2025 CalHR Annual Conference
This year’s CalHR Conference explores the art and science of change management, equipping state HR professionals with strategies to embrace change with purpose. The in-person event will host a dynamic keynote speaker who will share practical insights and real-world experience. An informative discussion panel that will bring together diverse perspectives on navigating organizational change and interactive sessions throughout the day that will allow participants to take a deeper dive into specific HR areas, tools, and techniques. This in-person event will feature dynamic guest speakers, interactive sessions, and informative panels. Attendees will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of human resources, labor relations, benefits, and more. Attendees will leave with actionable takeaways, stronger connections, and renewed energy to drive meaningful change within their organization.
Among the highlights of this year’s CalHR Conference:
- Keynote presentation by Katie McCleary – Human at our Core: Leading Change with Purpose, Connection and Clarity
- Presentation of the Robert L. Negri Award for achievement in the field of human resources
- Panel Session on Navigating organizational change
Session Presentations
Below is an alphabetic list of the main conference sessions and downloadable, associated pdfs of their presentations. Sessions not included in the list are Labor and Legal related.
- Change Management Gone Wrong: Getting Back on the Right Track (PDF)
- Change Management in the Real World (PDF)
- Compensation with Intention: Navigating Employee Compensation Principles (PDF)
- Conversational Intelligence: “From Resistance to Readiness: Navigating Tough Conversations” (PDF)
- CSPS Project Update (PDF)
- Dental Benefit Enrollment Done Right: Save Time, Avoid Unexpected Costs (PDF)
- Driving Career Growth through the Upward Mobility Program (PDF)
- Empower Yourself to a Brighter Financial Future with Savings Plus (PDF)
- Evolution of ECOS — Roadmap to the Future (PDF)
- Generalist Implementation Informational Session (PDF)
- Listening Intelligence: The Missing Link in Communication and Culture (PDF)
- Request Tracking System Preview (PDF)
- Turning Numbers into Action: Applying Workforce Analysis in State Human Resources (PDF)
- What You Need to Know: Commute Program & Excess Lodging (PDF)
Contact Information
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