Unite 23. The future is here.

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.

London & Online

Attend in London or watch select sessions live online.

Network

Join the largest gathering of enterprise EX leaders.

Speakers

Hear from visionary speakers leading the EX revolution.

Fun

Work hard and play harder with workouts and nightly parties.

Learn

Take your job by storm with employee experience and internal communications deep dives, enterprise success stories, expert panels, and interactive break-out sessions.

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Network

Where employee experience leaders from the world's biggest enterprises unite to exchange ideas and make new connections.

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Get inspired

Keynotes that will bend your mind, level up your knowledge, and fast track you to career success.

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Have fun

Work hard, play hard. Get your sweat on with KOBOX, a fight club meets night club high-intensity boxing class. Party like a Londoner at our London Calling Party with live music from Noasis - the #1 Oasis tribute band. 

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Watch select sessions live online
First access to every session on-demand
In person access to every session with speakers live in London
Genius Bar, networking, roundtables
Access to KOBOX boxing class, London Calling Party, and After Party
Reserved front-of-house Main Stage seating
VIP networking drinks on Sep 12
Access to VIP lounge alongside headline speakers

Speakers. Get inspired.

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, and writer

Grace Beverley

Grace Beverley

Entrepreneur, best-selling author, and podcast host

Rachael Knowles

Rachael Knowles

Internal Communications Manager at Kerzner

Donnelle Koselka

Donnelle Koselka

Director, Internal Communications & Branding Corporate Communications at iRobot

Rebecca Martin

Rebecca Martin

Group Internal Communication Manager, HR at National Grid

Bryan Vermes

Bryan Vermes

Global Internal Communications and Employee Experience Lead at Mimecast

Advita Patel

Advita Patel

Business Communications Strategist at CommsRebel

Anne-Marie Ferrara

Anne-Marie Ferrara

Director, Global Digital Experience at WSP

Kim England

Kim England

Vice President Global Employee Communications at Pearson

Agenda. Ignite your imagination.

Attend every session in London or watch select sessions live online.


DAY 1, SEP 13

  • 07:00 AM BST

    KOBOX

    Fight club meets night club – 50 minute high intensity boxing class for all fitness levels.

     

    Shuttle bus available from One Hundred Shoreditch hotel at 06:45 AM.

    • KOBOX City, 85 London Wall, London EC2M 7AD
  • 08:00 AM BST

    Registration, breakfast, and networking

    • Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 10:00 AM BST

    Keynote Fry's future of work

    In the midst of the biggest workplace revolution of our time, everything we thought we knew about work is up for debate. In this opening keynote, we’re joined by the brilliant mind of Stephen Fry to discuss everything from how to use technology as a force for good, what it takes to create a culture where everyone belongs, and how to champion mental wellbeing through human storytelling and open conversation.

    with Stephen Fry

    • Main Stage - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 11:30 AM BST

    Comms Ask an internal comms expert

    Take the opportunity to get your questions answered by top internal communicators. Come prepared with your trickiest questions and biggest challenges and get the answers you need.

    • Main Stage - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Tech Thinking outside the box

    Discover how iRobot is leveraging out-of-the-box functionality creatively to avoid custom development and bring ambitious digital employee experience visions to life. Get an exclusive look inside their award-winning platform and learn how a small team can think outside the box to make a big impact.

    with Donnelle Koselka - Director, Internal Communications & Branding Corporate Communications at iRobot

    • Breakout 1 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Deep Dive Best practice: content governance

    Inaccurate, outdated, off-brand content erodes trust and impacts intranet adoption. But with so much content to manage, how do you maintain effective content governance? Discover the tools available to support you before moving into collaborative roundtable discussions focused on best practice approaches and real-world scenarios and applications.

    with Matthew Boyd - Implementation Consultant at Unily; Kaz Hassan - Employee Experience Industry Lead at Unily

    • Breakout 2 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 12:30 PM BST

    Networking Lunch

    • Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 02:00 PM BST

    Keynote Coming Soon

    • Main Stage - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 03:15 PM BST

    Comms Re-aligning employees behind your values in a hybrid world

    Embedded organizational values and ethics lay the foundation for a happy, connected, and engaged workforce. Discover how National Grid has successfully embedded their company values across their 33k+ global hybrid workforce, truly embracing the company’s culture and vision to deliver a clean, fair, and affordable energy future.

    with Duncan Mills - Campaign and Projects Specialist at National Grid; Michelle Marston - Content Specialist at National Grid; Rebecca Martin - Group Internal Communication Manager, HR at National Grid

    • Main Stage - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Tech Coming Soon

    • Breakout 1 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Deep Dive Best practice: information architecture

    Deep dive into the fundamentals of plotting simple yet engaging paths to content using personas and intuitive features, before moving into collaborative roundtable discussions focused on best practice approaches and real-world scenarios and applications.

    with Lucy Skinner - Product Training Lead at Unily; Aislinn Logan - Product Marketing Manager at Unily

    • Breakout 2 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 04:15 PM BST

    Comms Mastering mobile: creating an app employees love

    Discover how Kerzner, the world-famous luxury hotel operator behind Atlantis Resorts & Residences, One&Only Resorts and Private Homes, SIRO and Rare Finds, is transforming employee engagement with an app that empowers its people to create amazing experiences and everlasting memories for guests all over the world.

    with Rachael Knowles - Internal Communications Manager at Kerzner

    • Main Stage - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Tech The future of intranets

    Join our industry experts to discuss the future of intranets and digital connection in the workplace of 2023+. What can you expect from the next decade of digital employee experience innovation?

    • Breakout 1 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Deep Dive Best practice: content relevancy

    In an increasingly noisy world, the need to keep employees informed can sit at odds with keeping them engaged and productive. In this feature-focused session, we deep dive into the three relevancy capabilities that can help you cut through the noise to make sure your message lands with the right people, on the right channel, at the right time.

    with Visda Scott - Senior Implementation Consultant at Unily; Danka Collins-Jones - Implementation Consultant at Unily

    • Breakout 2 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 05:15 PM BST

    Keynote Coming Soon

    • Main Stage - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 07:00 PM BST

    London Calling Party

    Party like a Londoner with live music from Noasis - the #1 Oasis tribute band.

    • Eastcheap Records, 20 Eastcheap, London EC3M 1EB


DAY 2, SEP 14

  • 08:00 AM BST

    Registration, breakfast, and networking

    • Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 10:00 AM BST

    Keynote Working hard, hardly working: productivity hacks for your workforce

    Grace Beverley isn’t just the author of a best-selling book on hacking productivity, or host of chart topping podcast Working Hard, Hardly Working with a total reach of over 3 million, she’s also the founder and CEO of two disruptive businesses, including a sustainably-made activewear brand making waves within the industry. Grace has been on a mission to discover the secret work-life balance, and now juggling several growing businesses, she joins us to share her secrets to success and how she applies them at her own organizations.

    with Grace Beverley

    • Main Stage - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 11:30 AM BST

    Comms Leadership: removing the pedestal

    In a world that’s clamouring for authenticity and openness, how do you evolve your leadership communications to maximise employee engagement? How do you bring your leaders closer to their teams? Discover how Prudential is repositioning its Corporate Affairs function to support a new era of leadership – one that embraces co-creation, creativity and digital channels.

    with Charlotte Mulliner - Director, Executive & Internal Communications, Group Corporate Affairs at Prudential

    • Main Stage - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Tech Elevating your intranet experience through collaboration

    All too often, intranet management falls to one team, leading to sub-par results. Kayla and Cody argue that strategic collaboration between information technology and communications teams is the secret to successfully delivering and maintaining a high-value intranet. Discover how one organization is leveraging collaboration in the planning, execution, support, and enhancement phases of intranet deployment to elevate success and upgrade the employee experience.

    with Cody Patterson - Corporate Communications Manager at Farm Credit Mid-America; Kayla Mears - Business Solutions Manager at Farm Credit Mid-America

    • Breakout 1 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Deep Dive Meet the team: infrastructure, security, and engineering

    Under the hood, the Unily employee experience platform is complex yet well-oiled machine. Keeping it running smoothly and securely to deliver enterprise-grade peace of mind is a talented team of technical professionals. In this session, they will be providing insights into how the Unily platform works and continuous modernization programs that keep your platform on the cutting edge.

    with Hugh Wilkinson - Technical Operations Manager – Infrastructure at Unily; Michele Johl - Technical Operations Manager – Service Engineering at Unily; James Heathcote - Technical Operations Manager – Information and Security at Unily; Matt Harding - Global Head of Engineering at Unily

    • Breakout 2 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 12:30 PM BST

    Networking Lunch

    • Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 02:00 PM BST

    Keynote Unily: The future

    Get an exclusive first-look at Unily’s next big innovation and hear how we’re evolving our product to meet emerging enterprise needs.

  • 03:15 PM BST

    Comms Everything under one roof: weaving together a global and regional digital experience

    'How can we leverage the power of global while offering a regional experience at the same time?’ is the question WSP Global asked themselves as they set out to deploy an all-new employee experience platform to level up engagement for its 66k-strong and diverse workforce. Discover how a rapidly growing organization is bringing its people together locally and globally.

    with Anne-Marie Ferrara - Director, Global Digital Experience at WSP

    • Main Stage - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Tech Engaging your frontline workforce

    An engaged and informed frontline workforce is a precursor to excellent customer experience, yet too many frontline workers feel disconnected from the enterprise. We're joined by a panel of experts to discuss strategies for overcoming frontline engagement barriers, fit with real-world examples of how some of the largest enterprises are solving frontline disconnect.

    • Breakout 1 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Deep Dive Getting started with Employee Journeys

    Get up close and personal with Unily’s latest innovation: Employee Journeys. Learn how to identify common journeys in the employee lifecycle and design meaningful and repeatable experiences that elevate the employee experience to enable your employees at every stage of their career.

    with Matthew Boyd - Head of Product Voice at Unily

    • Breakout 2 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 04:15 PM BST

    Comms Using your intranet to drive high-performance culture

    Discover how the world’s leading learning company Pearson, is using its employee experience platform to drive growth and help 22k employees worldwide focus and work simpler. By using Gallup's 12 elements of engagement, they are able to guide decision-making to optimize business impact and drive engagement.

    with Kim England - Vice President, Global Employee Communications at Pearson

    • Main Stage - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Tech Coming Soon

    • Breakout 1 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ

    Deep Dive Product innovation: people, process, progress

    Meet the three bright minds shaping the future of Unily. From innovation labs and ideation to roadmap and execution, Hannah, Katie, and Leslie will walk you through what it takes to build the world’s best employee experience platform and how they place customer thinking at the heart of what they do.

    with Hannah Unsworth - Head of Product Innovation at Unily; Katie Johnson - Product Innovation Lead at Unily; Leslie Bagala - Product Innovation Lead at Unily

    • Breakout 2 - Convene, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ
  • 05:15 PM BST

    Wrap-Up & Awards

  • 07:00 PM BST

    After Party

    Happy hour never ends at our After Party. Live it up in the vaults beneath The Royal Exchange.

    • The Libertine, 125 Great Suffolk St, London SE1 1PQ


DAY 1, SEP 13

  • 01:00 PM

    Keynote Coming Soon

  • 02:15 PM

    Comms Re-aligning employees behind your values in a hybrid world

    Embedded organizational values and ethics lay the foundation for a happy, connected, and engaged workforce. Discover how National Grid has successfully embedded their company values across their 33k+ global hybrid workforce, truly embracing the company’s culture and vision to deliver a clean, fair, and affordable energy future.

    with Duncan Mills - Campaign and Projects Specialist at National Grid; Michelle Marston - Content Specialist at National Grid; Rebecca Martin - Group Internal Communication Manager, HR at National Grid

  • 03:15 PM

    Comms Mastering mobile: creating an app employees love

    Discover how Kerzner, the world-famous luxury hotel operator behind Atlantis Resorts & Residences, One&Only Resorts and Private Homes, SIRO and Rare Finds, is transforming employee engagement with an app that empowers its people to create amazing experiences and everlasting memories for guests all over the world.

    with Rachael Knowles - Internal Communications Manager at Kerzner

  • 04:15 PM

    Keynote Coming Soon


DAY 2, SEP 14

  • 01:00 PM

    Keynote Unily: The future

    Get an exclusive first-look at Unily’s next big innovation and hear how we’re evolving our product to meet emerging enterprise needs.

  • 02:15 PM

    Comms Everything under one roof: weaving together a global and regional digital experience

    How can we leverage the power of global while offering a regional experience at the same time?’ is the question WSP Global asked themselves as they set out to deploy an all-new employee experience platform that would level up engagement for its 66k-strong and diverse workforce. Discover how a rapidly growing organization is bringing its people together locally and globally.

    with Anne-Marie Ferrara - Director, Global Digital Experience at WSP

  • 03:15 PM

    Comms Using your intranet to drive high-performance culture

    Discover how the world’s leading learning company Pearson, is using its employee experience platform to drive growth and help 22k employees worldwide focus and work simpler. By using Gallup's 12 elements of engagement, they are able to guide decision-making to optimize business impact and drive engagement.

    with Kim England - Vice President, Global Employee Communications at Pearson

  • 04:15 PM

    Wrap-Up & Awards

Fun. Sweat, party, repeat.

Kobox

SEP 13 at 07:00 AM BST

Fight club meets night club – 50 minute high intensity boxing class for all fitness levels.

London Calling Party

SEP 13 at 07:00 PM BST

Party like a Londoner with live music from Noasis - the #1 Oasis tribute band.

After Party

SEP 14 at 07:00 PM BST

Happy hour never ends at our After Party. Live it up in the vaults beneath The Royal Exchange.

Venue. Where it's at.

Set in the heart of London's financial district, Convene occupies two floors at 22 Bishopsgate. A large auditorium occupies the space, along with multiple breakout rooms, and quiet working pods where attendees can retreat in the downtime between sessions.

Party like a Londoner at our hand-picked city center venues. On night one, we're heading to the home of live music at Eastcheap Records. Night two we live it up in the vaults beneath The Royal Exchange at The Libertine. 

A short walk away, discover one of London's top hotel destinations - One Hundred Shoreditch. Get the full Unite experience with deals secured for attendees on a limited basis.

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