Workday, major sponsor of the TECH HR Innovation Summit Montreal 2026

On Thursday, February 12, 2026 , the Montreal HR TECH Innovation Summit will bring together HR, IT and business decision-makers around a clear objective: to understand, compare and activate technological innovations that concretely transform the HR function.

As the main presenter and major sponsor, Workday is partnering with this 100% HR TECH event to deliver a structuring vision of HR innovation, well beyond mere announcements.

In our video series, we have the pleasure of speaking with Jean-Habib Mimassi , Regional Sales Director at Workday Canada .

He explains why Workday is actively supporting this summit.

Workday is the main sponsor of the 2026 edition of the Montreal HR TECH Innovation Summit

A summit dedicated to HR innovations in the age of AI in HR

HR innovation is no longer limited to tools, but also affects business processes, service delivery models, technological architecture and the real uses of AI.

The HR TECH Innovation Summit is therefore structured around five main themes, at the heart of current organizational transformations and at the heart of the HR mission:

1. HR technology innovation : experience, ecosystems, data and integrations,

2. Innovation in the use cases of generative, agentic, and predictive AI ,

3. Innovation in the HR service offering with its business processes and HR service models (Shared Services, Outsourcing Services, EOR, etc.),

4. Innovation in the implementation, architecture and interfacing of solutions,

5. Innovation in the transformation of jobs and skills.

   
   

It is precisely in these areas that Workday will share concrete feedback, its capabilities and its market outlook.

Workday presents its innovations. Workday is the main sponsor of the 2026 Montreal HR TECH Innovation Summit.

The 5 Workday innovations highlighted at the Summit

By 2025, Workday has accelerated its trajectory towards an AI-first HR platform by combining targeted acquisitions and structuring product innovations, around seven key levers:

1. Workday Sana: A strategic acquisition in the field of conversational AI applied to training and knowledge management. Sana enables Workday to enhance contextual access to knowledge by leveraging HR and business data to provide personalized and actionable answers to employees.

2. Workday Flowise: Integration of an AI workflow orchestration component enabling the design, chaining, and monitoring of agent and model flows. This acquisition supports the industrialization of agent-based AI in complex HR processes.

3. Workday Paradox: Enhancing conversational AI capabilities for talent acquisition. Paradox delivers proven use cases for automating candidate interactions, optimizing time-to-hire, and improving the recruiter experience at scale.

4. Workday Data Cloud (AI-Ready Data Architecture): A new unified and governed data architecture designed to make HR and Finance data immediately usable by AI, without duplication. It forms the analytical and decision-making foundation for advanced AI use cases.

5. Workday Build (Next-Gen Developer Platform): Extensibility and low-code development platform enabling customers and partners to create custom applications, AI agents and integrations, directly anchored in the Workday ecosystem.

6. Workday Time Management Hub: Centralizing all time and absence-related activities into a unified experience, improving operational readability for managers and employees.

7. New Time and Absence experience: Redesign of employee profiles, addition of Quick Actions and an enhanced absence calendar allowing multiple entries per day, in order to optimize daily use and user adoption.

Registration

Information and registration: www.techrh.ca

Register before January 12, 2026 to benefit from the pre-sale price.

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HR TECH Innovation Summit - Some of the 60 exhibitors for the Edition 2026

Why HR directors and HR teams should participate in this 2026 edition

This summit is aimed at HR Directors, VPs of HR, HRIS, L&D, Talent and Transformation teams who wish to:

• Structuring your HR tech monitoring in the face of the explosion of offers and discourse,

• Compare real-world use cases, beyond marketing demonstrations,

• Accelerating the ethical, responsible, and governed adoption of AI,

• Aligning technology, processes, and organizational models,

• Equip your HR teams for more strategic and measurable business and workforce decisions.

Coming individually or as a team means gaining several months of maturity in a single day.

Jean-Baptiste Audrerie and Valérie Fichelle, co-founders of NexaRH, are the exclusive editorial partners of the Montreal HR Tech Innovation Summit. The 2026 edition brings together more than 60 exhibitors. NexaRH welcomes you and guides you through this day of technological innovations and AI adoption in HR.