About the Panel Discussion

People Analytics is entering a new era. AI, workforce intelligence, embedded decision support, and agentic technologies are transforming how organizations understand work and make workforce decisions. At the same time, the fundamentals that made People Analytics valuable, building trust, asking the right questions, connecting data to business outcomes, and influencing leaders, remain just as important. As expectations for HR continue to grow, People Analytics leaders are being asked to do more than produce insights. They must help shape workforce strategy, enable better decisions across the business, and prepare their organizations for a future where people and AI increasingly work side by side.

This panel brings together leaders from across HR, People Analytics, Workforce Planning, and HR Technology to reflect on what has fundamentally changed, what organizations still need to get right, and where the function is headed over the next several years.

Discussion points

Which capabilities will define the next generation of People Analytics.
How AI is changing workforce decisions without replacing human judgment.
What organizations should invest in today to prepare for tomorrow's workforce.
How People Analytics can continue evolving into one of the most strategic functions within HR.

Speakers

Dan Lapporte, Head of US People Analytics at ASML
Emma Crockett, Vice President, Head of People Insights & Operations at Atlassian
Peter Ryan, Vice President, People Insights and Workforce Planning at Schneider Electric
Mary Hamman, Director, People Science at Indeed
Paul Rubenstein, Chief Evangelist at Visier
[Moderator] Daniel Baraldi, Senior Director, Head of People Analytics at Visa
[Event Chair] Chris Rainey, CEO & Co-Founder at HR Leaders

This panel is part of the Global People Analytics Summit 2026, built to help HR leaders harness AI, workforce intelligence and connected data to make better business decisions and improve workforce strategy, planning and performance.

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