As the human resources landscape undergoes a seismic shift, HR professionals need to equip themselves with the tools to navigate a dual challenge: managing the immediate pressures including workforce capability, culture, and pay transparency while simultaneously architecting the organisation of the future embracing technological advances and AI.
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This conference will show why, for HR practitioners, the choice is no longer whether to adapt, but how quickly they can lead this change. HR cannot afford to wait and be overtaken by technology. Through defining your HR operating model and integrating AI effectively, HR can be the strategic engine for business growth.
“AI won’t take your job, but someone who knows how to use AI will.”
This event will provide a comprehensive roadmap for the ‘Future of HR’, moving far beyond traditional administrative HR functions to explore how HR professionals must evolve to remain relevant in an AI-driven era.
It will feature dynamic panel discussions with leading HR practitioners, subject matter experts and global academics. These sessions will showcase real-world case studies of companies already successfully deploying AI within HR and their organisations, all while operating within an environment that requires strong governance and trust.
Key topics to be addressed include:
- The Evolving Business Landscape – insights by a leading economist Daragh Mc Greal, Director, KPMG Strategy and CEO panel: Leo Clancy, CEO, Ei Electronics and Vicky Howard, Country Manager Ireland, Reagecon, a Calibre Scientific company , into the rapidly shifting economic environment, geopolitical landscape and technological advances that are driving the need for constant change.
- Transparency in Reward – insights from a leading reward specialist, Jack Clarke, Head of Reward, Irish Life, on how to build pay confidence, fairness and trust as a competitive advantage, beyond the Pay Transparency legislation.
- How HR departments are using AI – as the function with the deepest understanding of people, capability, and change, HR is uniquely positioned to lead AI adoption across the business. This practical session delivered by James Ryan, CEO, WorkMatters will highlight how HR Teams have driven value by shaping their AI‑enabled future.
- AI, the role and the opportunity, for HR – join Professor David Collings, Chair of Sustainable Business, Trinity Business School, and one of the most influential thinkers in the field of HR as named by HR Magazine on five occasions, as he shares not just where AI is going but what organisations and HR need to do
Designed for HR practitioners, this conference will impart forward-looking insights, evidence-based perspectives, and practical strategies to connect today’s people priorities with long-term organisational value.
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Attendance fee (which includes complimentary parking, refreshments and lunch):
- Member Fee €195; Early bird option is €150 if you book before 27th February (excl. VAT)
- Non-Member Fee €245; Early bird option is €200 if you book before 27th February (excl. VAT)
*Please note! Ticket price at the checkout will include 23% VAT.
Registration is from 8:00 am, and the conference commences at 8:30 am.
Lunch will be served from 1:00 pm
Booking: Please book online to secure your place. For more information or bulk bookings, email admin@shannonchamber.ie
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Prof. David Collings
Trinity College Dublin
David Collings holds the Chair of Sustainable Business at Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin. He previously held faculty positions at Dublin City University, University of Sheffield and National University of Ireland, Galway and visiting positions at King’s College London, Nanyang Business School in Singapore and Cornell University as a Fulbright Scholar. David is an elected Member of the Royal Irish Academy and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He is a former Chair of the HR Division of the Academy of Management. He is a leading international expert on talent management, global mobility and sustainable work. His work has been published in leading international outlets including Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management and Personnel Psychology, practitioner outlets such as Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review and he has edited 12 books. A recent Stanford-led study ranked him in the top 2% of scholars globally based on citations impact. David has been named as one of the most influential thinkers in the field of HR as named by HR Magazine on five occasions. His work has been cited in media outlets including the BBC, Forbes, Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Management and Academy of Management Perspectives and former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of World Business, Human Resource Management Journal, and the Irish Journal of Management. He sits or has sat on the editorial boards of multiple journals including Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management and Journal of Management Studies.
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Vicky Howard
Country Manager – Ireland, Reagecon
Vicky Howard is a senior business and operations leader with over 20 years’ experience in regulated manufacturing and distribution environments. She has led large teams through organisational change, lean transformation and digital adoption, with a strong focus on people, culture and performance. She has held country-level leadership roles spanning operations, people strategy, quality, and commercial performance, with a strong focus on aligning culture, capability and technology to business outcomes. She holds an MSc in HRM along with coaching and leadership qualifications, and brings a practical leadership perspective to AI in HR — exploring how it can support better decisions, build trust and enhance, not replace, human judgement at work.
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Leo Clancy
CEO, Ei Electronics
Leo Clancy is CEO of Ei Electronics, a global leading company focus on Home Life Safety, shipping 15 million fire protection devices annually from Shannon. Prior to taking up his role at Ei, Leo was CEO of Enterprise Ireland, the Irish Government Trade and Development Agency, supporting global growth of Irish companies. Leo served as Head of Technology Sector at IDA for 8 years, working on development of inward investment. Hi early career was in the telecommunications industry, having held various engineering and management roles first at Ericsson and then at e|net, an Irish provider of broadband communication services. Leo is an Electronic Engineer.
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Jack Clarke
Irish Life
Jack has spent more than 25 years in Reward and is known as an authentic, solutions focused Reward leader with a strong track record across HR, Reward and Governance. She has led and implemented reward strategies in key organisations including Standard Life, Bord Gáis Energy, Permanent TSB and, most recently, the Irish Life & Canada Life Groups. In both her Board and corporate roles, Jack’s priority is creating high performance cultures built on fair, consistent and competitive total reward. Her hands on experience in total reward management, financial services regulation, data analytics, project management and employee engagement means she approaches the EU Pay Transparency Directive not as a theoretical exercise, but as a practical change programme – helping to turn regulatory requirements into transparent, trusted and sustainable pay practices.
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Derek McKay
Senovis
Derek McKay is the CEO and Founder of Senovis (www.senovis.com), an exclusive community he’s proud to have established for global Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs). Senovis enables CHROs to influence and impact Organisational performance and is focused on leading the way globally in this space. Through Senovis, an evidence-based, data-driven platform, Derek brings together CHROs, in person and virtually, to share, discuss, and drive forward the Strategic HR and People Agenda. With over 25 years of professional experience in the sector, prior to Senovis Derek also founded Adare Human Resource Management in 2003, and since then, he has been overseeing the growth of the business to become one of Ireland’s leading HR, Employment Law and Industrial Relations Consultancies (www.adarehrm.ie). In 2021, Derek changed roles from Managing Director to joining the Board of Directors. Additionally, Derek has also successfully launched a HR SaaS resource, Linea, within the Irish market (www.linea.ie) which continues to grow exponentially. Besides all his professional experience, Derek is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD), holds a Diploma in Personnel Management from the National College of Ireland as well as a Bachelor of Business Studies Degree from Trinity College Dublin. Aditionally, in his spare time, Derek contributes by volunteering as Chairperson to the Marie Keating Foundation, a charity whose mission is to make cancer less frightening by enlightening and whose aim is to live in a world free from the fear of cancer.
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Daragh Mc Greal
KPMG
Daragh Mc Greal is KPMG’s Chief Economist and a Director in the firm’s Strategy & Economics team. Daragh is PhD-trained with experience in consulting, the Oireachtas and with international organisations. At KPMG, Daragh leads a range of economic modelling projects, provides strategic and commercial advice to both public and private sector organisations, and publishes and speaks on the Irish economy and geopolitics.
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