Our Agenda at a Glance

The Schedule

Registration & Badge Creation
8:00 am
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9:00 am
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General
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Atrium

TBD

Back to Basics
Advanced
Leadership Operations
Networking Breakfast
8:05 am
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9:00 am
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Networking/Break
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Atrium

TBD

Back to Basics
Advanced
Leadership Operations
Speaker:
Moe Hutt
Welcome
9:00 am
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9:10 am
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General
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Salon 4-5

TBD

Advanced
Back to Basics
Leadership Operations
Speaker:
Shally Steckerl
Cut Review Time by 86% with this AI Assisted Executive and Scientific Leadership Hiring Framework
9:15 am
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10:15 am
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Breakout
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Salon 4-5

Reveals a 25-point candidate evaluation system designed to revolutionize leadership hiring, utilizing AI to extract information on ten critical competencies (such as scientific depth, executive presence, and strategic vision) to slash candidate review times from 11 hours to under 90 minutes.

Advanced
Speaker:
Jennifer Jones
The Candidate Experience Crisis: Mitigating Risk in a Rapidly Evolving Talent Acquisition Landscape
9:15 am
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10:15 am
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Breakout
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Salon 7-8

Examines the root causes of deteriorating candidate journeys caused by automation overload, fragmented tech stacks, and inconsistent recruiter practices, providing TA leaders with strategies to course-correct and reduce compliance and reputational risk.

Leadership Operations
Speaker:
Anna Howell
Recruiting and Difficult Conversations
10:25 am
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11:25 am
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Breakout
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Salon 2-3

Equips recruiters with practical frameworks, language, and confidence to handle high-stakes difficult conversations—such as rejections, offer revocations, candidate coaching, and sensitive feedback—with empathy while protecting employer brand.

Back to Basics
Speaker:
Walter A. Campbell
What Stand-Up Comedy Taught Me About Recruiting: Lessons in Engagement, Trust, and Closing
10:25 am
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11:25 am
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Breakout
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Salon 4-5

Explores how stand-up comedy principles—like timing, active listening, storytelling, and authenticity—translate directly into building instant candidate rapport, handling tough conversations, and adapting when interviews go off track.

Advanced
Speaker:
Chris Stanzione
Chaos to Clarity: How Recruiters Build Scalable Hiring Systems Without Big Budgets
10:25 am
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11:25 am
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Breakout
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Salon 7-8

Delivers a practical blueprint for building a scalable recruiting engine by running effective intake conversations that prevent wasted effort, creating upfront alignment with hiring leaders, and communicating progress clearly without a massive budget.

Leadership Operations
From Application Overload to Quality Shortlists: Balancing AI with Human Touch
11:35 am
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12:05 pm
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Facilitated Table Discussion
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Salon 2-3

Facilitated table discussion on moving beyond résumé matching to identify qualified, interested candidates through effective screening questions, intake fundamentals, and volume management.

Back to Basics
More Than Time-to-Fill: Building a Strategic, AI-Enabled TA Function
11:35 am
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12:05 pm
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Facilitated Table Discussion
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Salon 7-8

Facilitated table discussion on building an operating model that demonstrates business impact through recruiter capacity planning, quality-of-hire metrics, technology ROI, and process governance.

Leadership Operations
Stop Chasing a Moving Target: Influencing Hiring Managers with AI Insights
11:35 am
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12:05 pm
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Facilitated Table Discussion
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Salon 4-5

Facilitated table discussion on establishing recruiter credibility, challenging unrealistic requirements, keeping hiring managers accountable, and using market data to reset stalled searches.

Advanced
Lunch
12:05 pm
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1:15 pm
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Networking/Break
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Advanced
Back to Basics
Leadership Operations
Speaker:
Mike Wolford
How to Build Your Own Recruiter and TA Agent
1:25 pm
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2:25 pm
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Breakout
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Salon 2-3

Hands-on session teaching recruiters how to construct custom AI recruitment tools, analysts, and virtual avatars to automate routine workflow tasks and enhance sourcing intelligence.

Back to Basics
Speaker:
Kevin M. Coleman
The Power of Persuasion Recruitment: Communicate to Influence!
1:25 pm
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2:25 pm
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Breakout
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Salon 4-5

Dynamic training covering the core principles of persuasive communication to help recruiters effectively influence colleagues, clients, candidates, and key stakeholders while building professional credibility.

Advanced
Speaker:
Ian Jones
Clear is Kind...and really effective
1:25 pm
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2:25 pm
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Breakout
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Salon 7-8

Panel discussion exploring how organizational clarity—across documentation, candidate application/funnel transparency, simplified offer approvals, and hiring manager expectations—acts as a major performance driver.

Leadership Operations
Speaker:
Grant Clough
The Authenticity Crisis: Protecting Your Pipeline from AI-Driven Deception
2:35 pm
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3:35 pm
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Breakout
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Salon 4-5

Interactive workshop dissecting real-world candidate deception and synthetic identities created by generative AI, equipping TA teams with operational strategies to audit workflow vulnerabilities and detect fake online profiles.

Advanced
Speaker:
Jennifer Henley
Speaker:
Cliff Mills
Designing the Modern Candidate Journey: A Practical Roadmap for 2026 Planning
2:35 pm
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3:35 pm
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Breakout
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Workshop guiding attendees through a first-principles framework to map non-linear candidate journeys, align paid, earned, and owned attraction channels, and define meaningful recruitment KPIs for 2026 talent planning.

Leadership Operations
Speaker:
Matt Duren
Speaker:
Tiffany Ballve
Speaker:
Suzie Grieco
Speaker:
Mike Bruni
Speaker:
Moe Hutt
Reclaiming human insights in era of AI recruiting
3:45 pm
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4:45 pm
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General
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TBD

Advanced
Back to Basics
Leadership Operations
Closing
4:45 pm
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4:55 pm
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General
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TBD

Advanced
Back to Basics
Leadership Operations
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