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Zurich Agenda

Tuesday 19th May 2026

On Labs, Förrlibuckstrasse 190, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland

08:00 – 08:50

Registration, Networking, Meeting and Connections

08:50 – 09:00
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Welcome and Setting the Scene

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Chris Cummings
Founder, Wellbeing at Work
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09:00 – 09:20

Build the Better You: Wellbeing, the Athlete Way

Build the Better You, the wellbeing strategy at On inspired by the performance principles of athletes. Delivered in collaboration with On's primary wellbeing partner, Kyan Health
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Dr Rachele Airoldi
Learning and Development Specialist, On AG
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Vlad Gheorghiu
CEO, Kyan Health
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09:20 – 09:45
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Opening Keynote Address: AI as the Driver of the Future of HR, Wellness and Performance

How will AI impact holistic well-being strategies to drive productivity, lower healthcare costs, and increased profitability? How will AI & personalization elevate engagement through data-driven wellness solutions? What impact will AI-powered coaching and health analytics have on customized well-being plans that improve employee retention and performance? How can organizations prioritize emotional intelligence, trust, and mental health support experience in order to achieve stronger engagement, lower turnover, and higher innovation?
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Ralf Buechsenschuss
Analytics, Intelligence & AI Transformation Lead, Microsoft
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09:45 – 10:10
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Best Practice' In Practice: How Does Your Wellbeing Strategy Measure Up?

Insights from a peer comparison research study. How effective are our wellbeing strategies, and what’s getting in the way? How much are we really spending on wellbeing, or why don’t we actually know? Why are we hesitant to pay for what we say we want, yet continue investing in what we don’t fully believe in? Why aren’t we measuring impact, and what would it take to start?
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Julie Rust-Bodenmann
Former Global Wellbeing Lead, UBS
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10:10 – 10:55

Panel: Wellbeing Culture as a Performance Engine

What are the measurable behaviours that prevent culture atrophy and drive meaningful organizational performance, enhancing engagement, wellbeing and long-term strategic outcomes? What is the value of designing wellbeing programs as integrated experiences that are embedded throughout the employee journey? How can employers implement programs that help support people thrive and grow? Wellbeing as a strategic lever to 'double down' on in times of volatility & change and quicker innovation cycles.
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Marieke Bos van den Berg
Chief People Officer, Ringier
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Shalini Sunder
VP People, Pexapark
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Julie Rust-Bodenmann
Former Global Wellbeing Lead, UBS
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Ekaterina Breous-Nystrom

Your Expert Panel Chair

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Ekaterina Breous-Nystrom
Wellbeing Coach & Former HR Leader, Roche
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10:55 – 11:20

Morning Networking Break

11:20 – 11:50
Raquel Torres González

Building a healthy workforce in the age of intelligence

AXA presents innovative insights into how holistic health strategies, crafted around workforce health risks and barriers, can be tailored to positively influence both organizational and social ROI. This session highlights real use cases demonstrating how AXA supports both multinational corporations and local SMEs in helping employees identify and assess their key health risks. Through personalized interventions addressing physical and mental health, employees are empowered to take proactive steps toward healthier lives.
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Raquel Torres González
Global Program Manager Health360 by AXA
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11:50 – 12:50

Leadership Workshop Discussions

Attendees choose their preferred discussion to join from the following list:
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Beyond Pay and Pensions: Turning Financial Stress into Workplace Resilience

Financial stress is a hidden but powerful driver of distraction, anxiety, and reduced performance at work. Yet most organisational approaches to financial wellbeing remain limited to compensation, benefits, or pensions.In this interactive session, Flourish Financially introduces a new paradigm of financial health and wellbeing, combining financial expertise with behavioural science and positive psychology. How does financial wellbeing influence employee confidence, decision-making, and engagement? And what can organisations do, in practical terms, to support it?Join this workshop to explore how to move beyond traditional approaches and equip your workforce with the clarity, confidence, and agency needed for sustainable performance.
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Minna Schmidt & Dr Sophie Jablonski
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Making Mental Health a Reality

Mental health has proven to be a key driver of a company’s long-term success. In this session, you will explore practical strategies to embed mental well-being not just as a concept, but as a lived reality in your team’s day-to-day work. Drawing on his experience with over 100 customers, Maximilian will share proven approaches and concrete measures that have successfully transformed this vision into sustainable practice. Learn how to create a work environment that fosters resilience, psychological safety and high performance – one in which your team feels supported, empowered, and able to grow beyond their own expectations. Join us for practical examples and valuable insights that will help you strengthen mental well-being in your organization.
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Workplace Wellbeing - why it matters

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Caroline Luscombe
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Proactive Health: Leveraging data and analytics to define a cost-efficient, 360 health strategy

This practical, insight driven session focuses on helping leaders design a 360 health strategy impacting on workforce stability, adaptability and predictability. Drawing on AXA’s extensive expertise in health at work, the workshop will give you the opportunity to experience first-hand some innovative solutions empowering employees to take care on their health while supporting HR teams to define more personalized and cost-effective interventions: Mind Health Odyssey: Discover how to identify and react to the most common mind health conditions at work through interactive, gamified activities and practical tips. Health Scan: Experience a personalized, comprehensive health assessment, from which you will be leaving with a tailored health plan that takes into account your main risk factors. Health360 dashboard: Explore a practical toolkit for employers to identify the main health risks that can affect employee stability, and thus design personalized, data-driven health benefits strategies. Why to participate? To transform traditional health benefits, often perceived as uninspiring, into a lively and engaging experience. This promotes proactive health management and disease prevention, while positioning your organization as a leader in workplace wellbeing.
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Raquel Torres González, Global Program Manager Health360 by AXA and Carolina Rebecchi, Global Program Manager Health360 by AXA
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12:50 – 13:50

In-Person Networking, Meetings and Connections

13:50 – 14:00

The World's Most Advanced AI Mind Mentor

The invisible crisis is spreading: Stress, burnout, and mental exhaustion are costing companies billions—through absences, productivity losses, and high turnover. Traditional Mental Well-Being solutions are overwhelmed: Too few experts, long waiting times, and high costs. The solution: naia – The world’s most advanced AI Mind Mentor! Based on the scientific program of the Scheelen® Institute
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Katharina Gilleßen
Co-developer of naia at RELIEF AI
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Vice President Business Development at SCHEELEN AG
14:00 – 14:45

Leadership Panel: Equitable Well-Being Outcomes in an Increasingly Complex Workplace

As workplaces become more complex - hybrid environments, increasingly multi-generational/multi-cultural/neurodiverse – how should cultures ensure people and performance thrive together? How do organizations approach wellbeing as an outcome of choices, governance and leadership, rather than as a standalone programme? How are organizations still falling short in delivering equitable wellbeing outcomes? As AI and automation will disproportionately affect different workgroups, how should employers adjust their wellbeing strategies to mitigate the psychological risks and skill gaps for specific employee groups facing major job transformation or increased workload demands?
Margit Vunder

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Margit Vunder
Head of Culture and Inclusiveness, EY
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Susanne Wipf-Ernst
Head of well@work, ABB Switzerland
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Enrico-Palumbo

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Enrico Palumbo
P&C Head, SAP Switzerland
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Becca Smith
People & Culture Lead, FIFA
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14:45 – 15:10

Fireside Chat: The Role of Technology in Making Awesome Workplaces

Employers are on a mission to transform how people think about investing and they are convinced that everyone has the potential to become a successful investor; but what makes it a great place to work? In this session we will discuss the role of technology in making the workplace an awesome place for all.
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Amit A. Sidhpura
Global Strategy Leader, HR & Employee Services / Talent Operations, IBM Consulting
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Chris Cummings
Founder, Wellbeing at Work
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15:10 – 15:30

Networking Break

15:30 – 15:55
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Case Study SAP: Run Healthy – From Stretch to Leap

How do employers transform how health, safety, and wellbeing are managed? How are country-level health, safety & wellbeing maturities assessed? What categories of individual and organizational health should be considered? How should organizations take a holistic, end-to-end approach to health - aligning processes, policies, and portfolio.
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Enrico Palumbo
P&C Head, SAP Switzerland
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15:55 – 16:20
Cecilia Caetano

Menopause Awareness and the Importance of Educating Leaders

Why must employers rethink how they support menopausal employees? Why menopause isn’t just a personal issue; it’s a workplace reality. Which symptoms qualify as a disability, requiring reasonable adjustments like flexible hours or ergonomic support? How can menopause be an open topic not only for women but for entire team cultures?
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VP – Global Medical Affairs and Evidence Generation Lead – Women’s Health, Bayer
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16:20 – 16:30
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Closing Remarks

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Chris Cummings
Founder, Wellbeing at Work
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16:30 – 17:30

Networking Reception

Kindly Hosted by naia
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