Test Phenom AI Agents for Hiring, Development and Retention at HR’s Biggest Fall Events

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 2, 2026--

Phenom, the leader in applied AI built to redesign work operations for hiring faster, developing better and retaining longer, today announced it is putting AI agents into the hands of HR, IT and executive leaders during the industry’s most influential conferences this fall.

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Gartner estimates that only about 130 of the thousands of vendors marketing agentic AI are real, naming the rest "agent washing," or rebranding existing assistants, automation and chatbots without substantial agentic capability. Executives and HR leaders are being asked to buy agents they have never seen run.

Phenom is bringing the agents, use cases and domain experts to every major industry event this fall to show real AI in production. Its immersive experience lets attendees interact with AI agents live, testing capabilities against contextual hiring, development and retention scenarios instead of taking claims at face value. Attendees can share their own use cases so Phenom experts can map them to the precise intersection of industry, function, role, geography and workflow that determines which agents to activate and where human judgment belongs.

In addition to the new Agent Experience Center, attendees will be able to explore Phenom’s signature AI & Automation Lab, testing 75+ use cases for AI and automation across all industries and talent lifecycle stages. Companies that want to see agents live with their data and workflows can have Phenom come on-site for an AI Bootcamp to show their business leaders AI in action.

“Anyone can put ‘AI agent’ on a slide. This fall, we’re putting them in attendees’ hands instead, live across the industry’s biggest HR events,” said Kumar Ananthanarayana, VP & GM, Product Management at Phenom. “Everyone will be able to see exactly what AI, agents and automation can do for their own job, industry and workflows.”

Where to Test AI, Agents and Automation This Fall

Executives, leaders and practitioners across HR and IT attending the events below will have the opportunity to network with peers, meet face-to-face with Phenom experts, receive personalized product demos, and test agents against industry-specific talent challenges.

Get hands-on with agents built for hiring, development and retention at the industry’s largest enterprise tech gatherings:

ServiceNow World Forum| September 10, New York
Meet with our team to see how ServiceNow customers are transforming hiring, development and retention with AI, agents and automation.

Gartner HR Symposium EMEA| October 6-8, London
See how organizations are using AI, automation and intelligent agents to address HR’s biggest hiring and retention challenges.

HR Tech| October 20-22, Las Vegas
See AI agents built for hiring, development and retention in action, and explore how applied AI augments recruiter and HR expertise, automates routine work, and helps enterprise teams put agents into production at scale.

Unleash World| October 20-22, Paris
Join HR innovators from around the world to see how applied AI agents work alongside recruiters, HR and HRIT teams, and explore what a mature, agent-driven talent strategy looks like in practice.

Oracle World 2026| October 25-28, Las Vegas
Connect with the Phenom team to see how applied AI agents integrate with existing HR systems, including Oracle, to extend hiring, development and retention capabilities without adding complexity.

Gartner US Symposium| October 26-28, Orlando
Join Phenom to explore emerging trends, connect with peers and gain the insights needed to drive change in an organization.

Learn how to overcome sector-specific talent challenges:

The Mission For Talent| September 14, Washington, D.C.
Join public sector HR leaders in Washington, D.C. for a half-day event to learn practical strategies for hiring faster, developing better and retaining mission-critical talent with FedRAMP® Ready AI built for government. Hosted by Phenom alongside speakers from Deloitte and the Department of Labor, the event combines peer networking with a forward-looking discussion on AI hiring, skills-first workforce strategy and what HR modernization actually looks like inside a federal environment.

NASCIO Annual Conference| September 27-30, San Diego
Meet Phenom domain experts at the NASCIO Annual Conference, where state technology leaders connect, exchange insights and collaborate on the future of government innovation and digital transformation.

Go inside the architecture, orchestration and governance that make applied AI agents work in production for human resources:

AI Day| September 17, Broadcasting from Phenom Studios
The fifth annual AI Day examines the contextual intelligence, agentic orchestration and governance that empower enterprise human resources teams to move from AI pilots to production.

Go Deeper with the Only Applied AI Events Dedicated to HR and IT

The only HR event for redesigning work operations, IAMPHENOM unites HR, IT and executive leaders for deeper learning about AI, automation and experience. For a full immersion in applied AI strategy, customer-led sessions, visionary main stage keynotes, agentic demonstrations and peer networking, join one of Phenom’s flagship IAMPHENOM events:

To schedule an immersive agentic experience or personal conversation at one of our upcoming events, visit here.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the architecture, orchestration and governance that make AI agents work. Watch AI Day live or on demand. Register here.

About Phenom

Phenom is the leader in applied AI built to redesign work operations for hiring faster, developing better and retaining longer. It understands unique industry and business needs for departments, teams, employees and candidates. This is AI that knows company DNA, powered by Engines that harmonize data and facilitate orchestration, Ontologies that guide every decision, X AI that creates hyper-personalized experiences, and Agents that work alongside teams with unprecedented speed and precision. Driven by a purpose to help a billion people find the right work, this is responsible AI that is enterprise-secure, compliant, and always explainable.

Phenom has earned accolades including: Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing companies (7 consecutive years), Deloitte Technology's Fast 500 (5 years), 11 Brandon Hall ‘Excellence in Technology’ awards including Gold for ‘Best Advance in Generative AI for Business Impact,’ Business Intelligence Group’s Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards (3 consecutive years), 2026 and 2025 CODiE Awards, The Cloud Awards 2025/2024, The A.I. Awards 2024 and 2025, and a regional Timmy Award for launching and optimizing HelpOneBillion.com (2020).

Headquartered in Greater Philadelphia, Phenom also has offices in Canada, India, Israel, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom.

For more information, please visit www.phenom.com. Connect with Phenom on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.

Phenom is bringing the agents, use cases and domain experts to every major industry event this fall to show real AI in production. Its immersive experience lets attendees interact with AI agents live, testing capabilities against contextual hiring, development and retention scenarios instead of taking claims at face value.

CHICAGO (AP) — Apple has relabeled Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users of its Maps app, following competitor Google days after President Donald Trump ordered a new name for the body of water amid his escalating trade war with Canada.

As of Wednesday morning, Apple Maps displayed “Lake America” for U.S. users looking at the lake that sits between the state of New York and Canada’s Ontario province. Users outside of the U.S. still saw the Lake Ontario name.

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. Earlier this week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Fox that Trump had reached out to the company “directly” about the change.

The president declared the new “Lake America” name last week — marking one of the latest provocations during his trade war with Canada that is now hiking tariffs on both sides of the border. His executive order on Friday directed the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the U.S. geographic naming service.

Google Maps rolled out the change over the weekend, citing Trump's order and its already-established practice of using names assigned by the U.S. Geographic Names Information System (or GNIS).

“People using Maps in the U.S. will see ‘Lake America,’ those in Canada will continue to see ‘Lake Ontario,’ and those outside of the U.S. and Canada will see both names,” Google said in a brief statement on Saturday, reiterating that such updates “follow our long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country.”

Trump cannot force Canada to also change the name of Lake Ontario. And America’s northern neighbors quickly panned the idea.

“It’s Lake Ontario to Canadians and the rest of the world. Now and forever," Ontario Premier Doug Ford wrote on social media Friday.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney also rejected the move last week, invoking the lake’s Indigenous roots and noting that the name predates both the Canadian Confederation and U.S. Declaration of Independence. The name Lake Ontario comes from the Huron Indigenous people’s word “oniatarí:io,” which means “lake of shining waters.”

This isn’t the first time Trump has moved to rename water spanning beyond U.S. borders. Last year, Trump ordered that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed the Gulf of America — and Apple and Google, both based in California, later updated the name on their maps in the U.S.

But not all map providers have followed suit. MapQuest, in particular, has declared it won't be changing Lake Ontario's label — and gave users the option to name the lake “whatever you want" through a separate online tool. Both the Lake Ontario and Gulf of Mexico names still appear as default on its platform.

MapQuest, owned by California company System1, has reported a surge of downloads recently. On Wednesday, MapQuest topped the charts of free apps with new downloads in both the U.S. and Canada on Apple's App Store.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveils a sign for Lake Ontario at Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

FILE - The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in Munich, Germany, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)