Future of Talent Summit: The End of Talent Acquisition?

Are traditional hiring models fit for the future — or already outpaced by AI and workforce transformation?

Our flagship Future of Talent events are built on a simple idea: the people in the room already have a huge amount of knowledge, experience, and hard‑won insight.The world of work is shifting — quickly. The question is no longer just who you hire, but how work gets done. As AI reshapes tasks, skills become more fluid, and organisations rethink how they access talent, traditional models of Talent Acquisition are being challenged. In many cases, they’re being redefined entirely.At the same time, organisations are grappling with how to make better use of difference. Conversations around diversity have become more complex—and often more polarised — but the need to build teams that bring together different perspectives, experiences and thinking styles has never been more important to performance.

We’ll hear from thought leaders, including Jo Sutton, Global Head of Contingent Workforce at Rolls-Royce, who will explore why the future workforce won’t be built through traditional hiring alone, drawing on practical experience of balancing workforce agility, cost, governance and access to critical skills. We’ll also be joined by Simon Fanshawe (Diversity by Design), one of the UK’s leading thinkers on diversity, who will challenge how organisations think about diversity — not as a programme, but as a practical driver of better decisions and outcomes. But this is designed as a working conversation, not a lecture. It’s a space to openly share what’s working, what isn’t, and what you’re trying next.

This is a day to compare notes, challenge assumptions, and explore how Talent Acquisition evolves — whether that’s into something broader, more integrated, or something entirely different.

Key Themes We’ll Explore:

From Talent Acquisition to workforce orchestration 
How organisations are moving beyond hiring into more integrated ways of accessing and deploying capability across the business

Workforce architecture in practice (buy / build / borrow / bot) 
Making deliberate decisions about when to hire, redeploy, automate, or access external talent — and who owns those choices

AI and the reality of transformation 
Where AI is genuinely reshaping hiring and work—and where governance, risk, and organisational complexity slow adoption

Making diversity a driver of performance 
Moving beyond polarised debate to understand how different perspectives strengthen decision-making and outcomes

Connecting skills, mobility and workforce strategy 
Unlocking talent from within and aligning hiring, learning and workforce planning around capability — not roles

Why Attend?

• Senior leaders and specialists sharing real-world insight — to be announced soon

• Leave with frameworks, questions, and approaches you can apply immediately

• Learn what leading organisations are doing now — and what is genuinely working

• Engage with a senior, invite-only group of HR, Talent Acquisition, and Workforce leaders facing similar challenges

This is a complimentary, invite-only conference, designed exclusively for HR, Talent Acquisition, and Workforce leaders. Register now to secure your place.