7 Industries. 6 Keynotes. 5 Days.

The hospitality industry not only faces the everyday challenges of finding qualified early talent, but the added pressure of seasonal hiring fluctuations. On top of that, brands must show a compelling career path to recent grads to make their company stand out in a sea of options. Join Texas Hotel & Lodging Association as they talk about how companies are addressing some of these challenges — and how the right partnerships can create a well-informed early talent pool to help fill open positions faster.

Debbie Wieland
Education Outreach & Foundation Director
TX Hotel & Lodging Association

Bill Venteicher
Senior Director, Product Marketing
Phenom

When you’re fighting high volume and fast turnover, you need faster recruiting. Join Life Time as they share how they’ve successfully navigated recruitment hurdles, implemented innovative solutions, and leveraged AI to stay ahead in the evolving hospitality landscape — despite competing for part-time employees with restaurants, supermarkets, and retail companies. Learn how they stand out in a competitive talent market and support a decentralized hiring process to satisfy their corporate and club hiring needs efficiently with high-quality cast members that stand the test of time.

Mandy Wagner
VP, HR Operations
Life Time

John Deal
Senior Director, Product Marketing
Phenom

The hospitality sector faces unique challenges across locations, including high employee turnover and maintaining job satisfaction. This session will showcase how you can enhance employer branding and talent engagement to attract best-fit candidates through personalized experiences driven by AI and automation. With a focus on overcoming the industry's reputation issues and high demand for soft skills, you’ll discover essential innovations to ensure  you stand out as an employer of choice​. 

Discover strategies to boost employee engagement and retention by offering tailored career development opportunities and fostering a positive work environment, essential for maintaining job satisfaction and reducing turnover. Plus, learn how to efficiently manage high-volume hiring during peak seasons using AI-based workflows, ensuring your teams are well-staffed to provide exceptional guest experiences​.

Cassie Dunn
Principal Product Manager
Phenom

Shishir Kapoor
Director Product Management
Phenom

Jacqui Ricciardi
Solutions Consultant
Phenom

For healthcare organizations, having the right workforce — and making sure that workforce doesn’t burnout — is a matter of survival. Delivering the highest quality of care efficiently means creating an environment that clinicians want to stay in and new talent wants to join. ASHHRA will discuss what HR leaders need to know about the shifting healthcare provider landscape, including: the impact of AI, how changes in care delivery impact skills needs, the influence of labor unions, and what it takes to lead with courage to execute talent strategies effectively.

Jeremy Sadlier
Exec Director & CEO
American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA)

Bill Venteicher
Senior Director, Product Marketing
Phenom

The healthcare industry faces the daily challenge of meeting chronic staffing demands in a competitive labor market while trying to retain employees in a high-speed, high-stress environment. The struggle to find and keep the right talent is daunting, but the right plan and technology can help. Join Baylor Scott & White as they talk about how these challenges have impacted their healthcare system, the talent ecosystem that helped them overcome their struggles, and how they’re building for the future to continue attracting and retaining the best talent.

Yvette Hansen
Director, DEIB & Talent Attraction
Baylor Scott & White Health

Luke Carnigan
Director, Healthcare Sales
Phenom

In today's competitive talent landscape, candidates have high expectations for their job interview experiences, seeking seamless and personalized interactions. Healthcare HR leaders must also address high staff stress levels, demanding workloads, and the need to rapidly scale their workforce during health crises and mergers, and when preparing for aging populations. 

This session will examine how you can overcome talent shortages by leveraging a powerful intelligent career site, always-on chatbot, talent marketplace, SMS, campaigns, and hiring intelligence to build robust candidate pipelines​. Learn how to differentiate your organization, implement skills programs, and drive continuous professional development to enhance employee satisfaction and retention — all of which are crucial for managing high stress levels and work-life balance​. Plus, discover AI-based workflows for rapid recruitment and screening to create a flexible staffing pool and effectively leverage AI and automation.

Saqib Nasir
Senior Director, Product Management
Phenom

Sean O'Donnell
Director, Product Management
Phenom

Maggie Allen
Vice President, Solutions Consulting
Phenom

Transportation and manufacturing companies are facing startling deficiencies in filling open roles. The march towards 2030 is only expected to exacerbate the issue, potentially leaving millions of positions unfilled. This calls for innovative ways to approach this workforce to increase interest and engagement. Join author and researcher Jackon Kerchis and find out how organizations in these industries can create a unique culture, a more fulfilling employee experience, and ultimately, a stronger talent attraction and retention strategy.

Jackson Kerchis 
Founder, researcher, educator
Happiness Means Business

John Harrington
Senior Director, Product Marketing
Phenom

As the seasons change, manufacturing and transportation companies need to scale their workforce up and down to meet fluctuating demand for products to be built, packaged, and shipped. Hear from DHL Group about the challenges they’ve faced finding the right candidates and skills for diverse job types across 220 countries and territories — and how they leverage technology to automate for more efficiency and provide better visibility to employees to move talent where it’s needed most.

Meredith Wellard
VP Talent Management, Learning and Growth
DHL Group

Bill Venteicher
Senior Director, Product Marketing
Phenom

Significant skills gaps, ensuring safety and job satisfaction, and quickly scaling workforces to meet production needs are major issues among manufacturing and transportation companies. During this session, we’ll explore how you can close skills gaps by enhancing talent engagement and streamlining recruitment processes. Discover how to implement effective screening and continuous learning opportunities to foster a culture of safety and improve employee retention — which are essential in industries with high physical demands and safety concerns. Learn the benefits of utilizing AI and automation to better manage talent attraction, contract work, and streamline onboarding processes.

Zoe McCall
Director, Solutions Consulting
Phenom

Mark Feneis
Senior Director & Manager,
Solutions Consulting
Phenom

Kiran Menon
Senior Director of Product
Phenom

The skill requirements in financial services are shifting as the market moves to more fully digital experiences. This means companies need access to a wider range of talent than ever before — and they need to make their culture resonate with that talent. Join the Mortgage Bankers Association as they talk about how the right diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives can create an attractive culture that candidates want to come to and employees don’t want to leave. Hear how this strategy will open up access to the skills organizations need to move their financial services business to the next level.

Industry Ambassador:
Amber Lawrence
AVP, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Mortgage Bankers Association

John Deal
Senior Director, Product Marketing
Phenom

When it comes to financial advice, consumers want a brand they can trust. When you’re recruiting talent for your financial services, that brand image needs to shine through to candidates in every interaction. Join this compelling session with Regions Bank to hear how they went from old school to new cool by reinventing their candidate journey — creating a vibrant first impression with personalized content for job seekers — and how they further enhanced brand equity with a seamless hiring process that they’re continuing to innovate.

Ryan King
EVP, Head of Talent Acquisition
Regions Bank

Attracting, developing, and retaining skilled workers while ensuring compliance with evolving financial regulations is critical to the success of every financial institution. This session will explore how a dynamic career site, always-on chatbot, integrated employer branding, and omni-channel campaigns help you attract top candidates. Plus, learn how to enhance employee retention and engagement by embracing skills-based hiring, a talent marketplace, and career pathing — all of which are crucial in an industry competing for tech-savvy talent​. 

You’ll discover strategies and technology for building a diverse workforce capable of adapting to regulatory changes by increasing visibility into career pathing, mentoring, and succession planning. Additionally, learn how to improve efficiency and accuracy in HR processes by automating manual tasks within recruiting and talent management, including compliance checks and workforce insights, ensuring your organization stays ahead in the rapidly evolving digital landscape​.

Faina D'Angelo
Senior Director & Manager,
Solutions Consulting
Phenom

Ilona te Dorsthorst
Manager, Solutions Consulting
Phenom

Lindsay Mareau
Vice President, Strategy
Phenom