Innovation@Work US 2021 | The Economist Events | 18 October 2021 | Virtual Event

The future of work is here, now. People and technology must collaborate and innovate to make it successful.

Innovation@Work US is a bold new virtual event tightly centred on the future of work. We will host data-driven case studies from the most respected corporations in the United States on leadership, collaboration, and productivity. Our 80+ speakers will share timely and practical knowledge from recent experiences and transformative work experiments across all functions and industries, giving you fresh inspiration and takeaways to apply to your own 9-5.

The pandemic has been a reminder that adversity often forces societies to advance. Will we see a resurgence of the ‘roaring Twenties’ and an era in which companies embrace a ‘move fast and break things’ mentality? How will this change corporate culture and our experience of work?

Executives will share how they are navigating new flexible hybrid work models, investing in reskilling and wellbeing, evaluating real-estate requirements, and exploring the science of effective meetings. No more ‘Zoom fatigue’!

Experience the future of work at your fingertips. Learn from our carefully curated agenda of corporate case studies and household names, interact with our live sessions, and network with our high-profile audience. We can’t wait to see you there!

2021 Speakers

Christopher Yates
Chief talent officer, Ford Motor Company

Leena Nair
Chief human resources officer, Unilever

Annie Dean
Director, remote work, Facebook

Laura Fuentes
Executive vice president and chief human resources officer, Hilton

Reginald J. Miller
Vice-president and global chief diversity, equity & inclusion officer, McDonald’s

Marcello Damiani
Chief digital and operational excellence officer, Moderna

Chike Aguh
Chief innovation officer, US Department of Labor

Brent Hyder
President and chief people officer, Salesforce

Tracy Hawkins
Vice president, real estate, workplace and remote experience, Twitter

Francis Aquino
Manager, workplace experience LA, Netflix

Donna Morris
Executive vice president, Chief people officer, Walmart Inc.

Aaron Levie
Chief executive officer and cofounder, Box

Shari Slate
Chief inclusion and collaboration officer, Cisco

Lisa Hare
Interim global chief human resources officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Marissa Andrada
Chief diversity, inclusion and people officer, Chipotle Mexican Grill

Archana (Archie) Deskus
Senior vice president and chief information officer, Intel Corporation

Ann Powell
Chief human resources officer, Bristol Myers Squibb

Darren Murph
Head of remote, GitLab

Sujeet Bambawale
Chief information security officer, 7-Eleven

Teuila Hanson
Chief people officer, LinkedIn

Katie Burke
Chief people officer, HubSpot

Kim Scott
Co-founder, Just Work and author: Radical Candor

Marc Howells
Vice president and head of global talent development, AstraZeneca

Prithwiraj Choudhury
Lumry family associate professor of business administration, Harvard Business School

Lina Alcala
Senior vice president, human resources, Tinder

Peggy Johnson
Chief executive officer, Magic Leap

Kathryn Guarini
Chief information officer, IBM Corporation

Chesley Maddox-Dorsey
Chief executive officer, A Wonder Media Company, LLC

Laura Maness
Chief executive officer, Havas New York

Dr Jim Harter
Chief scientist of workplace management and wellbeing, Gallup

Pradheepa Raman
Vice president human resources and chief transformation officer, global tools & storage, Stanley Black and Decker

Jason Dorsey
President and co-founder, The Center for Generational Kinetics

Lorna Borenstein
Founder and chief executive officer, Grokker

Marshae Mansfield
Chief customer officer, North America, Lenovo

Matt Calkins
Founder and chief executive officer, Appian

Shuo Chen
General partner, IOVC

Andrew Le, MD
Co-founder and chief executive officer, Buoy Health

Alexandra Suich Bass
Senior correspondent for politics, technology and society, The Economist

Andrew Filev
Founder of Wrike, a Citrix company

Anthony Abbatiello
Managing director, global head of consulting, Russell Reynolds Associates

Antonia Hellman
Co-founder and chief executive officer, Toucan

Archana Singh
Chief people officer, Expedia Group

Brandon Nott
Senior vice president of product, UiPath

Bryan Stallings
Chief evangelist, Lucid

Brynn Harrington
Vice president, people experience, Facebook

Byron Auguste
Chief executive officer and co-founder, Opportunity@Work

Cal Henderson
Co-founder and chief technology officer, Slack The Economist

Callum Williams
Senior economics writer, The Economist

Cathinka Wahlstrom
President and chief commercial officer, Alight Solutions

Cecile Alper-Leroux
Senior vice president, research and innovation, UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group)

Chet Patel
Managing director, commercial, indirect channels & the Americas, BT

Chris Scalia
Chief human resources officer, The Hershey Company

Colin Brennan
Chief product strategy and services officer, Alight

Corie Pauling
Senior vice president, chief inclusion and diversity officer, TIAA

Cynthia Burks
Senior vice president, chief people and culture officer, Genentech

Daisy Auger-Domínguez
Chief people officer, VICE Media Group

Daisy Linden
Director of employee experience, Coinbase

Daniel Dines
Chief executive officer and co-founder, UiPath

Deeanne King
Executive vice president, chief human resources officer, T-Mobile

Dinesh Nirmal
General manager, IBM Automation

2021 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSOR:
• Google Workspace

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• BT
• Citrix
• IBM
• Microsoft
• UiPath

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Alight
• Edward Jones
• Lucid
• Slack

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Appian
• Epicor
• Remote

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Everbridge
• Huawei
• Rusell Reynolds Associates
• View

TECH DEMO SPONSOR:
• SnapIT

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION:
• CECP