A narrative session to ignite reflection, intention, and action. This session invites leaders to lead the legacy of great work by balancing the precision of technology with the depth of human insight. It’s about moving beyond strategy rooms to influence the everyday tech experience, the systems, tools, and interactions that define how people collaborate, learn, and grow. We’ll explore how the most forward-thinking leaders are collaborating across functions (HR, technology, and business) to design cultures that are agile, inclusive, and AI-ready. And how they are harmonising tech and talent, ensuring that transformation is not just about scale or efficiency, but about unlocking human potential.

We stand at a defining moment in the story of work, where human intelligence meets artificial intelligence, and the question is no longer about replacement, but relationship. This keynote challenges leaders to move beyond the binary of 'human vs. machine' and explore how co-intelligence can unlock new levels of creativity, performance, and growth. It’s about designing workplaces where AI becomes a partner in potential, augmenting decisions, deepening insight, and amplifying individuality, not erasing it. And harmony also demands guardrails, so get clarity on ethics, trust, and the boundaries of automation.

The CHRO role is being rewritten for an AI-first world. No longer just the custodian of culture or talent, the modern CHRO is the architect of interconnected systems where technology, data, and human behavior align to drive enterprise agility. This session explores how CHROs are evolving into Chief Systems Orchestrators, harmonising AI, automation, and human potential to build organisations that think, learn, and adapt in real time. It’s not just about leading people it’s about designing the ecosystem where people and intelligence thrive together.

As organisations embrace distributed and hybrid models, the challenge isn’t just accessing global talent; it’s creating a cohesive talent ecosystem where movement, belonging, and growth are seamless. This session explores how forward-thinking organisations are building a Global Talent Exchange, reimagining mobility not as relocation, but as connection. Using AI, skills intelligence, and digital talent marketplaces, companies are enabling employees to move fluidly across projects, geographies, and roles, turning the world into one integrated workforce.

As copilots enter every workflow, from hiring to learning, performance to policy, HR is no longer just automating tasks; it’s augmenting intelligence. The question is no longer what AI can do, but how humans and AI can think together. This session explores the new frontier of co-intelligence,where HR professionals partner with AI to design faster, fairer, and more personalised experiences. It’s about reimagining HR not as an enforcer of processes, but as an architect of intelligent systems that learn, adapt, and empower.

The talent strategies of yesterday were built on a linear model: hire, use, replace. But today’s world demands a new design, a circular talent economy, where skills, experiences, and energy are continuously renewed. From internal marketplaces to job redesign, from sustainable workloads to regenerative learning cultures, the future of work lies in creating talent ecosystems that recycle capability instead of replacing it. This session explores how organizations can architect work that fuels growth without depleting human capacity.

As transformation accelerates, leaders face a new challenge: how to move fast without losing meaning. This keynote offers a framework for conscious acceleration which can be driven by balancing innovation with intention, and progress with principles. It explores how leaders can scale AI adoption and business growth while staying anchored in purpose, inclusion, and human impact. In Singapore’s high-velocity business landscape, this is the art of leading change without leaving people behind.

Tenure, titles, and job levels are giving way to a new system where skills define worth and where continuous learning becomes the most valuable currency. This session explores the emergence of the skills meritocracy, where pay, progression, and potential are tied to demonstrable capability and contribution. Some leading organisations are building data-driven frameworks that reward adaptability over hierarchy. Learn how pioneers are designing equitable, transparent, and motivating systems that align growth with impact.

As Asia races toward a low-carbon future, the next talent revolution isn’t digital, it’s sustainable. This forward-looking panel explores how HR leaders can build the 'green collar' workforce of tomorrow, one equipped with the skills, mindsets, and systems to drive circular innovation, renewable growth, and climate-ready business models. From reskilling for green jobs to embedding sustainability literacy into leadership and culture, this discussion unpacks how organizations can turn environmental responsibility into a core talent advantage.

With one in three Singaporeans projected to be over 65 by 2050, organizations must rethink traditional employment models to stay agile and inclusive. This panel brings together industry experts, policymakers, and business leaders to explore how companies can turn the aging workforce from a looming challenge into a strategic advantage. Discussions will spotlight how HR can redesign work to harness the strengths of mature employees, their experience, loyalty, and institutional knowledge, while addressing critical challenges like skill obsolescence, health and wellness, and intergenerational collaboration. The session will also unpack new policies on retirement and re-employment, the evolving expectations of senior workers, and the role of technology and flexible work in enabling longer, more meaningful careers.

The world of work is no longer defined by static roles, it’s shaped by dynamic skills that evolve faster than job descriptions can keep up. This session explores the rise of skills intelligence, the data-driven capability that allows organisations to visualise, predict, and activate talent potential dynamically. Learn how leading organisations are moving from reactive 'skill gap filling' to proactive capability mapping by using real-time data to guide hiring, development, and deployment decisions. The discussion will also unpack how to balance technology’s precision with the nuance of human aspiration, ensuring that learning journeys remain personal, inclusive, and empowering.

We no longer live in a world of isolated shocks, but in a state of polycrisis, overlapping, interacting disruptions that defy neat solutions. Yet many organisations remain stuck in a reactive loop, sprinting from one emergency to the next, draining capacity, creating change fatigue, and eroding resilience. This keynote argues for a bold shift: from crisis survival mode to collective, sustainable adaptability. You’ll discover how to instill the mindsets, practices, and systems to lead not just in turbulence, but through it. Learn how to develop vertical capacity, not just new skills, but deeper, more integrative thinking. Enhance the ability of your teams and systems to self-correct, learn, and evolve through change or disruption.

In an age where organisations talk endlessly about inclusion, purpose, and connection, why are so many employees still feeling unseen, unheard, and uninspired? This provocative session peels back the layers of what’s gone wrong in today’s organizational cultures. Have our hybrid models, transactional leadership styles, and relentless pursuit of performance eroded the very sense of community we claim to build? How can leaders rebuild trust, empathy, and connection in a world where belonging has become both fragile and fundamental?
Join visionary HR leaders, culture architects, and thinkers as they unpack what it takes to move beyond surface-level inclusion to genuine belonging

In a world of fleeting trends and relentless tech waves, endurance is the new innovation strategy. This keynote explores how organisations can move beyond chasing the next big thing to building systems that last. It unpacks how purpose, disciplined experimentation, and human-centered design can create innovation ecosystems resilient to volatility and fatigue. The focus: how to transform constant change into compounding advantage, where every disruption strengthens, not scatters, your innovation muscle.
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AI copilots are no longer a future concept—they’re the new teammates transforming how HR works. In this immersive tech lab, participants will design their own HR copilot for a real use case such as onboarding, performance, or employee engagement. Learn how to define prompts, set ethical guardrails, and map decision points between human and machine. This is not a theory session, it’s a build session. Test, tweak, and experience what it feels like when HR intelligence becomes truly augmented.
Takeaway: A ready-to-use HR Copilot Canvas to start your organisation’s AI journey.

Too many organisations are stuck in 'pilot mode' experimenting endlessly without ever scaling what truly works. This fast-paced, simulation-based workshop helps leaders cut through innovation fatigue by distinguishing between ideas that create real, lasting impact and those that are just noise. Through collaborative exercises, participants will audit their innovation portfolios, uncover hidden barriers to scale, and learn how to build mechanisms for continuous, sustainable growth.
Takeaway: A practical Sustainability Audit Map to prioritize high-value innovation that endures beyond the pilot phase.

It’s time to move from conversation to creation. In this high-energy hackathon, teams will take one broken HR process and reimagine it through the lens of the new HR Operating System (HROS). Using systems thinking, automation concepts, and AI tools, participants will rebuild their workflows for speed, intelligence, and human impact—then pitch their prototype in just five minutes. Collaborate, compete, and co-create the next generation of HR. Takeaway: A rapid-prototyped HROS Process Map—your first blueprint for HR reinvention.

As business realities evolve faster than ever, organisations can no longer afford to see coaching as a personal development perk, it’s a strategic necessity. Coaching, when intentionally aligned with business priorities, becomes a powerful lever for transformation, driving not just individual growth but enterprise-wide performance and agility. This masterclass invites leaders, HR and L&D professionals to reimagine coaching as a strategic capability embedded in the organisation’s DNA. Leaders will explore how to translate business goals into focused coaching outcomes, design scalable and adaptive coaching systems, and measure impact in tangible business terms, from leadership effectiveness to innovation and growth. You’ll discover how to move beyond isolated coaching interventions toward a systemic, strategy-linked coaching culture.

SHRPA Research shows that in Southeast Asia, only 17% companies have fully adopted Gen AI, with stuck today in pilot stages. This Masterclass is a diagnosis hub, presening you top reasons why AI adoption fails, what HR can learn from it, and how companies can begin to see value from their AI investements in 2026.

Enter the most creative and candid zone of the conference. Less filters. More insights. Join to engage with marquee leaders and ask them your most burning questions, listen to debates on critical themes and immerse in hands-on learning experiences.

AI is no longer just a technology initiative, it’s a human transformation. Every employee, from the factory floor to the C-suite, is being reshaped by intelligent systems that alter how we work, learn, and lead. And at the heart of this transformation stands the CHRO, the only leader fluent in employee experience, human behavior and organisational design. In a candid, live Q&A format, this session explores why the CHRO must now step into the role of Chief Transformation Officer, co-owning AI strategy alongside CIOs and digital leaders.

Get ready for an immersive, hands-on learning experience designed to move beyond theory and dive deep into real-world applications. The session aims to equip participants with actionable insights, practical tools, and transformative techniques that can be immediately applied in their professional contexts. By combining expert-led facilitation with experiential learning methods, the masterclass encourages reflection, experimentation, and collaboration.

A dialogue format between tech and talent leaders. The AI revolution is as much about mindset and meaning as it is about models and machines. And that’s where the partnership between the CTO and CHRO becomes game-changing. The conversation will dive into how leaders can co-design intelligent systems that enhance performance, protect dignity, and nurture belonging while embedding ethics, empathy, and experimentation into the DNA of transformation. Because the future won’t be led by tech alone or talent alone — it will be led by duets of intelligence, where human insight and artificial intelligence play in perfect sync.

A candid exploration of what really holds HR leaders back, fear of disruption, risk aversion, or the comfort of the familiar. This session calls leaders to confront their blind spots and step into bold, strategic influence in an AI-driven world.

A collaborative leader conversation exploring new riffs on leadership, innovation, and culture. Let's get togethet and solve for burning talent challenges real time!

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