At 3:15 MDT on April 29th, speakers and attendees from across the Rockies provinces and states will come together to be educated, engaged, and inspired about innovating in our rapidly changing workplace.
Join the third InnovateWork Rockies virtual event, produced in partnership with the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources of Alberta and geared at HR, Talent, and Tech pros on Mountain Time.
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AGENDA
- 3:15-3:23: Brief welcome and recap of the conference by CPHR conference host Ashley McKarney and intro to InnovateWork Rockies by Bill Banham and Rob Caswell.
- 3:23-3:25 - Partner address - Melanie Jeannotte, CEO at Gallagher Benefit Services Canada - Adapting, evolving and staying competitive in a disrupted economy
- 3:25-3:45: 2 x InnovateWork Passion Series:
- Speaker 1: Elizebeth Varghese, Global Leader - Talent & HR Strategy Reinvention at IBM - How AI is Transforming Collaboration & HR Capability
- Speaker 2: Dr. Leeno Karumanchery, Head of Behavioural Sciences at MESH/Diversity - The Science of Driving Sustainable Inclusive Change
- 3:45-4:27: Panel hosted by Shelley Billinghurst and Serge Boudreau, co-hosts of the popular Recruitment Flex Podcast.
- The panel will consist of 3 facilitators from the CPHR conference's collab sessions (Shane Monte, Kristen Mulligan, Steve Brierley) plus the 2 InnovateWork speakers - talking about topics from the collab sessions and the 2 talks
- 4:27-4:30: Wrap-up from Bill, Rob, and Ashley
SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS
Elizebeth Varghese
Global Leader - Talent & HR Strategy Reinvention
IBM
Leeno Karumanchery
Co-Founder and Head of Behavioural Sciences
MESH/Diversity
Melanie Jeannotte
CEO
Gallagher Benefit Services, Canada
Steve Brierley
Vice President, Leadership, Assessment & Development
Optimum Talent
Shane Monte
Partner, Advisory Services
EY
HOSTS
Rob Caswell
Employee & Labour Relations
Carewest Innovative Health Care
Bill Banham
Founder
The HR Gazette and HRchat Podcast
Shelley Billinghurst
President
Hire Value Inc.
Ashley McKarney
Lead Consultant & Founder
Involvi Consulting
Serge Boudreau
Founder & Co-Host
The Recruitment Flex Podcast
This InnovateWork Webinar is Free for HR, Talent, and Tech Pros!
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Thanks to our Sponsors and Supporters!
With a special thanks to:
The HR Gazette - Organizing Sponsor - Latest opinion, reviews and podcasts for pros interested in HR Technology, Talent, Performance, Learning, Leadership. Supported by the HRchat Podcast (100,000+ downloads).
WorkTango - Organizing Sponsor - A platform to give employees a voice and companies actionable insight.
Chartered Professionals in Human Resources of Alberta - Community Partner - The professional association dedicated to strengthening the human resources profession and upholding the highest standards of practice. With 6,000 members in major cities across Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, CPHR Alberta is the third-largest HR Association in Canada.
Carewest Innovative Health Care - Community Partner - As Calgary’s largest public care provider of its kind and one of the largest in Canada, Carewest operates from 14 locations, which includes ten sites and 1,400 beds aimed at helping people live more independent lives.
Robots & Pencils - Community Partner - A digital innovation firm. We help our clients use mobile, web and frontier technologies to transform their businesses and create what's next.
Hire Value Inc. - Community Partner - Delivering fit-for-purpose recruitment solutions. Using the latest in trending apps or back to basics on employment value proposition - our programs and products are designs to deliver results.
Gallagher - Sponsor - A leading independent benefits, investment, and compensation firm that designs and manages its clients’ programs from the biggest picture to the smallest detail. Check out the 2021 Gallagher Better WorksSM Insights Report.
intelliHR - Sponsor - A platform that helps organizations to maintain a real-time handle on performance, create a culture aligned with business strategy and contribute to strategic decision-making with data-driven insights.
Cegid Talent - Sponsor - Discover a solution that’s quick to deploy and functional with a choice of 3 modules: Recruitment, Learning and Performance.
Fiix - Sponsor - The only CMMS that’s foolproof, failure-proof, and future-proof. Start for free. Discover why over 2,600 teams plan, track, and optimize maintenance with Fiix. Multi-site management. Skyrocket productivity. Simplified work orders. Customizable reporting. Cloud-based.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS, PANELISTS AND PRESENTERS
Elizebeth Varghese, Global Leader - Talent & HR Strategy Reinvention at IBM
Elizebeth and her team deploy IBM’s best thinking, along with AI, blockchain, robotics, and other leading technologies to create powerful employee and HR experiences. Recognized as a Key Global Influencer in Strategy and Analytics, based on impact on the profession and community, Elizebeth has been listed as a Top 100 Influencer in the industry.
Leeno Karumanchery, PhD, Co-Founder and Head of Behavioural Sciences at MESH/Diversity.
Leeno has over 28 years of experience and is globally recognized for his expertise in the fields of Emotional Intelligence and Diversity. Leeno’s research underpins the MESH/Diversity platform. MESH/Diversity is a company with a mission to empower HR and D&I professionals with the strategic support, tools, and data needed to drive success across their organizations.
Shane Monte, Partner, Advisory Services at EY
Shane leads EY’s People Advisory Services Future of Work and Digital Transformation Change teams in Western Canada. For more than 15 years, Shane has assisted human resources and technology executives to design and execute whole-of-business transformations, manage and build a culture of inclusiveness and digital collaboration and prepare for the future of work.
Steve Brierley, Vice President, Leadership, Assessment & Development at Optimum Talent
Over the past 20 years, Steve has held progressive positions in talent management and executive leadership development in corporate and post-secondary sectors. His roles have included Group Lead, Talent Management at Encana Inc. where he was responsible for employee and leadership development, succession planning and performance management. In his last corporate role, Steve was Associate Vice President of Talent Management for Canadian Tire, FGL Sports and Marks.
Melanie Jeannotte CEO at Gallagher Benefits Services, Canada
Melanie serves a team of 450 consulting professionals who deliver on organizational wellbeing services (benefits, retirement, communication, compensation, talent management, disability management, human resources, and individual insurance and wealth solutions) in 21 offices across Canada. Melanie and her team are committed to maintaining a unique industry culture while delivering on strong organic growth, complemented by the addition of talented merger partners. She is also the recipient for Insurance Business Canada Woman of Distinction award 2020.
Rob Caswell, Manager of Employee & Labour Relations at Carewest Innovative Health Care
Living the triple-life of a family man, working pro & grad student in Calgary, Alberta. Rob geeks out on HR/LR, aviation, food, running, and his kids.
Shelley Billinghurst, CEO and Founder at Hire Value Inc.
With over 25 years of specializing in recruitment, Shelley brings an expert level understanding of the provincial, national and global labour market.
Shelley is the creator and co-host of the popular Recruitment focused podcast The Recruitment Flex.
Serge Boudreau, Founder and Co-Host of Canada’s popular Recruitment and HR podcast, The Recruitment Flex
Serge is the creator and co-host of the popular Recruitment focused podcast The Recruitment Flex. He has spent over 15 years in the recruitment space including 10 years working for recruitment technology companies. He has held the title of Director for Western Canada for Workopolis and at Indeed. Serge has led recruitment teams for several well-known brands.
Bill Banham, Co-founder at InnovateWork and Editor at HR Gazette
Bill Banham is Editor and Publisher at The HR Gazette magazine, Co-Founder of the InnovateWork event series for HR, Talent and Tech pros and President at Iceni Media Inc. He has 13+ years experience in B2B publishing and events. Bill’s previous roles include Editor at HRreview magazine and Marketing Manager at Sprigg, the performance management tech platform.
Ashley McKarney, Lead Consultant & Founder at Involvi Consulting
Ashley is a dynamic professional specializing in Human Resources and Business Management. Throughout her career, Ashley has been able to grow the Human Resources function to increase both engagement and retention while reducing turnover as well as identify, attract and develop top talent in the industry to meet the needs of the business.
Ashley has developed and maintained strong working relationships with vendors, stakeholders and local target Universities. She has been a resource and leader to a staff as large as 300 and managed a direct team as large as 15.
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ABOUT US
InnovateWork is a forum for HR professionals and business leaders looking to connect and learn best practices on how to improve employee happiness and workplace output.
This InnovateWork webinar is brought to you by The HR Gazette & WorkTango.