About this Event
Join us in Manchester for our next Talent Leaders Manchester Workshop 14th October 2026
Today’s talent landscape is more complex and competitive than ever. Employers must rethink how they design and deliver talent strategies that respond to rising expectations, increasing skills scarcity, and growing pressure for measurable business impact. This workshop will explore what truly enables organisations to stand out—and move from insight to action.
Alongside this, Talent Acquisition and workforce leaders are under increasing pressure to use data, intelligence, and AI responsibly to anticipate talent needs, identify skill gaps, and inform better decision-making. We’ll examine how workforce analytics and emerging technologies can support the human experience, enable smarter planning, and help organisations stay ahead of market change.
Join senior Talent Acquisition and HR leaders for a practical, insight-led workshop, focused on building future-ready talent strategies. Through expert keynotes, interactive panel discussions, and peer-led roundtables, we’ll explore how organisations can elevate TA as a strategic partner, strengthen employer brand and EVP, and prioritise effectively for the years ahead.
Key themes we’ll explore:
- Talent Experience & Employer Value Proposition: Evolving the employee and candidate journey, and adapting employer brand and EVP to meet changing expectations across hybrid, diverse, and multi-generational workforces.
- Business-Aligned Talent Strategy: How TA and people leaders can embed more deeply into the business to deliver integrated, long-term workforce solutions with measurable impact.
- AI, Data & Human-Centred Innovation: Using AI and data responsibly to enhance the human experience, improve productivity, and move from experimentation to real business value.
- The Future of Talent Acquisition: Elevating TA through insight and intelligence—using data to shift from delivery-focused functions to strategic workforce partners.
Why attend?
Practical takeaways — Leave with actionable frameworks and insights you can apply immediately. Peer insight — Learn what leading organisations are doing now—and what is genuinely delivering results. A curated conversation — Engage with a senior group of HR, Talent Acquisition, and Workforce leaders facing similar challenges.
This is a complimentary, invite-only workshop, designed exclusively for employer in-house HR, Talent Acquisition, and Workforce leaders. Register your interest now and we will update you to let you know if you have secured a place.
Agenda
- 09:00 - 09:30 Registration, Coffee & Networking
- 09:30 - 09:50 Intro and Welcome by Andy Daniel, TALiNT Partners
- 09:50 - 10:10 New CIPD Report with Jo Lancaster-Towers, Director of Executive Search Solutions & Katie Noble, Talent Strategy Director at Omni The CIPD Resourcing and Talent Planning Report 2026, supported by Omni RMS, highlights the key trends and challenges shaping the talent market, offering valuable insights into how organisations can adapt and thrive.
- 10:10 - 10:40 Panel Q&A - Resourcing agility: building a workforce that can respond at speed
- 10:40 - 11:10 Roundtable Exercise
- 11:10 - 11:25 Break & Networking
- 11:25 - 11:55 Panel Q&A - Accessing and assessing skills and expereince effectively
- 11:22 - 12:25 Roundtable Exercise
- 12:25 - 12:30 Summary and close
- 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch & Networking
Speakers
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Melissa Mulholland-Well Halfords Talent Director -
Emily Forbes Unseen Founder of Seenit -
Laurie Booth GBG Plc Director, Talent AttractionLaurie is a Talent Attraction leader who loves connecting great people with great opportunities. With experience across Tech, Commercial and Central Services, she builds attraction, sourcing and EVP strategies that deliver hiring success. She is particularly passionate about leveraging data and AI to make better recruitment decisions, uncover insights and measure what really drives results.
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Kirsten Stewart Vitality Head of Talent AcquisitionKirsten Stewart is Head of Talent Acquisition at Vitality, where she leads global talent acquisition across the organisation.
With extensive experience in transforming recruitment functions, Kirsten has successfully led large-scale talent strategies, technology implementation, employer brand development, and responsible AI adoption in hiring.
Passionate about creating inclusive candidate experiences and future-ready talent practices, she works closely with business leaders to connect talent strategy with organisational growth.
Kirsten is a recognised voice in talent acquisition, sharing practical insights on recruitment transformation, skills, technology, and the evolving future of work.
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Alastair Ball Senior TA LeaderAt Amazon, Alastair led Talent Acquisition teams across EMEA for 14 years, directing end-to-end hiring strategy. He drove recruitment transformation across EMEA, MENA, and India at scale, building high-performing teams and embedding data-driven practices, combining strategic workforce planning with hands-on operational leadership in a complex hiring environment.
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Jo Lancaster-Towers Omni RMS Director of Executive Search SolutionsOmni is the leading, independent outsourcing and recruitment transformation provider in the UK, working with both public and private sector organisations to change the way they resource for the better.They use their 20 years’ specialist knowledge and experience to truly understand their clients’ resourcing needs, taking a joined-up approach to their business objectives to provide them with the best possible people strategy. Omni gives their clients a competitive advantage within their marketplace through the delivery of flexible, brand-led strategic outsourced recruitment strategies, recruitment transformation solutions and HR & recruitment training.www.omnirms.com -
Katie Noble Omni RMS Talent Strategy DirectorOmni is the leading, independent outsourcing and recruitment transformation provider in the UK, working with both public and private sector organisations to change the way they resource for the better.They use their 20 years’ specialist knowledge and experience to truly understand their clients’ resourcing needs, taking a joined-up approach to their business objectives to provide them with the best possible people strategy. Omni gives their clients a competitive advantage within their marketplace through the delivery of flexible, brand-led strategic outsourced recruitment strategies, recruitment transformation solutions and HR & recruitment training.www.omnirms.com
