What Every HR Leader Should Know About AI by 2027
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 • 11am PT / 2pm ET
HR leaders are being asked to step up, but the guidance hasn’t caught up yet.
AI is reshaping HR faster than any one team can figure out alone. And right now, HR leaders are being asked to step up. How can we make smarter decisions about tools? How do we build more capable teams? How do we bring real judgment to a space that’s moving faster than the guidance?
The good news is that a community of practitioners is already figuring this out.
On June 23, we’re bringing together HR leaders who are on the bleeding edge of this shift. These are people actively testing ideas, learning what works, and raising the bar for the rest of us. They’ll speak honestly about what AI fluency actually looks like in practice: not the policy version, the real one.
What you’ll learn
In this live conversation, you’ll come away with:
- A clearer picture of what "AI fluent" actually means for an HR team, and how to know if yours is building fluency
- Practical approaches for building AI fluency across your HR function without a big L&D budget
- A sense of where the most forward-thinking HR leaders are placing their bets for 2027
This session is designed for HR leaders who are serious about this moment and want to leave with something they can actually use.
Featured panelists
Tara Torres
Tara Torres is a Talent Strategy, Transformation, and Responsible AI leader with more than 25 years of experience helping organizations navigate the intersection of people, technology, and business transformation. Drawing on leadership roles at Coinbase, Amazon, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase, she has led large-scale initiatives spanning AI adoption, workforce planning, recruiting transformation, operational excellence, and change management. As a contributor to the Human-Centric AI Council, Tara has helped develop practical frameworks, governance models, and tools that enable organizations to adopt AI responsibly while protecting employee and candidate trust. She is passionate about helping leaders harness the power of AI in ways that enhance human potential, strengthen organizational outcomes, and keep people at the center of every decision.
Dustin Cann
Dustin Cann is the Senior Director of Strategy & Operations for Cisco’s Join & Connect talent acquisition organization. Dustin’s teams drive strategy, planning, recruiting operations, technology and process transformation, hiring compliance, and AI innovation. With over two decades consulting with, selling to, or driving change from within hiring organizations like AWS, Splunk, HireVue, Cornerstone, and Korn/Ferry, Dustin’s passion has remained on bringing impact and innovation to the world’s most complex organizations.
Susan Jackson
Susan Jackson is a Talent Technology and Transformation leader with over 15 years of experience leading enterprise-wide initiatives across Fortune 500 and global organizations. She specializes in talent technology, workforce transformation, people analytics, and operational strategy, helping organizations align people, processes, and technology to drive business growth and organizational agility.
Passionate about the future of work, Susan is particularly interested in how AI and emerging technologies can transform talent strategies and accelerate productivity. She brings a balanced perspective that combines innovation with practical execution, helping organizations embrace change while maintaining a strong focus on people, trust, and business outcomes.
Katie Fairbank
Moderator • Katie Fairbank leads product marketing at CodeSignal, where she helps bring innovative hiring and learning solutions to life. With over a decade of experience in HR tech, including leadership roles at Cornerstone OnDemand, Katie has built positioning, go-to-market strategies, and messaging that truly connect with customers.
Why this matters now
AI tools are entering HR workflows faster than most teams have frameworks to evaluate them
HR leaders are being asked to make consequential decisions with AI without clear guidance on when to trust the output and when to push back
The gap between AI’s promise in HR and practitioners’ confidence using it responsibly has never been more important to close
This is a conversation for HR leaders who want to be part of shaping what comes next, not just reacting to it.
Frequently asked
questions
Will I get the recording if I can't attend live?
Yes. Register and we’ll send you the on-demand recording so you can watch it anytime.
Who should attend?
HR leaders, CHROs, VP-level HR and talent professionals, HR technology buyers, and anyone responsible for AI adoption decisions within their people function.
Will there be an opportunity to ask questions?
Yes. We’ve reserved time for live Q&A at the end of the session. You can submit questions throughout, and our panelists will address as many as possible. For questions we don’t get to live, we’ll follow up after the event.
What if I'm already using CodeSignal?
Even better. You’ll get unfiltered perspective from practitioners who are navigating the same challenges your team is and leave with ideas you can bring back immediately.
