• Ensuring the future of work is good for people, business and society.
• Harnessing agility to combat future challenges.
• Nurturing and developing essential skills to foster innovation and boost productivity.
• Championing inclusion at work to ensure employees feel valued and create shared purpose.
  

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• Embedding inclusion at the heart of organisational culture.
• Engaging in open conversations to understand and support the needs of neurodiverse employees.
• Increasing awareness amongst wider employees to create a culture of empathy and understanding.
• Recognising the strengths of neurodiverse employees and how this can increase innovation and productivity. 

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• Developing a holistic employee voice framework that champions collective voice channels.
• Cultivating a culture that prioritises consultation and values employee engagement.
• Understanding the role of collective bargaining in expressing the concerns of your workforce. 
• Exploring the new legislative changes and how this will affect the role of Trade Unions moving forward.

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With a recent uptake in AI for recruitment practices, how can the people profession truly harness AI? This interactive workshop will enable you to discover how to:

• Understand where AI can automate processes to save time and resources
• Balance AI with human-centred approaches 
• Eliminate biases when using AI to instil fair and equitable recruitment processes
• Create personalised recruitment journeys to enhance candidate experience.  

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Everyone faces dealing with difficult people at work across their career, and this can often escalate into a bigger problem. It's important to develop the skills to deal with difficult people in order to avoid impacted outcomes and team dynamics. This session will explore:

• What are the 9 types of difficult people and how do they impact workplace dynamics? 
• Discover strategies to address difficult behaviour and combat productivity lapses and toxic cultures
• Transform team dynamics and create a thriving workplace culture.

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• What should an organisation's responsibility be towards wellbeing vs employees’ own responsibility?
• How can we create supportive workplace cultures that drive employee happiness and fulfilment whilst avoiding stress and burnout?
• Empowering managers to champion employee wellbeing initiatives. 
• Evaluating the effectiveness of employee wellbeing programmes and understanding how these can be improved.

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The world of work is constantly evolving, and with that so are the skills the workforce needs to thrive. Join this session to discover how to combat skills gaps and hear insights from leading experts on how to train and evolve your workforce in line with future skills. 

You’ll have the opportunity to pick two topics from the themes below. 

Topic 1 - Building and developing digital skills

Topic 2 - Working in harmony with AI

Topic 3 - Nurturing leadership capability 

Topic 4 - Driving green skills for a sustainable future

Topic 5 - Supporting and growing early careers talent

Topic 6 - Growing line manager capability and expanding soft skills 

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The role of the people profession is one that is ever-evolving. Today, HR acts as a strategic driver of innovation that shapes the future of work. Hear from HR leaders on what is next for the people profession, with a focus on:

• How is the scope of the people profession changing? 
• How can HR act as an agent of change?
• How can the people profession ensure the workforce is future ready? 
• How will new legislative changes shape the world of work?

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Fern has taken the comedy circuit by storm over the last decade, becoming a familiar face on the television comedy scene. In 2021, she received her autism diagnosis and has since shared her story as part of her bestselling book ‘Strong Female Character’. This session will focus on Fern’s story both pre and post-diagnosis, exploring how she has navigated different stages of life.

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