Agenda overview
June 2026
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8:30 AM
REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS
9:00 AM
Welcome address
9:10 AM
[Opening Keynote]
Designing a future-ready workforce: Building AI-enabled, capability-led talent ecosystems
- Identify and activate critical skills across markets to keep pace with digital, AI and business transformation.
- Use AI and skills intelligence to shape workforce structures, internal mobility and strategic workforce planning.
- Embed learning in the flow of work to support continuous upskilling, resilience and long-term adaptability.
9:40 AM
[Panel Discussion]
The workforce reset: Reimagining roles, skills and mobility in a skills-short market
- Shift from jobs and grades to skills, capabilities and internal opportunity marketplaces.
- Enable internal mobility for both professional and frontline roles through transparent skills frameworks and gig/project assignments.
- Use workforce data and real-time insight to guide redeployment, career paths and organisation design.
10:10 AM
[Flash Talk]
Adaptive careers in the age of AI: Personalising growth at scale
- How to design non-linear, personalised development journeys supported by AI coaching and nudges.
- Blend human mentoring, digital platforms and data to target the right learning at the right moment.
- Empower employees to own their careers while aligning growth to future skill needs.
10:25 AM
MORNING COFFEE & NETWORKING
10:45 AM
[Case Study]
Inside an internal talent marketplace: Reducing hiring pressure through smarter mobility
- Ways to build an internal marketplace that matches skills to projects, roles and cross-functional moves.
- Redesign career architecture and policies to unlock movement for mid-level and frontline talent.
- Track impact on time-to-fill, retention, diversity and critical-role risk.
11:15 AM
[Flash Talk]
Skills-first, data-driven hiring: Using talent intelligence responsibly
- Apply skills and potential-based assessment to widen talent pools in a constrained market.
- Use AI-driven screening and assessment tools ethically, with clear governance and bias controls.
- Integrate hiring data with internal talent and learning data to improve quality of hire and progression.
11:30 AM
[Fireside Chat]
Evolving the EVP: Telling a credible brand story for diverse workforces
- Blend pay, wellbeing, flexibility and learning into an EVP that feels credible for multi-generational and frontline workforces.
- Position development opportunities, internal mobility and coaching as core EVP pillars.
- Strengthen trust through transparent communication, fair AI use and visible leadership behaviours.
12:00 PM
[Case Study]
Measuring what matters: Skills, learning and talent metrics that leaders actually use
- Build dashboards that connect skills, learning activity and mobility data to business outcomes.
- Move beyond “training hours” to indicators such as role readiness, internal fill rates and capability risk.
- Use evidence-led measurement to steer investment in learning, technology and workforce transformation.
12:30 PM
NETWORKING LUNCH
1:30 PM
[Case Study]
Leading in the age of AI and constant change: Human-centred leadership for Hong Kong's organisations
- Develop leaders who can balance digital fluency, ethical AI decisions and human connection.
- Equip managers to coach, give feedback and support careers despite time pressure and dispersed teams.
- Build leadership habits that sustain credibility, inclusion and performance in uncertain markets.
2:30 PM
“A Day in the Life of an HR Superhero”
[Case Study]
Transformation troubles: How organisations overcome the hidden barriers to workforce change
- Identify the cultural, structural and leadership blockers that stall transformation.
- Apply practical tactics for fixing misalignment, low trust, skills gaps and slow adoption of new tools.
- Use data and workforce insight to guide change decisions and keep transformation on track.
3:00 PM
AFTERNOON BREAK & NETWORKING
3:20 PM
[Case Study]
Capability over certainty: Reskilling for automation, AI and digital supply chains
- Prioritise adaptability, problem-solving and digital skills in operations, logistics and support functions.
- Design reskilling pathways for roles impacted by robotics, AI and new planning technologies.
- Position workforce reinvention as a driver of innovation, retention and business performance.
3:50 PM
[Closing Session]
What talent really wants in 2026: Careers, learning and leadership through the employee lens
- Decode how expectations around careers, progression, recognition and flexibility are shifting across generations.
- Explore what employees now expect from leaders, learning and technology, and what turns them off.
- Translate workforce insights into practical actions for EVP, L&D strategy and manager behaviour.
4:20 PM
Closing remarks by Human Resources Online
4:30 PM