More than 50 speakers will gather April 27-29 in Austin to address how organizations are navigating AI adoption, distributed team performance and modern workforce leadership.
AUSTIN, TX / ACCESS Newswire / April 24, 2026 / Running Remote, Time Doctor’s annual conference for leaders shaping the future of distributed work, returns to Austin April 27-29 for its ninth year. This year’s event will bring together more than 50 speakers – including Zapier co-founder and CEO Wade Foster and leaders from Cloudflare, HubSpot, Yelp and Doist – to explore how organizations are navigating AI adoption, distributed team performance and modern workforce leadership.
The 2026 program is organized around a specific pressure point: AI is changing how distributed teams operate faster than most management systems can adapt. Seven agenda themes address that tension directly, covering AI fluency and team upskilling, remote team performance and productivity, manager effectiveness, async communication, psychological safety, organizational design and securing executive buy-in for flexible work – with speakers drawn from companies and institutions navigating those challenges at scale.
Speakers include Wade Foster, co-founder and CEO of Zapier; Kelly Russell, chief people officer at Cloudflare; Brandon Sammut, chief people and AI transformation officer at Zapier; Nawal Fakhoury, senior director of experience and inclusion at HubSpot; Carmen Amara, chief people officer at Yelp; Dr. Bobbi Wegner, founder and CEO of Groops and lecturer at Harvard University; and leaders from Doist, Help Scout, Dropbox and ServiceNow, among others.
Running Remote has drawn more than 8,200 leaders over its history. Post-event surveys show 93% of attendees said the conference met or exceeded their expectations, and 82% said they will implement organizational changes as a direct result.
New for 2026, attendees can schedule 1:1 Office Hours with selected speakers, giving operators direct access to practitioners working through the same workforce challenges in real time.
“The question we hear most from business leaders managing distributed teams right now isn’t whether AI belongs in their workflow – it’s how to manage a team through that transition when the tools are moving faster than the playbook,” said Brian Sharp, CEO of Time Doctor. “That tension is the reason AI is the first thing on the Running Remote agenda this year, and it’s why the practitioners coming to Austin are the right people to have that conversation with.”
Running Remote 2026 takes place April 27-29 at Fair Market in Austin, Texas. Tickets are available at runningremote.com
About Time Doctor
Time Doctor is the workforce analytics platform that empowers managers with the visibility to lead with trust, not control. By transforming real-time work data into actionable insights, Time Doctor helps organizations of all sizes and industries improve productivity, proactively reduce burnout, and make smarter, faster decisions.
Trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, Time Doctor delivers intuitive onboarding, enterprise-grade security, and an exceptional user experience, including privacy controls and 24/7 multilingual customer support. Built for scale, the platform helps organizations create healthier, high-performing teams wherever and however they work. Learn more at timedoctor.com.
Running Remote, owned and produced by Time Doctor, brings together leaders of distributed and hybrid organizations each year to tackle the real challenges of flexible work. Learn more at runningremote.com.
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