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September 18, 2025
Parc 55 - Hilton Hotel
55 Cyril Magnin Street
San Francisco

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Our Chief People Officer Summit is co-located with our People Operations Summit. Your pass gives you full access to both content tracks and session recordings.

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Chief People Officer
People Operations
Chief People Officer
Chief People Officer
08:00
Exhibition & networking
Registration and welcome breakfast
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09:30
Main stage
Chairperson's opening remarks
Saralynn Pizano, VP, People & Culture, Sanas
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09:45
Main stage
Human centric AI-roadmap
Nirali Matalia, Chief People Officer, Decision Minds
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10:15
Main stage
Building organizational agility: Mastering the art of rapid workforce pivots
Kathy Jeffery, Chief People Officer, Elemental Science
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10:45
Exhibition & networking
Coffee break
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11:15
Main stage
Scaling with soul: Embedding culture and purpose post-merger
Erin McAuley, Chief People Officer, Springline Advisory
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11:45
Main stage
From skeptic to champion: Securing executive buy-in
Cami Witbeck, VP, Global People Operations, Take 2 Interactive
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12:15
Main stage
Panel - How modern orgs are flattening and unlocking performance
Saralynn Pizano, VP, People & Culture, Sanas
Pinky Keswani, Chief People Officer, Sustainable Conservation
Teresa Chapman, Chief People Officer, Santa Clara Family Health Plan
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13:00
Exhibition & networking
Networking lunch
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14:00
Main stage
CHRO therapy roundtables
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15:00
Exhibition & networking
Coffee break and networking
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15:30
Main stage
Panel - Benefits that work: Balancing wellbeing, retention, and productivity in a hybrid world
Irina Shlyapnikova, Head of HR and Operations, Cinarra Systems
Annie Bauccio, Director of People Operations, New Door Ventures
Nick Kalave, Former Head of People Data Science, Atlassian
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16:15
Main stage
People Data Agent: transforming People Analytics with Agentic AI
Hiral Shah, Director, HR Technology, Adobe
Jon Getz, Senior Director, People Insights, ServiceNow
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16:45
Main stage
Chairperson's closing rermarks
Saralynn Pizano, VP, People & Culture, Sanas
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17:00
Exhibition & networking
Happy hour sponsored by People Alliance
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People Operations
09:00
People Operations Stage
Chairperson opening remarks
Irina Shlyapnikova, Head of HR and Operations, Cinarra Systems
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09:10
People Operations Stage
Turning culture into a competitive advantage: Making people strategy business-critical
Maggie Elkin, Head of People, Lygos
Liz Upchurch, Senior Manager, Learning & Development, Sila Nanotechnologies
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09:45
People Operations Stage
Future-proofing HR & people operations: Innovation, inclusion and influence.
Jim Chan, HR Strategy & Operations Leader, Prologis
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10:45
People Operations Stage
Fireside chat - Agile workforce planning: Aligning headcount strategy with business velocity
Amy Perenon, Director, Global People Partner - Strategy & Operations, Fastly
Nirali Matalia, Chief People Officer, Decision Minds
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11:30
People Operations Stage
From AI hype to people outcomes
David Lee, Director, People and Places Enablement, LegalZoom
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12:00
People Operations Stage
Effective business partnering – Through the HR lens
Matthew Larsen, Director, Human Resources Operations, Swinerton
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13:30
People Operations Stage
Interactive roundtable discussions
Victoria Feldman, Former Head of Learning and Development, Special Projects, Amazon
Tom Zhang, Head of HR & People Ops, NIO
Irina Shlyapnikova, Head of HR and Operations, Cinarra Systems
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14:30
People Operations Stage
Reimagining growth at Adobe: How quarterly check-ins are reshaping talent and performance
Lauren Doyle, Director of Talent Management, Adobe
Hiral Shah, Director, HR Technology, Adobe
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