HCI Launches HR Business Partner Summit to Help HRBPs Become More Strategic Advisors to the Business

New virtual event on October 28 equips HR Business Partners with practical strategies to strengthen their influence, solve complex business challenges and drive organizational performance.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Human Capital Institute (HCI) has launched the HR Business Partner Summit, a new virtual event taking place October 28, 2026, designed to help HR Business Partners strengthen their strategic impact and become more influential advisors to business leaders.

The role of the HR Business Partner has changed dramatically. As organizations navigate AI, workforce transformation, evolving employee expectations and continuous disruption, leaders need more from HR than traditional business support. They need strategic partners who can translate workforce data into business insight, diagnose complex organizational challenges, strengthen leadership capability and help teams successfully navigate change.

"HRBPs are being asked to operate at a higher level than ever before—to understand the business, influence critical decisions, and help leaders solve complex people and organizational challenges. We created the HCI HR Business Partner Summit to give HRBPs a place to learn from peers, tackle real-world challenges, and build the skills and perspective they need to become more influential, trusted advisors to the business," said Stacey Bailey, Vice President of Product at HCI.

The HR Business Partner Summit will bring together senior HR executives and business leaders to explore how today's most effective HR Business Partners are using data to shape strategy, turning disruption into opportunity, strengthening leadership capability and building greater credibility and influence across their organizations.

Through expert-led sessions, attendees will explore the evolving HRBP playbook and practical approaches for connecting talent and workforce strategy to business priorities. Sessions will address topics including turning workforce data into business strategy, building organizational capability through change, developing stronger leaders and applying a consulting mindset to solve complex business problems.

Throughout this one-day virtual event, attendees will gain practical, actionable strategies to:

• Become more strategic advisors who help leaders make better, more informed business decisions
• Turn workforce data into business insights that shape strategy and improve organizational performance
• Apply a consulting mindset to ask better questions, diagnose complex business challenges and identify practical solutions
• Connect talent and workforce strategy to business priorities and focus HR efforts where they can have the greatest impact
• Strengthen leadership capability by coaching leaders through change, difficult decisions and the challenges of building high-performing teams
• Build executive presence, credibility and influence to become trusted advisors across the organization

The HR Business Partner Summit combines strategic insight with practical application, giving attendees frameworks, proven strategies and actionable ideas they can immediately put to work to increase their influence, strengthen partnerships with leaders and make a greater impact on the business.

Positioned as a highly engaging virtual experience, the HR Business Partner Summit enables HR professionals to learn from experienced leaders, examine the capabilities defining today's most effective HR Business Partners and return to work better prepared to solve business challenges, strengthen leadership and build lasting organizational capability.

The HR Business Partner Summit further broadens HCI's portfolio of learning experiences designed to help HR professionals build strategic capabilities, strengthen their partnerships with business leaders and accelerate organizational performance.

Registration is now open. For additional information and to register, visit https://www.hci.org/hr-business-partner-summit.

About Human Capital Institute (HCI)

Human Capital Institute (HCI), part of Simplify Compliance, is the first choice for high-performing HR professionals and teams who are focused on accelerating business results through strategic human capital practices. We help HR professionals optimize, acquire, engage, and develop the talent they need to support their organization's business strategy and accelerate business results. Our 300,000+ members worldwide have been advancing their HR careers with us since 2004. We can help you solve your next business challenge. Visit hci.org today. 

SOURCE Human Capital Institute