The sooner you arrive, the sooner you can enjoy some breakfast, coffee and a chat with the wide range of leading providers in the supplier marketplace! Find out what's new in the market, explore the many different solutions available and connect with current and potential partners in this curated exhibition of top suppliers.

AI is transforming how organisations identify, predict and manage employee health and wellbeing risks. But what do we mean by people risks and how in practical terms, can AI help? In this hands-on interactive workshop, you’ll explore practical, data-driven ways to reduce costs, identify future people risks and understand how AI can be used to anticipate emerging health risks in specific employee groups in order to deliver targeted support to employees who need it most. 

Key discussion points: 

• Understanding of the market conditions, such as rising healthcare costs, changing employee expectations and economic pressures 
• What does people risk mean for organisations and how to integrate and interrogate health, demographic and benefits data to build a clearer risk picture 
• How to move from insight to intervention to prevention (how to start small analysing a single data stream to develop strategies that target health risks) 
• Predicting the future with AI and what that really looks like in practice

With strategic partner: Aon 

Global benefits management is evolving rapidly, compelling employers to adopt innovative technologies that modernise benefits delivery and respond to changing workforce expectations. Join this session to explore how Mercer Marsh Benefits is transforming global benefits management through innovation, personalisation and the strategic embedding of AI with their global benefits platform Darwin and its cutting-edge AI-powered tools.

In this session you will discover:

• How Darwin is leveraging AI to deliver tangible value for both employees and benefits teams through enhanced benefits personalisation and engagement
• How Darwin is becoming an AI first platform with agentic capabilities that will transform the user experience and deliver new data insights and efficiency gains for businesses and their HR teams
• How trust and transparency can be built into the systems to ensure responsible AI implementation

Reward leaders today are shouldering a broader remit than ever.With 72% of reward leaders now responsible for benefits across more than one country, the question is clear: how do you design an insights and intelligence-led strategy that lets you successfully scale worldwide. Expect practical insights, real-world examples, and peer discussion as we explore what People leaders should be asking of their global benefits tech in 2026.In this interactive session, we’ll explore:

• What our latest global research says about where AI should turn up in the benefits experience – and where it should stay out
• Balancing global consistency with flexibility through scalable rollout models, while staying ahead of evolving regulatory requirements, from the EU Pay Transparency Directive to new pension mandates
• The 5 fundamental questions you need to be able to ask of your international benefits strategy in 2026

With strategic partner: Benifex

Frontline and deskless employees make up the backbone of many organisations, yet they’re often the hardest to reach, the least engaged and the most underserved when it comes to benefits and communications. As technology reshapes how we connect and deliver value, reward and benefits leaders face a pivotal challenge: how do you engage face-to-face and through tech? How do you design equitable, accessible and meaningful benefits tailored to meet the specific needs of a deskless workforce? This interactive workshop will explore practical strategies to close the engagement gap and build a benefits strategy that truly resonates with these harder-to-reach employees. Expect candid discussion, knowledge sharing and ideas you can put into practice straight away.
 
Key discussion points:

• What unique needs and challenges do deskless workers face, and how can benefits and communications be designed and tailored to meet them effectively?
• How can we make face-to-face engagement a cost-effective reality - truly reaching and engaging deskless workers who don’t have easy access to tech at work?
• What does an inclusive, intuitive digital platform look like: cutting through complexity, supporting multi-generational frontline and deskless workforces and meeting people at their comfort level with technology?

With strategic partner: Personal Group

The UK presents a challenging productivity puzzle, while we have flatlined, other OECD countries are back on trend. Join this thought-provoking session with Paul Dolan to explore why this is happening, the impact on shifting workplace culture and what employers can do about it. Paul will delve into the radical uncertainties that businesses face around AI and the future of work more broadly. Hell consider the impact of political influences and will draw on his latest research into what he terms ‘Beliefism’ and how it impacts decision-making in organisations and wider policy thinking.

Chair: Debi O’Donovan, Co-founder and Director, REBA

Having children is one of life’s biggest milestones, but for many employees, it also carries a hidden financial cost. Missed earnings, stalled promotions and paused pension contributions can snowball into a ‘parenthood penalty’ that deepens gender pay and pension gaps for decades. With new pension reforms and a new Pay Transparency Directive rolling out in the EU, now is the time for employers to take action.

Key takeaways:

• Understand the impact: gain data-led insights into how parenthood affects financial wellbeing, long-term resilience, and gender pay and pension gaps
• Shape fair policies: explore how reward and benefits strategies including pensions, pay progression and parental leave can close hidden gaps and align with the 2025 Pension Schemes Bill
• Turn insight into action: learn practical tools and approaches for supporting financial conversations during parental leave and return, driving equity, retention and wellbeing

Employee expectations are evolving faster than ever, demanding that organisations deliver experiences that truly live up to their EVP promise. This interactive workshop explores how leading employers are embedding EVP across culture, leadership, and reward and how they are using data, technology and personalisation to turn intent into everyday experience. 

Whether you’re refreshing your EVP or starting from scratch, this workshop will challenge you to think bigger, act bolder and will set the stage for the fireside chat global law firm, White & Case later in the day. 

Key discussion points: 

• Why EVP is now a business-critical strategy, not a standalone HR initiative  
• How to align EVP with organisational purpose, future workforce trends, and digital enablement  
• The importance of closing the gap between employee expectations and lived experience  
• How technology can help measure, personalise, and activate EVP at scale  
• Real-world examples of organisations driving fundamental change  

With strategic partner: Gallagher