The Human Workforce: Challenging the DEIB Equation

Our goal with this event is to help equip HR leaders with an array of knowledge and insight to design future-ready workplaces that are equitable, culturally intelligent, and built for the realities of 2026.

We’ll focus on how to redesign systems, workflows, and leadership practices that ultimately shape employee experience, performance, and belonging.

In this session, we take a deep dive into a range of topics:

• Inclusive workplace design, cultural intelligence across cultures and neurotypes
• Equity through process and decision systems
• Belonging as a driver of retention and innovation
• Shifting expectations for inclusive leadership.

We'll start with a structured panel discussion that examines:

• How inclusive workplaces are intentionally designed
• Where exclusion is created through systems rather than intent
• How equity, culture intelligence, and neurodiversity show up in daily operations
• The role of frontline leaders in culturally intelligent practices
• Design-based approaches to supporting diverse employees

Following the panel, we'll have two roundtable discussions giving you the opportunity to bring forward your own challenges and experiences. Our first discussion will help you identify where your own organizational systems create barriers or inequalities. In the second discussion, we'll guide you in forming a practical mini action plan for 2026, including redesign oppportunities, belonging cues, leadership priorities, and safeguards for AI-assisted HR decisions.

Meet Our Panelists

We’ve assembled a diverse group of experts who bring deep experience and unique perspectives to the design of inclusive, equitable workplaces. Our panelists represent a range of specialized fields, from culture strategy and Indigenous inclusion to neurodiversity advocacy—each contributing critical insights to help HR leaders build future-ready organizations.

Here are the perspectives we're bringing together:

• Inclusive Workplace Designer / Culture Strategist — Specializing in inclusive workplace design, EX design, and cultural architecture
• Indigenous Inclusion & Cultural Safety Leader — Speaking about equity, reconciliation, and cultural intelligence
• Neurodiversity & Accessibility Advocate — Providing a deep understanding of neurodivergent inclusion with experience advising employers on ND-friendly practices

✅ Deep insights into designing equitable, culturally intelligent workplaces for the future

✅ Practical straategies for identifying and overcoming systemic barriers

✅ Actional plans to foster belongs and inclusive leadership

✅ Tools to prepare your organiation for the evolving HR landscape in 2026

7:30-8:00 am | Registration

7:30 am | Hot Breakfast Buffet

8:00-8:15 am | Introductions & Sponsors

8:15-9:00 am | Expert Panel Discussion

9:00-9:30 am | Table #1 Discussion

9:30-9:40 am | Break

9:40-10:10 am | Table #2 Discussion

10:10-10:20 am | Wrap Up

10:20-10:30 am | Mingling

10:30 | End

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