Redefining Strategic HR for the Workforce of Tomorrow - Dec 2 - GDS Group

Redefining Strategic HR for the Workforce of Tomorrow

LIVE DINNER
2 December 2025, America 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm EST
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Dinner Location: Arno Ristorante

‘Hire faster, scale smarter, and deliver exceptional employee experience please, oh, and can you do this with less as well!’

This probably sounds all too familiar to HR team leaders. With an increasingly complex tech landscape in front of us, the challenges will only keep growing. Despite new technologies, many organizations still struggle to adopt and integrate AI effectively across hiring and HR functions, often leading to disjointed processes, missed insights, and stalled innovation.

So, let's approach this with a future-proof strategy for hiring and HR operations; we must evolve beyond transactional practices and begin treating talent acquisition and management as strategic, data-driven functions. Embracing AI and embedding it as a core part of an integrated HR tech-stack that includes ATS/HRIS platforms, background screening tools, and digital communication channels needs to be the priority for HR leaders.

The key questions next? How can HR leaders accelerate hiring, expand into new markets, and drive better outcomes through smarter use of AI and technology—without losing sight of the people at the center?

From the entire team at Meet the Boss and Checkr we look forward to exploring and uncovering the roadblocks, sharing proven strategies, and defining what it truly means to build a workforce that’s ready for tomorrow.

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Discussion topics

How to integrate AI into talent acquisition for greater efficiency, enhance decision making and reduce time-to-hire

The need to balance technology adoption with a human centered HR approach

Identifying how to build a scalable, future ready HR tech stack that aligns with long term growth and expansion goals

Speakers

Steve Sanders

Senior Director Enterprise Sales
Steve manages the Enterprise business segment for Checkr. His team helps customers including Aramark, Intuit, find out more
"These events are great for relationship building and early stage lead development tool"
Art DuRivage, VP Sales
"It's not a business of selling, it's a business of sharing. And so GDS helps create the environment to share with trust."
David Kidder, CEO & Co-Founder, Bionic
"It's all about exposure and visibility, right? Getting us in front of the right CEOs or the practitioners or whatever, bringing people together to share new techniques, new processes, and new technologies. "
Jason Mical, Cyber Security Evangelist, Devo
"It was a very qualified audience. It was exactly the level and the type of people we want to talk to. The dialogue, the nature of those one on ones gives you the ability to really understand what the client is seeking."
Hamp Hampton, Chief Revenue Officer, Cadalys

Event Agenda

Day one

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Arrivals, welcome drinks, and networking

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Evening Event

Event welcome, introductions & thought leader remarks

7:30 pm - 9:15 pm

7:30 pm - 9:15 pm

Table discussions and three-course dinner

9:15 pm - 9:30 pm

9:15 pm - 9:30 pm

Event Wrap Up

Why Attend

Closed door, tailored conversations to benchmark, share and get better equipped to solve complex transformation projects.

Experience shared learning

Meet industry leading like-minded executives tackling similar initiatives.

Benchmark with your industry peers

Discover and network to gain expertise and experience on how to best act and succeed.

Accelerate your projects

Accelerate In-depth face time with the world’s leading organizations pushing the boundaries to solve your challenges.

An engaged experience

An expert host facilitates conversations, with live polling, Q&As, and gamification to ensure focused conversation.

Discover next-level ideas

Ensure project success with access to industry experts and cutting edge thought leadership.

De-risk new projects

Gain a range of insights from peers and technical experts who are current with emerging business trends.

About Checkr

Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. And we believe everyone should have
a fair chance to work. That's why we've designed a faster—and fairer—way to screen job seekers.

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