24 countries. 24 hours. 24 expert speakers.

One connected global payroll conversation.As payroll continues to face rising compliance pressure, rapid tech change and increasing board scrutiny, Global PayFest ’26 is designed to give you clarity, confidence and practical direction, grounded in real-world experience from those managing payroll every day.

🌍 THE LINE UP:

00:00 BST | 09:00 AEST (Australia)
Kathy Saveski & Namrata Acharrie
Navigating Payroll Risk and Compliance in Australia

01:00 BST | 09:00 SGT (Singapore)
Wendy Muirhead
Choosing the Right Tech Stack for Multi-Country Payroll

02:00 BST | 10:00 CST (China)
Nick Day
The Payroll Pivot: Building Strategic Influence in Your Payroll Function

03:00 BST | 11:00 HKT (Hong Kong)
Speaker TBC
The Future of Payroll

04:00 BST | 09:30 IST (India)
Tonya James
Balancing AI and the Human Impact

05:00 BST | 08:00 GST (UAE)
Patrick O’Neill
Global Payments, Done Right: Building Scalable, Compliant Pay Strategies

06:00 BST | 08:00 AST (Saudi Arabia)
Alina Timofeeva
Saudi Arabia – AI & Organisational Transformation

07:00 BST | 09:00 EET (Egypt)
Moattaz Salama
Managing Global Payroll Teams: Leading Across Cultures, Systems, and Time Zones

08:00 BST | 09:00 CEST (Czech Republic)
Klara Cowan
Pay(roll) Transparency: Today and Tomorrow

09:00 BST | 10:00 CEST (Poland)
Stanislava Sulsa & Miguel Sanchez
One System. Every Time Zone. Is Multi-Country T&A the Answer to Your Payroll Challenge?

10:00 BST | 11:00 CEST (France)
Ana Johnson
A Global Payroll Transformation Case Study: From Chaos to Control

11:00 BST | 12:00 CEST (Switzerland)
Ger Adlum
EU Pay Transparency – What Leaders Need to Do Now

12:00 BST | 12:00 BST (UK)
Vic Thatcher & Niki Joshi
Scaling Without Failing: Mastering Cross-Border Payroll in a Tech-First World

13:00 BST | 14:00 CEST (Netherlands)
Danny Gillespie & Amy Timmerman
The Hidden Cost of Global Payroll

14:00 BST | 15:00 CEST (Italy)
Ian Giles
Payroll Maturity: The Path From Firefighting to Strategy

15:00 BST | 16:00 CEST (Germany)
Curtis Holmes & Joanne Foster
Why Global Payroll Automation Fails Without a Standardised Operational Foundation

16:00 BST | 17:00 CEST (Spain)
Karen Ward
Leveraging Data for Better Outcomes

17:00 BST | 18:00 IST (Ireland)
Jack Shrimpton
Modern Payroll in the Cloud: From Legacy Systems to Real-Time Insight

18:00 BST | 18:00 WEST (Portugal)
Vic O’Callaghan
The Implementation Playbook: What Nobody Tells You About the 6 Months Before, the Go Live and the 6 Months After

19:00 BST | 20:00 CEST (Nordics)
David Avshalom
The Global Payroll Illusion: Paying People is the Easy Part

20:00 BST | 15:00 ET (USA)
Barry Flanagan & John Papagianis
The Confidence Gap: Why Payroll Accuracy is Now a Retention Problem

21:00 BST | 16:00 ET (Canada)
Sean Luitjens & Nancy Petrarca Romanyshyn
Pay Equity in the AI Era

22:00 BST | 16:00 COT (Colombia)
Ricardo Arambulo
Managing Payroll in LATAM

23:00 BST | 20:00 ART (Argentina)
Tom Croughton
Hiring Without Borders: Building a Global Workforce That Delivers

Global payroll isn’t slowing down. Neither are we.

Secure your place and join us this #GlobalPayrollWeek for Global PayFest ’26 on May 1st.

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