The role of AI in HR

About this event

HR's role in building capability and what should we be doing next?

Rather than focusing on the technology itself, Erica Farmer explores some bigger questions:

• Are we actually becoming more productive?
• Are our organisations ready for what AI enables?
• What happens when the pace of AI starts exposing the cracks in the way we already work?
• What role should People Professionals play in shaping what comes next?

About the speaker:

Erica Farmer: The Human Side of AI.

AI strategist. Learning expert. Future of work specialist.

For 25+ years, I have worked at the heart of how people learn, develop, and adapt inside some of the UK’s best-known organisations. Now, I bring that people-first expertise to AI.

While many focus on what the technology can do, I focus on what it takes for people to actually make it work. I help organisations turn AI from something people are told to use into something they understand, trust, and use to create better ways of working.

Because our biggest AI challenge isn’t the technology; it’s helping people to see how they can shape the future of work.

Recent accolades: Best AI & Future Tech Speaker Finalist ‘25 & Commended ‘26. Top 20 HR Most Influential Thinker & HR Top Mind ‘26. Author of AI for People Professionals.

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