HR Minds Conference 2025

Veli Ndaba – ‘The NeuroEngineer’

Shelleny Govender-Dhooma (CHRP, M.Inst.Dir)

This keynote explores how HR leaders can adapt to a hybrid workforce by redesigning policies, enhancing employee engagement, and fostering a cohesive culture that bridges remote and in-office teams, ensuring flexibility, productivity, and long-term organisational resilience.

Londiwe Mncube

This keynote explores the strategic evolution of HR, focusing on how professionals at all levels can transition from administrative support to business enablers. Learn practical approaches to align HR practices with organisational goals, drive impact, and influence executive decision-making...

Mandi Olivier

This keynote explores how organisations can rethink recruitment by focusing on skills over formal qualifications. Learn innovative sourcing strategies, assessment tools, and workforce planning methods to attract and retain top talent in a rapidly evolving, skills-first economic landscape.

JP Van Zittert (CPsychol, AFBPsS, RS)

This keynote explores how people analytics empowers HR professionals to make smarter, evidence-based decisions across recruitment, retention, performance, and engagement—transforming data into actionable insights that drive strategic value and improve workforce outcomes at every organizational level.

Caroline Berns

This keynote explores strategies to move beyond DEI checkboxes by embedding inclusion into everyday culture. It highlights actionable approaches to empower underrepresented groups, foster authentic belonging, and build equitable workplaces that reflect a deeper commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Shenaaz Patel

This keynote explores how organisations can cultivate leadership at every level by implementing structured learning journeys, mentorship, and coaching programs that empower employees, strengthen leadership pipelines, and align leadership development with long-term business goals in a rapidly changing workforce landscape.

This keynote explores OD strategies to build a future-ready workforce, enhance organisational agility, and drive resilience. Learn how to align talent planning with rapid market shifts, foster adaptability, and future-proof your organisation against continuous disruption and evolving business landscapes.

Roshael Hoosen (IO Psychologist)

This keynote explores how to design impactful employee experiences by identifying and enhancing key moments across the employee lifecycle—from onboarding to exit—ultimately fostering deeper engagement, satisfaction, and loyalty that drives long-term talent retention in evolving workplace environments.

Frank de Beer

Discover how forward-thinking organisations are transforming performance management by replacing outdated annual reviews with ongoing feedback, real-time coaching, and growth-focused conversations that foster employee development, enhance engagement, and align performance with evolving business goals in a dynamic workplace.

Louise Claassen

This keynote explores strategic approaches to skills intelligence, focusing on tools and frameworks that help HR leaders identify capability gaps and implement targeted upskilling and reskilling initiatives—ensuring workforce readiness, agility, and alignment with evolving organisational needs.

This keynote explores how organizations can embed continuous learning into daily workflows by leveraging microlearning and digital tools. Discover strategies to foster a dynamic learning culture that supports real-time skill development, boosts engagement, and aligns with evolving business needs.

This keynote explores OD-led change management strategies to instil adaptive mindsets across all levels of the organisation, ensuring sustainable transformation. Discover how HR can lead cultural shifts, align behaviours with business goals, and foster continuous change readiness in dynamic environments.

Dr. Lesego Rametsi

This keynote explores HR’s critical role in fostering mental health, wellbeing, and burnout prevention. It will examine effective strategies, supportive policies, and leadership practices that promote psychological safety and resilience in today’s evolving and high-pressure work environments.

Sibonakaliso Shabangu

This keynote explores how AI and automation are reshaping HR—enhancing efficiency while raising concerns about empathy and human connection. Discover strategies to embrace technology as a partner, not a threat, and maintain the human touch in HR decision-making.