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October 6-8, 2024 • San Diego, CA

WANT TO SPEAK AT THE NEXT CULTURE SUMMIT?

We are excited to announce the call for speakers for Culture Summit 2024!

THE CALL FOR PAPERS SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THIS YEAR’S SUMMIT IS FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Last year, culture transformation leaders told us they want to go even deeper into topics that help them navigate the ever-changing cultural landscape. For 2024, our conference theme is “Evolve – creating playbooks for the new world of work.” 

Together, we’ll explore forward-thinking strategies, playbooks, and transformative insights that empower organizations to adapt, thrive, and shape a resilient culture in a new work and company culture era. Culture Summit 2024 is your guide to crafting scalable culture playbooks that help organizations continually adapt and evolve to support the needs of the modern workplace. 

If you shape and foster cultural practices at organizations, have led culture transformation with an innovative approach, or have a success story and valuable insights to share with our community, we would love to hear from you!

We encourage speakers from all backgrounds and experiences to contribute to our collective conference. Diverse perspectives help enhance the quality of discussions and ensure a comprehensive and inclusive exploration of all of our conference themes.

*Due to the high volume of submissions we receive and the limited number of speaking slots, we’re unable to reply to everyone. However, please know that we do read every submission.

In a world of constant change, relevance is key. For 2024, we are seeking speakers who can address our conference theme and subtopics, and find ways to make their talks interactive and engaging through:

  • Keynote presentations
  • Innovative case studies
  • Fireside chats or panel discussions
  • Interactive discussion, brainstorms & workshops

Please review the content below to get a sense of our audience, and what we look for in speaker applications. All proposals must include a brief bio, a summary of your proposed session, and its relevance to the conference theme and our 5 subthemes:

1. Wellbeing – The New Workplace Imperative

The overall mental, physical, emotional, and economic health of employees, and how it is a top driver of employee retention and productivity.

2. Employee Flexibility & Agency

Trends, examples, success stories and data on alternative work models and flexible workplaces.

3. Employee Communications & Employer Branding Across the Employee Lifecycle 

Understanding what’s driving the talent market, the importance of an engaged employee base, and communicating a positive culture internally and externally to retain your employees and attract new talent.

4. Leaning into, not out of, DEIB & Social Impact 

When and how company leaders should weigh in on global events, the importance of supporting historically marginalized employees now more than ever, and how social impact can drive employee engagement.

5. Development & Reskilling for Employee Engagement

Re-onboarding employees to adapt and set expectations for new ways of working, investing in regenerative talent and internal mobility, and reskilling for AI.

What else do we look for?

A CONCISE OVERVIEW

A focused overview that explains what the audience will learn from your session and key takeaways our community can apply immediately. Explain what the audience will learn and share the tactics, frameworks, and insights the audience will leave with. 

Note: Culture Summit does not allow sales pitches on stage.

A RELEVANT TOPIC

Your submission must focus on one of the 5 sub-themes above related to workplace or organizational culture transformation. It must be relevant to our community of culture changers and contribute to the ongoing conversation about what’s top of mind for executives and decision-makers. Your topic must be specific.

 Here are some examples from 2023:

  • Building Real Connections in a Remote-First Workplace
  • The Workplace of Belonging: Where Inclusion and Wellness Meet
  • Building Belief with Your Employees. How to Reinstate Trust to Navigate Uncertain Times. 
  • Bare Minimum Mondays – How to Avoid Burnout, Quiet Quitting, and Increase Employee Engagement 

A SHORT BIO:

A short bio on your background and experience, why you are the best presenter on the topic, and how you’ll connect with our audience.

*The Call for Papers submission deadline is February 2, 2024

READY TO APPLY?