NAVEX has announced its 13th annual NAVEX Next Risk and Compliance Virtual Conference, scheduled for September 19, 2024. This event has grown into one of the largest global risk and compliance conferences, attracting over 110,000 professionals since 2012. For HR vendors, this development represents a significant opportunity to understand evolving compliance requirements that directly affect human resources technology and service offerings.
The conference features notable speakers including Cy Wakeman, a New York Times best-selling author and Global Gurus' 2023 World's #1 Leadership Guru. Wakeman will deliver a keynote addressing the potential negative impacts of overemphasizing employee engagement on company performance, drawing from 25 years of experience with top brands. This perspective challenges conventional HR wisdom and may influence how vendors approach engagement measurement tools and consulting services.
NAVEX Next 2024 includes 28 session speakers from prominent organizations like The Coca-Cola Company, CDL Nuclear Technologies, and CBRE. The 15-session agenda covers topics particularly relevant to HR vendors, including EU regulatory compliance, human rights in global supply chains, AI governance and risk management, compliance diagnostics in US healthcare, and the relationship between compliance and risk management. These subjects directly intersect with talent management systems, background screening, workforce analytics, and employee monitoring solutions.
The conference concludes with a keynote by Alison Taylor, Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Stern School of Business and Executive Director of Ethical Systems. Taylor's expertise in anti-corruption, human rights, and stakeholder engagement provides insights into building ethical organizational cultures, a growing concern for HR technology providers developing compliance training, whistleblower systems, and ethics reporting platforms.
For HR vendors, the conference's virtual format offers accessible engagement with GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) challenges affecting their client organizations. The event caters to professionals across risk management, compliance, legal, human resources, training, audit, IT, privacy, supply chain, and procurement disciplines, creating cross-functional learning opportunities that can inform integrated HR solutions.
The focus on AI governance presents particular significance for HR technology providers developing or incorporating artificial intelligence into recruitment, performance management, and workforce planning tools. Similarly, the emphasis on human rights in supply chains affects vendors offering supplier management, contractor compliance, and global workforce solutions. These topics reflect regulatory trends that will shape HR technology requirements in coming years.
Free registration makes the conference accessible to HR vendors of all sizes, allowing both established providers and emerging companies to benefit from current insights. This accessibility supports the industry's need to stay informed about compliance developments that affect product development, marketing claims, and implementation services.
As regulatory environments grow increasingly complex, conferences like NAVEX Next help HR vendors anticipate compliance requirements that will drive client demand. The virtual format aligns with digital transformation trends in the HR technology space, while the content addresses emerging challenges that vendors must understand to develop effective solutions. Interested professionals can register for the conference and access the full agenda and speaker profiles at https://www.navex.com.
