Speaker:
Dr. Abhay Jere, Vice Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Chief Innovation Officer, Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC), GOI

This session will explore how CHROs can transcend traditional expectations to become indispensable strategic advisors alongside the CEO. Discover the secrets to fostering radical trust and aligning on audacious talent visions and jointly steering the enterprise through an era of unprecedented human and technological transformation.

Discussion Points:

• How CEO’s expectation of the CHRO has changed in the last five years.
• What is stopping CHROs to become CEOs.
• CEO-CHRO partnership in 2030.

Is your company’s image attracting the right people? Our Image Guru and People leaders in this interactive ‘Brand Clinic’ use real-world examples to explore key problems like tough recruiting, catching on the latest tech or losing good staff. Collectively they will brainstorm ‘prescriptions’ for a potent, authentic, and irresistible workplace image.

Speaker:
Harish Bijoor, Brand Specialist

Step into an interactive exhibit showcasing HR’s journey from past to future. Explore our “Past” wall for a nostalgic look at HR’s evolution, then confront today’s “Present” challenges. Most importantly, contribute your bold visions on our “Future Vision” wall by sketching ideas, predicting trends, or sharing the enduring “human” challenges AI won’t solve. This immersive space invites reflection, inspires creativity, and builds a collective picture of tomorrow’s HR.

This session redefines talent by looking past traditional roles to uncover the unique strengths and individual aspirations that truly drive your team. Learn to identify and leverage the “superpowers” (hidden talents, passions, and unique skills) within your workforce, aligning them with team and organizational purpose.

Discussion Points

• Beyond bullet points: What’s your team’s secret sauce?
• Hidden talents: How do we find them?
• Passion projects: Unlocking purpose at work.
• Skill swap: Leveraging unique abilities.
• Motivation hacks: What truly ignites your team?

This fireside chat will highlight explores how people leaders strategically design a holistic employee experience that prioritizes well-being to drive sustainable high performance. It moves beyond basic perks to integrate comprehensive support for physical, mental, financial, and social health. The focus is on empowering leaders, measuring the ROI of well-being initiatives, and navigating flexible work models to ensure a thriving workforce where people excel without sacrificing their health or work-life balance.

Discussion Points:

• ROI of well-being: Tangible business impact?
• Manager’s role: From stress-inducer to well-being champion?
• Flexibility: Blessing or curse for burnout?
• Mental health: De-stigmatizing workplace support.
• Financial wellness: Our responsibility or theirs?

In this candid session, three senior HR leaders bravely share their biggest “failed experiments” in transformation, revealing the unexpected curveballs, the critical lessons learned, and how those setbacks ultimately paved the way for greater success. No sugarcoating, just raw insights and actionable wisdom.

This session challenges the traditional view of success, moving beyond purely financial metrics to explore a more holistic definition of organizational performance. People leaders will discuss how they are measuring and prioritizing intangible assets like culture, talent engagement, innovation, and stakeholder impact to drive long-term success and ensure their enterprise thrives in an ever-evolving world.

Discussion Points:

• Stakeholder value: Whose definition matters most?
• Short-term vs. long-term: Where do you draw the line?
• Culture as capital: How do you value it?
• Innovation pipeline: Your top non-financial indicator?

This session explores the transformative shift from AI as a mere tool to an integrated “co-pilot” in our daily work. It delves into how leaders and HR can strategically design environments where human ingenuity and AI capabilities augment each other, driving unprecedented productivity, fostering innovation, and reshaping the employee experience.

Discussion Points

• Beyond automation: What’s a true AI co-pilot?
• Reskilling: Which human skills become paramount?
• Ethical AI: Building trust in shared decisions.
• Productivity leap: How AI frees human creativity.
• Job redesign: What does an augmented role look like?

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are more than just corporate buzzwords—they are fundamental to shaping a positive and productive work environment. This trialogue session will explore how fostering a sense of belonging goes beyond DEI policies to impact everyday employee experiences. By creating inclusive workplaces where every individual feels valued and empowered, organizations can drive engagement, innovation, and overall success.

Discussion Points

• The distinction between DEI policies and fostering a true sense of belonging
• Practical strategies for embedding DEI into daily operations and decision-making
• Measuring the impact of belonging on employee engagement and performance
• Overcoming challenges in creating an inclusive culture
• Real-world examples of organizations successfully enhancing employee experiences through DEI initiatives

This session explores the transformative shift from AI as a mere tool to an integrated “co-pilot” in our daily work. It delves into how leaders and HR can strategically design environments where human ingenuity and AI capabilities augment each other, driving unprecedented productivity, fostering innovation, and reshaping the employee experience. The focus is on cultivating the skills, mindsets, and ethical frameworks needed for a symbiotic human-AI workforce that thrives in the new era of work, ensuring people are empowered, not replaced, in the pursuit of enhanced performance.

Discussion Points

• Beyond automation: What’s a true AI co-pilot?
• Reskilling: Which human skills become paramount?
• Ethical AI: Building trust in shared decisions.
• Productivity leap: How AI frees human creativity.
• Job redesign: What does an augmented role look like?

Step into an interactive exhibit showcasing HR’s journey from past to future. Explore our “Past” wall for a nostalgic look at HR’s evolution, then confront today’s “Present” challenges. Most importantly, contribute your bold visions on our “Future Vision” wall by sketching ideas, predicting trends, or sharing the enduring “human” challenges AI won’t solve. This immersive space invites reflection, inspires creativity, and builds a collective picture of tomorrow’s HR.