Your Digital Workforce: AI Agents Explained
Date: Thursday 2nd October 2025 | Time: 11:00-11:30
Part of our comprehensive "AI in HR: What to Do This Week" series that began five years ago, this forward-looking webinar explores the emerging world of AI agents. Building on our AI training research and 30 years of training experience, we combine blue-sky technological possibilities with practical real-world AI agent applications.
AI agents aren't just sophisticated chatbots - they're autonomous digital colleagues capable of handling complex HR tasks with minimal human oversight. From scheduling interviews to conducting initial candidate screenings, AI agents are reshaping how HR work gets done. This session will demonstrate what's possible today, preview what's coming tomorrow, and show you how to prepare your team for managing productive human-AI partnerships.
"As agents increasingly join the workforce, we'll see the rise of the agent boss: someone who builds, delegates to and manages agents to amplify their impact." - Microsoft Work Trend Index
Key Areas Covered: We'll explore current AI agent capabilities and limitations in HR contexts and discuss preparation strategies for human-AI team collaboration. You'll learn selection criteria for deploying AI agents effectively in your organisation.
Which functions will benefit from attending
- HR, RECRUITMENT & RESOURCING, TALENT, POLICY, BENEFITS, COMPENSATION, DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYEE RELATIONS/COMMUNICATION, HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, IT & TECHNOLOGY, PAYROLL, TRAINING AND LEARNING AND RECRUITMENT.
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Introduction and welcome
Elizabeth Smith
Director of Research , Business Forums International Ltd. (BFI)
Elizabeth is director of research and a founding co-director at Business Forums International. She is responsible for all programme content and writing, and researches current areas of interest for senior HR professionals in large organisations. BFI is the UK’s leading HR risk specialist conference and training provider, delivering key and timely information to over 3,000 delegates a year both through public and in-house training courses. Before founding BFI in 1996, Elizabeth specialised in researching corporate financial programmes in Asia and the Middle East, based in Dubai. She also worked in advertising and publishing in the Middle East and London. Elizabeth was educated in the West Indies, Saudi Arabia and Belgium before reading Modern Languages at Durham University. She is currently developing an online training course for line managers to raise awareness of menopause symptoms and ways that employers can work to make their workplaces more inclusive.
Your Digital Workforce: AI Agents Explained
- What AI agents can/cannot do today
- Preparing teams for human-AI collaboration
- Selection criteria for AI agent deployment
