Summary - Global Benefits and Total Rewards Leadership Summit

AI. Workforce transformation. Employee experience. Pay transparency. Healthcare costs. Retirement readiness. M&A.

Every organisation knows these issues are important. The challenge is deciding where to focus first.

Join senior HR, rewards and benefits leaders at WTW's inaugural Global Benefits and Total Rewards Leadership Summit on November 4 in London for a day designed to help answer one critical question: Where should organisations place their workforce bets for 2027? This isn't another event filled with predictions and presentations. It's an interactive leadership forum where you'll have the opportunity to challenge assumptions, debate priorities, compare perspectives with your peers and explore the workforce issues shaping the year ahead.

Throughout the day, we'll bring together specialists from across benefits, rewards, healthcare, retirement, workforce transformation, employee experience, technology and organisational change to explore what matters most and where organisations are focusing investment.

For the first time, WTW is bringing together experts from across all of our workforce and rewards capabilities under one roof.

You'll have the opportunity to:

Hear the latest thinking on the future of rewards, AI and workforce transformation
Participate in our interactive Dragon's Den session, where competing workforce priorities go head-to-head
Vote on the issues you believe should be highest on the agenda for 2027
Compare your views against findings from WTW's latest HQ Priorities Survey
Hear practical perspectives from organisations tackling these challenges today
Join focused breakout discussions on the topics most relevant to your business
Explore innovative technologies and solutions designed to support decision-making and execution
Build valuable connections with peers facing similar challenges

Most importantly, you'll leave with practical insight into where leading organisations are focusing attention, resources and investment as they prepare for the future. View the agenda.

The 2027 priorities challenge: Dragon's Den
Which workforce priorities deserve the greatest investment and attention?
Watch WTW specialists make the case for the issues they believe should be at the top of every leadership agenda, from workforce transformation and AI through to healthcare, retirement, employee experience and organisational change.
Challenge the panel. Ask questions. Vote on the issues that matter most to your organisation.
We'll then compare the priorities in the room against insights from WTW's HQ Priorities Survey to see where organisations agree, diverge and where new priorities are beginning to emerge.

Interactive breakout sessions
Following the morning sessions, delegates will choose from a series of focused, discussion-led breakouts that combine WTW expertise with client perspectives and real-world experience. View the agenda for more details.
- M&A and divestitures: Navigating workforce transformation
  Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures continue to reshape organisations worldwide.
  Join leaders and practitioners as they discuss the workforce challenges that can determine transaction success, including integration, organisational change, employee engagement and transformation execution.
  Hear practical lessons learned and explore how organisations are managing complexity while protecting value creation.
- Pensions: The promises we must keep
  As economic uncertainty and changing workforce expectations continue to evolve, pension and retirement strategies remain a critical boardroom issue.
  Explore how leading organisations are balancing financial sustainability, governance and member outcomes while preparing for the future of retirement.
  Hear perspectives on risk, funding, communication and long-term workforce planning.
- Healthcare and benefits cost management
  Rising healthcare costs continue to place pressure on employers around the world.
  This session will explore strategies organisations are using to balance cost management with employee wellbeing, improve outcomes and maximise the value of benefits investment.
  Learn how employers are adapting their healthcare strategies while maintaining a competitive employee experience.
- Pay transparency: From compliance to competitive advantage
  Pay transparency is reshaping the rewards landscape.
  Join experts and peers to discuss how organisations are responding to evolving regulations while building trust, supporting talent strategies and strengthening the employee experience.
  Explore practical challenges, lessons learned and opportunities emerging from this rapidly evolving area.