Human-Led, AI-Augmented: Designing Futures Where People & Intelligent Systems Flourish Together

​Across every sector, people leaders are confronted with a pivotal question: How do we harness AI without losing the human essence that creates trust, meaning, and value?

​Our focus this year is the frontier of Human-AI Co-Creation where Humans Lead, AI Augments:

• ​How can teams leverage AI to equip, align and train teams without losing the human touch?
  

• ​How do roles within HR, L&D and training need to evolve when AI agents can generate outputs in minutes that used to take months?
  

• ​How do we prepare leaders, teams, and organizations for to redefine how we work for better outcomes?
  

​We believe the answer lies in designing human-first systems of learning, governance, and workforce transformation, systems where AI accelerates adoption, capability, and insight, while humans provide judgment, design, ethics, and purpose.

​At ATD26, we are engaging CEOs, L&D, Trainers, Instructional Designers, and Enablement Leads to explore:

• ​Future Workforce & Capability: Accelerating readiness for AI-augmented roles at scale
  

• ​Humanizing Technology: Embedding behavioral science, empathy, and values into digital transformation
  

• ​Leadership & Trust in the AI Age: Helping teams make the transition to a human-AI agentic way of working while protecting data, safety and ownership.
  
  
  Note: This is a seated dinner and will take place at a venue within a 15 minute taxi ride from the LA Convention Center in Korea town. Hope you like korean food :)
  

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​Speaker Biographies

​So-Young Kang - Founder & CEO, Gnowbe | Founder, Awaken Group

​So-Young is a transformation designer and serial entrepreneur dedicated to humanizing the world in the age of AI. As the CEO of Gnowbe, she leads an Agentic AI Enablement platform that improves ownership and performance outcomes. She is also the founder of Awaken Group, a human-centered transformation design firm that integrates strategy with empathy. A WEF Young Global Leader and author of Inside Out, So-Young holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

​Moderator

​Nicola Murphy - Head of Microlearning Instructional Design, Gnowbe

​Nicola Murphy has an extensive background in education, curriculum development and teacher training and works for Gnowbe as the Head of Microlearning Instructional Design and Success Global Lead. Originally from New Zealand, Nicola is passionate about equipping leaders, trainers, teachers and content creators with innovative strategies and tech solutions to maximize learner engagement, knowledge retention, performance and impact, both online and in person.

​For more information about Gnowbe's presence at ATD,