Peter Cappelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at the Wharton School and director of Wharton’s Center for Human Resources.  He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA, served as Senior Advisor to the Kingdom of Bahrain for Employment Policy from 2003-2005, was a Distinguished Scholar of the Ministry of Manpower for Singapore, and was Co-Director of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce from 1990-1998. He was recently named by HR Magazine as one of the top 5 most influential management thinkers, by NPR as one of the 50 influencers in the field of aging, and was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources.

He received the 2009 PRO award from the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters for contributions to human resources and an honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Liege in Belgium.  He is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and writes a monthly column for HR Executive magazine. His work on performance management, agile systems, and hiring practices, and other workplace topics appears in the Harvard Business Review. His latest book is The Future of the Office: Work from Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We Face.

Amina Lobban is the Head of Culture, Engagement & HR Business Excellence, Global Mfg, Supply & Quality at Takeda. 

Khalil Smith is the VP of Inclusion, Diversity, and Engagement at Akamai Technologies, a content-delivery network, cybersecurity, and cloud service company, providing web and internet security services.

Before joining Akamai, Khalil worked with NeuroLeadership Institute, a cognitive science consultancy, during which time he oversaw Consulting, Practices, and Research.  Prior to that, Khalil spent over 14 years in senior leader roles with Apple Inc., including leading a global Retail Training team of over 40 learning professionals, focused on expanding and strengthening the Apple culture across hundreds of retail stores in dozens of countries and languages. Khalil and his team were responsible for critical training elements for Apple, such as employee onboarding, technical skills, and product launches. 

Khalil holds an MBA with dual concentrations in Leadership and Strategy from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Khalil resides in Chapel Hill, N.C., with his wife and high-school sweetheart, Sandra, and two incredible sons, Kevyn, a recent graduate of Duke University, and Connor, his 6th grader.

Javed Khan is the  Senior Vice President and General Manager - Cisco Collaboration at Cisco.

Giselle Battley is the Senior Director, Global Head of Early Career Talent at JLL.

Kenya Jacobs is the Head of Global Diversity & Inclusion at Trane Technologies.

Sheila Jagannathan is Lead Learning Specialist and Program Manager of the Open Learning Campus, OLC, which is part of the Development Economics Knowledge Management practice of the World Bank.  She serves as the organization’s focal point on digital learning and issues at the intersection of technology use and education in emerging countries.   She is an innovative and strategic educational leader with over 30 years experience in designing and managing distance learning programs/knowledge products and transforming the use of online and classroom pedagogies and technology. Sheila also provides policy advice and technical assistance to World Bank country-level capacity building programs (both government and training institutes seeking to introduce technologies in their educational systems)  in, East Asia, China, the Middle East and North Africa, Africa and South Asia

Her current areas of interest and activity include:  Disruptive technologies for learning, the changing nature of work and continuous learning, AI enriched learning environments, adaptive and personalized learning, chatbots, MOOCs, experiential pedagogy, online/hybrid strategies, development of rich multimodal and social learning environments, big data and learning analytics, LMS and learning ecosystems. She serves on the advisory board and planning committees of several professional associations such as e-Learning Africa, the International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL) and the Association of Advancement of Computer Education (AACE). She holds a Masters and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from Boston University in Education Media and Technology and Artificial Intelligence-based systems for learning respectively.

Lydia Dishman is Fast Company’s senior editor for growth and engagement. She has also written for CBS Moneywatch, Fortune, The Guardian, Popular Science, and the New York Times, among others.

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza is a freelance reporter and From Day One contributing editor based in Richmond, Va., who writes about workplace culture and policies, hiring, DEI, and issues faced by women. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Fast Company, and Food Technology, among others, and has been syndicated by MSN and The Motley Fool.

Marcus is an employee experience professional with more than 12 years experience designing, implementing and leading employee experience programs, and at Qualtrics he supports organizations in all industries in doing the same.

As an I/O Psychology practitioner, Marcus brings a focus taking real-world action based on employee research with emphasis on growth mindsets and instilling consistent practice for effective change. He is passionate about building XM maturity & storytelling within organizations through enabling and empowering leaders with easy to understand and insightful results and clear calls to action.

Chris Coultas, PhD is the Senior Director, Employee Performance & Engagement at McKesson Corporation.