OCTOBER 26-28, 2026 | WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Only Executive Summit
Built Exclusively for Heads of TA
In October, more than 100 Heads of TA gathered in Washington, D.C. for three days of working side by side on the decisions shaping 2027.
“There’s no forum I know of like this one… this Summit puts me in touch with other TA heads who are managing similar challenges. I have a page full of ideas coming out of the session that I believe will help bring value to my org.”
– Head of TA, on the value of the room
~100
Heads of TA in the room
3 days
of TA Transformation Insights
6
Member Innovation Spotlights
16
Curated Challenge Roundtables
Who Was in the Room
Heads of TA from organizations spanning technology, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, consumer and retail, manufacturing and industrials, professional services, energy and utilities, and media and telecommunications.
What the room worked through
Built From 100 Questions Heads of TA Asked This Year
The Summit agenda came directly from the questions members raised with The Council this year. A few of them:
Future Recruiter
“Which recruiter capabilities should we deliberately strengthen because AI is less likely to replace them?”
Candidate Trust
“How do we verify that the person we’re interviewing is actually the person who applied?”
Internal Mobility
“How do we make internal mobility feel like career growth instead of employee loss?”
Operating Model
“How do we create space for strategic work when recruiters are still carrying requisitions?”
FROM THE MAIN STAGE
Answers To Your Urgent Priorities
keynote
How is TA Transforming?
Carter Bradley, Co-Founder & CEO, Veris Insights
Drawing on a year of conversation from across The Council, our opening address zeros in on the three largest challenges facing Heads of TA: how to structure the team to accelerate efficiency and value, how to confidently recruit the best talent as business needs shift and AI erodes candidate signal, and what work AI can take on without degrading performance. You’ll walk away with context on the transformation confronting TA, and answers that drive smarter action.
fireside chat
How is AI reshaping the workforce?
Taylor Stockton, Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor
Taylor Stockton shared a firsthand view of how AI, or Super Intelligence, is changing work and what the Department of Labor is seeing across the workforce. He also covered how the department is responding through tech literacy, apprenticeships, and workforce innovation, and what leading employers can do now to build the talent they need.
closing session
Looking Ahead to 2027
Andrew Monroe, PhD, VP of Research, Veris Insights
Dr. Andrew Monroe shared what Veris research expects to hold true for Heads of TA in 2027. The team scanned a year of news and research across 20 topic categories and distilled eight trends under three themes: who decides and by what rules, proving the return, and TA’s changing seat.
INSIDE TA ORGANIZATIONS
Member spotlights
Attendees heard from peers leading transformations inside their own organizations, compared approaches in small-group roundtables and closed The Summit together.
Allstate
The SWAT Team
Aligning our best people against our most important work
Sean Barry, VP of Talent Acquisition
Baird
AI Proficiency Model
A structured way to build real Copilot skill across advancing levels of HR
Todd McClement, Director of Talent Acquisition
Kohler
Three Outcomes Before a Req Opens
How Kohler cut req cancellations with one requirement
Sharyn Carlson, Head of Talent Acquisition
New York Life
The Candidate Concierge
Designing the candidate experience from company ethos
Elizabeth Tyndell, Head of Talent Acquisition
SAP
Skills-Led Hiring
Fifteen skills, five interviews, one yardstick at 25,000 hires a year
Eric Goldstein, Global Head of Talent Attraction
TIAA
Internal Mobility
Making internal mobility an enterprise priority
Sarah Brown, SVP, Head of Global Talent Acquisition
“Veris Insights was extremely thoughtful in bringing in the most influential people in the Talent Acquisition space. These leaders deeply understand the technology, the people and processes that support the hiring of over 3 million people annually. The content and overall event were extremely beneficial to anyone leading a TA organization.”
– Head of TA, on the value of the room
Put the Summit’s Insights to Work in Your Organization
The questions raised in Washington, D.C. are already shaping 2027 TA plans. Our experts can walk you through what we heard from 100 Heads of TA and build a plan around your priorities.
See how peer organizations are redesigning TA for an AI era
Benchmark your team against the leaders in the room
Pressure-test your 2027 priorities with Veris research
