

The move to the virtual workplace has given HR an influence like never before! As organisations try to be seen as social enterprises in the midst of massive social upheaval, HR will need an even more sophisticated set of leadership skills to build consensus around employee experience, reskilling strategy and building trust in the employer brand.
Join 45+ senior HR leaders on business-critical challenges and disruptive technology and drive your industry forward collaboratively.
Connect with 45+ senior HR leaders for a curated agenda focused on tackling your current business critical challenges and driving industry forward. Our summits are designed to help you:
Build new connections with likeminded senior leaders
Stay current with emerging business trends
Understand the impact new technology can make
De-risk new projects by gaining a broad range of insights
Accelerate key projects through meaningful new partnerships
Downloadable and actionable takeaways
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:20
Reflections on key challenges of Summit from Roundtable Moderators
09:20 - 09:50
An Inflection Point for HR in 2021
09:55 - 10:35
Functions on the rise - How forming a strategic partnership with IT gives HR its best chance of adding value to the organisation and society
Functions on the rise - How forming a strategic partnership with IT gives HR its best chance of adding value to the organisation and society Like the rise of the CHRO, the coronavirus pandemic has given the Chief Information Officer (CIO) a voice and influence like never before.
10:35 - 10:45
Overview of key research informing our roundtable topics
10:45 - 11:45
Track 1: Employee Experience - Driving trust and inclusivity in the new virtual world of work
Employee experience and wellbeing are becoming of greater focus to HR leaders. The 2020 HR Sentiment Survey found that employee experience was top of mind for 50% of the HR professionals surveyed.
Track 2: Transforming through curiosity - Creating a culture of continuous learning to develop critical skills
Half of employees will need to change their skills in the next 3 years to ensure the organization has access to scarce and critical capabilities. Yet HR sits at the center of two problematic issues.
Track 3: Discovering diamonds in data- Strategies to ensure harnessing people data solves real business challenges.
There is no shortage of data for HR professionals. There’s recruitment data, career progression data, training data, absenteeism figures, productivity data, to name a few. HR data is more valuable than ever before yet finding intelligence within it is still the real challenge!
11:50 - 12:20
How HR can lead the conversation around the workforce of the future
After such a massive inflection point like the recent pandemic it will be fascinating to see how the workforce of the future materializes?
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
What is the Purpose of your Purpose?
Purpose is often presented as the vaccine against the many economic and social ailments impacting business today. Can simply defining and declaring your purpose be the silver bullet to drive consumer demand, build employee engagement, develop brand equity and drive growth across all companies and all industries?
09:45 - 10:25
Driving continuous - Performance and Rewards In The Future of Work
One takeaway from the past year we all can agree on is that HR Professionals are truly essential workers. How have you seen your influence grow in HR and in the wider organization?
10:25 - 10:35
Commentary & Key Insights from Senior HR Delegate
10:35 - 11:35
Track 1: Employee Experience - Driving trust and inclusivity in the new virtual world of work
Employee experience and wellbeing are becoming of greater focus to HR leaders. The 2020 HR Sentiment Survey found that employee experience was top of mind for 50% of the HR professionals surveyed.
Track 2: Transforming through curiosity - Creating a culture of continuous learning to develop critical skills
Half of employees will need to change their skills in the next 3 years to ensure the organization has access to scarce and critical capabilities. Yet HR sits at the center of two problematic issues.
Track 3: Discovering diamonds in data- Strategies to ensure harnessing people data solves real business challenges.
There is no shortage of data for HR professionals. There’s recruitment data, career progression data, training data, absenteeism figures, productivity data, to name a few. HR data is more valuable than ever before yet finding intelligence within it is still the real challenge!
11:40 - 12:10
Hybrid By Design - Enhancing employee experience and performance through rapidly changing workplaces
The pandemic pushed many people and organizations into the massive workplace transformation that we now almost take for granted. The repetitive zoom calls seem to be the biggest complaint that one hears but when weighed against increased time with kids, no commutes and better quality of life, one appreciates the power of virtual ways of working.
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
Unlock Workforce Potential at Scale with AI
Learn how Bayer is accelerating a culture of innovation and empowering employees to have significant impact across the organization. Artificial intelligence provides Bayer with insights into talent potential both inside and outside the organization- It’s no longer who you know, but what you know - to successfully democratize access to growth opportunities for both employees and candidates.
09:45 - 10:25
Making learning the ultimate reward - Giving employees more agency to drive engagement, performance and reskilling
The key question facing HR is how do you attract the best talent and how do you keep them engaged? Rewards and incentives remain a powerful tool and companies are always exploring new ways to bring out the best performance and retention scores from their workforce.
10:35 - 11:35
Track 1: Employee Experience - Driving trust and inclusivity in the new virtual world of work
Employee experience and wellbeing are becoming of greater focus to HR leaders. The 2020 HR Sentiment Survey found that employee experience was top of mind for 50% of the HR professionals surveyed.
Track 2: Transforming through curiosity - Creating a culture of continuous learning to develop critical skills
Half of employees will need to change their skills in the next 3 years to ensure the organization has access to scarce and critical capabilities. Yet HR sits at the center of two problematic issues.
Track 3: Discovering diamonds in data- Strategies to ensure harnessing people data solves real business challenges.
There is no shortage of data for HR professionals. There’s recruitment data, career progression data, training data, absenteeism figures, productivity data, to name a few. HR data is more valuable than ever before yet finding intelligence within it is still the real challenge!
11:35 - 12:05
The War For Tech Talent 2.0 - Creating an employee value proposition in a post pandemic world
The ability to shape this value proposition is becoming increasingly complex due to COVID-19 because of the flux in workplace transformation, peoples work from home preferences, employee inclusion and its link to vaccines
Engage with a virtual live audience just as you would at a physical event and create meaningful conversations.
The ultimate live polling and gamification tools, keeping your audience engaged.
Enabling our team to help you control your session experience.
Interactive quizzes to gamify your session
Recognising outstanding Executives who have demonstrated exemplary leadership
Content and insight from industry experts when it matters most
There is no cost associated with attending a GDS Summit. In return, we ask that all senior executives in participation attend for the full duration to ensure that all attendees get maximum value and insight from the interactive roundtables, live Q&As and breakout networking sessions.
Our digital summit portfolio is designed to bring together senior decision makers from large global businesses and innovative disruptor brands to drive industry forward through addressing business critical challenges collaboratively.
If you’re keen to build new connections with likeminded leaders, de-risk your projects through new insight and establish new partnerships that can accelerate your projects then apply to attend today.
Complete our ‘apply to attend’ form on the event page if you’re interested in attending the summit and you meet our application criteria. A member of the GDS team will then reach out to run you through the programme and event format and discuss your participation.
On stage: co-host a panel discussion with a group of likeminded senior executives or host a solo keynote presentation. Both slots include elements of interactive audience Q&A
Off stage: become a roundtable moderator, leading the discussion with the same cohort of executives for the duration of the summit around a specific topic you’ve agreed to focus on during the roundtable session.
We can tailor a partnership package to help meet your business objectives. This might include brand awareness, driving traffic to your site or quality editorial content via exclusive interviews and Q&As with our executive audience. Enquire today for more information.
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You will leave the summit with best practices to immediately apply back to your organisation and new connections from meaningful conversations.
If you haven’t been to a GDS Digital Summit, you will be incredibly impressed. It’s far more engaging than most digital event experiences. It’s a very interactive environment.
I connected with peers that I know I’ll stay in touch with, including suppliers which have presented a fantastic opportunity for 7-Eleven Global in the future. It may well be the most valuable summit I’ve attended in many years
Thank you so much! Great Summit - an outstanding 3 days that culminated in this Award ... I am humbled and honored. Congratulations to you all for pulling off a Hybrid Summit with Augmented Reality features that are truly unparalleled in the Industry! Collaborative, Interactive & showcasing leading edge technology ... GDS Summits really set the bar so high that a return to physical conferences might be re-evaluated in the Industry. You are an amazing Team of Professionals & I am truly honoured to have been a part of this Summit.