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PROGRAMME Day 1
WEDNESDAY 19th MAY 2021
RED STAGE
8:45 CET Opening of the Conference by the Chairs: Tom Haak, Director, HR Trend Institute & Natal Dank, Author of 'Agile HR' & Urban Björn, Former SVP, Swedbank, Founder at Business as Equals
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09:00 Latest Market Trends, Technology & Tools for Global Talent Acquisition - Sam Joukhadar, Global Head of TA, SEB
Q&A with Sam
10:00 Unlocking Intrapreneurial and Innovation Power of our employees globally - Elena Galkina, VP, Head of People, Ericsson
- People Story of Ericsson
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Ericsson ONE: internal accelerator for employees with pioneering new business ideas -
People and the Innnovation process. -
Intra Fellowship concept: creating awareness and mobilizing talents. How COVID has impacted this. -
Key messages and Achievements
11:00 CET Coffee & Networking
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10:30 Practical Uses for Skill Data - Peter Riber, Head of Digital Learning & Analytics, Novo Nordisk
- Join us to learn how Novo Nordisk is providing a correlation between learning, behavior and business outcomes.
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Peter will detail their learning strategy and how their direct marketing approach is putting the right content in front of the right people, at the right time.
12:50 CET Lunch & Networking
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11:20 Develop for Growth: Our Performance Management set up - Jenny Hjalmar Åkerblad, Leadership & Competence Devt. Mgr., IKEA of Sweden
- Our new take on PM, promotes: continuity, regular dialogues both in the individual and the team dimension, relevant goal setting, feedback culture and focus on future performance rather than the past.
11:50 Accelerating our Digital journey; how global HR service was enhanced at Kemira - Mirka Janhonen, Director, Digital HR and Workplace Devt., Kemira
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Discover how Kemira, a global chemicals company serving customers in water intensive industries, defined and implemented a HR Service Delivery solution with UKG-PeopleDoc to complement the current offering with SAP SuccessFactors to support its 5,000 employees spread across 40 countries.
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Learn how Mirka and her team defined the approach for implementation; integrated the two solutions; ensured compliance and data privacy needs; and captured the business benefits.
Q&A with Mirka
15:10 CET Coffee & Networking
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12:20 Reverse Mentoring Program: empowering Diversity & Inclusion - Nina Falkstrand, Head of HR, R&D, Scania
- By matching senior managers (the mentees) with newly employed female employees as the mentors, we have created an arena for exchanging knowledge and insights about how it is to be young, female and newly employed in a male dominated company (and industry).
Q&A with Nina
14:10 Driving transformational growth with Virtual Leadership Development - Magdalena Karlsson, Global L&D Partner, KRY & Jordy Sijmonsma, Sr. Transformation Consultant, CoachHub
- In a fast growth organization like KRY, how do you ensure that an increasing amount of new leaders are fully equipped with the tools they need to become leaders of tomorrow?
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At the same time, how do you equip the current leaders with the tools they need to adapt to a changing environment? -
Join Jordy and Magdalena and discover how KRY are scaling workforce learning and development with digital coaching.
13:40 HR's role in Reinventing the Future - Troels Wendelbo, Sr. HR Director, People Partner for CFO, LEGO Group
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Learnings / Reflections on HR's role:
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Be ultra-sharp on deep Purpose
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Keep (at least) one foot in the Oxytocin part of the arena
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Avoid the “Maginot-line trap”
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Be the organisational “there is a new day” optimists
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Focus on what we need to STOP doing
Q&A with Troels
14:40 Our HR transformation Journey, from a HR generalist model to a centralized model - Nelia Lapa, Global Head of HR Services, Norsk Hydro
Q&A with Nelia
17:00 CET Wrap-up & End of Day 1 17:10
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15:30 How to prepare your company for the Skills of the Future - Jennie Drimmer, Senior Regional Director for Enterprise, EMEA, Coursera
To succeed through a period of great disruption, companies face a pressing need to accelerate their building of new digital skills. Join Coursera for this session to:
- Understand how skills development can offer your company a competitive edge
- Determine the value of upskilling and reskilling within your business context
- Learn about trending skills within the Nordic region
16:00 Panel Discussion with Liz Elder Global Director, Talent, LEGO Group & Borbála Molnár, Global Leadership Program Mgr., Nokia & Sam Joukhadar, Global Head of TA, SEB & Nelia Lapa, Global Head of HR Services, Norsk Hydro
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Where do you see HR in 2025?
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How do you properly engage a Remote workforce?
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Which HR competencies will impact personal effectiveness and business results?
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What organizational capabilities should HR professionals embed in their organisation?
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How do you develop and enrich your business remotely?
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How can Big Companies keep the Entrepreneurial spirit alive?
9.30 Business Empowerment of the Cross-Border Mobility Agenda – A Nokia Case Study - Liesal Rudlin, Head of Global Mobility, Nokia & Gareth Davies, VP Technology Solutions, Equus Software
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Nokia Mobility programme context
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Digital Transformation in the Nokia business
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Using technology to transform and empower the Mobility Talent Agenda.
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The changing mobility landscape and how Nokia are seeking to manage remote workers
15:45 Your journey with Top Employers - Steven Hormann, Regional Manager NL & Nordics, Top Employers Institute
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Discover the world of Top Employers
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Benefits of participating and how the Certification Programme can help your organisation overcome current challenges
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Best Practices of Top Employers around the world
BLUE STAGE
12:20 Panel Discussion with Annee Bayeux, Chief Learning Strategist, Edcast & Gareth Davies, VP Technology Solutions, Equus Software & Natal Dank, Author of 'Agile HR'
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What is HR's Role in Defining the Future of Work?
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How to reimagine what’s next for the HR profession?
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Why are some companies able to stimulate creativity and initiative among their employees more effectively than others?
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Is Remote working here to stay? How does it impact HR?
11:00 CET Coffee & Networking
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11:20 Our Wellbeing Story; we realised our wellbeing levels sucked and what we did about it - Astrid Sundberg, Chief HR Officer, Shortcut
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WELLBEING! Expectation vs Reality
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What we discovered
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What we had to do
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Contents of our Wellbeing Programme
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What impact did it have on employees?
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What did we learn and what would we have done differently?
10:30 Managers Make the Difference in 2021 - Kate Feeney, Sr. People Science Consultant, Glint
- What if every team had an inspiring and effective manager?
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A few key areas of support can help you and your managers build a flourishing organizational culture. -
Join this session to learn about the key priorities for supporting managers to be successful in 2021 and beyond.
14:10 How Digital Transformation unlocks your company’s Productive Potential - Maria Duni, Country Manager, Nordics, Personio
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People are the single biggest influencer on the success of any business
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After all, it is the employees who come up with innovations, develop and market products and look after customers.
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A company would be nothing without its employees.
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And that's why the role of HR managers is so critical - to recruit the employees, to develop them professionally, and even to make sure that we receive our salary at the end of the month.
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We believe, HR managers are the real heroes of a company.
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It’s time to invest in digitizing your workflow so that your team has more time for value adding tasks.
Q&A with Maria
11:50 Democratize to Energize: How to leverage your SMEs to deliver higher impact learning - Sally Atkinson, Global Learning Director, Tetra Pak & Annee Bayeux, Chief Learning Strategist, Edcast
- Learn how the move from a traditional top-down content creation process to empowering SME's to collaboratively build learning led to higher impact
- Understand the new role of L&D and where it can add more value with SME's at the heart of content curation and creation strategies using modern learning technologies
- Why Sustainability is critical to the mission of Tetra Pak and how this influenced the development of the program
12:50 CET Lunch & Networking
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13:40 Characteristics of Antifragile People and Organisations - Tom Haak, Director, HR Trend Institute
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Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb invented the word "Antifragile" for "things that benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty.".
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Tom will talk about the characteristics of antifragile personalities and antifragile organisations, and he will explore how HR can strengthen antifragility.
Q&A with Tom
10:00 Novo Nordisk Employer Branding Journey – from research through devt. to activation and scalability - Hans Ubbe Ebbesen, Global Head of Employer Branding & Onboarding, Novo Nordisk
Q&A with Hans
14:40 Panel Discussion with Elena Galkina, VP, Head of People, Ericsson & Jenny Hjalmar Åkerblad, Leadership & Competence Devt. Mgr., IKEA of Sweden & Tom Haak, Director, HR Trend Institute & Urban Björn, Founder at Business as Equals
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What is the role of HR professionals in undertaking HR innovation?
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How do HR professionals create and utilise knowledge resources required for HR innovation?
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Technology: Ally or Enemy of the Human Experience at Work?
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How can you define and deliver diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) to have sustainable impact?
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Why are some companies able to stimulate creativity and initiative among their employees more effectively than others?
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How do you empower multidisciplinary teams to be self-managed with a customer-centric focus?
9:30 CET Humanize your brand and transform your hiring - Frederik Ballon, VP, EMEA Revenue & Erin Douglas, Director, EMEA Solution, iCIMS
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Why brand voice and employees are taking your recruiting center stage
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Talent expectations are evolving
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The 3 core pillars to humanize your brand
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Case-studies
Q&A with Frederik & Erin
15:10 CET Coffee & Networking
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15:30-16:00 Master Employee Experience - Søren Smit, Author of ’Mastering Employee Experience’ and Director of EX & CX product devt., Ennova
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Employee experience highlights 2021 – brand new results from Ennovas global GELx survey
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What capabilities, tools and governance does it takes to master the employee experience?
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Practical examples from EX champions
Trends
Innovation
Future of Work
HR Technology
Resourcing/ D&I
AI & Machine Learning
Employee Exp./ Engagement
Move Freely between the Tracks
PROGRAMME Day 2
THURSDAY 20th MAY 2021
Move Freely between the Tracks
RED STAGE
12:20 Panel Discussion with Annee Bayeux, Chief Learning Strategist, Edcast & Gareth Davies, VP Technology Solutions, Equus Software & Natal Dank, Author of 'Agile HR'
-
What is HR's Role in Defining the Future of Work?
-
How to reimagine what’s next for the HR profession?
-
Why are some companies able to stimulate creativity and initiative among their employees more effectively than others?
-
Is Remote working here to stay? How does it impact HR?
11:00 CET Coffee & Networking
...
11:20 Our Wellbeing Story; we realised our wellbeing levels sucked and what we did about it - Astrid Sundberg, Chief HR Officer, Shortcut
-
WELLBEING! Expectation vs Reality
-
What we discovered
-
What we had to do
-
Contents of our Wellbeing Programme
-
What impact did it have on employees?
-
What did we learn and what would we have done differently?
10:30 Managers Make the Difference in 2021 - Kate Feeney, Sr. People Science Consultant, Glint
- What if every team had an inspiring and effective manager?
-
A few key areas of support can help you and your managers build a flourishing organizational culture. -
Join this session to learn about the key priorities for supporting managers to be successful in 2021 and beyond.
14:10 How Digital Transformation unlocks your company’s Productive Potential - Maria Duni, Country Manager, Nordics, Personio
-
People are the single biggest influencer on the success of any business
-
After all, it is the employees who come up with innovations, develop and market products and look after customers.
-
A company would be nothing without its employees.
-
And that's why the role of HR managers is so critical - to recruit the employees, to develop them professionally, and even to make sure that we receive our salary at the end of the month.
-
We believe, HR managers are the real heroes of a company.
-
It’s time to invest in digitizing your workflow so that your team has more time for value adding tasks.
Q&A with Maria
11:50 Democratize to Energize: How to leverage your SMEs to deliver higher impact learning - Sally Atkinson, Global Learning Director, Tetra Pak & Annee Bayeux, Chief Learning Strategist, Edcast
- Learn how the move from a traditional top-down content creation process to empowering SME's to collaboratively build learning led to higher impact
- Understand the new role of L&D and where it can add more value with SME's at the heart of content curation and creation strategies using modern learning technologies
- Why Sustainability is critical to the mission of Tetra Pak and how this influenced the development of the program
12:50 CET Lunch & Networking
...
13:40 Characteristics of Antifragile People and Organisations - Tom Haak, Director, HR Trend Institute
-
Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb invented the word "Antifragile" for "things that benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty.".
-
Tom will talk about the characteristics of antifragile personalities and antifragile organisations, and he will explore how HR can strengthen antifragility.
Q&A with Tom
10:00 Novo Nordisk Employer Branding Journey – from research through devt. to activation and scalability - Hans Ubbe Ebbesen, Global Head of Employer Branding & Onboarding, Novo Nordisk
Q&A with Hans
14:40 Panel Discussion with Elena Galkina, VP, Head of People, Ericsson & Jenny Hjalmar Åkerblad, Leadership & Competence Devt. Mgr., IKEA of Sweden & Tom Haak, Director, HR Trend Institute & Urban Björn, Founder at Business as Equals
-
What is the role of HR professionals in undertaking HR innovation?
-
How do HR professionals create and utilise knowledge resources required for HR innovation?
-
Technology: Ally or Enemy of the Human Experience at Work?
-
How can you define and deliver diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) to have sustainable impact?
-
Why are some companies able to stimulate creativity and initiative among their employees more effectively than others?
-
How do you empower multidisciplinary teams to be self-managed with a customer-centric focus?
9:30 CET Humanize your brand and transform your hiring - Frederik Ballon, VP, EMEA Revenue & Erin Douglas, Director, EMEA Solution, iCIMS
-
Why brand voice and employees are taking your recruiting center stage
-
Talent expectations are evolving
-
The 3 core pillars to humanize your brand
-
Case-studies
Q&A with Frederik & Erin
15:10 CET Coffee & Networking
...
15:30-16:00 Master Employee Experience - Søren Smit, Author of ’Mastering Employee Experience’ and Director of EX & CX product devt., Ennova
-
Employee experience highlights 2021 – brand new results from Ennovas global GELx survey
-
What capabilities, tools and governance does it takes to master the employee experience?
-
Practical examples from EX champions
Agile HR
HR Technology
Employee Experience
AI & Machine Learning
Talent/ Leadership Devt. Cultural & Digital Transformation
BLUE STAGE
10:30 CET Coffee & Networking
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11:20 Systems Process Training - Reducing costs and improving end user performance - Ben Galloni, EMEA Pre-Sales Director & Brendan Scullion, EMEA Sales Director, Assima
Q&A with Brenda & Ben
10:00 Co-creating great Employee Experience with Agile HR - Natal Dank, Author of ‘Agile HR’
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In a disruptive and pandemic world, it's all eyes on HR, as we help organisations rapidly respond.
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Not only do we need to keep our people safe and focus on wellbeing, HR now play a critical role in helping business navigate complexity and adapt at speed to changing customer and market needs. Agile mindset and ways of working are now crucial capabilities for all HR professionals.
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We also need to play a role in guiding wider business agility and modernise our people practices for the future of work. Agile HR is an exciting new topic, but it can be intimidating at first and hard to contextualise.
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Natal will help you understand what Agile means for HR and how we can apply the mindset and tools to co-create great employee experience.
Q&A with Natal
10:50 Fostering Agility through leadership Training @ Telenor - Marlena Sofia Rasmussen, Global L&D Partner, Telenor
Q&A with Marlena
9.30 Current Trends in Corporate Learning - Marc Sachon, Professor of Production, Tech. and Ops. Mgmnt. & Arve Utseth, Associate Director Intl. Executive Programs, IESE Business School
In a rapidly changing world, companies face constant challenges in attracting, developing, and retaining talent.
Continuous learning and development of new skills and mindsets are key elements in efficient use of corporate talent, especially for those on a leadership path.
In this session we will share insights on how we at IESE help corporations worldwide address their learning and development challenges, through innovative and flexible executive education propositions, in close cooperation with HR and Learning executives.
Q&A with Marc & Arve
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