Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026
12–1 p.m. Eastern time
Who Should Attend
Staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions industry owners, principals, chief executive officers, presidents, and branch managers; recruiting professionals. Note: This is a live podcast produced and recorded during AI in Staffing Week.
Highlights
Artificial intelligence is either the staffing industry’s biggest opportunity in a generation or its most oversold technology. Industry professionals can’t agree on which, so we’re putting the question to a debate!
As part of AI in Staffing Week, a panel of staffing leaders with sharply different views will take on the questions dividing the industry: whether AI will displace recruiters or make them more productive; whether algorithms can match candidates better than people can; and what becomes of a relationship-driven business when the first point of contact is automated.
presenters
Featured guests include:
Derek Freese, executive vice president, Award Staffing
Matthew Keller, director of marketing, The Reserves Network
Nick Kowalczyk, vice president – chief risk, compliance, and privacy officer, Kelly
Celeste Randall, vice president, solutions design & service delivery, Staffmark
Podcast co-hosts: Haley Jones, CAE, director of member engagement, ASA, and Laith Mekouar, assistant manager of marketing, ASA