Webinar: Get Ready for Workday 2026R1

Take full advantage of Workday 2026 Release 1. Our Workday experts help you understand Workday's latest capabilities and adopt new features better for the upcoming WD2026R1.

25 - 26.2.2026, Online

Start your Workday release preparation by joining our engaging webinar for WD2026R1!

 

The next Workday release comes in March 2026 and it is time to start your preparation. Begin by registering to our webinar that's carefully designed to assist you with Workday 2026 Release 1.

 

Vivicta Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Financial and Workday Human Capital Management experts will present the most relevant new features, demonstrate when applicable and share configuration tips. This real-time webinar gives you the opportunity to ask questions directly to our experts and you will receive a pdf of the presentation on webinar day.

 

25th- 26th of February 2026

Online (EET)

Free of charge

Register by: 24th February, 10.00 EET

 

Our growing Digital HR Insights Community warmly invites you to the webinar Get Ready for Workday 2026R1. You can choose to participate in full-day sessions or select individual sessions.

 

Please note that this webinar is specifically intended for existing and potential users of Workday. We reserve the right to cancel registrations without legitimate identity proof, including registrations with false information or private email addresses, as well as registrations of Workday partner experts.

The event agenda shows a preliminary presentation schedule and timing in the Eastern European Time (EET) zone.

Agenda Wednesday 25.02.

09:00–09:05 (EET)
Introduction
09:05–09:35 (EET)
Workday’s AI Agents for HR

Richard Doherty, Senior Director HCM Product Marketing, Workday

09:35–10:55 (EET)
HCM Core

Sami Soimio, Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta

10:55–11:40 (EET)
Cross Application Services

Ian Strachan, Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta

11:40–12:30 (EET)
Lunch Break
12:30–13:10 (EET)
Compensation & Advanced Compensation

Teija Elomaa, Functional Consultant, Vivicta

13:10–13:40 (EET)
Recruiting

Joakim Egnér Lin, Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta

13:40–14:25 (EET)
Integration

Ankit Kansal, Lead Technical Consultant, Vivicta

Agenda Thursday 26.02.

09:00–09:05 (EET)
Introduction
09:05–09:35 (EET)
Workday’s AI Agents for Finance

Marion Carr, Product Marketing Director, Workday

09:35–10:05 (EET)
Workday Finance & Expenses

Arta Stradiņa, Functional Consultant, Vivicta

10:05–10:25 (EET)
Workday Adaptive Planning

Jolanta Počkaja, Functional consultant, Vivicta

10:25–11:10 (EET)
Absence

Juhana Vaurio,​ Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta

11:10–11:30 (EET)
Break
11:30–12:00 (EET)
Talent Management

Leszek Seifert, Functional Consultant, Vivicta

12:00-12:30 (EET)
Learning

Matīss Krievāns, Functional Consultant​, Vivicta

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Peakon / Canceled

Get to know our speakers

Richard Doherty
Senior Director HCM Product Marketing, Workday
Prior to joining Workday, Richard was part of a team that pioneered cloud based recruiting and talent management solutions in Europe with Jobpartners. Richard is a frequent conference speaker and spokesperson for Workday in Europe.
Sami Soimio
Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta
20+ years of experience in HCM consultancy specializing in Learning. Certified in Workday HCM Core, Workday Learning, Workday Launch.
Ian Strachan
Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta
Absence domain lead with 14+ years of experience in HRIS, providing full Workday service consulting to HR and stakeholders. Intensive background as absence consultant for a wide range of industries. Certifications: Workday HCM Core, Absence Management, Advanced Reporting, Launch and Pre-Sales.
Teija Elomaa
Functional Consultant, Vivicta
Over 10 years of experience with HCM systems in various roles. Workday expert in HCM Core, Core Compensation and Advanced Compensation.
Joakim Egnér Lin
Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta
9 Years of experience with Workday and HR Operations. Workday HCM Core Certified
Ankit Kansal
Lead Technical Consultant, Vivicta
Over 10 years of experience working in integrations area and 1 year of experience with workday integrations. Holding workday certifications in HCM Core, Workday Integrations and Process Orchestrate.
Marion Carr
Product Marketing Director, Workday
Bbringing over 15 years of tech experience and a specialized background in financial solutions from Sage, Marion empowers finance teams to leverage technology for measurable impact and regularly shares insights across EMEA to help CFOs scale and succeed.
Arta Stradiņa
Functional Consultant, Vivicta
Over 9 years of experience working with financial processes and for 4 years working with Adaptive planning and forecasting. Certified in Workday Adaptive planning, Pro Record to Report, Expenses and Foundation Data Model Services.
Jolanta Počkaja
Functional Consultant, Vivicta
Over 9 years of experience working with financial processes and now working with Adaptive planning and forecasting. Certified in Workday Adaptive planning.
Juhana Vaurio
Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta
Holding six Workday certifications in HCM Core, Absence Management, Time Tracking, Projects, Project Management, and Launch while having also strong experience from Data Migration lead roles.
Leszek Seifert
Functional Consultant, Vivicta
More than 6 years experience at Tietoevry as HCM Consultant. Certified within Workday HCM Core, ​​ Workday Talent and Performance​​, Workday Launch​​, Peakon Manager ​​& Peakon HR Professional​.
Matīss Krievāns
Functional Consultant, Vivicta
HCM Solution Consultant with over 7 years of experience in HR and HR system implementations, specializing in HCM, Learning, and Absence modules.
Olga Gavrovska
Event Manager & Functional Consultant, Vivicta
Functional consultant with over 10 years of experience in HR and HRIS. Organizing the webinar together with event team. Whenever you have any questions regarding the webinar, kindly contact Olga at olga.gavrovska@vivicta.com.
Jatta Koskinen
Head of Workday Fun & Finance, Vivicta
People and business manager and trained mental coach with 15 years in Vivicta. Host of the Release event and part part organizations team.

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Hannastiina Anderson

Head of Workday, Vivicta

Get to know our speakers

Richard Doherty

Senior Director HCM Product Marketing, Workday

Sami Soimio

Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta

Ian Strachan

Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta

Teija Elomaa

Functional Consultant, Vivicta

Joakim Egnér Lin

Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta

Ankit Kansal

Lead Technical Consultant, Vivicta

Marion Carr

Product Marketing Director, Workday

Arta Stradiņa

Functional Consultant, Vivicta

Jolanta Počkaja

Functional Consultant, Vivicta

Juhana Vaurio

Lead Functional Consultant, Vivicta

Leszek Seifert

Functional Consultant, Vivicta

Matīss Krievāns

Functional Consultant, Vivicta

Olga Gavrovska

Event Manager & Functional Consultant, Vivicta

Jatta Koskinen

Head of Workday Fun & Finance, Vivicta

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25 - 26.2.2026

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