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Engage
Employee
Summit
20 - 21 May | Evolution | London
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#1 EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT CONFERENCE
The industry continues to be shaped by trends such as remote and hybrid work, a focus on employee wellbeing, the integration of AI and automation, continuous learning and upskilling.
The emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion, technology-driven feedback mechanisms, advanced collaboration tools, flexible benefits and rewards, employee centric technology, and the importance of purpose-driven organisations will separate the innovators from the laggards.
Featured Speakers
Nikki Humphrey
Virgin Group Chief People Officer
Des Mhere
British Army Global Chief People Officer (Regional Command)
Jessica Barlow
Foundry Chief People Officer
Featuring six specialised topic stages
Our comprehensive Summit agenda is packed with case studies from the world’s largest brands and insights from top experts in employee engagement.
Our 2025 speakers represent world-class organisations including McDonald's, Virgin, Tom Ford Fashion, HSBC, Nando’s, OVO, RSPCA, Unicef, Estee Lauder and many more. Their insights and experiences will provide invaluable lessons for all attendees.
POST-EVENT REPORT
We are delighted to share the success of this year’s Employee Engagement Summit, held for the first time at Evolution London in Battersea Park.
The event brought together over 2,000 senior leaders, 250 speakers and 100 exhibitors for a dynamic day of insights, collaboration, and innovation in employee engagement.
The summit provided a platform for exchanging best practices, exploring the latest trends, and shaping the future of workplace culture.
WHAT TO EXPECT
“There was some really inspiring talks at the conference and I am amazed that the event was free! To have that quantity and quality is incredible.”Recruitment and Wellness Lead, NHS
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“Great day - really well organised and good range of speakers and topics”Head of Corporate Communications, Equiniti
“This was one of the best events I have been to. There were so many great speakers and I have taken away so much that I can feed into our processes.”Senior HR Manager, The Crown Prosecution Service
“A very well organised event. Good speakers, offering a variety of coverage of topics. lovely venue. good refreshments and food.”HR Director, Nationwide
ENGAGE TALKS
Wellbeing That Works: From Perks to Performance
LIVE from the London Stock Exchange Studios, don't miss our upcoming with Stella Gavinho, Head of Wellbeing at Entain, as she share her experience of building a wellbeing strategy that delivers measurable impact, challenges outdated thinking, and puts people at the heart of organisational success.
As part of this exclusive studio broadcast, we’ll explore wellbing as a performance driver, measuring what matters, busting the top 3 wellbeing myths and practical takeaways.
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Event Partners
Over the past decade we have helped some of the world’s biggest brands engage with their target customers on a deeply emotional level, helping them forge relationships and new business connections.
Opportunities include speaker sponsor packages providing prime presentation slots on a topic stage and seminar stream of your choice, representation on panel debates, sponsored roundtable focus group opportunities and more.
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Workvivo is an employee experience platform (EXP) that simplifies communication and increases engagement by empowering employees to be heard and helping everyone feel included, no matter where they work.
Founded in 2017, Workvivo has seen momentous growth, which led to its acquisition by Zoom in 2023. Workvivo regularly tops software review sites, including Gartner Digital, with a #1 spot on G2 for internal communications, intranet and engagement tool categories. For more information, visit www.workvivo.com.
Founded in 2017, Workvivo has seen momentous growth, which led to its acquisition by Zoom in 2023. Workvivo regularly tops software review sites, including Gartner Digital, with a #1 spot on G2 for internal communications, intranet and engagement tool categories. For more information, visit www.workvivo.com.
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Indeed is the #1 job site in the world1 and a global job matching and hiring platform. More people get hired on Indeed than any other site because we put job seekers first, giving them access to search for jobs, post resumes, research companies and more. With AI-powered technology, Indeed is transforming job matching and hiring. Every day, we connect millions of people to new opportunities.
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Interact supplies over 1,500 organisations with an award-winning employee experience platform that boosts productivity and drives engagement.
Through enterprise-grade intranet software, Interact helps Fortune 500, FTSE 250, and global brands like Levi’s, Domino’s, and Subway connect their greatest asset: their people.
Starting your intranet journey? Visit our Resources Page for free eBooks, guides, and webinars to support your project. For tailored support, contact our in-house specialists. Whatever your challenges, we can help!
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Poppulo is the leading communications and workplace experience software company. The Poppulo Harmony platform helps enterprise organizations achieve more by effortlessly connecting their employees, customers, and workplaces through omnichannel employee communications, digital signage, and workplace management. Poppulo's 6,000+ customer base is representative of the world's most successful companies, including 47 of the Fortune 100. Follow Poppulo on LinkedIn and on X.
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Zendesk AI-Powered Employee Service is a modern and intelligent solution that leverages the latest in AI and personalisation to streamline internal service operations, elevate efficiency and improve job satisfaction through user-friendly employee experiences.
It scales to meet the needs of any business, from startups and small businesses to growth companies and enterprises. Zendesk serves businesses across a multitude of industries, with more than 125,000 paid customer accounts offering CX and EX service and support in more than 30 languages. Headquartered in San Francisco, Zendesk operates worldwide with 15 offices in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America.
It scales to meet the needs of any business, from startups and small businesses to growth companies and enterprises. Zendesk serves businesses across a multitude of industries, with more than 125,000 paid customer accounts offering CX and EX service and support in more than 30 languages. Headquartered in San Francisco, Zendesk operates worldwide with 15 offices in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America.
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Gate One is the global business and digital transformation consultancy dedicated to helping clients thrive.
We work closely with executive leaders and teams across FTSE companies, private businesses and major government departments, including many global retail and consumer business, to conceive and deliver the big ideas that will transform their organisations.
As an integral part of Havas, one of the world's largest global communications groups, creativity is embedded in our DNA and at the heart of everything we do.
But whatever the idea is, we enable our clients to shape and own their future, nurturing change that transforms to make a meaningful difference.
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Vimeo (NASDAQ: VMEO) is the world's largest and most innovative video experience platform. It enables anyone to create high-quality video experiences to better connect and bring ideas to life. Vimeo serves a global community of nearly 300 million users, from creative storytellers to globally distributed teams at the world's largest companies, whose videos receive billions of views each month. Learn more at www.vimeo.com.
Vimeo provides a comprehensive video platform tailored for Learning & Development, offering a suite of tools, advanced security, and AI-powered features to create, manage, and share engaging content. It enables organizations to develop transformative learning experiences that empower employees with fresh skills and knowledge, while providing data-driven insights to track progress. Its secure video library automatically transcribes content, making it searchable and facilitating increased productivity, collaboration, and effective onboarding of new hires.
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Unily maximizes Organizational Velocity for the world’s most demanding enterprises, including leaders like British Airways, Shell, and Wipro, empowering them to accelerate decision-making, streamline operations, and engage hyper-distributed workforces. As the only triple leader recognized by all three major intranet analysts, Unily’s True Enterprise EX Platform eliminates operational friction and silos, enabling sharper pivots and deeper alignment through governed AI and enterprise-grade scalability. Trusted by global organizations across 140 countries, Unily transforms work life for over 5 million users, driving connection, culture, and performance in the modern digital workplace.
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For over a decade, The Happiness Index has been helping organisations worldwide understand how their employees think, feel, and behave.
We are on a mission to uncover the secrets of workplace happiness and enable data-driven actions that fuel thriving, high-performance cultures.
For over a decade, The Happiness Index has been helping organisations worldwide understand how their employees think, feel, and behave.We are on a mission to uncover the secrets of workplace happiness and enable data-driven actions that fuel thriving, high-performance cultures.
- Our platform measures how employees think, feel, and behave.
- Our professional services help turn data insights into actions with tangible business outcomes.
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Blink is the mobile-first employee experience platform that connects your people, systems, and culture in one super-app. It bridges the digital divide between deskless and desk-based workers, supercharging employee communication and engagement at industry-leading companies like Domino’s, Nokia, Holcim, JD Sports, RATP Dev, and Stagecoach. Blink is the top-rated Employee Communications Application on Gartner Peer Insights and a Leader in the G2 Grid for Best Employee Engagement Software. Learn more at joinblink.com.
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Internal communications email software that integrates seamlessly with Outlook & Gmail
Save time and resources with ContactMonkey’s internal email software.
Internal communications email software that integrates seamlessly with Outlook & Gmail
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Oak Engage is an award-winning employee app and modern intranet solution, on a mission to make communication smarter. We empower your teams to get the right message, to the right people, at the right time.
We believe there is a better way to use technology to engage employees, cut through the noise, and inspire action that puts people at the heart of organisations.
Oak Engage is the essential go-to for your employees. Connect and engage with your people wherever they are, whilst giving them the tools to make their jobs easier. From accessing the latest company news and updates, to finding important documents and resources, everything is in one place. It’s customisable and intuitive, plus it integrates with all of your favourite third party tools.
The world’s biggest brands trust us for a reason. With around-the-clock, 24/7 support and a global network of customers, it’s a place that delivers outcomes that matter for Internal Comms, HR and IT teams.
We believe there is a better way to use technology to engage employees, cut through the noise, and inspire action that puts people at the heart of organisations.
Oak Engage is the essential go-to for your employees. Connect and engage with your people wherever they are, whilst giving them the tools to make their jobs easier. From accessing the latest company news and updates, to finding important documents and resources, everything is in one place. It’s customisable and intuitive, plus it integrates with all of your favourite third party tools.
The world’s biggest brands trust us for a reason. With around-the-clock, 24/7 support and a global network of customers, it’s a place that delivers outcomes that matter for Internal Comms, HR and IT teams.
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Sociabble is the leading Internal communications & Employee engagement platform designed to meet large companies’ needs. With more than 10 years of experience in large-scale deployments, Sociabble has helped world-renowned companies like AXA, Primark, and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners to achieve their goals.
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What makes Forty1 different? We bring insight, creativity, and tech know-how to every challenge, but four things set us apart:
- An industry-leading Behavioural Science Unit, ensuring that our work makes the right impact on human thinking and behaviour.
- A specialist Employee Listening capability, using leading-edge digital tools to create safe spaces for employees to tell us what they think and need.
- Learning & Capability Development Expertise that enables us to help your leaders, managers, and employees build the knowledge and skills they need to make change happen.
- A world-class Live, Virtual, and Hybrid Events team who deliver memorable experiences that inspire change and engagement.
The Forty1 team works with some of the world’s leading organisations to create lasting changes in behaviour, culture and engagement.
With more than 50 people across 2 continents, we bring a unique combination of people, skills and life experiences to our clients’ challenges. Our purpose is to create experiences that enrich working lives.
With more than 50 people across 2 continents, we bring a unique combination of people, skills and life experiences to our clients’ challenges. Our purpose is to create experiences that enrich working lives.
What makes Forty1 different? We bring insight, creativity, and tech know-how to every challenge, but four things set us apart:
- An industry-leading Behavioural Science Unit, ensuring that our work makes the right impact on human thinking and behaviour.
- A specialist Employee Listening capability, using leading-edge digital tools to create safe spaces for employees to tell us what they think and need.
- Learning & Capability Development Expertise that enables us to help your leaders, managers, and employees build the knowledge and skills they need to make change happen.
- A world-class Live, Virtual, and Hybrid Events team who deliver memorable experiences that inspire change and engagement.
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We help you create communication and learning campaigns to deliver positive change.
Whatever you need employees to do, we partner with you to prompt the actions that will have the greatest impact - to shape the moments that matter.
Drawing on approaches from behavioural science and advertising, we reinvent communication formats into campaigns that support real change.
Our experienced consultants partner with you to build insight into how to achieve the impact you need. We bring the digital and creative skills to identify, design and deliver solutions from comms campaigns to music videos, workshops to animated movies, interactive digital experiences or something else altogether.
Whatever your business needs, drop us a line to chat about how we can help.
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The leading global employee benefits and engagement partner that opens up a world of opportunities to help people enjoy more of what really matters
We believe that living life to the full means making the most of every moment and sharing experiences with the people we care about. To make these experiences meaningful, fulfilling, and personalised, we combine our 45+ years of experience with the agility and energy of a new digital brand. The result is an exciting mix of 250+ products that give employees more freedom in the choices they make every day across 31 countries – from restaurant meals to culture, incentives, and gift vouchers.
The leading global employee benefits and engagement partner that opens up a world of opportunities to help people enjoy more of what really matters
We believe that living life to the full means making the most of every moment and sharing experiences with the people we care about. To make these experiences meaningful, fulfilling, and personalised, we combine our 45+ years of experience with the agility and energy of a new digital brand. The result is an exciting mix of 250+ products that give employees more freedom in the choices they make every day across 31 countries – from restaurant meals to culture, incentives, and gift vouchers.
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Our names are central to our unique identities, and saying them correctly is the first step in connecting with, respecting, and appreciating one another.
Namecoach aims to solve the common problem of name mispronunciation and gender pronoun communication in as many critical settings as possible.
They provide a simple and effective solution: audio name pronunciations embedded online to easily learn and remember how to say them. Perfectly.
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Create exceptional internal communication and marketing campaigns that are always relevant, engaging, useful, and on-brand. We replace any internal email tool you have, and integrate with the other communication channels you use the most (including Slack, Sharepoint, Microsoft Teams, and more).
With Workshop, you can:
- Quickly build beautiful internal emails: You have all the creative resources you need to design and create great employee emails in one place with our drag-and-drop design tools and swappable templates.
- Always send to the right audience at the right time: We automatically sync up with your employee data sources (like Active Directory or your HRIS), so it’s easy to send and segment your messages.
- Measure and improve your efforts: Track opens, clicks, read time, and see exactly who is engaging with the email (so you can decrease noise and increase results).
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LumApps is a global Employee Experience Platform, transforming how companies engage, enable and empower their workforces. The cloud-native solution is architected to tailor each experience to the individual needs of each employee. With an industry-leading employee data layer to drive next-level personalization, LumApps can deliver truly tailored communication campaigns and orchestrated employees journeys that help attract and retain great talent. Some of the world’s biggest companies – including Capital One, LVMH, Stellantis and Publicis Sapient – rely on LumApps to build strong cultures, promote knowledge sharing, and provide a performance-boosting employee experience. Learn more at www.lumapps.com.
LumApps is a global Employee Experience Platform, transforming how companies engage, enable and empower their workforces. The cloud-native solution is architected to tailor each experience to the individual needs of each employee. With an industry-leading employee data layer to drive next-level personalization, LumApps can deliver truly tailored communication campaigns and orchestrated employees journeys that help attract and retain great talent. Some of the world’s biggest companies – including Capital One, LVMH, Stellantis and Publicis Sapient – rely on LumApps to build strong cultures, promote knowledge sharing, and provide a performance-boosting employee experience. Learn more at www.lumapps.com.
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Uber for Business brings the best of Uber to organizations around the globe with a seamless platform built to help them better support and engage those they employ and serve. With global scale, integrated solutions and exceptional service, Uber for Business empowers organizations to streamline business travel, reimagine employee wellbeing, and elevate the customer experience – all while enabling employees to effortlessly leverage the Uber they love and trust in their professional lives. Since launching in 2014, Uber for Business has scaled to 70+ countries and 10,000 cities, and helped 200,000 organizations bring flexibility and efficiency into their operations.
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Achievers is a global leader in employee recognition and reward software. The Achievers platform supports over 4 million employees in 164 countries with notable customers including General Motors, Meijer, Workday, and Samsung.
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Firstup is led by a team of enterprise software veterans from two legacies, SocialChorus and Dynamic Signal, who believe in the promise of new technology and the power of people-driven business transformation. Using our powerful orchestration engine, we bring personalised information and systems access to every employee where they are—on any endpoint or device, in any language, anywhere in the world. Whether they’re wired, mobile, frontline, distributed or essential, FirstUp gives employees what they need to do their jobs efficiently, and companies what they need to achieve agility. That’s how we help enterprise customers like Amazon, ABInBev, Ford and GSK continue to transform their businesses.
Firstup is led by a team of enterprise software veterans from two legacies, SocialChorus and Dynamic Signal, who believe in the promise of new technology and the power of people-driven business transformation. Using our powerful orchestration engine, we bring personalised information and systems access to every employee where they are—on any endpoint or device, in any language, anywhere in the world. Whether they’re wired, mobile, frontline, distributed or essential, FirstUp gives employees what they need to do their jobs efficiently, and companies what they need to achieve agility. That’s how we help enterprise customers like Amazon, ABInBev, Ford and GSK continue to transform their businesses.
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BHN believes positive experiences are the heartbeat of a thriving customer relationship. Transactions are meaningful touchpoints that consistently deliver value. Our portfolio of services and solutions keeps you ahead of the curve, enabling you to provide intentional experiences that drive awareness, acquisition, conversion and retention.
Our innovative solutions are rooted in global customer data and tested to ensure our partners' continued success. From advanced APIs to next-gen payment technology, BHN empowers brands to reimagine consumer interactions as positive engagements.
Our innovative solutions are rooted in global customer data and tested to ensure our partners' continued success. From advanced APIs to next-gen payment technology, BHN empowers brands to reimagine consumer interactions as positive engagements.
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Klaxoon is the world's first all-in-one work collaboration experience platform that turns every interaction into a concrete business win. With 10 powerful visual collaboration tools, Klaxoon is a game-changer that empowers individuals to increase engagement, drive productivity, and shape an innovative workspace. Through its world-class integrations with popular tools like Microsoft, Google, Jira and Zapier, Klaxoon brings teams together, igniting creativity and delivering concrete results. Klaxoon enables thousands of users from over 7,500 corporations, NGOs, universities, and public administrations, as well as 15% of Fortune 500 companies. Klaxoon empowers a diverse range of organizations to enhance collaboration, improve productivity, and achieve their strategic goals.
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YourCause from Blackbaud empowers purpose-driven organisations to drive change by connecting businesses and employees to a global network of nonprofits through giving, volunteering, and grantmaking.
Featuring powerful data intelligence, our social impact software helps reduce administrative tasks, increase strategic focus, and boost employee engagement – all while telling a profound impact story and driving meaningful change in your community.
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Introducing Deliveroo for Work – the simple food solution for your business.
Deliveroo for Work helps businesses provide food perks, simplify team lunches, and support late-night workers with flexible allowances and access to thousands of restaurants.
And the best part? No more juggling receipts and expenses. With one simple monthly bill, you can focus on what really matters—keeping your team satisfied and motivated.
Explore the ultimate workplace perk to support employee retention, engagement and recognition by visiting us at our stand.
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YuLife is an insurance technology app and employee benefit. Its products include group health insurance, group life insurance, critical illness, group income protection and group dental insurance. Revolutionising the group insurance space by redefining employee benefits, turning them into experiences that engage and result in greater long-term productivity and health. YuLife encourages employees to lead fulfilling lives by incentivising healthy activities like daily walks, and providing easy access to EAP or virtual GPs for support. YuLife's innovative use of advanced gamification and data not only provides HR teams with strategic wellbeing insights but also has a long-term health impact on employees because of increased activity trends. Impressively, 80% of YuLife members regularly engage with the app, contributing to it's outstanding 4.9/5 Trustpilot score, making it the #1 employee benefit in the UK.
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For enterprises looking to drive transformative change and strategic goals by harnessing the power of employee ideas, Ideas by Sideways 6 is an advanced idea management solution. It enables companies to effectively share, manage and prioritize ideas within their chosen collaboration tool and find the best ideas to bring to life. Unlike other tools, Ideas by Sideways 6 is fully customizable to fit your specific business needs, designed for maximum adoption and our team of experts work closely with you to ensure success.
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Engage is a mobile-first colleague engagement platform that is enabling businesses to create thriving colleague communities. We combine an unmatched understanding of engagement in business with consumer-grade technology. Engage supports and empowers your people across every stage of the colleague lifecycle, to fuel positive colleague experiences, foster happier, more productive people and transform your workplace culture.
The platform seamlessly integrates all the tools businesses and their people rely on, enhancing colleague experience by providing a single front door for all digital systems.
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