Overview

Today’s leaders face ongoing digital challenges. They not only need to be up to date with new technologies but to try to be ahead of them. Digitization applies to the technologies companies can leverage to manage their own employees - for encouraging internal innovation, improving management decisions, maintaining processes and procedures, detecting talent and giving employees a sense of belonging. Digital transformation also applies to outward-facing communications and customer relations.

What’s the future of HR?

During this unique event you will have the possibility to meet international experts, academics and practitioners in the field of human relations. You will learn about the latest trends, HR related technologies and case studies as well as having discussion about them with the HR Directors attending the conference. There is no longer a need to go to US or any other country to stay up to date with the knowledge and research on HR topics and practices. Everything you need to know about the future of HR you will learn at our conference.

Who should attend it

This conference provides a great opportunity to gather all:

Day 1 – Speeches

• 8:30 - 9:00 Registration and welcome coffee
  
• 9:00 - 9:30 Exponential Mindset
  Jowita Michalska, Founder&CEO of Digital University, SingularityU Warsaw Chapter Ambassador
• 9:30 - 9:50 Global HR Digital Trends
  Maciej Noga, HRTech Investor, Co-Founder of Grupa Pracuj, SHRM Member
  asbtract The technology is developing faster than ever. The labor force is getting older, there is generation, gender, religious and cultural clutch in the workplace. Employees are overwhelmed and 83% are unengaged. The effectiveness has stalled, hierarchy doesn’t work, and there is a leadership crisis. We observe the explosion of wellbeing programs, but still no visible effects. More and more staff want to have flexible and remote work schedule, as well as need their work to be meaningful. There is a big push on robotic process automation and AI, but people are afraid of being replaced by robots. But what does it really mean for my organization?
  
  In this address Maciej Noga will focus on trends impacting the changing workplace, as the better we understand them the better we prepare ourselves and our companies for the future.
• 9:55 - 10:25 Acceleration of AI in HR due to the Gig Economy
  Sola Osinoiki, Senior Director Global People Technology at Naspers
  asbtract Sola in his presentation will be looking at the changes that have come to HR due to the impact of the Gig Economy. How this changes have a direct impact on the HR Technology, Processes and Data. HR data and technology has evolved greatly over the years and particular in the last 5 years with the advent of Software as a Service there has been huge changes. He will then connect how the changes created by Gig economy, HR Technology and Data is impacting the need for HR to accelerate its adoption of AI.
• 10:30 - 11:00 Rethinking HR's role as an innovation driver
  Tomasz Rudolf, Co-Founder & CEO of The Heart
  asbtract It's impossible to transform an organization without people. Traditionally, HR leaders have felt responsible for recruiting the right talents, building new skills and creating the right culture and structures that enable employees to use their potential. As corporations evolve their business models for the digital world, the challenge is even greater than before. Internal innovation teams cannot always compete with the power of external ecosystems. In this presentation, we will show:
  - examples of emerging new models to bring innovations to market by partnering, investing in or acquiring startups
  - case studies of transformation by bringing external capabilities from startups and partners
  - case study of "excubation" - building a new digital venture outside of corporate walls to increase speed and flexibility
• 11:00 - 11:20 Coffee break
  
• 11:20 - 12:10 Panel discussion: Why is digitally savvy employee mindset crucial for our organization
  Anna Stryja - moderator, panelists: Marta Dobrzańska, Great Digital, Kacper Nosarzewski, 4CF Strategic Foresight, Rafał Ohme, Professor at University in Cape Town, Marcin Tchórzewski, Coders Lab, Anna Wróbel, Director Organization Development at PZU
• 12:15 - 12:55 Agile shapeshifters: the changing role of the HR leader
  Anna Penfold, Global HR Practice Lead at Russell Reynolds Associates
  asbtract As the demands upon companies, markets, boards and the workforce shift at an unprecedented rate, how does the progressive people leader effectively balance and lead these often competing priorities in the new digital era?
• 12:55 - 13:20 People Analytics - Creating culture of cooperation through organizational network analysis
  Anita Zbieg, Founder & CEO at mapaorganizacji.pl
  asbtract Empower effective cooperation with organizational network analysis (ONA). A company employing 200 people spends about 4 million PLN annually on cooperation. Hence, it's worth knowing how to manage, measure and improve this area. Organizational network analysis (ONA) comes in handy as a people analytics method. You’ll find out how Network Perspective can be built into the organizational chart and how it supports company-wide agility, self-learning and engagement—in both dynamically growing startups and large stable corporations.
• 13:20 - 14:00 Lunch break
  
• 14:00 - 14:30 The Workplace Experience Revolution
  Philip Vanhoutte, Founder at Ozadi
  asbtract Our society has moved from product and services to experiences and engagement, but our offices have way to go. Since two decades, professionals can work anywhere anytime ( at home, coworking spaces, on the beach, … ) yet most employer workplaces are stuck in an industrial straightjacket. Learn how Activity Based Working, Employee Workspace Satisfaction benchmarking, Acoustic Intelligence and Biophilic Design are the cornerstones if your Talent Garden is to deliver Human Realization.
• 14:35 - 15:30 Panel discussion powered by SingularityU Warsaw Chapter: The Future of successful global collaboration
  Supreet Singh Manchanda - moderator, panelists: Philip Vanhoutte, Founder at Ozadi, Grażyna Rzehak, Chief Operations & People Officer at Grupa Pracuj, Dorota Osiecka, Colliers International, Arkadiusz Szczebiot, CTO MC2 Innovations, Amrutha Varshini, Vice President, Innovation Practice Lead at Citi
• 15:35 - 15:55 Life Design and Job Design in practice
  Maciej Filipkowski, Investor, Entrepreneurial Executive, Digital Explorer, Podcaster
  asbtract In today's fast paced world our wellbeing can be stretched if not attacked by the world that surrounds us. We do not live in the savannah any more – most of the world that sourwoods us was designed by humans for humans over last decades and centuries. With this understanding the trick is to design your job or your life in sync with your values and environment you choose to live in.
  I carried out the plan to hack my life after reaching forty-five and started working on my own life design: after working for large corporations, I decided to become a successful connector and mentor to young leaders and entrepreneurs. Currently I am experimenting with voice technologies and podcasting.
  In my speech you will see what kind questions to ask yourself, your employees or bosses to start designing jobs or even lives.
• 15:55 - 16:10 Innovation in HR - Case study
  Dariusz Rak, Head of Growth HCM Deck
  asbtract What is driving changes in HR? What are the top 5 drivers for changing HR systems? And why technology is the key? These questions will be answered by Dariusz Rak who will also illustrate how being innovative in the area of HR is paramount to Grupa Żywiec, Lionbridge and Leroy Merlin — the innovative organizations that put a strong focus on employee development and talent growth.
• 16:10 - 16:30 Coffee break
  
• 16:30 - 16:50 Putting Empathy into Business
  Beata Kapcewicz, President at Momentum Way, Board and HR Advisor
  asbtract Over 90% employees believe showing empathy is an important way to advance employee retention, according to research on workplace empathy. And employee retention is just one of many ways having empathy can improve your bottom line.
  During my speech You will find out:
  - what and why stops us from empathizing
  - 4 strong arguments for putting empathy into business
  - one skill that can change the level of empathy in your team or company immediately
• 16:55 - 17:25 Leadership in a time of disruption and transformation
  Sylwia Górska-Przytulska, HR Director at Rosti Poland
  asbtract Sylwia Górska- Przytulska will prepare leaders to the time of the disruption and digital transformation. She will bring awareness of key leadership competences required for today’s time. You will find out how to optimise digital opportunities offered on the market eg. AI, Social Media, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 etc. She will talk about 3xC of Leadership strategy and share best practices.
• 17:30 - 18:00 The value of line managers in digital transformation
  Supreet Singh Manchanda, Managing Director of Raiven Capital
  asbtract Successful Digital transformation has a secret weapon. The line manager. Come discover how Silicon Valley VC and turnaround CEO Supreet Manchanda has deliver 10 large scale S100M global transformations on time and under budget with line managers as champions. He will share real life success and failures using his methodology. Supreet will help you create alignment between cross-functional teams in your organization and will give you better understanding of millennials.
• 18:00 Evening Cocktail Party
  

Day 2 - Workshops

• 8:30 - 9:30 Breathing Session
  Tomek Eichelberger, Co-creator Akademia W Gruncie Ruchu
  asbtract Czy oddech może pomóc mi wybrnąć z trudnej sytuacji, wyprowadzić mnie z labiryntu myśli? Czy pulsujący wraz z oddechem brzuch sprawi, że zregeneruje się wreszcie leżąc na plaży podczas wakacji? Czy swobodny oddech ma coś wspólnego z poczuciem swobody w życiu? Czy swoboda ma coś wspólnego z możliwością cieszenia się życiem?
  Przyjdź, posłuchaj, doświadcz jak potężnym narzędziem jest to co towarzyszy Ci na codzień...
  
  
• 9:30 - 9:45 Welcome coffee
  
• 09:45 - 10:45 HR Solutions - Start-up Pitching Hour
  Wandlee - Igor Sawczuk, AskHenry - Artur Deninins, Sherlock Waste - Bartosz Długokęcki, Fitqbe - Edyta Gorczyńska, HCM Deck - Patryk Kaput, Carrotspot - Arkadiusz Szczebiot
• 10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
  
• 11:15 - 15:00 Workshops
  Including light lunch around 12:30
  
  Group 1: Leadership in a time of disruption and transformation
  Sylwia Górska-Przytulska, HR Expert, Leadership Coach, Agile Organizational Development, EB Expert
  asbtract The purpose of the workshop is to prepare leaders to the time of the disruption and digital transformation.
  To bring awareness of key leadership competences required for today’s time.
  3xC of Leadership
  To share best practices of leadership
  Encourage to optimise digital opportunities offered on the market eg. AI, Social Media, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 etc.
  
  Group 2: Organizational network analysis (ONA). The org chart reinvented to enable effective cooperation
  Anita Zbieg, Founder & CEO at mapaorganizacji.pl
  asbtract Cooperation is the basis of efficient operation. It allows for achieving great goals, but at the same time involves one third of each employee’s work time. Effective cooperation can be enabled by organizational network analysis (ONA), a people analytics method. It helps you to embed cooperation in an organizational chart, which builds company-wide agility, self-learning and engagement. You will learn how data on cooperation can be easily gathered to empower the work of every employee. You’ll find out...
  - How much your company spends on cooperation
  - How to embed collaboration in the org chart
  - How to build the culture of cooperation, self-learning and empowerment
  - How to improve HR processes, e.g., shorten onboarding
  - How to implement people analytics across the organization with just one click
  - How much your company can save by making cooperation seamless and effective
  You will receive practical knowledge gained through Anita’s 7 years of work with medium- and large-sized companies, including Samung, Burda and mBank.
  
  Group 3: Role of HR in the age of digital transformation
  Sola Osinoiki, Senior Director Global People Technology at Naspers
  asbtract Digital Transformation is all around us and HR as a field cannot escape this transformation. In the past 10 years HR Technology has become a critical tool in the new landscape of the digital transformation within HR. We have left the filing cabinets, large server rooms on premise and now we are looking at data in the cloud. The new concept of data in the clouds then begins to speak of volumes of data that is now available for deeper analysis and this begins the process of looking at better analytics and artificial intelligence.
  During the workshop participants will learn how to embrace this new digital transformation and what should HR’s response should be. How to select the right technology platform and get through the fast growing selection of vendors and finally how does one practically engage in the transformation on a day by day basis.
  
  Group 4: Transforming Workplaces to Increase Talent Productivity and Well Being
  Philip Vanhoutte, Founder at Ozadi
  asbtract Workshop that follow from the speech 'The Workplace Experience Revolution' will deliver actionable education on Workplace Strategy.
  The 4 hour workshop would have 2 parts:
  Part ONE: the HOW TO of Activity Based Working, Employee Workspace Satisfaction benchmarking, Acoustic Intelligence
  Part TWO: the HOW TO of Nature at Work and Biophilic Design
  
  Group 5: Designing Employee Experience: Applying Design Thinking and Behavioural Science to Improving Employee Engagement
  dr Julia Kołodko, PhD, Behavioural Scientist, Decision Architect, Sensemaker
  asbtract Behavioral science show us that up to 95% of our brain's activity is unconscious, and at that least half of our everyday behaviors are habitual and automatic. This means that intuition often fails us and we don’t really know what gives us a sense of accomplishment and happiness at work or in life. We assume that a better coffee machine at the office, hammocks and flexible working hours will make us feel fulfilled, yet we soon realize that despite all these benefits we’re still unmotivated. We then ask for fresh fruit, a new computer and a higher salary, just to find ourselves as unfulfilled as before. During this workshop, participants will learn about several key cognitive biases and how they affect employee engagement and well-being. We will explore what truly brings us fulfillment in life and at work and will use behavioral change tools to design initiatives aimed at increasing employee engagement.