The Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit will be held May 19-20 in Atlanta, Ga. Find Fortune‘s coverage of last year’s event here. Check back for the livestream player for this year’s event on May 19.
The next era of workplace innovation is here—and the old playbook is being rewritten. AI agents are becoming teammates. Global workforce shortages are intensifying, while tightening policies and a cooling labor market are reshaping how companies attract and retain talent. Cultural norms around time, pay, and purpose are being renegotiated in real time. As technology, demographics, and social expectations collide, the workplace itself is being reimagined—from how people are hired to how they lead, communicate, and grow.
At the 2026 Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit, Fortune 500 executives, CHROs, technologists, and cultural architects to explore how companies can build resilient organizations for the decade ahead. Together, we’ll debate the defining questions shaping the workforce of the future.
More information about the conference and the list of 2026 speakers can be found here.






