Agenda

In person
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC)

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8:15am

Registration Opens

Get ready to join us at Workday Elevate Auckland. Check in at our registration kiosk, grab your lanyard and a coffee as we begin the day.

Welcome

9:00am

Workday Auckland Executive Keynote

Workday Innovation Keynote

Customer Keynote: Westpac

Customer Keynote: Assurity Consulting

10:40am – 11:25am

More than just a coffee break: Morning tea at the Workday World Expo

Join us at the Workday World Expo for a morning tea experience that's as interactive as it is invigorating. Network with peers, engage with Workday experts and explore the latest innovations while savouring delicious refreshments. This is the perfect opportunity to connect, collaborate and kick start your day in the heart of the action.

HR Track
Finance Track
Technology Track
Adaptive Planning Breakout

11:25am–12:25pm

Strategy & Vision / Demo

This session will unveil a vision for a New Work Day for HR—a fundamental shift from systems that simply track work to those that actively enable it through Agentic HR.

Grounded in three core imperatives, this strategy demonstrates how Workday’s Enterprise AI platform reinvents core HR with trusted AI, delivers a new level of business value, and builds for the future through a unified, AI-driven architecture.

By leveraging Workday’s unparalleled context—encompassing 75 million users and 20 years of experience—HR leaders can now deploy specialised agents across payroll, recruiting, and performance to eliminate "talent trapped in trivia" and allow their teams to lead with empathy and creativity.

12:25pm–1:30pm

Fuel Your Curiosity: Lunch and Exploration at the Workday World Expo

Join us for lunch at the Workday World Expo and discover a world of possibilities. Explore interactive demos, engage with industry leaders and connect with fellow attendees while enjoying a delightful meal. This is your chance to fuel your body and mind in the centre of innovation.

1:30pm–2:00pm

Partner Lens Deloitte | Beyond the Hype: Practical Steps to Human-Centred AI in HR

This session will present a point of view that the AI era is fundamentally a Human Design Era, where sustainable value comes not from deploying new tools but from redesigning how work, people and technology interlock.

Anchored in Deloitte’s 2026 Human Capital Trends, the presentation reframes HR transformation as an organisational performance agenda, highlighting that many organisations are constrained by applying AI to outdated operating models, skills and governance. It acknowledges the breadth and complexity of HR responsibilities, intentionally avoids overwhelming audiences, and introduces a pragmatic way forward: focus on high‑value services, redesign work end‑to‑end, deliberately design humans into AI‑enabled workflows, and restructure organisations so AI capabilities become core.

The purpose is to provide context to senior HR leaders and move them from insight to action, setting up a practical example of how HR leaders can prioritise, start small, and unlock meaningful productivity, speed and agility gains through human‑led, AI‑powered transformation.

2:00pm–2:30pm

Customer Deep Dive

11:25am–12:25pm

Strategy & Vision / Demo: A Practical Look at AI Agents in Finance

Hear the latest insights on the state of AI in Finance for 2026, exploring how Workday customers are navigating the shift from simple automation to autonomous agents. You’ll get an early look at upcoming Workday features and releases including Workday Finance Agents, as well as a sneak peek at building a Finance AI Agent.

12:25pm–1:30pm

Fuel Your Curiosity: Lunch and Exploration at the Workday World Expo

1:30pm–2:00pm

From Core to Context: Extending Workday Finance for Industry‑Specific Outcomes

Does extending Workday mean drifting away from “out of the box”, adding risk, cost, or complexity to your core finance system? For many CFOs, that concern slows decision‑making and limits the value that can be leveraged from powerful extension options.

In this session, Accenture will share real client stories that show how Workday Extend, Prism and Accounting Center can be used to deliver faster financial insight and new capabilities—without breaking the core or compromising the Adopt vs Adapt philosophy.

2:00pm–2:30pm

Customer Deep Dive

11:25am–12:25pm

Strategy & Vision / Demo: Accelerating Transformation with an AI-First Open Platform

As AI moves from experiment to core infrastructure, CIOs are the primary architects of the machine-human workforce. This keynote sets the stage for the IT track, exploring how Workday’s open, AI-native platform eliminates technical debt by unifying the enterprise’s two most critical data sets: People and Money. We move beyond the hype to show how an open architecture allows IT leaders to stop simply maintaining systems and start orchestrating intelligence—creating a flexible digital backbone that turns raw data into measurable business agility.

12:25pm–1:30pm

Fuel Your Curiosity: Lunch and Exploration at the Workday World Expo

1:30pm–2:00pm

Partner Lens

2:00pm–2:30pm

Customer Deep Dive

1:30pm–2:30pm

Shaping the future of Adaptive Planning

In unpredictable times, unified planning is essential for building resilience. Join us for this forward-looking breakout session exploring the strategy and vision for Workday Adaptive Planning, and how agentic AI is enabling smarter, faster decision-making across finance, HR, and operations.

The session will feature a live demonstration, providing a firsthand look at the latest innovations and AI-powered capabilities in Workday Adaptive Planning, and an engaging fireside chat featuring Public Trust of New Zealand, who will share their experience and key learnings from their Adaptive Planning journey.

2:30pm–3:15pm

Reflection and recharge: Afternoon tea at the Workday World Expo

Take a pause and reflect on the day's insights with afternoon tea at the Workday World Expo. Connect with fellow attendees, share key takeaways and recharge before the closing keynote.

3:15pm–4:00pm

External Locknote: Darren Shand, ONZM

What does it take to build a team that performs under pressure, adapts through uncertainty, and consistently delivers when it matters most? As the longest-serving Manager of the All Blacks, the most successful sporting team in history, Darren Shand knows the answer better than almost anyone. His lessons in trust, culture, and high-performance leadership are as relevant in the boardroom as they are on the field, and they speak directly to the challenges every leader is navigating right now.

In a world of accelerating AI, fragmented tools, and relentless organisational change, the differentiator isn't technology - it's the humans leading it. Darren will bring to life the principles that underpin every high-performing team: how to build trust as your foundation, how to lead with clarity when the noise is overwhelming, and how to unlock the potential of your people. While AI can reason, predict, and recommend, exceptional human leadership is still required to take your team further. Darren's insights provide a perfect guide for the leaders of today.

4:00pm–4:10pm

Closing Remarks

4:10pm–6:30pm

Unwind and connect: the Workday Auckland Elevate after-party

Don't miss the ultimate networking event! Join us at the Workday World Expo for an evening of drinks, delicious bites and entertainment. Relax, unwind, and connect with peers, partners and Workday leaders as we close the day.

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