New for 2026: Focused, Cohort-Based Learning Experiences
For HR leaders who want more than just good sessions — this is your chance to sharpen your thinking, compare perspectives with peers, and move through the event with a shared focus and structure.
How HR Tech Intensives Work
1. Kick Off With a Shared Foundation
Begin with a pre-conference, expert-led forum that frames the key ideas, trade-offs and decisions tied to the cohort's focus, giving the group a common starting point for the event.
What You'll Gain
- Clearer thinking on high-stake HR decisions, shaped by expert insight and peer perspectives
- A more grounded view of what is realistic and worth pursuing in your organisation
- Stronger peer connections and multiple viewpoints to help you pressure-test assumptions
- Guidance on what to prioritise across the event, including sessions and solutions most relevant to your focus
Choose From 3 HR Tech Intensive Experiences
Culture
Reframes culture as the result of everyday leadership decisions — not values statements or programs. You'll evaluate how leadership choices shape team culture during times of change.
Opening Session
Leading What Matters: Culture, Priorities, and Leadership Under Pressure
22 April | 9:00-10:00 | Stage 3
Closing Session
From Urgency to Intention: Strengthening Culture Through Leadership
22 April | 14:45-15:30 | Get Connected Theatre
Explore Session
Leading HR Forward
Reassess how HR creates value in a period of sustained disruption. Rather than defaulting to new structures, tools, or operating models, you’ll establish a strategic lens for leadership choices.
Opening Session
The HR Reset: Rethinking Leadership, Structure, and Impact
23 April | 9:00-10:00 | Stage 1
Closing Session
Designing HR for What Comes Next
23 April | 14:15-15:00 | Get Connected Theatre
Explore Session
HR Technology Strategy
Cut through noise, hype, and over-investment to focus on what actually matters in HR technology decisions. You’ll develop a practical way to evaluate without bias or trend-chasing.
Opening Session
Making Sense of the HR Tech Landscape: What Actually Matters
23 April | 9:00-10:00 | Get Connected Theatre
Closing Session
Building an HR Tech Strategy You Can Stand Behind
23 April | 14:15-15:00 | Stage 1
Meet your Intensive Experts
Kevin Oakes,
Founder and author of Culture Renovation®, i4cp
Intensive: Culture
Jason Averbook
CEO and Co-Founder
of Stealth
Intensive: Leading HR Forward
Stacey Harris
Chief Research Officer and Managing Partner of Sapient Insights Group
Intensive: HR Technology Strategy