Agenda
TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2026
Registration
Opening address

Aditi Sharma Kalra
Editor-in-chief
When nothing feels certain: Leading with clarity through change, pressure, and transition
However, employers often struggle to address these concerns transparently and humanely, and create conditions for people to stay engaged, resilient, and focused, even when the road ahead is complex.
Through this session, we will gain perspectives on:
- The impact of job insecurity and financial anxiety on employee behaviour, trust, and performance, and how leaders can respond constructively.
- Managing restructuring, difficult transitions, and organisational change with transparency, empathy, and structure.
- Building resilience, emotional stability, and confidence in a workforce navigating constant uncertainty.
From firefighting to foresight: Using data to predict and prevent wellbeing risks
Workforce and health data can offer valuable early insight into patterns affecting energy, engagement, resilience and retention. The opportunity now lies in translating these insights into timely, targeted and responsible action that supports people and strengthens long-term organisational health.
In this discussion, we will uncover:
- The early indicators hidden in workforce data that can help organisations identify emerging wellbeing needs.
- How predictive insights can inform timely, targeted and practical wellbeing interventions.
- How to balance proactive monitoring with the values of trust, ethics, transparency, and employee privacy.
Morning break
Beyond workforce reskilling: Strengthening emotional readiness for AI transformation
In this closing session, we will dive into:
- The emotional responses triggered by AI and why they matter for workforce readiness, trust and adoption.
- Integrating resilience, adaptability, and a growth mindset into broader transformation efforts.
- Reframing AI conversations from uncertainty to opportunity through leadership, communication, and practical support.
The personalisation gap: Delivering consumer-grade wellbeing for a complex workforce
The conversation will centre on:
- Rising expectations for personalised, on-demand support and what consumer-grade really means in the workplace.
- Creating journeys that mirror the convenience, employees’ greater choice, and relevance across different life stages and needs like consumers.
- Balancing global consistency with flexible, localised benefit design across markets.

Adrian Ole
Chief People Officer

Vinita Menon
HR Director, CSAME
Carrier

Elaine Ho
Staff Wellbeing & Experience Lead

Narisa Yee
Head of People Team, Asia Pacific
Networking lunch
High impact, low budget: Rethinking wellbeing for a cost-conscious reality
In this session, we will explore how leaders can maintain a strong focus on employee wellbeing while responding to business demands by discussing:
- How to prioritise high-impact initiatives and eliminate low-value activities.
- Building internal capability instead of over-relying on external vendors and external marketplaces.
- Leveraging partnerships, AI, and shared services to scale efficiently.

Desiree Tan
Director, Human Resources

Karlyn Tan
Head of Benefits & Wellbeing, AEJ
Nomura

Jocelyne Loh
Chief People Officer
Invest smarter, impact greater: Using workforce insights to design and deliver high-impact health programmes
This session explores how organisations can use workforce and health data to move beyond measurement, towards more targeted and effective healthy workplace investment decisions that drive both employee outcomes and business value.
In this session, we will uncover:
- How to use data to identify priority wellbeing needs and inform investment decisions.
- Practical ways to prioritise high-impact programmes and allocate budgets more effectively.
- How to optimise programme delivery through segmentation, targeting, and timing to improve utilisation and outcomes.

Dr. Riyaad Karriem
Asia Pacific Regional Medical Director
Afternoon break
Promoted for performance, stretched by people’s needs: Building leadership’s capability for wellbeing expectations
In this facilitated session, participants will break into small groups to unpack the challenges managers face when wellbeing expectations enter the workplace. The discussion will draw on real experiences and practical approaches, with participants sharing what has worked, where the gaps remain, and how organisations can better equip leaders to support their people.
Key discussion points:
- Why the widening gap between employee openness and leader readiness is intensifying.
- Moments where managers struggle most, such as difficult conversations, emotional distress, and boundary-setting.
- Practical ways to build “people-care capability” without overloading already stretched leaders.
Thrive by design: Repositioning wellbeing as a strategic capability for sustainable performance
This session introduces an “Inside-Out, Outside-In” approach to wellbeing, showing how organisations can strengthen the inner capacity of leaders and employees while shaping the cultural and workplace conditions that enable people to thrive.
Let’s come together as we hear from our speaker on:
- Understand why wellbeing is emerging as a core capability supporting resilience, adaptability and sustainable performance.
- Strengthen the inner capacity of leaders and employees while fostering psychological safety, trust and human-centred leadership.
- Design workplace conditions and cultures that enable people to thrive while delivering stronger business outcomes.

Chiz Hau Chang
Deputy Director Employee Wellbeing
Closing remarks

Aditi Sharma Kalra
Editor-in-chief