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WHRMA Annual Conference 2025 - Transforming Tomorrow: HR’s Bold Leap into the Future of Work

September 19, 2025
9:00 AM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT
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Manhattanville University
2900 Purchase St
Purchase, NY 10577
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🎓 WHRMA Annual Conference 2025 - Transforming Tomorrow: HR’s Bold Leap into the Future of Work

🔍 Conference Overview

Step into the future at the WHRMA 2025 Annual Conference, where HR professionals gather to explore cutting-edge strategies, actionable innovations, and bold visions for the evolving world of work. "Transforming Tomorrow" is more than a theme—it's a curated journey. With a mix of interactive breakout sessions and customizable learning paths, attendees will navigate timely challenges and future-forward opportunities in talent, tech, and transformation.

Designed for HR leaders, practitioners, and visionaries, this immersive day of learning, collaboration, and connection ensures each participant leaves with fresh insights—and a clear map for what comes next.

🧭 Breakout Themes & Session Tracks

Each breakout session offers focused, practical takeaways and cross-industry insights:

• AI and Workforce Transformation with Will Markow
Explore how artificial intelligence is redefining jobs, leadership, and the human–machine partnership within HR strategy.

• Skills-Based Hiring and Upskilling with Valerie Roy & Francine Esrig
Dive into the growing shift toward skills-based hiring and upskilling—why it’s urgently needed in today’s disrupted talent landscape, what it replaces, and how to implement it effectively. Participants will learn how to identify outdated practices, apply skills-first strategies in hiring and development, and walk away with actionable tools, quick wins, and long-term solutions to future-proof their workforce.

• Hybrid Work Evolution and Employee Experience with Liz Spencer, Rebecca Krauland, & Krystal Koenig
Explore the evolution of hybrid work and its profound impact on the employee experience, highlighting real-world strategies companies are using to foster connection, productivity, and well-being. Attendees will gain actionable insights into what’s working now—and how to build a sustainable, high-impact hybrid model for the future.

• Predictive HR Analytics and Ethical Data Use with Diana File
Learn how HR teams can harness both basic metrics and advanced predictive analytics to drive strategic business decisions and unlock workforce value. We’ll also examine the ethical considerations around data use, ensuring analytics are applied responsibly, transparently, and in ways that support trust and equity. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of how to align data insights with business goals while upholding ethical standards.

• Future of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEI&B) with Thea Watkins
Explore how DEIB intersects with today’s evolving workplace trends—hybrid work, AI, multi-generational teams, and mental health—while reexamining what these concepts truly mean in the context of psychological safety. Together, we’ll unpack the current state of DEI, emerging frameworks like FAIR and BEAM, and why inclusive leadership is the key to retaining talent and building resilient, future-ready organizations.

• Legislative Update with Jeffrey Kimmel & Tracey Levy
Stay informed. Employment law experts Jeffrey Kimmel and Tracey Levy will deliver a Legislative Update for NY & Westchester—what employers need to know now.

🎤 Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Fanning Learn More

Creative Leadership – How to Build a Culture of Innovation

Entrepreneur, author, parent, and global speaker Jonathan Fanning delivers an inspiring keynote on Unlocking Creativity When It Matters Most. In a world of constant change, he shares five powerful strategies—rooted in history’s most innovative minds and his own journey—to help leaders and organizations reignite creativity. Featuring his transformative “innovator’s equation,” this session equips participants with practical tools to spark meaningful innovation.

🎤 Keynote Speaker: Jeff Taylor Learn More

HR Tech - From the First Moment to the Future

Jeff Taylor—legendary founder of Monster.com and serial innovator in the world of work—takes the stage with a powerful, forward-looking keynote on the evolution of talent acquisition. With decades of insights from the front lines of recruiting technology and workforce transformation, Jeff traces how hiring has changed—and what’s coming next.

🍸 Networking Reception

5:00 – 6:00 PM EDT
Unwind after a high-impact day with cocktails and connection.

🎓 SHRM/HRCI Credits

Attendees will be eligible for professional recertification credits.

⭐ Sponsors

Thank you to all our sponsors!

Platinum Sponsors:

isolved

Mercer

TELUS Health

JDM Benefits, an Alera Group Company

Gold: