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Join us for the 2026 HR x AI Incubator

A collaborative space for senior leaders shaping the future of organisations. 

AI is already embedded in your organisation. The question is no longer whether to adopt it, but how to implement it in ways that create value rather than noise.

This invitation-only session brings together a select group of senior leaders and experts working at the forefront of talent and technology to move beyond pilots and hype, and to engage in a focused exchange on how AI is reshaping work, decision-making, and organisational design - and what it takes to translate experimentation into meaningful organisational impact.

We welcome HR executives, including CHROs, SVPs of HR, VPs of People and Culture, as well as senior leaders driving AI implementation and organisational transformation.

Agenda:

12.30 – 13.30 Welcome and lunch

13.30 – 15.00. Panel 1: Still “playing” with AI — or ready to govern it?

A discussion on moving from experimentation to purposeful implementation and governance.

Speakers: Thomas Hedegaard Rasmussen, VP Digital HR, Shell.

Chair: Professor Dana Minbaeva, King’s College London and Copenhagen Business School.

15.00 – 15.15. Break

15.15 – 16.30. Panel 2: AI Implementation as a Strategic HR Challenge

A conversation on shifting from isolated use cases to coherent AI strategies that reshape capabilities, roles, and value creation.

Speakers: Elisa Pearson, HR Director, UKI, IBM.

Chair: Professor David Collings, Trinity College Dublin.

16.30 – 18.00. Reflections. Concluding panel followed by networking reception.

Chair: Professor Anthony Nyberg, University of South Carolina.