HR Technology and Digital Transformation: Navigating New Tools
Discover strategies to successfully integrate emerging HR technologies and drive impactful digital transformation
- 11:00 AM
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Description
As technology continues to reshape workplaces, HR leaders face the critical task of navigating a rapidly evolving landscape of digital tools and platforms. This session will provide essential insights into how leading organizations are leveraging HR technologies—such as cloud-based systems, AI-powered analytics, and digital platforms—to transform talent management, employee engagement, and organizational agility.
What you’ll gain:
Participants will explore how next-gen HR technologies drive better business aligned outcomes and support the employee value proposition. You’ll have the opportunity to also engage with your peers in some transformation challenges such as change management, alignment, and measuring ROI—highlighted through peer conversations.
Featured Speakers:
- Aashna Kircher, Group General Manager, CHRO Products at Workday
Aashna leads the CHRO product suite at Workday, encompassing core HR, talent acquisition, learning, workforce management, and employee experience tools. She will share strategic insights on how Workday’s innovations are shaping the future of HR, and how enterprise-scale organizations are designing people-first technology to enable agility, retention, and growth. - Vijay Swaminathan, CEO and Co-Founder of Draup
Vijay brings deep expertise in workforce planning and human capital optimization. At Draup, he leads the development of AI-driven talent intelligence platforms that help organizations model global workforce scenarios and skills gaps. Vijay will offer perspectives on how data and AI are redefining talent acquisition, skills mapping, and organizational design.
We anticipate a robust peer group for this event having already registered HR and technology leaders from American Family Insurance, Associated Bank, Brunswick Corporation, Clarios, Colony Brands, Delta Dental of Wisconsin, Foremost Farms, GE HealthCare, Harley-Davidson, Inc., J.H. Findorff & Son, Kohler Co., Lands' End, Menasha Corporation, OMRON Management Center of America, Inc., Oshkosh Corporation, Promega Corporation, Rockline Industries, Sartori Company among others.
Who should attend:
This session is ideal for HR executives, talent leaders, and technology decision-makers committed to building a future-ready workforce that prioritizes employee experience and business agility.
Get involved:
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Agenda Items
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| Doug Barton, Director, UWEBC | |
| 9:10 AM | Expert Spotlight |
| Aashna Kircher, Group General Manager, CHRO Products at Workday | |
| 9:50 AM | Innovator Spotlight |
| Vijay Swaminathan, CEO and Co-Founder of Draup | |
| 10:20 AM | Breakout Discussion - Discuss and Apply |
| All | |
| 10:50 AM | Wrap Up |
| Doug Barton, Director, UWEBC | |
| 11:00 AM | Adjourn |
Additional Information
Location: ZoomContact: Events Team, events@uwebc.wisc.edu