Collect your badge and fuel up with fresh coffee in the Broadcast Studio – a chance to connect and get ready for lift-off as the Winter Forum begins.

Together we’re improving the lives of millions of employees. Benifex CMO Sarah Reynolds invites you to rethink how we approach success in employee benefits in the year ahead. It’s time to move past lists and clicks, and start measuring impact through how people feel. Are your benefits just a tick in the box, or are they changing lives?

What does it take to scale your benefits strategy as quickly as your business ambitions? In this fireside chat, reward and benefits leaders from Urenco, CBRE, and Molson Coors reveal how they’ve reimagined benefits to match rapid growth, complex workforces, and rising global expectations. 

CBRE unified more than 2,000 benefit terms into one scalable platform – saving £2.5 million and engaging thousands of deskless workers. Molson Coors digitised benefits across EMEA and APAC for the first time, introducing flex funds and Total Reward Statements to give them an edge in competitive talent markets. Urenco rebuilt a “1990s benefits offering” into a modern, ESG-aligned strategy that attracts specialist talent and fuels global expansion. 

Together, they’ll discuss the challenges and breakthroughs of scaling benefits at speed – and how a bold, unified approach can unlock engagement, compliance, and commercial success.

For Acorn Group, BDO and London Gatwick, recognition wasn’t just about saying ‘thank you’; it became the catalyst for cultural transformation.  

Each of these organisations took bold steps to move beyond outdated, fragmented schemes and create recognition experiences that are inclusive, peer-driven, and embedded into everyday working. 

In this panel session, we’ll explore how recognition has connected people across complex and dispersed workplaces, fuelled belonging and performance, embedded values and life moments into everyday culture, and become a core driver of employee engagement.  

You’ll also hear candid reflections on the challenges, learnings, and breakthroughs that helped their recognition strategies not just launch, but truly take flight.

The employee landscape is changing fast. Expectations are rising, workforces are diversifying, and the pressure to prove the value of every investment has never been greater. For Reward and Benefits leaders, that means building business cases that go far beyond website clicks and NI savings — and demonstrating how your work drives real organisational success. 

In this session, Benifex Chief Innovation Officer, Gethin Nadin, will explore how to show return on investment across your entire benefits strategy — from wellbeing to wallets, discounts to recognition — and make the link between employee experience and business performance crystal clear. 

Drawing on real examples from organisations who’ve taken their story to the boardroom and won, Gethin will show you how to translate people outcomes into the kind of metrics that resonate with senior leaders: productivity, performance, and profitability. 

You’ll leave inspired and equipped to prove your strategic impact — not just on your people, but on your business as a whole.

Refuel in style with chef-prepared pasta and vibrant salads while networking with senior leaders. Stay energized for an afternoon of bold reward and benefits thinking. 

For Bupa and Severn Trent, employee health and wellbeing isn’t an add-on, it’s the guiding principle behind everything they do in reward and benefits. In this panel, you’ll hear how both organisations have transformed their approach, replacing scattered programmes with smart, outcomes-based benefits, that help employees get the support they need, right when they need it. 

We’ll dive into the bold strategies they’ve used to make wellbeing more accessible, more personalised, and more impactful – from cutting-edge healthcare solutions to holistic platforms that support long-term health. You’ll come away with real-world insights on how to boost engagement, drive inclusion, and deliver better outcomes for every employee.

Closing Benifex Launchpad in unforgettable style, our mystery keynote speaker will share insights drawn from an extraordinary career at the highest levels of national security. Expect a powerful session on leadership, resilience, and decision-making under pressure – plus stories that reveal what it truly takes to stay calm, think clearly, and lead with conviction when the stakes are sky-high.

Close the day with a relaxed drinks reception in the Studio Kitchen. Unwind, share reflections, and keep the conversations flowing over drinks in this super-chic setting.