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WORKPL ACES & WORKFORCES20-21 FEB 2019 | CROWNE PLAZA, AKLOF THE FUTURE

The Future of Technology, Skills, Work & Space

KEYNOTES: Dr Donna Wheatley,

Director – Workplace and Education Strategy, WMK Architecture

The 4th Industrial Revolution – prepare your people

2 SEPARATELY BOOKABLE HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS

1. Redesigning workplaces and the tenant journey

2. Supporting a diverse and flexible workforce to activate employee engagement

1. Design the ideal future workplace

2. Explore the journey of change in the process of transformation

3. Create a culture of high engagement within the workforce

PRESENTATIONS FROM: Fonterra | Xero | IBM

Deloitte | Flight Centre | Trade Me Ports of Auckland | Unitec

Dave Wild, Futurist

Beyond Digital – integrating humanity with technology in a mixed reality world

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Following the success of the inaugural event, Conferenz brings a fresh perspective on the future of workplaces and workforces. Join us as we delve deep and examine the big possibilities that the future will bring. Exploring the implications for organisations and their people in New Zealand. Join us as we zero in on the future of technology, skills, work, and space, analysing current trends and providing insights into human-design solutions in an ever-changing world of work. Take the opportunity to learn how to create the ideal workplace and keep your workforce engaged long-term.

WITH PRESENTATIONS ON:• Sustainable workplace

design practice• An analysis on current

Agile practice• Becoming a diverse and

inclusive workforce • Acquiring new skills for the future • Implementing AI and automation• Creating ‘human-centred

design’ solutions • Flexible and mobile working styles

Learn about the organisational journey of change and transformation

Explore current trends and research to apply to the workplace

Design the ideal destination for the future workplace

Understand future skillset for future jobs

Leverage technology to interact and support employees

WORKPL ACES & WORKFORCESOF THE FUTURE

Dr Diana WheatleyDr Donna Wheatley is a strategy and design leader. Holding the unique combination of a PhD in environmental

psychology and architectural registration, Donna approaches spatial challenges with both reason and intuition. The outcomes are exciting, enriching and meaningful. She applies an evidence-based approach to ensure client’s goals are met through their physical assets.

Dave Wild Dave Wild is a futurist who accelerates progress by enabling organisations to see into the future more clearly. First, by detecting the signals of the future that are all around you.

Then, innovating to shift from predicting, to creating the future. Dave works with organisations across New Zealand and internationally including Microsoft, Air New Zealand, The Salvation Army and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise.

DAY 18.30 Registrationandcoffee

9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair

9.10 International keynote: The 4th Industrial Revolution – prepare your people The session will provide insight into global future workplaces and workforce trends and dives deeply into the potential benefits and risks. Learn how to prepare your workforce for the changes ahead and keep them informed, engaged and equipped with the coping strategies to be proactive in dealing with the disruption.

Dr Donna Wheatley, Director - Workplace and Education Strategy, WMK Architecture

FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY9.50 Beyond digital – integrating humanity with

technology in a mixed reality world • Positioning New Zealand as a distinct destination

for unique workplaces • Utilising technology to build real-time and effective

communication with employees • Leveraging augmented intelligence to enhance

and strengthen your workforce skills Dave Wild, Futurist

10.30 Morning break

10.50 Automation and AI enabling employee empowerment with their work

With concerns about jobs becoming obsolete and employees being displaced, this session reviews the opportunities to learn how to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) methods successfully into the workplace.

• Leveraging AI to create more time, roles and opportunities

• Learning how to adopt AI into the workplace • How can we harness AI to benefit employees and

the organisation?

11.20 Multiplelocations,oneoffice–newwaysofworking in the global world

• Understanding what can be learnt from established international virtual offices

• Learning how to successfully build an online community with employees

• Utilising blended communication to reach employees in real time

12.00 Leadership of remote teams Is leadership changing in the digital dimension? Cathy Hardinge, Founder & CEO, Digital Seniors

12.20 Lunch break

FUTURE OF SKILLS1.20 The future of learning – preparing the current

workforce with skills for the future • What are the critical skills that businesses will need

in the future? • How do we prepare for jobs that do not yet exist? • What does the future of learning look like and how

do organisation learning strategies need to shift? Chris Boggs, Director - Human Capital, Deloitte

2.00 Quickfire:Thefutureoftalents Insights into different platforms and spaces that will

allow future talents to develop and grow with your organisation will be presented

1. Understanding before attracting future talent

• Looking at how people going into the workforce find their information

• Planning workforce strategy around future demands with current skillsets

• Appealing to people before they decide on their career to strengthen your workforce through employment branding

2. Case Study: The potential of Micro-credentials Growth opportunities to retain and grow talent

through micro-credentials has become possible • Learning how micro-credentials can certify

employees for current and future roles • Understanding the triangular relationship

between the learner, educator and the employer • Understanding how credentialing learning can

help organisations thrive Andy Kilsby, Director Employability, Otago Polytechnic

3. Case Study: Lessons that can be learnt from reverse mentoring

Hear from a reverse mentor to an executive leader at IBM on:

• Learning what makes reverse mentoring work and how to implement it

• Ensuring engagement of leaders with their staff • Utilising talent and experience to benefit both the

leader and the employee Joanna Shyu, Project Manager, IBM

3.00 Afternoon break

3.20 Panel: Views across generations and roles on being engaged with work

Hear different perspectives on the current skillset needed to prepare for the future and how to work this into your organisational strategy.

• Learning about the similarities across generations in current workforces and workplaces

• Understanding first-hand the needs of different people in the workforce

• Leveraging culture change to motivate employees to learn from each other

Shailan Patel, Education Manager, MYOB Ilandi Croucamp, President,

Auckland Young Professionals Cathy Hardinge, Founder & CEO, Digital Seniors

4.20 Learning a living - must have skills for surviving in the new work environment

• Will my job get tech-wrecked? • Whose job is it to worry about the disruptive

changes ahead of us? • What can be done to future-proof my skill-set? David Glover, Executive Director - Partnerships,

Unitec Institute of Technology

5.00 Summary remarks from the Chair & Networking Drinks

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DAY 29.00 Welcome back from the Chair

FUTURE OF WORK9.10 Building a strong culture to become the most

attractive employer As the only company to win the 15 Year League

Award and one of the largest travel retailers in New Zealand, Flight Centre will take you on a journey to explore the future workplace.

• Leveraging a strong internal structure to support employees in a customer-facing environment

• Harnessing technology to support the workforce in working flexibly

• A fresh approach on how flexible working initiatives are considered in a traditional ‘bricks and mortar’ retail environment

Heidi Walker, Peopleworks Leader, Flight Centre

9.40 Case Study: Embracing innovation and new ways of working to prepare our people for the future of work

Changing the face of employment in the Co-op, Fonterra’s ‘Amp’ programme utilises a gig- economy approach to empower employees to work on internal projects outside their normal roles.

Joan Fernandes, People & Culture Programme Manager, Fonterra

10.00 How employment law will support organisations and protect employees of the ‘gig economy’

The gig economy has strengthened the financial model for ensuring business continuity. However, there are questions around the effect of the proposed new employment law.

• How to protect the business and enable contractors when more employees are moving towards short term work?

• Understanding the tripartite arrangements which will impact on temp agencies and the supply of their workers to business

• Learning how the Labour hire case is a big win for workers outside the traditional forms of employment

Anthony Drake, Partner, Wynn Williams

10.20 Morning break

10.40 Case study: Transforming organisations through Agile mindsets

As more organisations move towards Agile transformation, Trade Me has evolved this practice along their journey.

• Understanding what it really means when we talk about ‘Going Agile’

• Learning how HR can leverage Agile practices for their own practice

• Practical steps you can take when you get back to the office

Diana Minnée, Head of Delivery, Trade Me

11.10 The psychology of engagement and role of culture in the future world of work

• Moving towards a growth mindset and learning how to create innovative thinking

• Transform the internal delivery system around the customer journey

• Understanding what makes a high performing team and models for success

Karen Dallas, Organisational Psychologist

11.40 Panel: Everyone matters – overcoming unconscious bias to the workforce

Although we’re nearing 2020, workplaces still have a long way to go before they are truly inclusive. However, there are driving forces around the change and the next step is to understand how to make diversity and inclusion, explicit in the workplace.

Susan Doughty, Manager - Diversity & Inclusion, Fonterra

Susan Lowe, People and Culture Director, Coca-cola Amatil Morepanelliststobeconfirmed

12.30 Lunch break

FUTURE OF SPACE1.30 Flexibility - the silent enabler The very definition of flexible working has changed.

It’s about recognising that employees want flexibility around how, when and where they work, as well as flexibility around their careers.

• Looking at how flexibility is important and the benefits organisations and their people gain

• Understanding what the challenges are and how to address them

• Learning how you can measure the success of your flexibility initiatives

Ryan Ghisi, GM Global People Programs, Xero

2.00 Central governments’ move towards contemporary and sustainable workplaces

GPG is working to implement the governments desire to make the public service more connected to citizens and local communities. Hear about the role that Government Property plays in meeting governments expectations.

Peter Bollmann, Chief Advisor Government Property, Government Property Group (GPG)

2.40 Afternoon break

3.00 Case study: Coworking and addressing sustainable practice in change transformation

Transforming from the lowest productivity to the highest – how the company turned around through transformation.

• Continued transformation through future foresight and innovation

• Preparing the workforce for an exciting future where new technology tools become key enablers in the supply chain

Diane Edwards – General Manager People, Systems and Technology, Ports of Auckland

3.30 Rewarding and appealing to employees with intrinsic motivations to the workplace

Learning how to develop human-centred solutions. • Develop authentic experiences intrinsic motivations

for the employee • Communicate and build strong relationships with

employees ensuring they are engaged 4.00 Closing remarks from the Chair

and end of conference

HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS

9.00am - 12.30pm

Redesigning workplaces and the tenant journey

With more organisations moving towards workplace redesign, there are questions around how the transformation will inspire employees, whilst increasing productivity and engagement. The workshop will focus on the details behind planning for workplace disruption.

• Assessing if there is a need to redesign the workplace and narrowing down the problem to be solved

• How to design the ideal workspace to build a vibrant environment

• How to design the workspace to cultivate organisational change?

• Building innovation hubs that will generate a bottom-up approach – creating a learning culture

• Understanding the risks and promoting the benefits of temporarily disrupting the organisation’s current workplace to your employees

DR DONNA WHEATLEY, Director - Workplace and Education Strategy, WMK ARCHITECTURE

1.30pm - 5.00pm

Supporting a diverse and flexible workforce

to activate employee engagement

Planning the future workforce strategy to enable employee presence in the office without being in

the office. In this workshop, you will work together and gain the skills to implement the current trends

into your organisation by:

• Utilising innovative ways to reward employees and have a high impact on their service delivery

• Implementing flexible working schemes and assessing employee performance

• Learning how to provide an online community with a sense of belonging

• Creating a new platform that encourages innovative ideas and builds a bottom-up culture

• Integrating risks on technology, flexible hours and sustainable practice

• Rewarding employees and encouraging other commitments by offering flexibility in work

JANE WARD, Director,

TOMORROW’S PEOPLE

22 FEB 2019SEPARATELY BOOKABLE

Donna is a strategy and design leader with the unique combination of a PhD in environmental psychology and architectural registration. Donna leads teams through strategy and briefing, concept design through to post occupancy evaluation. Donna has worked at top architectural firms and taught at leading universities.

Jane’s experience in recruitment and implementing payroll systems combined with her passion for the latest technologies established New Zealand’s first HR Tech consultancy. Jane is passionate about providing and enabling a truly flexible workplace with a modern approach to work.

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