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HR, People & Talent Festival Agenda

Day Two  |  Wednesday, 18 October 

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Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

8:30-8:50

Welcome to Country

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

8:50-9:00

Chairperson’s Opening Address

Jennifer Dobell, Executive Director Workforce Strategy and Wellbeing, Victorian Department of Health

Learning and Development

8:50-9:00

Chairperson’s Opening Address

Yiannis Koullas, Learning and Capability Consultant, Melbourne Airport

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

9:00-9:30

Keynote: Future Proofing Talent Acquisition and Recruitment

  • Assessing the current talent acquisition landscape and emerging trends

  • Learn how to leverage AI technologies in your recruitment processes  Strategise ways to attract and retain top talent in a tight job market Building high performing talent acquisition teams

Thalia Thomas, Head of Recruitment - Australia, NZ, International Contractor, ANZ

Learning and Development

9:00-9:30

Reigniting motivation through a robust and data-driven employee experience strategy

  • Deciphering the receptiveness and opinions of L&D programs through digital employee experience

  • Re-engaging a burnt-out workforce through smart data driven development initiative

  • Improving DEX within your L&D team by providing tools to increase their data literacy

Mandy Sisson, Head of Employee Experience and Learning, Estia Health

Learning and Development

9:30-10:10

Panel Discussion: Navigating learning engagement across the employee lifecycle

  • Driving employee engagement through personalised learning pathways and multimodal learning

  • Determining when and how to scale opportunities throughout the employee lifecycle

  • Implementing post-learning assessments to measure an employee’s engagement in training

(Moderator) Penny Williamson, Head of Capability, Coles Group

Darren Clarke, Executive, Culture, Leadership and Learning Delivery, NAB (National Australia Bank)

Dr Jason Gindidis, Head of Organisational Development and Learning, Vocus

Christopher Simpson, Head of Organisational Learning, Portfolio of Department of the Attorney Genera

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

9:30-10:10

Keynote Panel: Recruiting in a digital age

  • Implementing AI technology and predictive analytics in your internal mobility strategy

  • Utilising new technologies to adapt to remote hiring, interviewing and onboardin

  •  Imbedding AI-powered recruitment in your strategy to attract top talent

  • Optimising your online presence, such as social media, to build your employer brand

(Moderator) Ricky Pena, Group Executive, People and Strategy, Engineers Australia

Thalia Thomas, Head of Recruitment - Australia, NZ, International Contractor, ANZ

Sarah Kruger, Managing Director Talent, Accenture


Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

10:10-10:20

Table Discussion

Exhibition Hall

10:10-10:40

Morning Tea (Learning and Development Summit)

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

10:20-10:50

Speed Networking

Learning and Development

10:40-11:10

Case Study: Reinventing LMS with gamification

  • Hear how Dominos designed their LMS around gamification to develop learning engagement of employees. 

  • Discover the ways that technology and LMS can drive innovative learning experiences.

Matt Kershaw, Global Head of People Development, Domino’s Pizza Enterprise Limited

Exhibition Hall

10:50-11:20

Morning Tea (Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Summit)

Learning and Development

11:10-11:50

International Keynote: 5 Conversations that Drive Performance (Virtual)

Adam Hickman, Ph.D, Vice President of Learning, Organisational Development and Cast Members, Partners Federal Credit Union; Vice President (Partners), The Walt Disney Company

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

11:10-12:00

Panel Discussion: Responding to the competitive job market through employer branding

  • Understanding the role of employer branding to attracting top talent in the current market

  • Embedding EVPs in your employer branding strategy to attract the right talent

  • Pivoting your employer brand and talent acquisition strategy to accommodate Gen-Z employees

Moderator: Tash Gawne, Director of Talent and Remuneration, People and Culture, Swinburne University of Technology

Charlotte Frith, Head of Talent Acquisition, Allens

Stephanie Beer, Talent Acquisition Lead, Movember

Kate Reid, Senior Manager Talent Acquisition and Employer Brand, H&H Group

Vanessa Hofman, Talent Acquisition Lead, EnergyAustralia

Learning and Development

11:50-12:40

Panel Discussion: Development for the deskless worker – upward mobility, flexibility and career growth

  • Understanding the unique needs and challenges of deskless workers in their development

  • Using social learning techniques and software such as collaborative work, multimedia and blogs

  • Facilitating experiential learning and exposure opportunities across roles • Developing workplace culture for the hybrid worker

Moderator: Tim Roberts-Ferguson, Head of Learning and Development, Fonterra

Angela Johnston, Head of Learning and Development Transformation, Merivale

Stephanie Stella, Associate Director, Learning and Development, CSL

Tim Drinkall, Head of Learning and Organisational Development, Metro Trains Melbourne

Sally Fahey, Global Specialist – Frontline Worker, Microsoft

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

12:30-12:40

Table Discussion

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

12:00-12:30

Case Study: Elevating your talent acquisition strategy by maintaining a strong employer brand

  • Building and communicating an authentic employer bran

  •  Leveraging digital channels for employer brandin

  •  Determining the best metrics to measure the success of your employer branding initiatives 

  • Measuring the effectiveness of employer branding in talent acquisition

Craig Brewer, Head of Talent Acquisition – Australia, NZ and South East Asia, Worley

Exhibition Hall

12:40-1:40

Networking Lunch (Learning and Development Summit)

Exhibition Hall

12:40-1:40

Networking Lunch (Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Summit)

Learning and Development

1:40-1:50

Trivia (Learning and Development Summit)

Learning and Development

1:50-2:20

Presentation: Achieving exceptional learning experiences through instructional design

  • How to plan and optimize learning materials that considers diversity and builds employee capabilities

  • Delivering exceptional learning experiences to various work models such as hybrid, remote, and distributed teams

  • Strategise how on-demand learning platforms can complement your current training models

Lellete Van Dyk, Instructional Design Lead, Kmart Australia Limited

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

1:40

Trivia (Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Summit)

Learning and Development

2:20-2:50

Presentation: Considering the challenges and advantages of the ‘New Learning Economy’

  • Determining how to build capability at scale in your organisation

  • Strategise ways that L&D teams can foster active and supportive relationships with c-suite executives

  • Adapting to and delivering L&D solutions that meet future workforce challenges

Edwina Lee, Enterprise Capability Lead, Organisational Development Chapter Lead, ANZ

Learning and Development

2:50-3:00

Table Discussion – How can you market the value of L&D within your organisation?

Exhibition Hall

2:50-3:20

Afternoon Tea (Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Summit)

Exhibition Hall

3:00-3:20

Afternoon Tea

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

1:50-3:00

CHALLENGE ROOM

Attendees will have the opportunity to share some of the biggest challenges they are facing in their role and collectively brainstorm possible solutions to these.

Jennifer Dobell, Executive Director Workforce Strategy and Wellbeing, Victorian Department of Health

Nicole Gioia, Head of Talent Experience, Mantel Group

Learning and Development

3:20-4:00

Fireside Chat: Overcoming the challenges of an everchanging workforce through a strong learning culture

  • Nurturing a growth mindset within your organisation to build an engaged, skilled and productive workforce

  • Understanding the role of a strong learning culture in being recognized as an employer of choice

  • Achieving a people-centric culture by providing equitable learning opportunities for all

(Moderator) Carmel Speer, Head of Organisational Capability, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

Sarah Novelli, Executive Director, People & Culture – APAC, BGIS

Learning and Development

4:00-4:10

Reflection and Key Takeaways

Learning and Development

4:10-4:20

Chairperson Closing Address

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

3:00

Reflection and Key Takeaways

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

3:10

Chairperson Closing Address

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

3:20

End of Summit and Afternoon Tea

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