SpeakersAgendaPartnersWhy attend
Locations ▼
Venue

Get invited

Request an invite

Request to partner

Request your invite

Event starts in:
123

days :

1

: hours :

4

minutes

59

until the summit

August 20, 2026
The Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Avenue
Boston

Our

agenda...

Discover the Chief People Officer Summit agenda and plan your day.

Sponsor

Download brochure

Apply to attend

What's on
Chief People Officer
Chief People Officer
Chief People Officer
09:00
Chief People Officer Boston
Chairperson opening remarks
Kishorn C. Henry-Walker, VP, HR Business Partner II, M&T Bank
See the details
09:15
Chief People Officer Boston
Designing a smarter workforce: Data-driven culture, Retention, and Growth
Debra Vasques Bruneau, Chief People Officer, KBI Biopharma
See the details
09:45
Chief People Officer Boston
Scaling fast without breaking culture: Culture, AI and global compliance in a high-growth firm
Jennifer Kordell, Global Chief Human Resources Officer, Charles River Associates
See the details
10:15
Chief People Officer Boston
People as product — Reimagining employee experience in a service-first world
Tina Hempel, Vice President Human Resources Region Americas, TÜV SÜD
See the details
10:45
Exhibition & networking
Coffee break
See the details
11:15
Chief People Officer Boston
The revenue case for candour
Kishorn C. Henry-Walker, VP, HR Business Partner II, M&T Bank
See the details
11:45
Chief People Officer Boston
Panel | When L&D leads: Learning as an organisational design tool
Leslie Tellalian, Chief Learning Officer, Seven Hills Foundation
See the details
12:30
Exhibition & networking
Lunch
See the details
13:30
Chief People Officer Boston
Getting ahead of AI: workforce planning before the pressure hits
See the details
14:00
Chief People Officer Boston
Interactive roundtable discussions
Gail Thakarar, Global Chief People Officer, VNS Health
See the details
14:45
Chief People Officer Boston
Fireside chat | Earning the seat and keeping it: From support function to strategic force
See the details
15:15
Exhibition & networking
Coffee break & networking
See the details
15:45
Chief People Officer Boston
What separates great from transformational: Inside the making of a modern CHRO
See the details
16:15
Chief People Officer Boston
Seat at the table was step one. Now what?
See the details
16:45
Exhibition & networking
Closing Remarks
Kishorn C. Henry-Walker, VP, HR Business Partner II, M&T Bank
See the details
17:00
Exhibition & networking
Happy hour hosted by People Alliance
See the details

Secure your invite

to the summit

Step into a closed-door group of senior people leaders navigating the decisions reshaping how organisations operate.

AI adoption, leadership capability, retention, and trust, not as themes, but as trade-offs you’re expected to get right.

You’ll explore how to:

  • - Decide where AI should lead, and where judgement must hold

  • - Build leadership capability that reduces dependency on the top table

  • - Prioritise retention efforts that actually move performance, not just engagement scores

Leave with clearer judgement, sharper frameworks, and practical ways to make better people decisions under pressure.

Boston
August 20, 2026

Apply to join

Got a question?

Speak to the team

Want to find out more about the summit? We're a friendly bunch - get in touch.

Request invitation

Schedule a call

Want to

contact our team?

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Aziza Sayid

Speaker enquiries

Matthew Simmonds

Media enquiries

Jack Grant

Partnership enquiries

Useful links

Contact us

Privacy

made with Acara

Join the conversation