Disrupt HR Rochester

AI is moving fast, and HR professionals are being asked to keep up, build new skills, and understand how these tools can support the future of work.

As part of AI for HR Awareness Month, we’re sharing another free learning opportunity from AIHR | Academy to Innovate HR:

🤖 Free AI Learning Access
📅 Available June 1–30
⏱ 90 minutes of free AI learning
📚 From AIHR’s Artificial Intelligence for HR Certificate Program

This free learning access includes selected video lessons on:

• AI vs. GenAI
• Prompt Design Fundamentals & Accuracy
• Creating AI Chatbots
• Leveraging workflows with Claude for HR
• AI Strategy for HR

You’ll also get a practical exercise using AI and prompt chaining techniques to help resolve a conflict between two colleagues, a great way to move from learning about AI to actually practicing with it.

👉 Start your 90-minute free learning here: https://www.aihr.com/demo-portal/preview-lessons/artificial-intelligence-for-hr-certification/

AI is quickly reshaping the way we work, and HR professionals are being asked to learn, adapt, and lead in real time.

We’re sharing this free learning opportunity from AIHR | Academy to Innovate HR as part of AI for HR Awareness Month:

🤖 Practical AI for HR Use Cases
📅 June 23
⏰ 10:00 AM ET
💻 Free Live Webinar

This practical, hands-on session will explore how AI can support everyday HR work across recruitment, learning and development, employee communications, performance management, and HR operations.

Participants will hear real-world examples, prompting techniques, and live demonstrations designed to help HR professionals build confidence and begin applying AI more effectively and responsibly.

Whether you’re just getting started with AI or looking for ways to improve your current workflows, this is a great opportunity to keep learning.

👉 Register here: https://aihr-academy.typeform.com/to/lDyOiWP8

Still riding the energy from DisruptHR ROC 2026. ⚡

The moments on stage, the connections in the room, the conversations that kept going long after the talks ended - so awesome!

Huge shoutout to our photographer, Andrew Omoregie at Capture Media Studios, for capturing the heart of this event so perfectly.

Take a look, tag yourself, and drop your favorite moment! 👇

https://www.disrupthrroc.org/2026-event

🧬 Disrupt. Navigate. Adapt.

2026 Event Pics — DisruptHR ROC Thanks for joining DisruptHR ROC 6.0! We had so much fun! Also, thank you to Andrew Omoregie with for these awesome pics!2026 Event Pics!

🚨 SOLD OUT. 🚨

Thank you for your excitement to join us tonight. The response to DisruptHR ROC has been incredible, and we’re so grateful for every single one of you who said yes to being in the room.

We can’t wait to see you, feel the energy, and experience this night together.

🧬 DNA: Disrupt. Navigate. Adapt.

Tonight is about showing up, leaning in, and being part of the shift.

In collaboration with the Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship, we’re bringing together a full room of people ready to challenge ideas, share bold perspectives, and build what’s next.

Doors open soon. Let’s go. ⚡

One of our favorite parts of building this community is watching people show up, grow, and step into what they’re building.

Nancy is our little resident entrepreneur in DisruptHR ROC, and this year, she’s also one of our sponsors 💙

She’s the founder of Fancy Nancy Soaps, and what started as a passion at just 9 years old has turned into something real, tangible, and growing. At 11, she’s already showing all of us what it looks like to take an idea and actually do something with it.

If that’s not inspiration, I don’t know what is.

This is exactly what DisruptHR is about.

Not just ideas… but people taking action on them.

So proud to have you as part of this community, Nancy, and excited to see what you continue to build.

Be sure to check out Fancy Nancy Soaps at the event tomorrow 👏

🎟️ Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disrupt-hr-rochester-2026-tickets-1982896107636?aff=oddtdtcreator

👀 Quick update… only 43 tickets remain.

And if you’ve been around DisruptHR ROC before, you already know… once they’re gone, they’re gone.

This room hits different.It’s where ideas get tested. Where new voices step up.

Where conversations don’t stay surface-level.

🧬 DNA: Disrupt. Navigate. Adapt.

This year is about how you show up when things shift… not just around you, but within you.

We’re proud to bring this experience to life alongside the Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship, creating space for leaders, builders, and future disruptors to connect and challenge what’s next.

Grab your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disrupt-hr-rochester-2026-tickets-1982896107636?aff=oddtdtcreator

📍 April 30th at 5PM

43 seats left. Be one of them. ⚡

Disrupt HR Rochester 2026 Get ready to challenge the status quo at Disrupt HR Rochester 2026 with this year's theme of DNA: Disrupt. Navigate. Adapt.

⚡ 3 DAYS. ⚡

This is it.

DisruptHR ROC 2026 is almost here and the energy is building in a big way.

🧬 DNA: Disrupt. Navigate. Adapt.

This year’s theme is all about what’s already inside of you… your ability to shift, evolve, and lead through change.

In collaboration with the Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship, we’re bringing together business leaders, HR professionals, entrepreneurs, and emerging talent for a night that challenges the status quo and pushes thinking forward.

This isn’t your typical event. It’s fast-paced. It’s bold. It’s real ideas from real people stepping onto the stage and owning their voice.

And the best part… you’re in the room with them.

🎟️ 3 days left to grab your ticket:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disrupt-hr-rochester-2026-tickets-1982896107636?aff=oddtdtcreator

📍 April 30th, 2026

If you’ve been waiting… don’t. Be in the room where ideas shift!

This past week was our DisruptHR ROC rehearsal … and wow!
⚡ This is the part people don’t see.⚡

The practice.
The refinement.
The “does this even make sense?” moments.
And then… the shift.

You could literally watch it happen.

Speakers stepping onto the stage for the first time
Trying things out
Tweaking their message
Finding their rhythm
Owning their voice a little more each time

👉 THIS is what we are most proud of!!!
Not JUST the talks… but the transformation.

Because DisruptHR has never been about perfection. It’s about giving people the space to step up, speak up, and stretch beyond what feels comfortable.

⚡ And this group? They’re ready!
Jeff Knauss, Rupert A. Hayles, Jr., Kevyn Rustici, Hao Ying Glover, Liz Fakovic, Keishecka Miller, Rick Cognata, Hayden Glassman, Hernan Chiosso, CSPO, SPHR 💡, Elina Kokorotsis⚡️🚀, Caitlin Drago, ✨Kassy LaBorie, Barb Glassman

April 30th is going to be something special. Join us at the Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship. 50 tickets left!
🎟️ Get your ticket: DisruptHR ROC 2026 (in partnership with the Golisano Institute)

Thank you to Andrew Omoregie and Capture Media Studios for capturing the moments!

The countdown is HERE! 7 days away!

🎉 SPONSOR APPRECIATION – DisruptHR ROC 2026 🎉

It truly takes a village to bring an event like DisruptHR Rochester to life, and we’re so thankful for the incredible sponsors and partners who are helping us create a bold and meaningful experience for our community of HR leaders, innovators, and changemakers.

This year’s theme, 🧬 DNA: Disrupt. Navigate. Adapt. — Change is in our DNA, comes to life because of organizations who are willing to invest in new ideas, support real conversations, and help shape the future of work in our region.

From HR Tech and Talent, to Benefits, Community Organizations, and Business Services and everything in between, these partners are showing up in a big way.

👏 A big THANK YOU to our 2026 sponsors and supporters:

Child Care Council, Inc.
LPL Financial
Wegmans Food Markets
Paylocity
Airigami
USI Insurance Services

We are proud to lift up businesses right here in our community because disruption does not happen in isolation. It happens when we come together, challenge thinking, and build what is next.

📅 Join us on April 30th, 2026 for DisruptHR Rochester!

🎟 Get your tickets for DisruptHR ROC 2026:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disrupt-hr-rochester-2026-tickets-1982896107636?aff=oddtdtcreator

🚨 Liz Fakovic takes the DisruptHR ROC stage in 2026! 🚨

In partnership with the Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship, we’re proud to highlight the voices shaping the future of work right here in Rochester.

⚡ Liz Fakovic
Pack Your Own Suitcase

With a focus on personal growth, accountability, and real connection, Liz challenges us to stop waiting for direction and start owning it.

Because growth does not happen when everything is clear. It happens when you choose to move forward anyway.

🎟 Get your tickets for DisruptHR ROC 2026:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disrupt-hr-rochester-2026-tickets-1982896107636?aff=oddtdtcreator

🧬 DNA: Disrupt. Navigate. Adapt.

Be in the room on April 30th, you won't want to miss this!