Unite 22: Know before you go

3 days to ignite your imagination

Unite isn't just an employee experience conference, it's an experience. The world's leading enterprises unite here to learn, network, get inspired, and have fun. With deep dives into how enterprises level up employee experience, visionary keynotes from the biggest names, and fun that you won't forget: It all happens here.

Day 1, Sep 20

Start day 1 with high-intensity cardio yoga with Sky Ting live from New York. Then, doors open for our watch parties in London and New York, so head down to watch every session live on the big screen surrounded by top employee experience and internal comms leaders.

Seth Godin kicks off Unite 22 with an exclusive keynote: This is internal comms: How to market to employees, followed by The Estée Lauder Companies who will spotlight their award-winning intranet. Then, Patricia Bright will take us through Influencing engagement with next-gen content, to help you create content that drives engagement and builds meaningful relationships with your audience.

Moments you don’t want to miss

Seth Godin - Marketing guru and best-selling author

As creator of one of the world’s most popular blogs and with 20+ best-selling books, what Seth doesn’t know about the art of connecting people with content isn’t worth knowing. Seth returns to Unite 22 to teach us how to apply a marketing eye to internal comms and build a brand from the inside out.

Patricia Bright - YouTuber

YouTuber-turned-entrepreneur Patricia Bright brings an exclusive keynote to Unite 22 with her keynote: Influencing engagement with next-gen content. Communicators in the audience wondering how to engage a new generation of workers won’t want to miss out on this session filled with advice on leveraging video to its fullest potential and meeting the expectations of Gen-Z.

Kerry O’Donnell - Executive Director of Technology for Global Communications at The Estée Lauder Companies

Want to know what it takes to create the world's best intranet of 2022? Join this session to learn how The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) is elegantly connecting employees globally and elevating internal comms and employee experience with MyELC, ELC’s employee experience platform. If you’re looking for inspiration for your own employee experience transformation; look no further.

Ask an IC expert

Our panel features: Chris Andrew - Strategy Director at Caburn Hope; Charlotte Mulliner - Senior Regional Manager of Corporate Affairs at Prudential; Rosemary Jean-Louis - Vice President Communications and Engagement Manager at Truist; and Marc Whittingham - Internal Communications & Engagement Lead at Holland & Barrett.

Seize the opportunity to get your questions answered by top internal communications practitioners and advisors. Come prepared with your trickiest questions and biggest challenges and get the answers you need to supercharge your internal comms strategy.

Day 2, Sep 21

A packed schedule of content will offer the tools and expertise to meaningfully and sustainably engage employees on Day 2 of Unite 22. Explore ways to connect global multilingual workforces, uncover the winning internal communications formula, and get an exclusive glimpse of the behind the scenes work that goes into a truly next-generation employee experience.

Moments you don’t want to miss

Steven Bartlett - Entrepreneur, dragon, and host of The Diary of a CEO podcast

The host of the chart-topping The Diary of a CEO podcast and entrepreneur featured on BBC's Dragon's Den, Steven Bartlett, is headlining day 2 of Unite with his keynote: Employee engagement lessons from a CEO. Bartlett joins us to discuss his unique ethos on employee engagement, how he’s created a company culture that’s eliminated turnover, and what it takes to lead an organization to success from the perspective of the modern CEO.

Will Saville - CEO at Unily

Returning for his annual Unite keynote, Unily’s Founder and CEO will be live in the studio for: Unily: Making it happen. Expect the inside scoop on Unily's roadmap and our vision for the future of employee experience. Where is our product going and how do we see it powering new ways of working? All will be revealed.

Kerry Christopher - VP Internal Communications at Cardinal Health

Kerry Christopher has seen it all in his 25+ years’ experience as an internal communicator and is bringing you all his secrets and advice in: A formula for internal communications success. For IC newbies and old hats looking for a refreshed perspective, this session will look at how to adapt a strategy around evergreen principles to engage employees and driving business value. Discover a time-tested framework for success.

Day 3, Sep 22

On the third and final day of Unite 22 we’ll be casting our eyes to the distant future. With big-picture thinking sessions coming from futurists, analysts, and Fortune 100 industry leaders; we’re going out with a bang. Before it all ends, we’ll round off with the all-important Unite 22 awards, a chance for us to celebrate our client's successes and showcase the best of the best.

Moments you don’t want to miss

Anne Lise Kjaer - Futurist

You don’t need a crystal ball to see into the future when you’ve got Anne Lise Kjaer. This session is for anyone who wants to ignite their inner clairvoyant and learn how to think like a futurist. Learn how to activate a futurist mindset and build resilience into your innovation and planning process with a crash course in how to think, work, and play like a futurist. Discover the 2030+ Trend Atlas set to shape our futures and leave with a toolkit for navigating the complexities of tomorrow.

Cheryl McKinnon - Principal Analyst at Forrester

Discover the top tech trends shaping the digital workplace with Forrester Research’s Principal Analyst, Cheryl McKinnon. The digital workplace of today – and tomorrow – must not only support a multitude of anywhere-work models but also support the best possible digital employee experience. Tech innovation continues at a rapid pace. Hear about the top trends shaping the digital workplace and what it means for your employee communications, collaboration, and digital employee experience strategies.

Zaynab Zubair - Digital People Transformation Lead (Microsoft) EMEIA at EY

EY’s Zaynab Zubair joins us to share key insights and emerging trends from EY’s Workplace of the Future Index and Microsoft’s Work Trend Index. This session breaks down the biggest trends set to shape our workplaces and offers insight into how we can mitigate risks and optimize opportunities.

A few things to know

Enjoying Unite 22

Attendees can experience Unite 22 however they want: online, in-person, or enjoy the best of both with a hybrid ticket. Once you're registered, you will receive the Unite 22 event link showing the full agenda in your local time. For those tuning in online, a "Join Now" button will appear next to each session 30 mins before the start time of each session.

Setting alerts for individual sessions

Clicking the heart symbol next to any session allows you to add a calendar notification.

Watch Parties

Get the full Unite experience by attending an in-person watch party in London or New York. Food and adult drinks on us!

Watch every Unite session live on the big screen surrounded by top employee experience leaders, revive your networking game, and take part in exclusive roundtable sessions reserved for in-person attendees only. Expect unmissable insights, celebrity sightings, and fun.

London (doors open at 01:00 PM): Amazing Grace, 9a St Thomas St, London SE1 9RY

New York (doors open at 08:00 AM): Pig Beach, 480 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

After Parties

Soak up island vibes with reggae, rum, and feel-good fun at our London and New York island after parties. Sip cocktails into the night in London or watch the sun go down in New York.

London (doors open at 07:00 PM): Amazing Grace, 9a St Thomas St, London SE1 9RY

New York (doors open at 02:00 PM): Pig Beach, 480 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Upgrade to In-Person

If you'd like to change your ticket type or the activities you attend, please re-register using the same email from the Unite 22 registration page.

1. Select Register Now in main navigation
2. Re-enter your information including the same email address you previously registered with
3. Select In-Person or Hybrid and the city along with the activities you will attend in-person

On-demand sessions

All sessions will be available 1 hour after completion for 30 days.

Control the stream

Online attendees will automatically be redirected to sessions throughout the day. Choose different sessions either from the Unite 22 event link or by selecting from the "Upcoming Sessions" tab on the left side of the live event feed.

75% of the Fortune 100 is at Unite 22

Rub shoulders with employee experience leaders from the largest enterprises in the world at our watch parties in London and New York or connect with peers online. The choice is yours.

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