HR RECHARGED ATL

HR RECHARGED, Atlanta: Decision-Making with moving targets

Wednesday 18th March, 2026

Location: Hotel Colee

3377 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326

Duration: 9:00am to 5:00pm

Dress Code: At your Comfort-Level

Areas of Focus

Wednesday 18th March, 2026

Core Themes:

1. Foresight Meets Readiness: Using Parallel Futures for Talent Resilience and Potential PANEL 1: Foresight Meets Readiness: Using Parallel Futures for Talent

2. Steps and missteps in Bridging Employee Experience Gaps

3. Universal Values and Sustainable Systems of Inclusion

4. Culture as and Operating System: Designing Organizations That Scale Trust, Belonging, and Bold Action

5. New AI Technologies Radically Changing Organizational Structure

Format

Wednesday 18th March, 2026

Format

From Breakfast to Drinks:

Panels

Case-Studies

Ideas Xchanges

Signature Leadership Think-Tanks

New Research Findings

New Solutions

Panel Debriefs

Networking & Drinks

The Talks and People

PANEL 1 | Foresight Meets Readiness: Using Parallel Futures for Talent Resilience

How HR leaders can prepare for multiple, co-existing futures rather than betting on a single path. As AI, skills, and workforce models evolve at different speeds, panelists will share practical ways to sense emerging signals, stress-test talent strategies, and build resilient systems that unlock potential amid uncertainty.

Moderator: TBA

Trish Vassar, VP, Global Learning & Development

The Coca-Cola Company

Kristi Eitel, VP, Talent Strategy

McKesson

DeYonne Parker, Global Director, Employee Learning & Development

Salesforce

Chandra Wilensky, SVP, Talent

Assurant

Stacey Rivers, Head of Global Learning & Development

Warner Bros. Discovery

PANEL 2 | Steps and missteps in Bridging Employee Experience Gaps

PANEL 1 | Foresight Meets Readiness: Using Parallel Futures for Talent Resilience

This panel explores the practical steps organizations are taking to close critical employee experience gaps, and the common missteps that quietly undermine those efforts. Leaders will share what’s actually working on the ground, where good intentions break down, and how to course-correct in real time. Expect candid insights on aligning listening, action, and accountability to create meaningful, sustainable employee experiences.

Moderator: Emily Frieze-Kemeny, Founder and CEO

Arose Group

Luana Bannister, Global Director of Learning and Development

AECOM

Candace Barnes, VP, Global Head of Diversity, Talent & Culture

Papa Johns

Kimberly Thompson, VP, Human Resources, Head of Talent

Finastra

Annalese Kraus, SVP, Human Capital Business Enablement

Truist

PANEL 3 | Universal Values and Sustainable Systems of Inclusion

PANEL 1 | Foresight Meets Readiness: Using Parallel Futures for Talent Resilience

SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP THINK-TANKS: practical conversation kits to help make better, bigger decisions

A practical conversation on how leaders are moving beyond programs and rhetoric to build cultures that genuinely scale, perform, and endure over the next 3–5 years.

Moderator: Rumbi Petrozzello, Snr Director, Strategy Consulting

Seramount

Mechelle Monroe, Global Chief People Officer

WPP | Open X

Shalini Sampat, Head of Inclusion, North America at

Smurfit Westrock

Kristen Cook, Global VP Engagement, Culture and Community Impact

Equifax

SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP THINK-TANKS: practical conversation kits to help make better, bigger decisions

Facilitated by Jason Wisdom, Co Founder and Parter at THE DESIGN GYM

Group A

AI Adoption That Sticks (Not Pilots That Die)

Group B

Workforce Resets Without Culture Collapse

Group C

Decision Velocity: How HR Helps Remove Bottlenecks

Group D

The Talent Value Proposition Under Constraint

CASE-STUDY | Culture that didn’t Shake: Conviction in Culture, Community, and Social Impact

SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP THINK-TANKS: practical conversation kits to help make better, bigger decisions

CASE-STUDY | Culture that didn’t Shake: Conviction in Culture, Community, and Social Impact

with Rukiya Thomas

VP, US Culture and Social Impact at AtkinsRealis

Your Emcee, Guide, and Source of Wisdom of the Day

SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP THINK-TANKS: practical conversation kits to help make better, bigger decisions

CASE-STUDY | Culture that didn’t Shake: Conviction in Culture, Community, and Social Impact

Tegan Trovato, CEO and Founder

Bright Arrow Coaching

CASE STUDY | Organized with AI based Talent Development at levels that scale

with Justin Miller, VP GTM at Valence

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HR RECHARGED, Atlanta: Decision-Making with moving targets

Wednesday 18th March, 2026

Wednesday 18th March, 2026

Wednesday 18th March, 2026

Areas of Focus

Wednesday 18th March, 2026

Wednesday 18th March, 2026

Format

Wednesday 18th March, 2026

Format

The Talks and People

PANEL 1 | Foresight Meets Readiness: Using Parallel Futures for Talent Resilience

PANEL 1 | Foresight Meets Readiness: Using Parallel Futures for Talent Resilience

PANEL 1 | Foresight Meets Readiness: Using Parallel Futures for Talent Resilience

PANEL 2 | Steps and missteps in Bridging Employee Experience Gaps

PANEL 1 | Foresight Meets Readiness: Using Parallel Futures for Talent Resilience

PANEL 1 | Foresight Meets Readiness: Using Parallel Futures for Talent Resilience

PANEL 3 | Universal Values and Sustainable Systems of Inclusion

PANEL 1 | Foresight Meets Readiness: Using Parallel Futures for Talent Resilience

SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP THINK-TANKS: practical conversation kits to help make better, bigger decisions

SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP THINK-TANKS: practical conversation kits to help make better, bigger decisions

SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP THINK-TANKS: practical conversation kits to help make better, bigger decisions

SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP THINK-TANKS: practical conversation kits to help make better, bigger decisions

CASE-STUDY | Culture that didn’t Shake: Conviction in Culture, Community, and Social Impact

SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP THINK-TANKS: practical conversation kits to help make better, bigger decisions

CASE-STUDY | Culture that didn’t Shake: Conviction in Culture, Community, and Social Impact

Your Emcee, Guide, and Source of Wisdom of the Day

SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP THINK-TANKS: practical conversation kits to help make better, bigger decisions

CASE-STUDY | Culture that didn’t Shake: Conviction in Culture, Community, and Social Impact

CASE STUDY | Organized with AI based Talent Development at levels that scale

CASE STUDY | Organized with AI based Talent Development at levels that scale

CASE STUDY | Organized with AI based Talent Development at levels that scale

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