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September 22, 2026
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
1333 Old Bayshore Highway
Burlingame

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08:00
Exhibition & networking
Registration and welcome breakfast
09:00
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Chairperson opening remarks
Nirali Shah Matalia, Head of People, Chorus
09:15
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Born to protect: HR’s origin story
Brian J Miller, Former Chief Talent, D&I Officer, Levi Stauss & Co
10:00
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Fireside chat - The People leader as decision shaper: Turning executive tension into commitment
10:45
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Speed networking session: Connect with People leaders navigating similar decisions
Nirali Shah Matalia, Head of People, Chorus
11:00
Exhibition & networking
Coffee break
11:30
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Performance pressure is rising. Is your model keeping up?
Lucia Guillory, Chief People Officer, Virta Health
11:30
Breakout sessions
Interactive workshop - Workforce readiness for AI: Designing training that actually changes how people work
Sofía Gasparotti, Talent & HR Consulting Senior Manager, Accenture
12:00
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Succession as a business continuity risk
Pradnya Balsaraf, Senior Human Resources Business Partner, FedEx
12:30
Exhibition & networking
Networking lunch
13:30
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Moderated roundtable discussions
Lisah Barry, VP People, Elevated Materials
Priyanka Kalra, HRBP, Notion
14:30
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Why some teams perform, and others don’t: What actually drives performance where it counts
Deena Trucco Uludemir, Director of Human Resources, Alliance Medical Center
14:30
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Vibecoding lab: Build a people strategy decision tool
15:00
Exhibition & networking
Coffee break
15:30
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Panel - Culture drives performance. But can we measure it?
Pinky Keswani, Chief People Officer, Sustainable Conservation
Justina Oluitan, Former Human Resources Lead, Amazon
Anju Choudhary, Chief People Officer, Xoxoday
Dena House, Chief People Officer, Adverum Biotechnologies
16:15
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Reengineering for the age of AI
David Lee, Director, People and Places Enablement, LegalZoom
16:45
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Chairperson closing remarks
Nirali Shah Matalia, Head of People, Chorus
17:00
Exhibition & networking
Happy hour sponsored by People Alliance
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People Leaders Summit San Francisco is complimentary and by application only for qualified senior People and HR leaders.

Across one closed-door day, you’ll get practical, senior-level insight into the decisions shaping the 2026 People agenda.

You’ll explore how to:

→ Turn people strategy into business impact when ownership, priorities, and execution get messy

→ Prepare the workforce for AI with the right training, trust, workflows, and value measures in place

→ Make sharper calls on succession risk, performance pressure, operating model design, and workforce investment

→ Bring stronger evidence to culture, leadership, and people impact, without overstating what the data can prove

→ Build high-value relationships with senior peers facing similar pressure across complex organizations

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