Training employees in AI is a challenge. How are the most advanced organizations structuring their AI skills development? Which models offer a real return on investment? 

Join Edflex and experts from France, the United States, and Canada on February 11, 2026 at the Hilton Hampton Hotel, Downtown Montreal, at 5pm, for an evening designed for HR leaders who want to discover emerging practices that prepare teams, reduce operational workload, and secure AI initiatives in 2026 and beyond.

This event will feature a keynote from Séverine Loureiro, followed by a panel discussion with our partners from Workday and AtmanCo who will share inspiring approaches to evolving HR roles, optimizing adoption, and building realistic governance adapted to the Quebec context. 

Keynote: From Employee Experience to Intelligent Experience: The Next HR Frontier

This keynote is designed for HR and Talent executives who want to move beyond AI experimentation and understand how artificial intelligence is concretely reshaping employee and learning experiences at scale.

Drawing on her European perspective and extensive work with large, complex and diversified organizations, Séverine Loureiro will unpack how leading French companies are evolving from traditional employee experience models toward intelligent, data-informed and AI-augmented experiences.

• Understand how AI is transforming onboarding, learning, skills development and career pathways without fragmenting the employee journey
• Gain from practical insights from French enterprises working with Lab RH members on skills intelligence, learning personalization and experience design at scale
• Align assessments, skills frameworks, learning, career management, employee life events and AI tools into a coherent, enterprise-wide experience strategy

Grounded in real-world use cases observed across Lab HR’s startup and enterprise ecosystem, this keynote delivers actionable signals rather than hype to help HR leaders redesign learning and talent experiences that are both scalable and human-centered.

A must-attend session for HRDs, CLOs, Talent Directors and HRIS leaders looking to translate AI ambition into measurable experience and capability outcomes. Building on her books and experience with large organizations, Séverine’s keynote will introduce the comparison with North American practices and set the stage for the panel discussion.

Speaker:

Séverine Loureiro, Managing Director, HR Lab

Panel Discussion: Is AI the new best coach for learning AI? 

ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini seems to be omniscient. Multilingual. Adaptive. Empathetic. These “AI coaches” seem to know everything, including how to train us in AI itself. 

Yet, in practice, AI upskilling across the organization, including within HR teams,  remains one of the biggest barriers to sustainable and responsible AI adoption. Knowledge and use cases are evolving so rapidly that AI is putting pressure on learning models that are often costly, slow to deploy, and difficult to keep up to date.

Join our international panel of HR innovators, evaluators, and learning leaders as they discuss the following questions: 

• Is AI truly the "best" coach for learning, or are we chasing a myth? 
• Will traditional learning programs be consumed by these assistants? 
• How will agentic AI push the boundaries of learning? 
• What formats should we prioritize in 2026? 
• How do we ensure quality and human connection in AI-driven development?
  

Moderator: 

Jean-Baptiste Audrerie, Co-founder, Nexa RH 

Panelists: 

Séverine Loureiro, Managing Director, HR Lab

Marie-Christine Drolet, Chief Executive Officer, AtmanCo

Jean-Habib Mimassi, Regional Sales Director, Workday Canada

Olivier Rozier, Chief Learning Officer, Edflex