in one of the fiercest markets for talent. Beyond the Championship Ring explores how and what HR leaders should be focused on to compete for talent, as expectations from employees have changed around what they need and want from their employer.

Elizabeth Berman

CHRO

Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment

Christina King

VP, Human Resources

NYCFC (New York City Football Club)

Kristie Pappal

Vice President of Human Resources

Philadelphia Eagles

Psychedelic Therapy: Understanding the Next Employee Benefit

Two factors have paved the way for this conversation. First, the stark reality of our mental health crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic; and its impact on our workforce. And second, the proven safety and efficacy of psychedelic therapy; including the upcoming milestone of making MDMA a medicine.

This conversation will feature HR and business leaders that are already working to introduce psychedelic-assisted therapy as an employer-sponsored, insurance-covered treatment available to employees that stand to benefit. We’ll be holding a discussion to help all HR leaders understand how and why this employee benefit is set to revolutionize our workforces – and beyond.

Steven Huang

Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Officer

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)

Shane Metcalf

Chief People and Culture Officer

15Five

Erica Scott

Director of People and Culture

MAPS PBC

DEI: Sustaining Effort and Change

What are the behaviors and actions that we need to take to make meaningful change? How do we define success, measure our DEI efforts and sustain those efforts over time? We must live true to the pledges we’ve made to ourselves, our teams, and our organizations. Let’s explore these topics and more through conversation with DEI influencers and people execs that not only talk the talk but walk the walk!

Kareem Gayle-Fagan

Head of Human Resources

Aesop Americas

Torin Perez

DEI Influencer

Globally Bold LLC

Ashley Schwedt

Director of IDEA

LifeLabs Learning

Lenke Taylor

Head of People and Business

Level

Innovation Showcase

The work technology landscape is ever-changing and continually reinventing itself in ever-exciting, ever-promising ways. Join us for our Innovation Showcases, where a curated group of innovative entrepreneurs will look to have you say “Wow. That is what I never knew I always needed,” in this series of show-and-tell demos.

Q Hamirani

Global Head of People Operations

Airbnb

Ken Klein

CEO & Co-Founder

Praisidio, Inc.

Dima Lylyk

CEO & Founder

Zeeon

Bruce Marable

CEO

Employee Cycle

Allyson McDougal

Co-Founder

WorkChew

Joanna Strober

CEO

Midi Health

Sophie Wyne

CEO & Co-Founder

Ariglad

Navigating Office Politics When There Is No Office

Every leadership team has some office politics. This could range from harsh debates and stone cold passive aggressive behavior to conflict averse niceness and kicking the can down style decision making. These dysfunctional team dynamics are even more heightened in a remote workplace. Come join this networking workshop to meet & connect with other leaders while also hearing the biggest culture challenges facing top virtual teams. Learn the conflict resolution frameworks & tips that work in a remote setting, and brainstorm ideas together to take back to your people.

Nikhil Paul

Founder

We R Human

Building Cohesive Culture Across Hourly and High Tech

The world is increasingly full of businesses that depend on both hourly workers and highly technical talent to succeed, and the Great Resignation is creating pressure on both sides. How can you create a cohesive culture and talent strategy that is tailored to these very different contexts and inspires and retains them equally, and make your company greater than the sum of its parts? Join this session to hear Jevan Soo Lenox share his lessons learned from his time at Stitch Fix, Square, and Blue Bottle Coffee.

Jevan Soo Lenox

Chief People Officer

insitro

Healing Trauma With Design Thinking

Design thinking has emerged as an ubiquitous, repeatable and reliable process for driving innovation in a modern business context. One of the ways this is possible is through intentional and controlled induction of stress states on the body to drive innovation ideation. Through learning to harness stress, turn it on and off, and leverage it for problem solving, survivors are able to gain a new relationship with their trauma and foster positive self image and healing. Pulling from my own career experience as a top design thinking educator and innovation consultant and navigating my own personal healing journeying as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I will explore the positive linkage between these methods and how other survivors can harness the body’s defense against trauma for their own self-healing.

Christina Goldschmidt

VP & Head of Product Design

Etsy

Transformational Upskilling

As we continue navigating a shifting work landscape, strategies to attract and retain talent are top of mind for organizations. What does it take to make a company a great place to work? Data shows that when employees have internal opportunities to deepen their skills or gain new ones, it benefits both the company and the employee. But do traditional tactics still move the needle in keeping employees engaged and attracting top, diverse talent? Uber’s Talent Acquisition and Mobility leaders share how the company is taking a fresh approach to upskilling and reskilling current and future employees—at the intersection of corporate growth and social responsibility.

Mark Eckert

Director of Talent Mobility and Immigration

Uber

Danielle Monaghan

VP Global Talent Acquisition and Mobility

Uber

Evolving Workplace Norms

Times have totally changed. Employees are demanding more from their employers. Employers should be worried about the retention of employees in this "great resignation" where flexibility and freedom are crucial for employees feeling valued. Join this session, where 8 time people leader, Mai Ton, gives us a preview of some of the new norms and defaults for a new way of working together, for everyone in any industry.

Mai Ton

Chief People Officer

Kickstarter

Inspiring Culture & Communicating Values Through Storytelling

Pixar Animation Studios is inspiring culture and community through values and storytelling to re-energize the Pixar community during and post-pandemic. Fresh approaches to building culture and leadership in remote and hybrid work environments. Explore innovative practices around developing values and leadership practices that make a difference and employees feel empowered to do their best work.

Reema Batnagar

VP People Team

Pixar Animation Studios

Torin Ellis

Principal

Torin Ellis Brand

Post-Traumatic Growth and Thriving in Uncertainty and Change

Post-Traumatic Growth is a theory that explains how people can experience extraordinary trauma and find growth in the aftermath. Our panelists are experienced in helping their organizations and the people they lead find post-traumatic growth regardless of the context; whether capitalizing on market opportunities for massive growth, or responding to generational disruptions, like COVID-19. They'll share their experiences and highlight how in each scenario, the ability to grow and thrive starts with the way we equip and unleash our people to drive the organization forward.

Suneet Bhatt

Departing President and Board Chair

Boldr

Sarah Chavarria

Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer

Delta Dental of California

Pratiksha Patel

SVP, People Strategy

CB Insights

Alex Seiler

Chief People Officer

GHJ

Ambrosia Vertesi

Chief People Officer

Ironclad

The Future of Talent Assessment

Among the most profound changes in the world of work over the past two years has been the need to re-define exactly what great performance looks like. When people are interviewing and getting hired without ever meeting their manager in person, when they are working asynchronously around the world, and when "facetime with the boss" is no longer a thing, how do the best companies measure, develop and hire for the best talent? Are there new skills to be recruited for, and ways of hiring differently? What biases can we eliminate and where are there risks for new biases? In this session you will hear from industry leading recruiters and people leaders on what the next wave of performance assessment looks like for the remote and distributed teams of the future.

Mark Frein

Chief Workplace Officer

Oyster

Matt Hoffman

Partner, Head of Talent

M13

Golbie Kamarei

CPO & Exec Team Coach

Kamarei Advisory

Aline Lerner

CEO & Founder

interviewing.io

Focus on the “S” in ESG: Fad or Fact?

Issues under the ""Environmental, social, and governance (ESG)” agenda are no longer an afterthought but rather central to organizational reputation and financial results. All types of stakeholders are increasingly paying attention to the disclosures and reporting of such issues. There has, however, been limited attention paid to how the ESG performance impacts one of the most important stakeholder groups - the workforce. Join this session to understand how organizations can link the ESG issues to their workplace strategies and practices, engage its workforce in impactful ways, and ensure ESG does not become another “fad” that looks great in marketing but has no meaningful impact.

Stela Lupushor

Chief Reframer

Reframe.Work

Guy Primus

CEO

Valence Community

Tobin Trevarthen

CEO

Spatial Shift

Modern Enterprise Caregiving Benefits: The Cycle of Life

The pandemic has shattered any resistance that may have existed around the blending of work and home life. That means employers are forced to take a more individualized and holistic approach to supporting every facet of their employees and families. During this session, we’ll dig into what it looks like to provide 360 degree support for your people. What are the benefits that you need to consider to address the full lifecycle from fertility to family planning to eldercare? We’ll explore these areas and more!

Lauren Dai

COO & Co-Founder

Cocoon

David Hanrahan

CHRO

Eventbrite

Kim Moore

Partner – Value Creation

Glynn Capital

Sarahjane Sacchetti

CEO

Cleo

Ricky Turner

Director of Employee Relations

Facebook

Balancing Performance and Purpose Without Losing the Soul of the Organization

What practices and behaviors drive organizations with purpose-driven, high performing teams? What role does leadership and the people team play in balancing mission and values with productivity and business outcomes? Join leaders from Allbirds, Patreon and Sprinklr to gain insider tips on what it takes to find the right balance between mission and business outcomes. You’ll learn from their experiences with high-growth organizations and the complexities that come with scaling values and mission-driven teams.

Diane K. Adams

Chief Culture & Talent Officer

Sprinklr

Tiffany Stevenson

Chief People Officer

Patreon

Darren Sudman

Consultant

Outsourced CSR

Laila Tarraf

Advisor / Former Chief People Officer

Allbirds

Emerging Technologies Impact on FoW

The metaverse, augmented reality, virtual reality, AI, machine learning, and the list goes on. How do we make sense of the newest technologies, their implications on our work and personal lives and whether to experiment with them as people leaders? Join this discussion to discover new technology, explore the latest trends and learn how to evaluate these tools to determine if they are right for the future of your organization.

Allison Baum Gates

General Partner

SemperVirens

Daniel Callaghan

CEO / Managing Partner

Veremark / Workplace Accelerator

Jeremy Schiff

CEO

RecruitBot Inc.

Elise Smith

CEO & Co-Founder

Praxis Labs

The Chief Communicator

Let’s be honest, most of us probably learned the importance of an internal communications function and/or strategy the hard way. An internal communication strategy done well can engage, motivate, and align your employees to your organization. Given the people/HR team’s role in working most closely with an organization’s employees, it’s easy to see how these responsibilities can fall to the HR/people team. Come ride along with this panel of experienced executives as we discuss the road to curating an impactful internal communications strategy, complete with our hard-earned lessons learned so you can avoid them.

Garrison Gibbons

VP of People

Amun | 21Shares

Liz Kosinski

SVP People

Sift

Michelle Wagner

CEO

Mindstrong

Serena Ziskroit

Vice President of People

ThirdLove

Unlocking Human Potential: How to Equip Teams to Thrive Amid Disruption

In today's continuously disruptive, rapid-change business environment, talent leaders need to rethink how to support employees who are faced with an increasing number of challenges. These challenges can derail employees’ ability to reach their greatest potential. Collaboration and communication, foundational traits in all effective teams, were once considered soft skills. But as talent leaders grapple with a host of internal and external challenges — The Great Resignation, a global pandemic, social issues, even the possibility of war — it is imperative that organizations equip their employees and leaders with the skills they need to face challenges in their personal and professional lives.

Milena Regos

Founder

Unhustle®

Cory Stern

VP, Global Head of HR

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech, Ethicon

Christine Tao

CEO and Co-Founder

Sounding Board

Geoff Watson

Senior Vice President

Guild Education

How and Why Employer Brand Strategy is The Ultimate Competitive Advantage in 2022

What is the future of the employee value proposition and your employer brand? As the key answer to acquiring and retaining talent during the Great Resignation, how is your company taking advantage of defining its unique narrative. How have your EVP/ EB merged as Work and Life merged during the pandemic. What are the tangible versus intangible benefits that you should consider as you build out your employer brand?

During this session, we’ll tackle these areas and beyond. We’ll share how values-driven organizations are approaching the employer brand, how to define an EVP that will attract the candidates you want and how you can institute these next practices into your own organization.

Bryan Adams

CEO & Founder

Ph.Creative

Teal Franceschi

Director of Employer Brand, Marketing and Communications

LivePerson

James N Marable III

Associate Director, Digital/Social Media Recruitment

Eli Lilly and Company

Selena Strandberg

CEO & Founder

The Know

New Ways of Orchestrating Work

We’ve seen the employment model evolve over time from full time and hourly workers to the freelance and gig economy. More recently, we’re witnessing numerous models, like job sharing and project based staffing, that are designed to help companies attract the most competitive talent. The benefits of these models goes beyond attracting talent to increasing diversity and creating greater opportunities for innovation in teams. Together, we’ll learn from innovative people leaders and companies paving the way for the next employment model revolution.

Nathan Harris

CEO

Ease

Jess Podgajny

CEO and Co-Founder

LLUNA

Sophie Smallwood

Co-CEO & Co-Founder

RoleShare

Ron Storn

Chief People Officer

Booster

From Cancel Culture to Community Accountability

The term "cancel culture" has taken on a life of its own since it first gained steam amidst the #MeToo movement. From being championed as a way to exert necessary forced accountability for toxic or abusive behaviors to being criticized as a way to silence different perspectives, the term has many of us divided. In this session, we'll unpack what it really means to "cancel" someone for bad behavior at work, where forced accountability has been proven necessary or useful, and identify opportunities and ways to take a different approach to encouraging a culture of self-driven and communal accountability in order to drive more inclusive, equitable workplaces.