The Employer Summit: Get Ready for the Next Era of Work

Schedule

Tue Oct 07 2025 at 11:30 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Rogers Centre Ottawa | Ottawa, ON

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Join us at the Best Places to Work Employer Summit to learn real world strategies for workforce disruption.
About this Event

Never before have business executives, managers and HR professionals faced so many talent challenges. Workforces are being disrupted by a convergence of powerful forces.

Hybrid and remote workplaces caused by the pandemic continue, seemingly without end. Ongoing economic uncertainty makes staffing levels precarious. The arrival of artificial intelligence promises to forever change the nature of work.

How are business executives, managers and HR professionals supposed to react to these monumental changes?

The Employer Summit will share three strategies:

  • build your culture to increase employee engagement
  • foster resilience to prepare for continued disruption
  • prepare for new technology opportunities

Bring your team and get ready for what comes next

Register your team for an entire day devoted to exploring solutions to these challenges. Hear from award-winning Best Places to Work leaders and crossfunctional experts, engage in discussions with other local organizations and plan for the β€œNext Era of Work.”

BONUS: Book full-day pass now and get access to DisruptHR

Here's a fantastic incentive to book a full-day pass. Book now and your Employer Summit full-day pass will get you access to DisruptHR. That's an added value of $85.

DisruptHR is a high-energy, fast-paced events with eight speakers who share bold, disruptive ideas about workplace talent, culture, and technology in five-minute talks, using a format of 20 slides that advance every 15 seconds. The events aim to energize, inform, and empower attendees by providing opportunities for networking and sparking new ideas in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.

A special thank you to all our presenting sponsors: WCG, Employment Ontario, Government of Canada, Government of Ontario, and Meldrum Horne.


Agenda

πŸ•‘: 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Registration & Buffet Lunch
πŸ•‘: 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Welcome Remarks
πŸ•‘: 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch Presentation – The Upskilling Paradox: A Call to Action for Employers
πŸ•‘: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Top 20 Awards Presentation
πŸ•‘: 01:45 PM - 02:45 PM
Session 1 – Lessons Learned from the Best Places to Work Recipients
πŸ•‘: 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Break & Visit Exhibitors
πŸ•‘: 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Session 2 – Table Talk with WCG Employment Ontario
πŸ•‘: 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Session 3 – Employment Law Updates
πŸ•‘: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
BONUS ACCESS: DisruptHR Networking Cocktail
πŸ•‘: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
BONUS ACCESS: DisruptHR Presentations

Info: Hors d’Oeuvres served at tables


πŸ•‘: 07:00 PM
Conclusion
πŸ•‘: 03:45 PM - 04:00 PM
Break & Visit Exhibitors
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Where is it happening?

Rogers Centre Ottawa, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada

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Tickets

CAD 96.05 to CAD 1927.05

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