Agenda

Run payroll with fewer errors, save time on everyday admin work, and get more value from Paychex Flex. Experts lead live demos and hands-on practice built around the tasks you handle every day, so you can leave ready to work faster and with more confidence.

Best for: Paychex Payroll administrators, payroll and HR users, and power users

Sessions you might see:

• Start Payroll Smart and Work Smarter. Take the stress out of payroll day by setting up and customizing Flex to fit your company’s needs.
• Onboard New Employees With Confidence. Walk through the full new-hire lifecycle, from basic employee details to fully set up in every part of the system.
• Catch Payroll Issues Before They Cost You. Work through realistic scenarios and learn to find the root cause of common payroll problems before they affect your payroll.
• Find the Right Report, Fast. Turn your Flex data into reports that flag missing information, support audits, and give managers the insights they need.
• Stop Doing It the Hard Way. Pick up lesser-known features, shortcuts, and techniques that help experienced admins work faster and get more from Flex.
• Take Employee Requests Out of Your Inbox. Give employees a clear path to HR for everyday requests, and make them easier for HR to manage.

Keep your best people, build stronger managers, and hire faster with Paycor HCM. Paycor experts share live demos and real customer examples so you leave with practical ways to turn everyday HR work into better business results.

Best for: Paycor HCM administrators, payroll and HR users, and talent and workforce management teams

Sessions you might see:

• Build Better Managers and Stronger Teams. Make goals, 1:1s, feedback, and reviews an everyday habit.
• Pay People Fairly and Build Confidence in Compensation. Connect pay decisions, benchmarking, and total rewards.
• Build the Workforce Foundation That Makes Everything Else Work. Get jobs, positions, and org structure right so everything downstream is easier.
• Turn Employee Feedback Into Action. Use surveys, leader insights, and skills data to see where to act.
• Build Skills That Help Employees Stay and Grow. Create learning paths tied to real employee and business needs.
• Hire Faster With Less Manual Work. Streamline recruiting for recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates.

AI is already changing how HR and payroll teams work. WISE is the intelligence built into Paychex Flex and Paycor HCM, designed to answer questions, flag what needs attention, and help you take the next step. Sessions are platform-specific, so you’ll only see what applies to the system you use. People stay in charge of every decision. WISE helps you get there faster.

Best for: All customers, technology champions, and HR and payroll leaders

Sessions you might see:

• WISE in Paychex Flex: Your Intelligent HCM Starting Point. Get oriented to the intelligent capabilities in Flex and turn workforce questions into usable insights.
• From Payroll Prep to Payroll Confidence. See how WISE can reduce manual effort and flag what needs attention before payroll is complete in Flex.
• Meet Your WISE Assistant: A New Way to Work in Paycor. See how conversational assistance can help you find information and navigate everyday work.
• Smarter Time Management: Review, Approve and Act with WISE. Review and approve timecards in Paycor while surfacing the exceptions that need attention.
• Smarter Recruiting with WISE. See how AI can support practical recruiting scenarios so recruiters spend more time with candidates (Flex and Paycor editions).
• When Prompts Become Agents: Reimagine Automation with WISE. Explore what it means to describe the outcome you want and let WISE help make it happen in Paycor.

You don’t have to handle HR, payroll, and compliance on your own. Discover how managed services and expert-led solutions help companies reduce risk, save time and strengthen compliance. Hear how customers use these services to extend their teams and get more done than they could alone.

Best for: HR and payroll teams stretched across too many priorities who need extra expertise

Sessions you might see:

• Someone in Your Corner. Augment your HR team with expertise for the entire employee lifecycle, with services that flex as your company grows.
• HR & Compliance: Using SixFifty in Your Flow of Work. Level up your compliance game.
• Paycor Managed Services: Contain Costs Through Process Outsourcing. Mix “do it yourself” technology with “do it for me” services like managed payroll and managed benefits.
• Paychex Managed Services: Do It For Me. See how specialists handle payroll setup, processing, tax filing, and compliance while you keep approvals and decisions.
• Risk and Safety: Protect Your People and Your Business. See how safety planning and dedicated risk expertise can support retention and give you peace of mind.
• Attracting and Retaining Employees Through Benefits. Explore trends in benefits, insurance, ICHRA, and retirement.

HR leaders are steering through AI adoption, rising employee expectations, and constant change, often all at once. This track offers a room full of peers and practical frameworks for workforce strategy, leadership, and the trends shaping the years ahead.

Best for: CHROs, HR directors, people leaders, and managers

Sessions you might see:

• Building an AI-Ready HR Organization. Work through the people, process, governance, and communication decisions to make first.
• Beyond Dashboards. Turn workforce data into decisions.
• The New Manager Playbook. Help new managers coach, communicate, and lead.
• Move HR From Reacting to Planning. Learn how strategic HR leadership connects people strategy to business goals, and how to show the impact.
• Lead With AI and Technology, Responsibly. See how leaders use AI and people analytics to be more consistent, efficient, and insightful, with the guardrails that keep it trustworthy.
• Lead With the Human Advantage. Focus on the coaching, judgment, and trust that only leaders can bring as technology takes on more of the routine work.

Build a workplace where people stay, grow, and do their best work. Expect practical steps on engagement, retention, manager effectiveness, scheduling, and workforce planning that help both your employees and your bottom line.

Best for: HR, talent, benefits, and workforce management professionals

Sessions you might see:

• The Employee Experience Advantage. Improve engagement, retention, and performance.
• Smarter Scheduling. Better Outcomes. Improve scheduling and workforce planning.
• Find, Hire, and Retain Top Talent. Connect attraction, hiring, and retention into one talent strategy.
• Better Managers. Better Outcomes. Give managers the support to lead well.
• Talent and Workforce Planning Roundtable. Compare notes with peers on workforce planning.
• Employee Experience Improvements You Can Start This Quarter. Build a practical action plan.

WISE Up Stage. Short, TED-style talks during breaks on PEO, HR services, benefits, retirement, perks, and more. Grab a coffee and learn something new in 15 minutes or less.

WISE Innovation Center. Stop by anytime to get your questions answered by product experts.

Expert Connect. Book a 1:1 with a Paychex or Paycor expert to dig into your specific setup, troubleshoot an issue, or share product feedback.

Community Connect. Meet peers who share your role, your industry, or your platform. Swap ideas, compare notes, and build a network you can call on long after Connect+.

Evening events. After a day of learning, whether you’re ready to party or wind down, we’ll have entertainment and activities tailored just for you!