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Full Program Schedule

APRIL 7, 2022 | ALL VIRTUAL
9AM- 5PM (EDT)

This year’s virtual event included keynotes, interviews, and conversations,
along with “Curated Connections” networking sessions throughout the day.

Conference Opening

9:00 AM

Curated Connections Opening

Curated Connections Ticket Holders Networking Session I*
Topic 1: The Office of the Future
Topic 2: Understanding Your Team

10:00 AM

Main Stage Opening Remarks

Adam Grant, Wharton Organizational Psychologist, Author of Think Again, Host of WorkLife
Erika James, Dean of The Wharton School of The
University of Pennsylvania
Cade Massey
, Practice Professor, Wharton People Analytics
Faculty Co-Director

LEADING AND COLLABORATING REMOTELY

10:10 AM

KEYNOTE
Windows into the Future: Why Managers Matter as Much as Tech

Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft
Adam Grant, Wharton Organizational Psychologist, Author of Think Again, Host of WorkLife

10:52 AM

Remote Control? How Managers Can Adapt to Our Hybrid Future

Moderated by Anne Helen Petersen, Writer at Substack, Co-Author of Out of The Office
Nick Bloom, Stanford Economics Professor

Moderated by Anne Helen Petersen, Writer at Substack, Co-Author of Out of The Office
Tsedal Neeley, Harvard Professor, Author of Remote
Work Revolution

HOW WE SHOW UP AS INDIVIDUALS

11:29 AM

Zoom Fatigue and the Science of Recovery

Allison Gabriel, McClelland Professor of Management and Organizations, University Distinguished Scholar at University of Arizona

11:48 AM

KEYNOTE
Beliefs Matter: The Real-World Implications of Individual and Organizational Mindsets

Carol Dweck, Psychologist & Stanford Professor, Author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Angela Duckworth,  University of Pennsylvania Professor of Psychology, Bestselling Author of Grit, and CEO of Character Lab

12:28 PM

If Only

Dan Pink, Seven-time #1 NYT Bestselling Author of Drive, A Whole New Mind, When, and The Power of Regret

12:47 PM

KEYNOTE
From Intent to Impact: How Can We Create a More Inclusive Future?

John Amaechi, Organizational psychologist, Founder of APS Intelligence, former NBA player
Alicia Menendez, Anchor and Correspondent at MSNBC

1:28 PM

LUNCH BREAK
Main Stage Ticket Holders

1:28 PM

Curated Connections –
Networking Session II

Curated Connections Ticket Holders Networking Session II
Topic 1: Building Team Culture in Hybrid/Remote
Topic 2: How to Make Virtual Meetings Not Suck

LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD

2:05 PM

Talent v. Skills: Shifting Who and How We Hire to Create the Workforce We Need

Chike Aguh, 2020 Harvard Carr Center Technology and Human Rights Fellow, Current Chief Innovation Officer at the US Department of Labor
Charles Duhigg, Writer at the New Yorker Magazine and Author of The Power of Habit

2:29 PM

Creating Good Jobs is a Strategy

Zeynep Ton, Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan School of Management; President, Good Jobs Institute
Cade Massey, Practice Professor, Wharton People Analytics
Faculty Co-Director

WHAT THE PAST TELLS US ABOUT THE FUTURE

2:55 PM

A Message from the Future about People Analytics

Andrea Jones-Rooy, Visiting Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, NYU Center for Data Science

3:14 PM

It’s About Time: The Future of the 4-Day Week

Charlotte Lockhart, Managing Director and Founder, The 4 Day Week
James Suzman, Anthropologist, Author of Affluence Without Abundance and WORK

3:37 PM

Forecasting Tournament

Predicting the Future of Work

Cade Massey, Practice Professor, Wharton People Analytics Faculty Co-Director

3:46 PM

KEYNOTE
Getting Uncomfortable with the Future

Malcolm Gladwell, NYT Bestselling Author of Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath and Host at Revisionist History Podcast
Adam Grant
, Wharton Organizational Psychologist, Author of Think Again, Host of WorkLife

4:32 PM

Curated Connections –
Networking Session III

Curated Connections Ticket Holders Networking Session III
Topic 1: 4-day Week
Topic 2: Leveling the Playing Field

5:11 PM

Curated Connections Close

Cade Massey, Practice Professor, Wharton People Analytics Faculty Co-Director