Agenda
Wednesday, September 2
9:45 AM
Registration, Networking, and Refreshments
10:30 AM
Welcome and Introduction
10:45 AM
Peer-led Vendor* Clinic
Employee Listening & Action Planning
*We are a vendor-free community, so these “vendor clinics” are a special opportunity to dig-in, ask tough questions, and get candid feedback — not a sales pitch.
Open, peer-led vendor clinics where you can find workarounds and share successes (and frustrations) with the employee experience tool integral to your program’s success. If you aren’t a customer but are considering an investment in a particular vendor, you can get an honest assessment from other brands who use the tool. In this clinic, we’ll focus on:
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11:15 AM
Break
11:20 AM
Peer-led Vendor* Clinic
Employee Rewards & Recognition
*We are a vendor-free community, so these “vendor clinics” are a special opportunity to dig-in, ask tough questions, and get candid feedback — not a sales pitch.
Open, peer-led vendor clinics where you can find workarounds and share successes (and frustrations) with the employee experience tool integral to your program’s success. If you aren’t a customer but are considering an investment in a particular vendor, you can get an honest assessment from other brands who use the tool. In this clinic, we’ll focus on:
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11:50 AM
Lunch Discussions
1:00 PM
Break
1:10 PM
Case Study
Building a strategy for continuous listening
1:40 PM
Break
1:55 PM
Case Study
Action planning that sticks
2:25 PM
Break
2:40 PM
Case Study
Rewards and recognition
3:10 PM
Networking Break
3:40 PM
Case Study
Designing (or redesigning) employee onboarding experience
4:10 PM
Break
4:25 PM
Case Study
Marketing EX internally
4:55 PM
Adjourn
5:00 PM
Drinks Reception and Members-Only Dinner
Following our afternoon of conversations and case studies, we’ll all go out for a fantastic dinner together. It’s a perfect opportunity to connect with your fellow members before a big day of brainstorming, discussion, and collaboration.
Thursday, September 3
8:00 AM
Themed Breakfast Discussions
The conversations over coffee and eggs at this event are often more lively than any other conference’s happy hour. You’ll want to be here bright and early (and on time).
The tables will be divided into topic areas so leaders can pick where they want to sit and connect with others who are interested in the same initiative:
- Employee listening & feedback fatigue: Designing systems employees trust and engage with
- Manager effectiveness & enablement: What managers actually need to act on feedback
- Future of EX & the employee lifecycle: How AI, hybrid work, and skills shifts are reshaping experiences
8:50 AM
Opening Remarks
9:00 AM
Workshop
Aligning experience priorities with business outcomes and capacity
9:30 AM
Break
9:45 AM
Workshop
Governance models that clarify ownership at enterprise, function, and manager levels
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Workshop
Using EX data to coach and enable managers
11:00 AM
Break
11:15 AM
Workshop
Leveraging AI across listening, lifecycle, and manager support
11:45 AM
Themed Lunch Discussions
During lunch, the tables will be divided into industries so leaders can pick where they want to sit and connect with others who are leading employee experience in the same space:
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12:45 PM
Break
12:55 PM
Peer Advisory Roundtables
EXAMPLE TOPICS:
- Lean teams: Doing more with less
- Frontline employees
- Employee burnout
1:30 PM
Peer Advisory Roundtables
EXAMPLE TOPICS:
- Protecting culture during org changes
- Engagement: Reinvigorating the workforce
- Onboarding consistently at scale
2:00 PM
Break
2:15 PM
Peer Advisory Roundtables
EXAMPLE TOPICS:
- Optimizing lifecycle surveys
- Manager accountability for EX
- Reinforcing culture & values through EX
2:45 PM
Adjourn
Please note: This agenda is subject to change based on speaker availability and scheduling.
