HR in Wales Conference 2025
Schedule
Thu Oct 16 2025 at 08:30 am to 05:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Cardiff City Stadium | Cardiff, WA
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Join us for our first conference where we'll focus on leading and thriving in an uncertain worldAbout this Event
Session speakers and contents are confirming daily! See below for an outline of the day.
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:15 AM
Registration, networking, exhibition
Info: Check out the exhibition, connect with old and new colleagues, and get ready for the day with a cup of tea, coffee, and "arrival snack"!
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
Welcome / opening remarks
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Opening keynote: When the world shakes, Wales feels it.
Host: Carwyn Jones
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Insights: Technology disruption: threat or opportunity?
Host: Mark Hendy
🕑: 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
Refreshments, networking, exhibition
🕑: 11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Insights: Steering through storms: resilience in leadership
Host: Sarah Hopkins
🕑: 11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Insights: EVP in a fragmented world: can one size ever fit all?
Host: Gareth Way and Cath Sims
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:10 PM
Insights: Self ID: what is a woman (at work)?
Host: Neil Morrison
🕑: 01:10 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch, networking, exhibition
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:40 PM
Insights: Transform to win: the HR leadership game-changer
Host: Amanda Arrowsmith
🕑: 02:40 PM - 03:00 PM
Case study: Future proofing your workforce: the value of apprenticeships
Host: CAVC / ALS / ACT
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:20 PM
Refreshments, networking, exhibition
🕑: 03:20 PM - 04:00 PM
Fireside chat: Leadership resilience: lessons from the frontline
Host: Zoe Baker and Lydia Stirling
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:40 PM
Tales of the unexpected
Host: Hugh James Employment Team
Info: Legal experts share cases arising from responding to crises
🕑: 04:40 PM - 05:20 PM
Closing keynote: Navigating uncertainty: success, failure and lessons learned
Host: Andy Craggs
🕑: 05:20 PM - 05:30 PM
Closing remarks
🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Happy Hour / networking reception
Info: It wouldn't be an HR in Wales event if it didn't include a time to relax and reflect at the end of the day!
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Where is it happening?
Cardiff City Stadium, Leckwith Road, Cardiff, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
Tickets
GBP 225.30
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