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5 - 6 May 2027 | Excel London

2026 Seminar Agenda

PRESENTATIONS PACKED WITH TECH

In our Seminar Theatres you'll learn all about our exhibitors, what they offer and how it could launch your business into the stratosphere. Take a look below at what 2026's Seminar Agenda had in store at our last edition!

Of course, these are only some of the insightful sessions that took place at the show. In the two Keynote Theatres, you could have heard from people leaders representing world-leading brands like Google, Unilever and Ipsos.

Don't forget the Innovation Hub, where you'll be able to see the heats for the Start-Up Showdown and the Innovation & AI Competition!

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29 Apr 2026
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    In an AI-driven world, HR teams have more data than ever but less clarity on how to use it to influence decisions. This session ex ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
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    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    Today's recruiting teams are overwhelmed by volume, making it harder to identify which applicants are truly worth engaging. This s ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    If Nike, Uber, and Microsoft can miss compliance risks, what about you? Discover the unseen payroll and people pitfalls threatenin ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    Implementing a new HR system can feel a lot like preparing for a new arrival—exciting, demanding, and occasionally unpredictable. ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    Work is changing fast, and AI anxiety is already showing up as a retention risk. Employees worried about losing their job to AI ar ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    The workplace is evolving at unprecedented speed, driven by shifting employee expectations, labour market dynamics, and the rise o ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    Discover how Workday's innovations in AI are reshaping roles, delivering value and HR strategy. The era of agentic AI is here, fun ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    Five Guys launched their employee app in 48 hours as a matter of necessity during lockdown. Now, it’s become the cornerstone of ho ...
30 Apr 2026
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    SAP SuccessFactors HR and AI-native payroll are rewriting what's possible for scaling organisations — delivering Tier 1 HR and pay ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    Workday transforms talent management by infusing AI and automation into every stage of the employee lifecycle. Workday helps you f ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    Like many organisations, we realised our reward and engagement offering had evolved but wasn’t delivering clarity or support our p ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    Frontline workers are burnt out, overlooked, and under pressure, yet they define every customer experience. Drawing on insights fr ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre A
    Every vendor is talking about AI. But which capabilities are genuinely changing the way HR and payroll teams operate — and which a ...
29 Apr 2026
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    This session explores why workforce experience needs a resent, and how technology including AI can improve it when used thoughtful ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    AI is entering a new phase, with “agentic AI” capable of autonomously orchestrating tasks and workflows across the organisation. F ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    As 85% of UK employers adopt skills-based hiring, traditional recruitment is obsolete. This session explores shifting from credent ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    Amidst constantly evolving disruption, HR faces growing pressure to identify leadership potential early, spot risk before it cause ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    Employment Hero’s UK data shows a market under pressure, with full-time employment shrinking and 1 in 3 SMEs operating in survival ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    Compliance isn’t sexy, but it is high stakes. Mistakes don't just cost money. You’ll pay for errors in sleepless nights, employee ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    Explore how AI agents streamline HR operations by automating high-volume workflows such as employee inquiries, case triage, onboar ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    Explore how AI agents streamline HR operations by automating high-volume workflows such as employee inquiries, case triage, onboar ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    In a rapidly shifting world of work, this session explores how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping organisational expectati ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    Hear from top UK brands who got it wrong first time and understand how you can avoid doing the same.    In this candid session, we ...
30 Apr 2026
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    Explore how AI agents streamline HR operations by automating high-volume workflows such as employee inquiries, case triage, onboar ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    We will discuss how technology and data platforms  (in our case Workday) can help consolidate, standardise, and analyse workforce ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    AI is everywhere in HR conversations — but for many organisations it still feels like the wild west. The real challenge isn’t unde ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    In 2026, enterprise talent acquisition is stuck in a cycle of disconnected tools, data resets at every handoff, and slow candidate ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre B
    AI is reshaping how businesses operate, and People teams are at the centre of it. Getting this right means understanding the infra ...
29 Apr 2026
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    Static spreadsheets can’t keep up with the pace of modern business. To stay competitive, leaders must bridge the gap between high- ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    As businesses embrace remote and hybrid work models, HR leaders and managers must rethink workforce planning to drive efficiency, ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    UK tech hiring has hit a breaking point. With increasing demand for specialized AI skills and London’s housing crisis pricing out ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    The session explores how verified employment data is replacing traditional reference checks, eliminating the delays, inaccuracies, ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    The future workforce is being shaped by real-time data and AI-driven automation. In this session, we share original research and p ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    Employee listening is at a crossroads. People are speaking, but too often, nothing changes. Over time, that silence in response er ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    In this session, we will explore why modern organisations must be agile and constantly transforming to meet challenges like merger ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    As the EU Transparency Directive deadline arrives alongside the UK’s Employment Rights Act 2025, payroll moves from the back offic ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    Based on insights from the Global Expansion Report and data from 3,000 globally active companies, this session explores why intern ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    HR teams spend too much time reminding, checking, and fixing things that should just happen. In this session, we show how NQ64 aut ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    During this session we will look why Phase 0 is critical to any HCM Software Implementation and how to persuade project stakeholde ...
30 Apr 2026
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    In this session, Robert explores why employee engagement is declining despite increased workplace flexibility and benefits. He hig ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    HR is moving beyond standalone tools to connected ecosystems. This session explores how organisations can design people systems th ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    Most HR teams handle relocations alongside everything else, without a dedicated mobility function. The result is inconsistent expe ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    Managing payroll across multiple countries is harder than it looks. Regulations differ, risks are real, and the margin for error i ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    In this session, we’ll explore how hiring has become fragmented despite the growth of recruiting technology and why the real chall ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre C
    HR leadership shouldn’t be buried in "tool tetris." While fragmented HR stacks promise specialisation, they actually create "invis ...
29 Apr 2026
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    AI Is everywhere. Now what? Turning connected data and AI into better HR and payroll outcomes
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    As organisations move deeper into advanced digitalisation and AI adoption, HR and Payroll are at a pivotal moment. Beyond automati ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    Undocumented spreadsheets often bridge the gap between rigid HR software and complex workforce realities, but they represent a "co ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    Knowing what skills your organisation has is one thing; knowing what to do with that intelligence is quite another. In this 25-min ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    AI is removing large parts of traditional HR work faster than HR is redefining its role. Without clear choices, technology ends up ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    What 1,100 UK workers told us about AI fears, benefits, and the decisions they want humans to make — and how organisations acted o ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    In many ways the UK is in a favourable position with 85% of employees only working one job compared to 77% worldwide. In addition, ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    AI is no longer a theoretical concept, it’s already embedded in everyday work. The real challenge for organisations is moving from ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    Companies across Europe are expanding beyond their home markets to access top talent and fuel growth. But hiring across borders in ...
30 Apr 2026
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    AI is reshaping recruiting—moving it from reactive hiring to a more intelligent, skills-driven, and outcome-focused discipline. In ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    Global growth is no longer just about entering new markets—it’s about supporting people wherever they are. As workforces become mo ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    Roles are dissolving. Titles are losing meaning. The skills-based organization is already here, yet for most companies the gap bet ...
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Seminar Theatre D
    Most leadership initiatives don’t fail because content is weak, but because HR can’t track the “missing middle” - the gap between ...

THE INNOVATION HUB

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29 Apr 2026
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Innovation Hub
    Cayus AI | Cooplay | Fairshot AI
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Innovation Hub
    Nartio | nCore HR | Omveo
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Innovation Hub
    Performerly.ai | WorkFlex
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Innovation Hub
30 Apr 2026
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Innovation Hub
    Visier | Elmo Software | nCore HR | Flip | HRManager
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Innovation Hub
    Cayus AI | WorkFlex | Personio | HealthBox HR | Zelt
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Innovation Hub
    Dandelion | Cooplay | FairShot AI | StaffCircle
    • HRT Seminar
    HR Tech Innovation Hub

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