IAMPHENOM 2026 unveils Agent Center in Enhanced AI and Automated Learning Lab

IAMPHENOM 2026 unveils Agent Center in Enhanced AI and Automated Learning Lab

The only hands-on HR experience where talent acquisition, talent management, and HRIT teams test applied and agent AI in 75+ real-world use cases.

Phenom, the leader in applied AI that helps organizations hire faster, develop better talent, and retain talent longer, today announced expanded AI/Automated Learning Lab IAMPHENOM 2026 will be back with new features. agent center We specialize in agent AI at work. The lab will feature more than 75 HR use cases across professions and industries on the exhibit floor at IAMPHENOM, March 10-12 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

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Phenom announced that its expanded AI & Automation Learning Lab will return at IAMPHENOM 2026, introducing a new Agent Center dedicated to running agent AI. The lab will feature more than 75 HR use cases across professions and industries on the exhibit floor at IAMPHENOM, March 10-12 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

Building on the hands-on learning experience first introduced at last year’s conference, the 2026 edition of the lab reflects how AI and automation are rapidly reshaping human resources operations, and how far most organizations still have to go. According to Phenom’s inaugural press conference The State of AI and Automation in HR: 2026 Benchmark Report83% of organizations indicate low maturity of AI and automation in HR, and 30% of HR professionals report limited knowledge of how to apply AI to talent acquisition and management.

The AI & Automation Learning Lab provides immersive, station-by-station experiences across industries including healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, retail, and hospitality. The new Agent Center focuses on agent AI capabilities and shows how AI agents work with talent acquisition and management teams to automate multi-step workflows, surface intelligence, and work on behalf of recruiters, HR business partners, and hiring managers without sacrificing the most important human judgment. IAMPHENOM attendees will explore AI and automation technologies and their impact across the talent lifecycle.

NEW: Dedicated agent center for Agentic AI at Work

Agent Center shows how talent teams can best work with agents to orchestrate recruiting workflows, automate busy tasks, and deliver highly personalized experiences. Everything is governed by industry-specific ontologies and compliance guardrails. Featured agents include:

Voice screening agent: Live phone and desktop interviews are conducted 24/7, giving recruiters the flexibility to screen candidates without making phone calls. Agents tailor conversations based on role type and present the best candidates to hiring teams.

Candidate fraud detection agents: Detect identity mismatches, AI-generated interview responses, and fraudster activity, giving recruiters explainable insights and human controls to weed out fraudulent candidates with confidence.

Ingestible: Conduct interview meetings with hiring managers on your behalf to automatically narrow down openings, understand emerging requirements, and write stronger job descriptions.

Interview agent: Massively expand recruiter capabilities by introducing customized AI avatar interviews that evaluate candidates against job-specific benchmarks, replacing manual live interviews with consistent, configurable assessments across all job roles.

Sourcing agent: Talent Find, segment, and develop candidates at scale across your CRM and external channels. This allows you to tailor your outreach based on role type and talent profile, replacing manual talent sourcing with continuous pipeline building.

AI/Automation Lab for HR

The AI & Automation Lab will also feature eight self-service stations, including a new mobile station, highlighting use cases across adoption, development, and retention.

New feature: Recruit on the go: We bring AI and automation to where work happens, empowering recruiters to review and promote candidates from anywhere, give recruiters tools to manage events on the go, and provide conversational AI experiences that connect candidates with the right jobs.

Candidate Attraction with AI: Connect candidates with the right jobs through a personalized career site experience and talent companion chatbot, while giving recruiters the tools to create on-brand career site copy and graphics using natural language prompts.

AI and automation for procurement: Eliminate complex Boolean searches and complex filtering to identify top candidates by empowering sourcers to find the best talent using conversational search and intelligent pipeline building.

AI and automation for campaigns: Recruiters can create hyper-personalized, multi-step email and SMS campaigns that convert passive leads into qualified candidates.

AI for events: Employers will be able to instantly create and promote virtual and in-person events while delivering a personalized candidate experience through customized lobbies, sessions, and communications.

AI for hiring manager coordination: Bridging the collaboration between recruiters and hiring managers, it automatically schedules meetings, takes notes, filters jobs, and provides hiring managers with a curated dashboard to review candidates and move through the hiring process quickly and easily.

AI and automation for screening and scheduling: Help recruiters create screening templates for text, audio, or video assessments and advance qualified candidates with automated interview schedules.

AI for interviews: Empower recruiters with AI-guided structured interview guides, real-time note-taking, and scorecards to improve preparation and consistency.

AI for onboarding: Personalize offers and onboarding communications using AI-generated content to accelerate the transition from candidate to contributing new hire.

Automation for high volume and niche employment: Leverage assessment, screening, and interview schedules to tailor hiring automation by role type (frontline, knowledge, fast-track, mid-level, niche, etc.) to get the right candidates through the right pace.

AI-powered skills: Enabling HR departments to strengthen talent decisions and build a role and skills framework that supports effective upskilling and reskilling of current and future employees.

AI for career growth: We provide HR professionals, HR managers, and employees with insights and tools to advance their careers through personalized, AI-driven career paths, gigs, and mentorship.

AI for talent development: Empower employees to shape their personal development journey, including AI-recommended learning paths based on self-reported skills, while empowering managers to use skill-level insights to coach and optimize team performance.

AI for workforce planning: Create talent plans to align talent with business goals, identify internal candidates for open positions, and identify upskilling opportunities to increase internal mobility.

New feature: AI and Automation Maturity Center Levels

A dedicated AI & Automation Maturity Center helps HR and TA leaders understand exactly where they are and where they need to go next. Built on Phenom’s proprietary AI and automation maturity model, the center measures adoption across two dimensions: intelligence from no intelligence (Level 0) to fully integrated (Level 5). Automation ranges from no automation (level 0) to fully integrated automation (level 5). Attendees will receive expert guidance on the current level of AI and automation maturity across talent acquisition and talent management, allowing them to identify gaps and prioritize next steps towards a future-ready operating model.

“Data reveals that most organizations are still in the early stages of implementing AI into HR, and those who are educated and act intentionally have a significant advantage,” said Jonathan Dale, vice president and general manager of global marketing at Phenom. “With our expanded Learning Lab and new Agent Center, we now have real-world solutions at our fingertips and can now see exactly what is possible.”

To register and see the complete agenda, speakers, and conference details, including the expanded AI & Automation Learning Lab and Agent Center, visit IAMPHENOM.com. Register by February 28th and receive 25% off at Go Birds! Pricing.

About Phenom

Phenom is an applied AI company with the only AI infrastructure purpose-built for HR. Powered by an engine that harmonizes your data, an ontology that guides every decision, X AI that hyper-personalizes your experience, and agents that work with your team, Phenom’s platform uses industry and business context to automate workflows, eliminate heavy lifting, and enhance every experience while remaining compliant. With a purpose of helping 1 billion people find the right job, no other company is more committed to helping organizations hire faster, develop talent better and retain people longer.

Phenom has received awards such as Inc. 5000 Fastest Growth Companies (6 years in a row), Deloitte Technology’s Fast 500 (5 years), Brandon Hall’s Excellence in Technology Award (11 times, including a Gold Award for Best Advances in Generative AI for Business Impact), Business Intelligence Group’s Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards (3 years in a row), and The Cloud Awards. 2025/2024, AI Awards 2024, and the regional Timmy Award for the launch and optimization of HelpOneBillion.com (2020).

Phenom is headquartered in metropolitan Philadelphia and also has offices in India, Israel, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

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