Agenda | Workforce Innovation Expo 2027 | 22 September | Protein Studios, Shoreditch
Wednesday 22 September 2027, Protein Studios, Shoreditch

The agenda for the day.

Keynotes and panels on the main stage, case studies on the Case Studies Slap stage, and the expo floor open all day.

The 2027 agenda

Coming together now.

We're putting the 2027 programme together and will share sessions, timings and speakers over the coming months. Here's how the day will run.

Main stage Keynotes and panels with people running workforce in retail and hospitality.
Case Studies Slap stage 8 case studies from brands and the partners they work with.
9:30am to 4:30pm With the expo floor open all day and drinks when it wraps up.
Looking back

The 2026 agenda.

This is how the day ran at Workforce Innovation Expo 2026 on 10 September, with three panels and four case studies across two stages.

10:15am Main stage
Gold sponsor address

Workday gold sponsor address

Louise Gain
Louise Gain
Workday
10:30am Main stage
Panel

AI, People & Performance: Building the Future of Work in Retail & Hospitality

Louise Gain
Louise Gain Moderator
Workday
Robyn Richards
Robyn Richards
The Very Group
Matt Burney
Matt Burney
Indeed
Daniel Jenkins
Daniel Jenkins
Timpson
Marcus Robbins
Marcus Robbins
Everything Adaptive
11:30am Case Studies Slap stage
Case study

Quinyx and Kendra Scott: Your workforce is leaking profit, let's fix it

Ned Gammell
Ned Gammell
Quinyx
Aaron Locke
Aaron Locke
Kendra Scott
12:00pm Case Studies Slap stage
Case study

Equalture and Hunkemöller: From games to growth, how Hunkemöller hires better and sells more

Charlotte Melkert
Charlotte Melkert
Equalture
Daphne Olde Dubbelink
Daphne Olde Dubbelink
Hunkemöller
12:30pm
Lunch, refreshments and time on the expo floor
1:15pm Main stage
Panel

Operational Efficiency Under Pressure: Protecting Margins in a High-Cost Labour Market

James Ussher-Smith
James Ussher-Smith Moderator
TPP Retail
Rob Risker
Rob Risker
Mitchells & Butlers
Ian Moffat-Kyle
Ian Moffat-Kyle
Hilton
Roderick Schneider
Roderick Schneider
Workforce.com
Conor Crosland
Conor Crosland
Holland & Barrett
2:15pm Case Studies Slap stage
Case study

Attensi and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts: What 4,000 hotel staff taught us about training that changes behaviour

Zak Iqbal
Zak Iqbal
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Tom Winsor
Tom Winsor
Attensi
2:45pm Case Studies Slap stage
Case study

SolvedBy.Ai and Paddy Power: Three proven AI success stories every retailer should know

Edward Hogg
Edward Hogg
SolvedBy.Ai
Peter Higgins
Peter Higgins
Paddy Power
3:15pm Main stage
Panel

Frontline Labour Trends: The Real Drivers of Attraction, Engagement and Performance

Will Eadie
Will Eadie Moderator
WorkJam
Kate Moscardini
Kate Moscardini
Dishoom
Jennifer Stewart
Jennifer Stewart
Jimmy Choo
Matt Burney
Matt Burney
Indeed
Matt Eyre
Matt Eyre
Co-op
4:15pm
Conference close and evening drinks reception
Places limited to 750

22 September 2027. Be in the room.

Free for qualified retail and hospitality professionals. Every registration is checked before a place is confirmed.