Kyle Lagunas leads the Nov. 9 Executive Forum in San Diego; the Nov. 10-11 summit offers HRCI and SHRM recertification credits
Pilot programs and flashy dashboards are easy to accumulate. Harder is figuring out whether any of it moves the needle for talent acquisition. That gap between experimentation and measurable progress is exactly what a new half-day event in San Diego aims to close this November.
AI is an accelerant, not a strategy. Point it at a broken process, and all you do is get there faster.”— Kyle Lagunas, Founder & Principal Analyst, Kyle & CoSAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES, October 13, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The RIS Executive Forum: Building Real AI Momentum in Talent Acquisition, presented by ERE Media and Kyle & Co, takes place Monday, November 9, from 1-5 p.m. in San Diego, serving as a prelude to the ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit.
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Facilitated by Kyle Lagunas, Founder and Principal Analyst of Kyle & Co, the program gathers senior recruiting leaders to scrutinize their own workflows, compare choices with peers, and walk away with three prioritized actions to implement within their teams.
The ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit runs November 10-11 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine. The conference has been approved for HRCI and SHRM recertification credits, allowing attendees to earn credits upon completion of the qualifying program.
What Should AI Own? What Still Needs a Recruiter?
The Executive Forum is built around two working sessions.
The first session zeroes in on the automation line in hiring: which tasks should be handed to AI, which should be standardized, and where human recruiter judgment remains non-negotiable.
The second session tackles orchestration and consolidation. With AI capabilities increasingly overlapping across recruiting platforms, leaders will work through how to make clearer technology decisions and align stakeholders around fewer, more intentional systems.
“AI is an accelerant, not a strategy. Point it at a broken process, and all you do is get there faster,” said Lagunas.
The format gives executives time to apply those questions to the decisions on their own desks. Research frames each segment, followed by facilitated roundtables using a think-write-share approach.
The Forum will operate under the Chatham House Rule, enabling participants to discuss lessons and ideas without attributing comments to individual speakers or their organizations.
Leave With Three Priorities Your Team Can Act On
The program draws on Kyle & Co’s AI Momentum Model, grounded in survey data from more than 350 senior HR and talent leaders. The Forum applies the model through a talent acquisition lens for the first time.
Participants will complete a diagnostic to assess their organization’s position on the AI momentum curve and examine the drivers affecting progress, including AI literacy, governance, and risk orientation.
The intended takeaways are specific:
- An assessment of where their organization stands, benchmarked against the research.
- A clearer understanding of the constraints holding back progress.
- Three prioritized actions matched to their organization’s situation.
- Connections with senior peers facing similar operational decisions.
Themes from the Monday discussions will inform Lagunas’ opening keynote the following morning, “Motion Isn’t Momentum: Where AI Is Taking Talent Acquisition.”
The Conversation Continues Across the Summit
The main program of the ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit on November 10-11 brings together recruiting leaders and practitioners from Ford Motor Company, Wells Fargo, CVS Health, Expedia Group, Pinterest, Roblox, Thales, General Atomics, ChenMed, Tricentis, SafeBreach, and other organizations.
Hosted by John Baldino, President of Humareso, and Jackye Clayton, Founder of Who Do I Work For, the Summit covers AI implementation, recruiting operations, candidate fraud, employer brand, sourcing, leadership, and the changing role of talent acquisition.
Attendees will also have opportunities to continue discussions beyond the stage through speaker office hours in the Ask Me Anything Lounge, roundtables, and peer networking.
HRCI and SHRM recertification credit adds professional development value to a program built around practical recruiting decisions and direct access to the people doing the work.
The ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit is supported by Gold Sponsor Juicebox and Silver Sponsors AcquireROI, AppVault, Braintrust AIR, Built In, Cadient, Honorlock, Metaview, Tenzo AI, and Ropes.
Applications and Registration
Executive Forum applications are open to qualified RIS attendees. Capacity is intentionally limited, and the Recruiting Innovation Summit organizers review each application to keep the discussion focused on senior talent acquisition and recruiting leaders responsible for hiring strategy, technology decisions, and operational outcomes.
Apply for the November 9 Executive Forum:
ERERecruitingConference.com/executive-forum
Explore the agenda and register for the November 10-11 summit:
ERERecruitingConference.com
Location:
Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine
3777 La Jolla Village Drive
San Diego, California 92122
About the ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit
The ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit is ERE Media’s flagship gathering for talent acquisition professionals. The summit brings together recruiting executives, practitioners, sourcing specialists, employer brand professionals, recruiting operations teams, and HR technology innovators for practitioner-led learning, candid discussion, and practical ideas they can apply inside their organizations.
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Why it matters: As AI tools multiply across the recruiting tech stack, the competitive edge will belong to teams that can move beyond pilots and make deliberate, informed decisions about what to automate and what to keep human. This forum offers a structured path for leaders to translate broad AI enthusiasm into concrete, prioritized next steps — and the research-backed framework to defend those choices.
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