HR & People

Talent Connect 2026

Talent Connect is where work leaps forward. The event brings together experts for conversations on AI, workforce readiness, change management, and building trust in AI, providing attendees with actionable strategies for hiring, people management, and team development. With both invite-only in-person sessions for senior leaders and a global virtual broadcast,…

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67Speakers
0Sponsors
133Sessions
49Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Talent, in alphabetical order.

Alexandra Feig
Talent Acquisition Director · Meltwater
Alexandria Murray
Sr. Director, Recruiting Programs (UR, WFD, Referrals) · Salesforce
Alicia Pittman
Managing Director & Sr. Partner; Global People Chair · Boston Consulting Group
Alyssa Merwin
Global VP, Talent Solutions · LinkedIn
Amy Schultz
VP Talent Transformation · Korn Ferry
Anneliese Muscari
Head of AMER & Global GTM Talent Acquisition · Mirakl
Brené Brown
Research Professor & New York Times Best Selling Author
Brian D'Angelo
Director, Talent Development & Capability · Granicus
Brian Hamilton
Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition, US & LATAM · World Wide Technology
Britta Kroupa
Head of HR Americas · Adecco
Charles Bucher
Chief Digital Workforce Officer · EY
Chelsea Cook
Sr. Manager, Insights · LinkedIn
Chris Eldridge
CEO, North America · Robert Walters
Daniel Stevens
VP Talent Acquisition · Palo Alto Networks
Dan Reid
VP, Product Management · LinkedIn
Dan Shapero
Chief Executive Officer · LinkedIn
Deanna Pathak
SVP, People & Organizational Strategy · Klick
Debbie Dyson
CEO · SkillsRight
Dharmendra Sethi
Global Head, CVP - TA & L&D · GlobalLogic
Diane Moalem
VP of Product & Growth · Ringier One Africa Media
Dr. Cat Hicks
Founder & Principal Scientist · Catharsis Consulting
Drushti Gandhi
Director, HR Change Management · LinkedIn

Agenda

Selected from 133 sessions.

  • Mon28 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Executive briefings

  • Mon28 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Registration

  • Tue29 11:15 AM – 4:15 PM

    Breakout sessions & activations

  • Tue29 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

    Welcome Reception

  • Tue29 7:00 AM – 9:15 AM

    Registration & breakfast

  • Tue29 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

    Executive briefings

  • Tue29 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM

    Keynote

  • Tuesday, September 29 - 1:00PM

    How do you prove AI is improving performance?

    It can be a struggle to connect people performance to measurable business outcomes, and that's particularly true around defining, measuring, and aligning human and AI contribution.…

    Solution Room (Part of Path A: Refining Your Approach to AI)
  • Tuesday, September 29 - 1:00PM

    What does an AI-driven recruiting workflow look like in practice?

    Some organizations are rethinking recruiting as an orchestrated system that connects agentic tools, data, and human judgment to deliver better outcomes. In this Solution Room, expl…

    Solution Room
Company intelligence

An audience of 49 companies, parsed from the program.

49 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
49Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

87% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1827%
  • Founder / Owner23%
  • VP-level1624%
  • Director / Head of2233%
  • Manager / Lead11%
  • Research / Science11%
  • Advisor / Investor11%
  • Other roles69%

Of 67 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1LinkedIn10
2Adecco2
3AMD2
4Career Group Companies2
5Klick2
6Salesforce2
7Schneider Electric2
8ABB1
9Accenture1
10Appcast1
11Aquent & Skill1
12Autodesk1
13Boston Consulting Group1
14Burtch Works1
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.