EVENTS
The Next Era of Work: Build Culture, Boost Productivity & Foster Resilience
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?
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?
Here are three strategies:
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Build your culture to increase employee engagement
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Harness new technology to your boost productivity
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Foster resilience to prepare for continued disruption
Those strategies are at the core of the Best Places to Work Employer Summit 2025.
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 “Next Era of Work.”
If your people are your organization’s most important asset, invest a day devoted to their future.
Agenda:
11:30 AM - Registration and Networking
11:45 AM - Buffet Lunch
12:15 PM - Welcome Remarks
12:30 PM - Keynote Presentation
1:10 PM - Top 20 Best Places to Work Awards
1:30 PM - Networking Break
1:45 PM - Session 1: Best Ideas from the Best Places to Work 2025
2:30 PM - Networking Break
2:30 PM - Session 2: Employment Law Updates (Emond Harnden)
3:00 PM - Networking Break
3:15 PM - Session 3: Ask Me Anything - HR Edition
3:45 PM - Networking Break
4:00 PM - DisruptHR Cocktail Hour
5:00 PM - DisruptHR Welcome Remarks
5:15 PM - DisruptHR Presentation and Closing Remarks
6:30 PM - Networking
A special thank you to all our presenting sponsors: WCG, Employment Ontario, Government of Canada, Government of Ontario, and Meldrum Horne.

Date and Time
Tuesday Oct 7, 2025
11:30 AM - 7:00 PM EDT
Location
Rogers Centre
55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa Ontario
Fees/Admission
Full Conference Pass (Individual) - $296.35
Full Conference Table of 8 - $1,927.05
DisruptHR - $96.05
DisruptHR Table of 8 - $675.45
Click here to register