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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
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09:00
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Chairperson opening remarks
Nirali Shah Matalia, Head of People, Chorus
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09:15
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Born to protect: HR’s origin story
Brian J Miller, Former Chief Talent, D&I Officer, Levi Strauss & Co
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10:00
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Bring-your-own AI crisis: How governance and adoption go hand in hand
Jeet Mukerji, CEO, Kinfolk
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10:30
Exhibition & networking
Coffee break
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11:00
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Opportunity spotting: Build your 2026 AI roadmap
Diane Sadowksi-Joseph, Cofounder and Head of Product, Clarinet
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11:30
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Vibecoding lab: Build a people strategy decision tool
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11:45
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What are we actually trying to solve? Moving HR from activity to organizational impact
Deena Trucco Uludemir, Director of Human Resources, Alliance Medical Center
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12:15
Exhibition & networking
Networking lunch
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13:15
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Moderated roundtable discussions
Priyanka Kalra, HRBP, Notion
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13:15
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Interactive workshop - Workforce readiness for AI: Designing training that actually changes how people work
Sofía Gasparotti, Talent & HR Consulting Senior Manager, Accenture
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14:15
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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
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14:45
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Coffee break
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15:15
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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
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16:00
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Reengineering for the age of AI
David Lee, Director, People and Places Enablement, LegalZoom
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16:30
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Chairperson closing remarks
Nirali Shah Matalia, Head of People, Chorus
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17:00
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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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