Last Year's Speakers
Just because we haven't announced our 2026 speaker lineup yet (coming this fall) doesn't mean it's too early to secure your spot for 2026. Check out who joined us on stage this last year—an amazing collection of business leaders, academics, industry experts, and HR executives.
Anne Chow
Former CEO, AT&T Business
Peter Cappelli
George W. Taylor Professor of Management, The Wharton School
Lisa Bryant
CHRO, Dow
Kenji Yoshino
Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law
J. Ofori Agboka
Vice President People Experience and Technology - Global Operations, Amazon
Lindsay-Rae McIntyre
Chief Diversity Officer and CVP Talent and Learning, Microsoft
Brian Elliott
Bestselling Author, Forbes’ Future of Work 50 Honoree, and CEO, Work Forward
Christopher Fernandez
Corporate Vice President, HR Services and Digital
Employee Experiences, Microsoft
Kristen Bauer
CEO, Laird Norton
Kim Cockrell
Group Vice President and CHRO, Toyota Motor North America
Ashley Goodall
Author and Leadership Expert
Avani Prabhakar
Chief People Officer, Atlassian
Ana White
EVP and Chief People Officer, Lumen
Annie Dean
Global Head of Team Anywhere, Atlassian
Brandon Roberts
Group Vice President, People Insights and AI, ServiceNow
Mary C. Murphy
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
DC Wright
VP, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, The E.W. Scripps Company
Beck Bailey
Global Chief Diversity Officer, Accenture
Dr. Sally Saba
Global Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer and President, Medtronic
Sandra Humbles
Global Head of Learning and Development, Johnson & Johnson
Dan Domenech
Interim Chief People Officer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Maria Melendez
EVP Human Resources, Mattress Firm
Jamaal Sebastian-Barnes
VP, Talent and Culture, Bristol Myers Squibb
Ivory Harris
SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer, AGCO
Pat Wadors
SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Intuitive Surgical
David Quilleon
SVP, Global Mission, State Development and Operations, Best Buddies
Amber Burton
Senior Research Analyst, i4cp
Rob Cross
SVP Research, i4cp and Professor, Babson College
Kevin Oakes
CEO, i4cp
Kevin Martin
Chief Research Officer, i4cp
Katheryn Brekken, PhD.
Senior Research Analyst, i4cp
Thomas Stone
Senior Research Analyst, i4cp
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