UNLEASH Talent Summit

Agenda at a Glance:

• 10:30 AM – 10:40 AM | Emcee Opening & Introduction
• 10:40 AM – 11:10 AM | Panel: Talent for the Future: Exploring the Landscape of 2026-27
• 11:10 AM – 11:30 AM | Market Insight: AI and the New Era of Talent Leadership
• 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM | Coffee Break & Networking
• 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM | Workshops
• 12:45 PM – 2:15 PM | Lunch & Networking
• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM | Workshops
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Coffee Break & Networking
• 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Wrap-up & Learnings with Workshop Leaders

Agenda:

10:30 AM – 11:10 AM PANEL | Reinventing Talent: Designing the workforce of 2026 and beyond

To kick off UNLEASH America 2026; a powerhouse panel will explore how organizations are reimagining talent in the face of rapid transformation. As workforce expectations shift, technologies evolve, and new skills emerge, this opening session will set the tone for the UNLEASH Talent Summit; highlighting bold strategies for building agile, inclusive, and future-ready teams. From AI-driven talent intelligence to the reinvention of leadership in hybrid environments, our panel will share real-world insights and forward-looking perspectives on how to lead talent innovation at scale.

Peter Lynch, CPO, Cardinal Group Companies & Ana Maria Sencovici, Chief Talent Officer, Royal Caribbean Group  & Christiane Berlinck, CHRO, Grupo OLX

Moderator: David Green, Managing Partner, Insight222

11:10 AM -11:30 AM KEYNOTE  | The HR Trends Redefining Talent in the Age of AI

This session offers a comprehensive look at the latest HR trends and analysis, grounded in practitioner-based research across the talent landscape. Attendees gain actionable insights that highlight the shifts taking shape, including how AI and agentic AI are influencing new patterns in adoption, decision making, and talent strategy. The session brings clarity to the developments leaders should be watching now and why they matter.

Brian Delle Donne, CEO and Founder, Talent Tech Labs

11:30 AM -11:45 AM | Coffee Break & Networking

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM WORKSHOP | Elevate Your Leadership: Unlocking Executive Impact

Step into a dynamic, high-impact learning experience with Dr. Maribel Diz, Senior Vice President of People at Visa Latin America and the Caribbean, as she reveals what it truly takes to elevate your leadership presence. In this interactive workshop, you’ll discover how confidence, charisma, and communication—the core of the 3C Framework—shape the way others experience your leadership. Through guided reflection, practical tools, and real-time feedback, you’ll uncover what may be holding you back, learn how to project executive presence with intention, and walk away with actionable strategies you can apply immediately for visible, transformative impact.

Maribel Diz, SVP Human Resources, Visa

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM WORKSHOP | Human-Centric AI Transformation

This highly interactive workshop brings together leading insights from the Human-Centric AI Maturity Diagnostic, the AWARE Framework for Executive Decision-Making and Cross-Functional Governance, and recent research from Fractional Insights and the Future of Work Project. Together, we’ll explore how the most forward-thinking organizations are aligning AI strategy, leadership capability, and workforce design to produce measurable business and human outcomes.

Al Ademsen, CEO, Future of Work Project & Erin Eatough, Chief Science Officer, Fractional Insights & Shonna Waters, CEO and Principal Advisor, Fractional Insights

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM WORKSHOP | Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce: A Strategic Foresight Workshop for HR Innovators

HR leaders must move beyond today’s challenges and design the future of work. This interactive session introduces futures thinking techniques and tools to envision future scenarios, anticipate disruption, unlock innovation, and build adaptive talent strategies. Through hands-on exercises, participants will learn how to identify emerging signals, map multiple scenarios, create an effective skills infrastructure, and design talent strategies that thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Gary Bolles, Global Fellow for Transformation, Singularity University

12:45 PM – 2:15 PM | Lunch & Networking

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM WORKSHOP | Showing up for yourself … with yourself

We spend time and effort attending conferences and reading research so we can be there for our people and our organizations. This session is not for them: it’s for you. Partake in an experiential workshop that evolves your ability to show up for yourself so that you can then be in service for others – with self-awareness, insight, and a few extra tools to do so in your day-to-day.

Ana Maria Sencovici, Chief Talent Officer, Royal Caribbean Group

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM WORKSHOP | UNLEASH Practical Strategies that Enable HR to Lead HR Transformation

The future of work is accelerating fast, and HR is at the center of helping organizations prepare. This boardroom brings senior leaders together to understand Phase 0 planning, which will explore what you need to know for readiness, skills alignment, and workforce structure as Agentic AI comes into daily operations. A guided conversation and interactive peer engagement will help you build a practical plan that links workforce agility to enterprise outcomes.

David Francis, Vice President, Research & Product, Talent Tech Labs

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM WORKSHOP | Transforming Talent Acquisition: What the Data Says About What Works

Talent acquisition is at a turning point. As organizations face continued pressure to deliver results with fewer resources, talent leaders are rethinking what works and what doesn’t – in their recruiting strategies, technology investments, and candidate experiences. In this interactive workshop, Madeline Laurano, Founder of Aptitude Research, will share the latest findings from new research on the state of TA in 2025 and beyond.

Madeline Laurano, Founder, Aptitude Research

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Coffee Break & Networking

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Wrap-Up & Learnings: Workshop Leaders

Join us for the closing wrap-up as host David Green brings together insights and reflections from our workshop leaders. Summarising key themes, highlighting shared learnings from across the day, and offering closing thoughts on how to translate ideas into action. We’ll also gather feedback from workshop moderators and participants to capture what resonated most and what’s next for the UNLEASH community.

Moderator: David Green, Managing Partner, Insight222