Agenda: Day 1 | Wharton People Analytics Conference

Managing people at work

Learn from industry leaders in the data-driven approach

April 10-11, 2015 at Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia

Google is a recognized leader

in Human Resource Management, fueled largely by their data-driven approach to all personnel issues

Sophisticated Data Analysis

Learn how to bring your data to bear on people-related issues, like recruiting, performance evaluation, and leadership

Case Competition

Teams will crack a real-world People Analytics case developed in partnership with Year Up, sponsored by Facebook

Tentative as of February 19, 2015

Thursday, April 9, 2015

7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Private Cocktail Reception

Speakers and Invited Guests

Friday, April 10, 2015
7:30 am – 9:00 am	Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:15 am	Welcome to Wharton's People Analytics Conference Wharton PAC Team Geoffrey Garrett, Dean, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
9:15 am – 9:45 am	Keynote Presentation: The Paradox of Skill Michael Mauboussin, Managing Director and Head of Global Financial Strategies at Credit Suisse and author of multiple books, including "The Success Equation: Untangling Skill" and "Luck in Business" A 20-minute keynote presentation followed by 10-minutes of Q&A with the audience.
9:45 am – 10:10 am	Conversations from the Frontier Interviewee: Laszlo Bock, Senior Vice President, People Operations, Google Interviewer: Michael O'Hare, Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources, The Estée Lauder Companies Structured as an interview, with the conversation alternating between a dialogue between speakers and the audience.
10:10 am – 10:30 am	The Analytics of People Analytics Lorenzo Canlas, Head of Talent Analytics, LinkedIn Will Gaker, Manager, Business Operations & Analytics, LinkedIn 10-minute presentation followed by 10-minutes of Q&A.
10:30 am – 10:50 am	Break
10:50 am – 11:35 am	Predicting Employee Performance Ryan Dullaghan, Manager, People Assessment & Analytics, JetBlue Andrew Biga, Director, Talent Acquisition and Assessment at JetBlue Angela Duckworth, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Amy Wrzesniewski, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale School of Management Moderator: Maryellen Reilly Lamb, Deputy Vice Dean for MBA Admissions, Fin. Aid and Career Mgmt, The Wharton School Three back-to-back case studies/deep-dives (one presentation from each of our speakers), followed by a 15-minute moderated discussion between the presenters and the audience.
11:35 am – 12:10 pm	Year Up's Student Case Competition, Presented by Facebook Winning Student Team (TBD) An overview of the competition, Year Up and the goal of our partnership, followed by an announcement of the winners of the competition. The winners will then a 15-minute presentation of their proposed solution, and the audience will have 10 minutes to ask questions.
12:10 pm – 1:35 pm	Lunch, in breakout rooms themed around discussion topics
1:35 pm – 2:05 pm	Keynote Conversation: An Interview with a People Analytics Champion Interviewee: Shane Battier, Retired NBA Player and Former Member of the U.S. National Team Interviewer: Adam Grant, Professor of Management and Psychology, The Wharton School and/or Cade Massey, Practice Professor of Operations and Information Management, The Wharton School The 30-minute session will be structured as an interview, with the conversation alternating between a dialogue between speakers and the audience.
2:05 pm – 2:50 pm	An Improvisation Exercise in People Analytics The Second City Tom Yorton, Chief Executive Officer, Second City Works Demonstrations of key ideas in people analytics through improvisation exercises and audience interaction.
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm	Break
3:10 pm – 3:55 pm	Getting Started in People Analytics Bruce Fecheyr-Lippens, Solution Head of People Insights, a McKinsey Solution Afsheen Afshar, Managing Director, Global Head of the Operations Strats Team and Chair of the Firmwide Machine Learning Working Group, Goldman Sachs Karyn Marciniak, People Analytics, Two Sigma Amy Wrzesniewski, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale School of Management Moderator: Peter Cappelli, Professor of Management, Director of the Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School Three back-to-back 10-minute case studies/deep-dives (one presentation from each of our three speakers), followed by a 15-minute moderated discussion between the presenters and the audience.
3:55 pm – 4:15 pm	Break
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm	"The Biggest Mistakes I’ve Made in People Analytics" Moderator: Michael Useem, Professor of Management, The Wharton School An interactive discussion by panelists drawn from throughout the program.
4:45 pm – 5:15 pm	Machine Learning and HR Interviewee: Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor of Economics, Harvard Interviewer: Dan Pink, Author of "To Sell is Human," "Drive" and "A Whole New Mind" Structured as an interview, with the conversation alternating between a dialogue between speakers and the audience.
5:15 pm – 5:20 pm	Closing Remarks Adam Grant, Professor of Management and Psychology, The Wharton School
5:20 pm – 7:30 pm	Cocktail Reception All Attendees Join us for cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres at the 10 Arts Lounge in the lobby of The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia.