Gather in community with HR professionals to improve workplaces and strengthen workforces in metro Atlanta.Â
Bring your toughest challenges, your curiosity, and your colleagues. You'll leave with practical approaches you can apply, new perspectives to bring back to your organization, and connections that make the work ahead a little easier.
March 31–April 1, 2027
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The Challenges Are Real & So Are the Solutions
HR leaders are being asked to do more with less, navigate increasingly complex workplace challenges, and deliver results that matter to the business. Expectations are rising, resources are stretched, and HR's role continues to evolve.
Yet too often, HR professionals are brought in to communicate decisions rather than help shape them.
SOAHR 2027 is designed for the HR professionals ready to change that.
Talent & Skills
Build the workforce you need now and for what's next.
Talent & Skills
Find better ways to attract and retain talent, develop critical skills, strengthen performance, and prepare future leaders. Explore practical approaches to recruiting, succession planning, career development, and building workforce capabilities that keep pace with business needs.
AI, Data, & HR Tech
Apply technology for better decisions and better work.
AI, Data, & HR Tech
Move beyond the hype to explore and optimize how AI, analytics, automation, and other technologies can improve HR operations and business outcomes. Discover ways to strengthen data quality, optimize HR systems, manage risk, and put technology to work responsibly.
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Total Rewards & Wellbeing
Make every investment in your people count.
Total Rewards & Wellbeing
Explore smarter approaches to compensation, benefits, healthcare, leave, and employee wellbeing. Learn how to balance cost pressures, employee expectations, and business priorities while designing rewards strategies that attract, retain, and support your workforce.
Employee Relations & Risk
Navigate the situations that don't come with easy answers.
Employee Relations & Risk
From complicated leave and accommodation requests to sensitive investigations and workplace conflict, get practical guidance for making sound decisions. Strengthen your approach to compliance, policy, workplace conduct, and the employee relations issues that demand both sound judgment and strategic thinking.
HR as a Business Leader
Move from delivering the message to shaping the decision.
HR as a Business Leader
Strengthen the business acumen, financial perspective, and executive influence needed to lead beyond the HR function. Explore workforce strategy, enterprise decision making, and the evolving roles of CHROs and HR business partners. Build the confidence and credibility to contribute where business priorities are set.
Change & Organizational Effectiveness
Make change work in the real world.
Change & Organizational Effectiveness
Whether you're redesigning teams, improving processes, navigating cultural shifts, or implementing new initiatives, explore approaches that help people and organizations adapt. Learn how to translate plans into action, improve productivity, and make meaningful change stick.
Better Connections
Some of the most valuable conference moments happen between sessions: a conversation with someone who's solved the problem you're facing or an introduction that opens a new door.
At SOAHR, we're making those moments easier to find.
Alongside the spontaneous connections that make conferences memorable, you'll discover intentional opportunities to meet people, exchange ideas, and work through shared challenges.
Through facilitated conversations, interactive experiences, and opportunities to connect across industries and HR specialties, you'll spend less time wondering who to talk to and more time having conversations that matter.
Come with questions. Leave with ideas, trusted connections, and a stronger network of Atlanta HR professionals you can turn to long after the conference ends.
What is SOAHR?
SOAHR is SHRM-Atlanta's Annual Conference, featuring 50+ speakers, industry resource partners, and networking opportunities.
Who should attend SOAHR? 
SOAHR will benefit anyone who manages people or considers themselves part of the HR community. The conference brings together students, professionals, and executives to exchange ideas, hear from experts, and learn more about the products and services that will enable people like you to accomplish their goals.