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Opening keynote with Steve Bartel, CEO of Gem

The recruiting function is being rebuilt in real time. Gem CEO Steve Bartel opens the summit with what he's seeing across more than 1,000 TA teams — where AI is actually changing the work, where the hype is still ahead of reality, and what the highest-performing teams are doing differently right now.

Redefining the TA team: what great recruiters look like now

AI is reshaping what recruiting teams actually do. The skills, roles, and expectations that defined the function for years are changing fast. This session examines how leading TA teams are evolving in real time: which competencies matter most now, how roles are being restructured around higher-value work, and what that means for hiring and developing your team. You'll leave with a modernized framework for TA roles and the skill sets that will define your function's impact going forward.

Speakers: Ambra Benjamin (Datadog), Rachel Devenow (Reddit), James Braack (Snapchat), Leigh Miller (Gem)

Stop guessing, start fixing: a framework for TA leaders and RecOps to find their highest-impact opportunities

With an overwhelming number of AI and technology solutions competing for your attention, knowing where to invest is harder than ever. This session walks TA leaders and RecOps teams through a practical end-to-end audit of workflows and tech stack, helping you identify where your function is losing time and where the right technology can make the biggest difference. You'll leave with a prioritized view of your opportunities and a clear first step to act on them.

Speakers: Melissa Rogers (Groq), Jeremy Lyons (RecOps Collective), Stephen Brittian (Bohler), Vanessa Guerrero (Brex), Katie Wagner (Talent By Design Collective)

Hiring at the edge: winning the most competitive technical talent

AI hiring is the hardest technical hiring motion right now, but the same pressures are reshaping how companies compete for scarce, high-demand technical talent across the board. This panel brings together practitioners who've built hiring motions on the frontier: AI and ML engineers, applied scientists, security, quant, and the infrastructure roles underneath them. You'll leave with concrete strategies for defining roles, evaluating candidates without a clear rubric, and convincing the best people to choose you when they don't have to.

Speakers: Salehah Hassan (Brex), Harry Dannenbaum (Superhuman), Amanda Richardson (Coderpad), Einas Haddad Head of Engineering (Gem)