Before you scale AI, fix the foundations: What AI will expose in your global benefits strategy

REBA Congress Workshop

This invitation-only workshop, in partnership with Benifex, is exclusively designed for senior reward and benefit professionals with international responsibility.

 

Key discussion points:

  • Why benefits strategies fail: the six most common structural weaknesses undermining value and impact
  • AI readiness vs reality: what AI will expose in your current governance, data and operating model
  • The engagement paradox: why benefits matter more than ever, yet usage and perceived value remain low
  • Fix first, scale later: the critical priorities that unlock sustainable ROI from future tech investment

Global benefits strategies are not failing due to a lack of innovation, they are failing because the foundations are weak. As organisations accelerate towards AI-enabled platforms and personalisation, many are layering advanced technology onto fragmented data, inconsistent governance and poorly understood propositions. Drawing on global research and large-scale enrolment data, this workshop challenges benefit leaders to pause, diagnose and fix the fundamentals before scaling existing problems at speed.

Designed for benefit directors and managers who are implementing benefits technology for the first time, considering switching providers or under pressure to demonstrate readiness for AI-enabled solutions, participants will leave with a clear evidence-led view of what must be fixed first, what can safely be enabled later and where moving too quickly risks scaling existing problems rather than solving them.

 
What will happen on the day:
Taking place at during REBA Congress on 18th June 2026 at Convene 133 Houndsditch. You will be autoregistered to attend as much of the events agenda as you wish, which can be found here.
 
During the roundtable discussion you will have opportunity to join this greatly anticipated topic with a select group of fellow senior reward, benefits and wellbeing professionals.
 
A fabulous opportunity to exchange knowledge with high-calibre Reward Directors and gain valuable, topical insights and understanding from others.

Jean Slater-Romp, Head of Reward

Eversheds Sutherland

Informative, well-run networking event - what we have come to expect as the standard from REBA.

Eleanor Silverio, UK Benefits Policy Lead

Shell International Limited

It was an incredibly timely and thoughtful session with lots of useful information.

Siobhan Spiro, VP Global Reward

RS Components

Great speakers, topical subjects and great to discuss in person.

Sheneen Harris, Senior Manager, International Compensation & Benefit

Discovery Inc

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