Dedicated event driving the wellbeing agenda
The Employee Wellbeing Congress is the largest dedicated corporate wellbeing conference in the HR and wellbeing calendar. It attracts hundreds of senior benefits, reward, HR and wellbeing professionals who are the driving force behind the wellbeing agendas in their organisations.
Delegates include employers that are leading the way with their integrated wellbeing strategies, as well as those that are just starting out on the journey to develop a wellbeing strategy as part of their overall business strategy.
As well as high calibre delegates, the Employee Wellbeing Congress is also highly regarded by the industry with leading consultants, top benefits platforms and innovative young suppliers supporting it.
The Employee Wellbeing Congress always features a fantastic programme of thought-provoking and informative content presented by a series of expert speakers, industry thought-leaders and top employers.
Employee Wellbeing Congress 2018 highlights reel
Video Tutorial: Panel Q&A with Dept for Work & Pensions, London Business School and REBA
Video Tutorial: Meway NHS Health Trust's financial wellbeing strategy for all
Video Tutorial: Nuffield Health's Marcus Herbert on data-driven wellbeing strategies
Video Tutorial: Metlife's Jo Elphick on low cost strategies to improve financial wellbeing
Video Tutorial: Schroders' Charlotte Frost on creating a global wellbeing culture
Video Tutorial: Coutts & Co's Michael Heyworth on avoiding wellbeing fatigue
Video Tutorial: Simplyhealth's Pam Whelan on the importance of mental resilience training
Video Tutorial: Standard Life's Catherine O'Connell on a personalised approach to wellbeing
Video Tutorial: Top tips panel Q&A on the challenge to change
Video Tutorial: Claire Hallmey on personalisation within your wellbeing culture
Video Tutorial: Cisco's Sheila Champion Smeeth on the role of digital in health and wellbeing
Video Tutorial: BUPA's James Willis on how to demonstrate ROI value to your board
Video Tutorial: Aon's Jon Bryant on creating a wellbeing brand
Video Tutorial: Legal & General's Vanessa Sallows on overcoming mental health barriers at work
Video Tutorial: Punter Southall and Anna Spender of Psyon debate wellbeing dashboards
Video Tutorial: Aviva's Ally Antel & Lisa Ost on a pro-active approach to employee mental wellbeing
Video Tutorial: Willis Towers Watson's Gaby Joyner & Olga Skouteli on building resilience
Video Tutorial: A Volkswagen Financial Services case study on wellbeing programme evolution
Video Tutorial: Mercer's Jenni Kirkwood & Dr Wolfgang Seidl on a consolidated approach to wellbeing
Video Tutorial: Mace Group's Judith Grant provides a case stufy on using metrics
Video Tutorial: Award winner case study from Causeway Technologies' Fiona Buchanan
Video Tutorial: SAP's Neil Hopkinson on securing employee buy-in for wellbeing
Video Tutorial: Award winner case study into Virgin Atlantic's wellbeing strategy
Video Tutorial: Personal Group's David Walker on how to secure wellbeing buy-in
Video Tutorial: Close Brothers' Jeannette Makings & Simon Williams on finding the best solution
Video Tutorial: Scottish Widows' Stuart Hopley on how to make financial wellbeing fun
Video Tutorial: Capita's Alistair Dornan on wellness engagement for millenials
Video Tutorial: Premier's Allyson Gayle on using gap analysis to improve your wellbeing programme
Video Tutorial: Dept for Work & Pensions' Angus Gray on the next steps to 'Thriving at Work'
Video Tutorial: REBA's Debi O'Donovan on wellbeing as an asset
Presentation slides available below
Slides are attached to the relevant speaker photo below.
Speakers include:
Alistair Dornan
Ally Antell
Allyson Gayle
Anna Spender
Beth Robotham
Catherine O'Connell
Claire Hallmey
David Walker
Debi O'Donovan
Dr Shaun Davis
Dr. Wolfgang Seidl
Fiona Buchanan
Gaby Joyner
Gemma Nauman
James Willis
Jenni Kirkwood
Jo Elphick
Jon Bryant
Josie Lazenby
Judith Grant
Lisa Ost
Lynda Gratton
Marcus Herbert
Neil Hopkinson
Olga Skouteli
Pam Whelan
Simon Williams
Michael Heyworth , FCSI
Dani Brackpool
Sheila Champion-Smeeth
John Dean
Charlie Frost
Angus Gray
Jeanette Makings
Dr Chris Tomkins
The Employee Wellbeing Congress delivers latest thinking and successful strategies for corporate wellbeing. The topical programme features a streamed conference covering physical, mental and financial wellbeing along with building positive cultures. Delegates also take part in peer-to-peer sharing, plus plenaries, keynotes and panel discussions, plus they can pick up a hard copy of REBA's annual Employee Wellbeing insight report.
In 2018 the event kicked off with a keynote presented by renowned HR expert, Professor Lynda Gratton of the London Business School, who discussed the effect that the rise of machines carrying out tasks is having on employee wellbeing. She suggested that organisations can get more out of their workforces by encouraging learning and helping enhance staff "vitality". Organisations and people must adapt to the changing environment we are now in, and we must place great importance on our wellbeing and vitality to be able to continue working into our later lives.
Throughout our sector the consensus is that businesses that strategically integrate employee wellbeing into their benefits programmes will be more resilient in the future climate due to improved staff productivity and motivation. And that's why the Employee Wellbeing Congress continues to drive the wellbeing agenda.
2018 Programme
| 09.00 | Welcome: Philip Hayne, Director, REBA | ||||||||||||||||
| 09.05 | Wellbeing as an asset: understanding the changing perspectives of government, investors and the boardroom • Why asset managers are putting pressure on CEOs to think differently about employees, and what this means for wellbeing • What leading CEOs say about employee wellbeing: a review of the research • How government is driving change through employers Debi O’Donovan, Director, REBA |
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| 09.20 | Keynote: Transformation, resilience and survival • Why organisations need to think differently about career lifecycles to transform their structure and culture and secure the long-term survival of their businesses • How employers can support individuals’ need to think differently about their vitality, skills, social networks and personal transformation to meet changing workplace needs • How government, employers and employees need to connect to drive the success of wellbeing strategies and support transformation Professor Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice, London Business School |
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| 09.50 | The government viewpoint: taking the next steps to ‘Thriving at Work’ – the Stevenson/Farmer review Angus Gray, Deputy Director Work & Health Policy, Department for Work & Pensions |
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| 10.10 | Panel Q&A, moderated by Beth Robotham, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.30 | Refreshments | ||||||||||||||||
| 11.00 | Pick and Mix Sessions: Before and after lunch, delegates will have the opportunity to pick and choose between three streams of breakout sessions designed to enable a more detailed focus on common wellbeing challenges. NOTE: times of sessions to be confirmed week commencing 4 June, so order of these sessions could change.
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| 12.35 | Lunch | ||||||||||||||||
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| 14.55 | Refreshments | ||||||||||||||||
| 15.25 | Round Table Discussions Prevention strategies – embedding wellbeing into your organisation before the problems arise • Do you, and if so how, conduct horizon scanning protocols (that is, how do you explore what the future might look like to better understand uncertainties your organisation might face) to work out what could most impact employee health and wellbeing strategies? • What are the biggest future wellbeing challenges that you wish to try to prevent or mitigate at your organisation? • What initiatives have you run that really impacted employee behaviour to date? • What proven ROI have you been able to demonstrate for prevention strategies, and what tips can you give to other employers trying to prove the business case for prevention? |
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| 16.10 | Case study: MACE How healthy is your business: using metrics to provide understanding and recommendations to your leadership team • Tracking ‘good health’ data as well as absence: focusing on resilience, motivation and engagement • Gaining an insight into the link between productivity and wellbeing • Using the data to ensure interventions are more tightly targeted Judith Grant, Associate Director Health & Wellbeing, Mace Group |
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| 16.30 | Top tips panel: The Challenge To Change What are the issues which most frequently threaten the effectiveness of an employer’s drive to create a wellbeing culture in the organisation, and how can you overcome them? Learn from our panel of employers who will share three top tips for dealing with the challenges they faced. Speakers include: Wellbeing Fatigue – how to keep up the momentum Michael Heyworth, Executive Director, Coutts & Co: REBA Employee Wellbeing Award Winner for Leadership & Culture Securing employee buy-in Neil Hopkinson, Total Rewards Partner, SAP Creating a global wellbeing culture Charlotte Frost, Benefits & Wellbeing Manager, Schroders Ensuring personalisation within your wellbeing culture Claire Hallmey, Wellbeing Manager, Oracle |
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| 17.10 | Summing up | ||||||||||||||||
| 17.15 | Finish |
Secure your place at Employee Wellbeing Congress 2018 whilst there is still availability.
REBA Professional Members: you will receive a Promotional Code to gain 100% discount on the price of £499. (Look out for an email or email us at [email protected] if you don’t spot anything.)
Non-Members: if you are a senior HR professional involved in Wellbeing initiatives for your organisation and you would like to attend the Employee Wellbeing Congress 2018, please send us your details to [email protected] to request a promotional code. Eligible delegates are reward, employee benefits or HR practitioners working in-house for an organisation of 250+ staff.
At the Employee Wellbeing Congress delegates will gain the perspective to build well-rounded wellbeing strategies.
More about Professor Lynda Gratton:
Professor Lynda Gratton will open the event with the topic of "Transformation, resilience and survival" (more details in the Agenda below. Professor Lynda Gratton is a Professor of Management Practice at London Business School where she directs ‘Human Resource Strategy in Transforming Companies’ – considered the world’s leading programme on human resources.
Lynda is the founder of Hot Spots Movement and since 2008 she has led the Future of Work Research Consortium, which has brought together executives from more than 100 companies. Over the last 20 years Lynda has written extensively about the interface between people and organisations including, in 2016, "The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity".
