2026 Silicon Valley Employee Benefits Conference
Transformative Leadership
September 15 & 16 | San Jose
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Transformative Leadership in action. Join the conference for two full days of insights, case studies, and peer exchange, and transform the future of global benefits while enabling positive social change.Â
About the Employee Benefits Conference
Transformative Leadership: Shaping the Future of Employee Benefits and Wellbeing
The world of employee benefits is changing faster than ever. Organizations are navigating rising healthcare costs, workforce demographic shifts, increasing regulatory complexity, rapid advances in artificial intelligence, and growing employee expectations around wellbeing, flexibility, equity, and access. The leaders who will succeed are those willing to think differently.
Join the Silicon Valley Employers Forum’s Employee Benefits Conference 2026 as we explore this year’s theme, Transformative Leadership—examining how bold, forward-thinking leaders are re-evaluating benefits and wellbeing strategies to support healthier and more resilient workforces.
Over two days, you’ll hear from leading employers, innovative solution providers, industry experts, and keynote thought leaders as they share practical strategies, emerging trends, and real-world case studies that are shaping the future of employee benefits. Whether your focus is healthcare, financial wellbeing, leave programs, global benefits, AI, or workforce experience, you’ll leave with actionable insights and valuable connections to drive meaningful change within your organization.
Participants can attend the conference’s featured sessions or enhance their professional development by earning a global benefits certification through the Learning Practice, held alongside the conference.
Why Attend?
Gain Strategic Insights
Learn how leading organizations are transforming benefits and well-being programs to address today’s workforce challenges while preparing for tomorrow.
Discover Emerging Trends
Explore the latest developments in AI, healthcare innovation, financial wellbeing, employee experience, global benefits, and workforce resilience.
Learn from Industry Leaders
Hear directly from employers and subject matter experts who are implementing innovative programs and delivering measurable business outcomes.
Build Your Professional Network
Connect with benefits, well-being, and total rewards professionals from some of the world’s most influential organizations.
Explore Innovative Solutions
Visit our exhibitor center featuring more than 25 carefully selected employee benefits and well-being providers showcasing the latest technologies, services, and solutions.
Take Away Practical Ideas
Leave with actionable strategies, benchmarks, and real-world examples you can apply immediately within your own organization.
Employee Benefits Key Sessions:
We will discuss the latest trends, opportunities, and challenges in global employee benefits and the implications of AI. Together, we will shape the future of workplace benefits, driving positive social change and innovation to meet the needs of a diverse, global workforce.
- The New EVP Equation: Transformative Leadership for a Changing Global Workforce –Â Explore how leading organizations are reimagining employee value propositions, personalizing total rewards, and aligning purpose with performance to drive business impact.
- Beyond the Episode: Building a Lifespan of AI-Enabled, High-Touch Women’s Care –Â Learn how innovative employers are leveraging technology and personalized support to improve outcomes across the full spectrum of women’s health.
- Healthy, High-Impact Organizations: Building Systems That Respond to Stress Before It Becomes Burnout –Â Discover practical approaches for identifying workforce strain early and creating cultures that sustain performance and wellbeing.
- The Trust Paradox: Leading with Transparency in an AI-Driven Benefits World –Â As AI transforms benefits delivery, learn how organizations can build trust through transparency, ethics, and human-centered design.
- Predictive Plan Design for the Tech Workforce –Â Explore how data, analytics, and emerging technologies are helping employers design future-ready benefits strategies.
- Transformative Leadership in Financial Wellness –Â Learn how organizations are moving beyond traditional financial benefits to create measurable improvements in employee financial well-being.
- Rethinking Benefits: Personalization as a Leadership Strategy –Â Understand how personalization is transforming employee experiences and helping organizations deliver greater value from their benefits investments.
Employee Learning Practice Key Sessions:
This learning track is offered concurrently during the conference. It is designed for those newer to global benefits or who would like a refresher. Upon completing at least 80% of the sessions, you will receive a Global Benefits certification from the Silicon Valley Employers Forum.Â
- High-Tech Benefits: Overview of the unique global benefits offered in the high-technology industry.
- Funding Your Programs: Understanding financing, taxation, and regulations.
- Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures: The phases of pre & post areas for merger & acquisition deals.
- Expatriate Assignments: The differences of offering expatriate benefits and the implications from assignments, to taxation to repatriation.
- Considerations for Working Anywhere: Exploring the implications for working anywhere and the common misconceptions to consider.
- Retirement Benefits: What retirement looks like given the legacy defined benefit plans that may exist.
- Optimize Your Strategy: Seeking trusted partners, and resources to help you manage your programs and bringing it altogether to optimize your strategy.
- Best Practices: Sharing case studies with peers and understanding the challenges of operating globally.Â
Who can attend?
This conference is designed for professionals responsible for their employer’s employee benefits and/or well-being strategies and programs.
Who is not eligible to attend:
Third-party employee benefits and well-being consultants and brokers, interns, apprentices, temporary staff, and contractors.
Note: To explore future partnership and speaking opportunities, sign up for our mailing list. Any ineligible registrations will be automatically canceled.Â
Registration
Members:
Complimentary registration for Silicon Valley Employers Forum members.
Non-Members:
Early Bird Rate: $349 through July 31, 2026
Standard Rate: $499 beginning August 1, 2026
Register today and join the industry’s leading employee benefits and wellbeing conference.
Registration closes on September 1, 2026.
To avoid a no show fee, please let us know by September 1, 2026, if you are unable to attend.
No show fees:
Members: $150
Non-Members: The ticket fee is non-refundableÂ
Please note: this event will be held in person only, and a virtual attendance option will not be available.