Topics include effective strategies for handling the use of AI, working with trade unions, and working effectively with business leaders
This year's GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit, returning to the Royal Institution on October 1, will have a new focus on People and Workplaces, with a series of sessions featuring, and speaking to, both HR professionals and business leaders on what the modern games workplace needs to be in a time of ongoing turmoil in the industry.
Guided as always by feedback and comments from previous attendees, this year's event features a broader lineup of speakers and topics focused on practical, first-hand insights into the issues facing games businesses now, as well as how to build effective people strategies for the years ahead. Games recruitment specialist Amiqus has returned as headline sponsor.
Our first keynote speaker will be noted HR influencer Sasi Venables, founder of the HR Confidence Club, who'll be speaking on the future of people leadership amid changing workplace expectations for people professionals. Her session will give broad guidance into resilience and strategic thinking for HR staff in games businesses.
Venables has 25 years of industry experience specialising in diversity, equality, inclusion, culture, and employee relations, and is a CIPD Chartered Fellow with a master's degree in Human Resource Management. Her work with the HR Confidence Club is dedicated to researching and delivering structured and reflective development experiences that help to articulate the value of HR, rebuild confidence, set boundaries, and reconnect HR professionals with their 'why'.
That session will be followed by Niki Head, people and development director at Stellar Entertainment, who'll be hosting a practical session titled Challenge without conflict: how HR becomes a "critical friend" to leadership .
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