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Off the Record with Oyster: San Fran Edition

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San Francisco, CA
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Rickhouse
246 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94108
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oyster

Off the Record with Oyster: An Exclusive Series for HR Leaders

The AI Talent Map Has Changed: How to Build Your Workforce for What’s Next
Thursday, October 8th | 6:00-9:00 PM PT


Some of the best conversations in tech happen when we make time to gather — especially over a Sazerac.

TechTalk Summits and Oyster are bringing an intimate group of industry leaders to Rickhouse, San Francisco's Financial District speakeasy built from century-old whiskey barrels, reclaimed staves, and charred brick salvaged from before the 1906 earthquake. This isn't a rented ballroom — it's a working piece of San Francisco's drinking history, and for one night, it's yours to explore what your experiencing in hiring these days.

What to expect:

  • Craft cocktails from a menu built around rare whiskeys and small-batch spirits, plus a rotating selection of Bay Area beer and wine
  • Specialty passed apps featuring fresh, local ingredients
  • A fireside chat on the future of AI talent, led by Oyster
  • A dimly lit, fireplace-warmed room built for real conversation, not networking small talk

Evening Schedule

6:00 pm Welcome - drinks and small bites
6:45 pm Discussion “The AI Talent Map Has Changed”
7:15 pm Networking
8:45 pm Parting words

The Discussion

The AI Talent Map Has Changed: How to Build Your Workforce for What's Next

AI is changing the workforce faster than job titles, hiring practices, and traditional talent markets can keep up. So where should companies actually be looking for the people who will power their next stage of growth? Drawing on new data from Oyster's 2026 Global AI Talent Report, this conversation will explore where AI-fluent talent is emerging around the world, why some of the most valuable AI skills are showing up far beyond technical roles, and what leaders should prioritize when hiring for capabilities that are evolving by the month. We'll unpack how forward-looking companies can widen their talent map, rethink what makes a candidate exceptional, and build a workforce that pairs AI fluency with the human judgment, adaptability, and craft that technology can't replace.

Rickhouse takes its name from the warehouses where whiskey barrels once aged — heat rising through the upper floors, cooler air settling below, each level producing a different character of spirit. Ten years in, the bar carries that same idea forward: something crafted, layered, and worth taking your time with.

Space is limited to keep the room conversational. Secure your spot now.

Speakers
Erin Goodey Sr. Director of People Services Erin leads complex, cross-border employment strategies and supports high-growth companies to scale compliantly and humanely. She specializes in global people operations, risk mitigation, and building pragmatic frameworks for distributed teams. Erin partners closely with founders and HR leaders to navigate international expansion, global employment, and workforce design with clarity and confidence. Known for her practical, no-nonsense approach, she combines strategic insight with real-world execution, helping organizations turn global employment from a risk into a competitive advantage.
Lindsay Wiens People Programs Leader Lindsay Wiens is a People Programs leader with a background in talent management, people operations, and global HR programs. She started her career at Amazon, working on talent initiatives and partnering with leaders across a fast-growing business. Today, Lindsay leads People Programs at Tenstorrent, building global programs across benefits and leave, performance and talent, employee engagement, and international expansion. She loves taking complicated people problems and figuring out how to make them simpler, better, and actually work in practice. Her approach is pretty simple: People programs should make sense for the business and feel good for the people experiencing them. She’s also curious about how tools like AI can help People teams work smarter without losing the human side of the work.