Sovereign Minds Summit

PEAK PERFORMANCE
AND THE FUTURE OF WORK

Bringing HR, culture and talent experts together to discuss emerging trends, share ideas and inspire transformative action.
Tuesday 15 September 2026
QEII Centre, Westminster
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Where strategy meets insight

On Tuesday, 15 September 2026, the summit will deliver a curated programme of high-level discussions and insight-led panels designed for those setting the HR agenda. Hosted at the QEII Centre in the heart of London, SMS brings together forward-thinking organisations to explore ideas redefining the modern workforce.

The Summit
Employment and the evolving labour market
Work benefits and remuneration strategies
Learning and development in a rapidly changing world
Recruitment and talent acquisition
The impact of AI on HR and business operations
Organisational culture and workforce transformation
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Meet the leaders shaping the future of work

More speakers being announced soon

4 Themes

Each session tackles a specific challenge HR leaders are facing right now. Get actionable insights from the UK's leading experts. None of the panels are sponsored. No sales pitches

Talent Wars
These sessions are built for HR leaders who need practical answers to a hiring landscape that looks nothing like it did even just two years ago.

How do you decide which benefits are actually worth investing in, rather than guessing at what your workforce values? How do you stand out to top talent when every employer is competing for the same shrinking pool of genuinely strong candidates? And how do you redesign interviews and shortlisting to filter out AI-generated noise and properly assess the person behind the application? + more
Employment Law Changes
These sessions are built for HR leaders who need a precise, accurate picture of what's changing and when and what to do about it to stay ahead.

How do you separate the changes that are actually confirmed from the ones still being debated? How do you rebuild policies and manager training around a six-month qualifying period instead of two years, with barely a year to get ready? How do you prepare for a new statutory bereavement leave right? And how do you make sure your organisation isn't the one caught out when a newly consolidated enforcement body starts investigating proactively, rather than waiting for a complaint to land first? + more
AI, AI, AI
These sessions are built for HR leaders who want a clear, practical place to start with AI and insights on how best to approach it.

Where do you actually begin with AI when the scope feels this large? Do you start with one high-volume process and prove it works before going further, or map the whole function first? How can HR lead org-wide AI adoption and capability-building and how can HR make the case for ROI in language the rest of the C-suite will actually accept? + more
High Performance Culture
These sessions are built for HR leaders who need their culture, and their institutional knowledge, to outlast any single team, generation, or leader in the building.

How do you hire and train for a specific standard? What does a genuinely high-performing culture actually look like when it has to survive without any one person holding it together personally? How do you build a standard of performance that holds up across every generation on your team, not just the one that happens to be running it today?  + more
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