Introductions by your host Pete Johns (Director, UK and Ireland, and Cai Kjaer (CEO), SWOOP Analytics.

In this talk, Andy Pamphilon will share the story of how they created the right conditions for Viva Engage success at London Stock Exchange Group. He’ll share some fantastic advice plus an impressive framework for rolling out Viva Engage and establishing it as a key channel within the Group, creating and maintaining enthusiasm and understanding every step of the way.

Presenter: Andy Pamphilon, Senior Manager, Internal Communications

The emergence of generative AI is revolutionising work around the world, and no industry is left untouched. Analytics is one of those areas that have a tremendous about of opportunity to deliver even more actionable insights to a far greater amount of people than previously possible.

In this session Cai Kjaer, CEO of SWOOP Analytics, will paint a picture of where analytics in the field of digital workplace and employee engagement is heading and show you SWOOP’s current explorations in this area.

Presenter: Cai Kjaer, CEO, SWOOP Analytics

Hear how the Places for People team has created a thriving Viva Engage network that sits at the very core of their internal communications efforts. They’ll share how they’ve nurtured a communication culture that’s built around community, where leaders are present and engaged, everyone has a voice and internal comms is about the conversation rather than the message.

Presenter: Paul Hickson, Group Head of Internal Communication & Steven Murgatroyd, Senior Internal Communications Manager

This year’s Viva Engage Benchmarking Report is loaded with evidence-based metrics that helps you with just about all aspects of Viva Engage and is coupled with insights from previous years’ benchmarking award recipients.

Presenters: Dr Laurence Lock Lee (Chief Scientist at SWOOP Analytics) and Pete Johns (Director, UK and Ireland, SWOOP Analytics

During the COVID pandemic, Arqiva made Yammer (now Viva Engage) available to their people. It helped employees stay connected during those tough times. However, as the 'new normal' became plain old 'normal', activity dropped off. New employees didn't even know it existed and the network lacked any sort of purpose.
Helen Nias will share the story of how Arqiva relaunched Viva Engage with a renewed purpose, a new position in the internal channels landscape, and a greater focus on unlocking business value. Hear how they reinvigorated their network to such an extent that Arqiva can now celebrate being crowned a SWOOP Analytics Collaboration Champion – there’ll definitely be some top tips in this talk!

Presenter: Helen Nias, Digital Communications & Channels Manager

The Internal Comms team at Vodafone have a clear vision of delivering a consistent omni-channel communication experience for their 100k + colleagues. When they moved from Workplace from Meta to Microsoft Viva Engage in May 2024, they took a big step forward in bringing that vision to life. Ed Nunn will share the story of their move to Viva Engage, give insight into the choices and tactics that have helped them unlock real value from Viva Engage, and share how Viva Engage is supporting the realisation of their vision for communications.

Presenter: Ed Nunn, Global Internal Communications Manager - Channels

In this session we have experts from Microsoft joining for you to ask anything you like. Ask Microsoft about roadmap, features, adoption or just anything on your mind.

Presenters: Nick Ledger, Employee Experience Senior Specialist and Global Black Belt