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Employee Experience & Engagement Summit | Agenda
Tuesday, 17 October
Exhibition Hall
7:50-8:30
Registration & Morning Refreshments
8:30-8:50
Welcome to Country
Aunty Janet Galpin, Boon Wurrung Elder
Employee Experience & Engagement
8:50-9:00
Chairperson’s Opening Address
Amy Singe, General Manager People Performance, Culture & Safety, Yarra Valley Water
Employee Experience & Engagement
9:00-9:30
Q&A: Assessing the future of employee experience
Navigating a distributed workforce and the evolving landscape of work
Learn how to build an employee-centric culture in your organisation
Understand the current trends and predictions for employee experience and engagement
(Moderator) Amy Singe, General Manager People Performance, Culture & Safety, Yarra Valley Water
Michael Kim, Head of HR JAPAC & SAMEA, Spotify
Employee Experience & Engagement
9:30-10:00
Karlee Scott-Murphy, a Microsoft expert, will explain what Generative AI is and how it will impact HR in terms of culture, operations, and employees
With the number of conversations about “AI” increasing significantly, there are a lot of questions in the HR community about why people teams should be paying attention. Karlee Scott-Murphy, Global Employee Experience Specialist at Microsoft, will join us to provide a level 101 on what is Generative AI and why it is different. She will also share some of her insights on what HR leaders need to do to prepare for the changes ahead to our cultures, how we operate as employees and as organisations.
Karlee Scott-Murphy, Global Black Belt – Employee Experience, Modern Work, Microsoft
Employee Experience & Engagement
10:00-10:40
Fireside Chat: Taking a holistic approach to your employee experience strategy
Managing wellbeing and work-life balance of employees to improve engagement levels
Driving positive employee experiences through an inclusive culture
(Moderator) Megan Turner, Head of People and Capability, Windermere Child and Family Services
Beata Pereh, Chief People and Culture Officer, DPV Health
Sharon Gray, Head of People and Culture, OzHarvest
Employee Experience & Engagement
10:40-11:10
Speed Networking
Exhibition Hall
11:10-11:40
Morning Tea
Employee Experience & Engagement
11:40-12:20
Fireside Chat: Leveraging HR technology to engage hybrid and remote teams
Hear what strategies leading organizations have implemented to engage employees virtually
Building meaningful connections online amongst employees to drive engagement and employee satisfaction
Advocating new technologies to assist employees with managing workloads
Utilising technology to measure and enhance EX and engagement
Mandy Sisson, Head of Employee Experience and Learning, Estia Health (Moderator)
Taryn Evans, Head of People Experience, Melbourne & Olympic Parks Trust
Chris Best, Head of People and Culture, THE ICONIC
Employee Experience & Engagement
12:20-12:40
Presentation: Tackling the employee-company disconnect
The world has changed. Why hasn’t the way we work together changed too?
Our inability to interact as we once did has left us feeling disconnected, disadvantaged and despondent. Team Interaction Optimisation (TIO), empowers everyone to understand themselves and each other, builds trust, helps forge connections and drive diversity. By enhancing how we work together, we can progress within successful organisations and achieve better outcomes.
Luke McKeever, Chief Executive Officer, Thomas International
Employee Experience & Engagement
12:40-1:00
Case Study: Creating change leadership through business transformation
Hear how Egis is successfully integrating several acquired companies in Australia and New Zealand through implementing system led change and change management practices.
Discover the employee experience challenges throughout the journey and the role of data and systems in accelerating the transformation
Lisa Taylor-Mesiti, People & Engagement, Director, Egis
Exhibition Hall
1:10-2:10
Networking Lunch (Employee Experience & Engagement Summit)
Employee Experience & Engagement
2:10-2:20
Trivia
Employee Experience & Engagement
2:20-3:10
Interactive Breakout Discussions
Breakout A: The new wave of AI represents a whole new way of working: How is your organisation preparing to embrace this?
Karlee Scott-Murphy, Global Black Belt – Employee Experience, Modern Work, Microsoft
Breakout B: Personalising EX through data analytics and HR technology
Chris Best, Head of People and Culture, THE ICONIC
Exhibition Hall
3:40-4:00
Afternoon Tea (Employee Experience & Engagement Summit)
Employee Experience & Engagement
4:00-4:40
Interactive Mini Workshop: Evolving an Organisation’s Culture and Employee Experience
Strategies to driving a culture shift in your organisation for next 3-5 years
What are the impacts of a culture shift on the employee experience?
Considerations for changing the culture to evolve employee’s experiences
Eva Pool, Head of People Experience, Country Road Group
Employee Experience & Engagement
4:40-4:50
Reflection and Key Takeaways
Employee Experience & Engagement
4:50-5:00
Chairperson’s Closing Address
Exhibition Hall
5:10