TOPIC
A technology boom has provided HR leaders with both opportunities and challenges. On the one hand, AI and other new tech can help match people to workforce needs, reduce bias in hiring, and produce an abundance of data to inform people-management decisions. On the other hand, HR experts need to venture beyond their comfort zones to embrace new tech platforms, collaborate energetically with colleagues with different expertise, choose among myriad new offerings, and recognize the limits and pitfalls of technology. What ideas and advice can be offered by HR leaders who’ve taken an innovative approach to embracing new technology? What are the new frontiers yet to be explored?
From Day One is a Recertification Provider for SHRM and HRCI. This session is eligible for 3 credits from both organizations. The Activity IDs will be sent to attendees after the conclusion of the session.
speakers
Head of People Analytics, HR Technology, Strategy & Ops
Unisys
VP of HR Technology & Automation
HP
Head of People Solutions
Stripe, Inc.
Global Head, People Solutions & Wellbeing
S&P Global
Senior Director of HR and Finance Technology
Vail Resorts
Editorial Audience Director
Harvard Business Review
Senior Director, HR & Sales Compensation Technology Services
McKesson
Leader, HR Technology
Tyson Foods
Business Reporter
The Seattle Times
Chief Engagement Officer
WorkTango
Contributing Editor
From Day One
Executive Coach and Leadership Development Facilitator
ThinkHuman
Enterprise Sales Manager,
Rippling
Director of Global People Enablement
Remotepartners
Schedule - ALL TIMES SHOWN BELOW ARE U.S. Eastern Time
Digital transformation can come at a cognitive cost for employees, so HR executives leading the way need to show how technology can improve both business operations and employee experience. AI and other technology, for example, will be increasingly valuable in workforce management for forecasting headcount, costs, and aligning employee skills with business objectives.
Speaker:
Dibyendu Sharma Mondal, Head of People Analytics, HR Technology, Strategy & Ops, Unisys
Moderator:
Nicole Smith, Editorial Audience Director, Harvard Business Review
The HR tech boom presents a critical challenge: choosing platforms that truly empower the workforce rather than complicate it. This presentation moves beyond the “best in class” idea, offering HR leaders an innovative, three-pillar framework for methodical technology adoption. We will explore how to shift buying criteria from “saving HR time” to “empowering employee administration.” Learn to treat implementation like a high-value MVP launch, prioritizing unified systems over fragile integrations to drive efficiency and results. Attendees will leave with practical advice and a clear roadmap for ensuring their technology stack actively meets their employees where they are.
Speaker:
Alex Uhre, Enterprise Sales Manager, Rippling
Employers have discovered the power of new generations of HR technology, from generative AI and cloud systems to sophisticated mobile apps that support everything from well-being to payroll. Yet putting these technologies to work calls for a thoughtful process: identifying the needs, choosing the technology, persuading employees to embrace unfamiliar systems, and other steps. What are the best practices for implementing cutting-edge technology, and what are the lessons learned along the way?
Panelists:
Tiffany Clark, Global Head of People Solutions & Well-Being, S&P Global
Róisín Daly, Head of People Solutions, Stripe, Inc.
Shiv Akumala, Senior Director of HR and Finance Technology, Vail Resorts
Devina Desai, Leader HR Technology, Tyson Foods
Ajeeth Anand Viswanath, Senior Director, HR and Sales Compensation Technology, McKesson
Moderator:
Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza, Contributing Editor, From Day One
Let’s flex together and lean into proven emotional intelligence techniques to empower psychological safety with ourselves and our team members. At ThinkHuman, we serve our mission by providing leadership development programs that specifically focus on people leadership, which is the leadership of oneself and others. Based on behavior science, our leadership programs focus on creating mindset shifts and long-term leadership change, in leaders at all levels.
Speaker:
Hector Hernandez, Executive Coach and Leadership Development Facilitator
As HR technology takes center stage in shaping the modern employee experience, leaders are asking a critical question: What’s the real return on these investments? In this session, WorkTango’s Chief Engagement Officer Rob Catalano shares exclusive findings from recent research, featuring insights from more than 1,000 HR leaders that reveals how organizations that embrace employee experience (EX) technologies are achieving outsized ROI across retention, engagement, and performance. You’ll discover what differentiates high-ROI organizations alongside the research, with real-world success stories showing that technology-enabled EX isn’t just a “feel-good” initiative, but a measurable business driver. Join us to learn:
•Which HR tech categories yield the strongest ROI
•How leading organizations are using data, automation, and AI to make the employee experience more human
•Proven practices that turn EX metrics into executive-level impact stories
•Real stories that can inspire change in your organization
Speaker:
Rob Catalano, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, WorkTango
AI-driven technology is reshaping how organizations assess, develop, and reward talent. For HR leaders, this creates both promise and pressure: systems that can accelerate performance decisions, reduce bias, and surface insights in real time, but only if they’re implemented thoughtfully and responsibly. In this session, you’ll explore what happens when performance management moves from periodic and retrospective to continuous and data-driven. Remote’s Director of Global People Enablement will share how their 1,800-plus person company reimagined their processes with AI-powered tools to reduce a company-wide review cycle from eight weeks to just 48 hours while improving accuracy, fairness, and employee trust.
You’ll learn practical ways to:
•Build real-time feedback and calibration into existing processes
•Use AI to support, not replace, human judgment in talent decisions
•Design metrics that connect speed with engagement and retention
Attendees will leave with a 30-day pilot framework and a modern view of what performance can look like when technology and people strategy truly work together.
Speaker:
Madeline Grecek, Director of Global People Enablement, Remote
In implementing AI and other new tech, leaders need to bring along the entire organization and drive a mindset shift, which includes an appreciation of how agentic AI will boost efficiency and productivity. Plus: the importance of anticipating risks and concerns about bias by creating a responsible-AI group.
Speaker:
Kim Shockley, VP of HR Technology & Automation, HP
Moderator:
Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Business Reporter, the Seattle Times
