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2026 Agenda

With speakers from leading brands like Josh Bersin (Bersin Partners), Pandora, Samskip, Nova HCM, Disruptive HR (Lucy Adams), SoundCloud and more, the HR Tech Europe 2026 agenda brings together voices shaping the future of work.

And this isn’t the full line-up yet... more to come!

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09:00
  1. Stage 3
    60 mins
    • HR Tech Intensive: Culture
    Part of HR Tech Intensive: Culture → How it works, eligibility & enrollment  This opening session of the HR Tech Intensive: Culture reframes culture as the result of everyday leadership decisions — no ...
09:15
  1. AI Lab
    465 mins
    • AI Labs
    AI Labs are interactive, hands-on sessions designed to help HR leaders explore and apply AI to real-world workplace challenges. Through guided activities, live exploration, and collaborative discussio ...
  2. 30 mins
    • Core Session
    Core sessions focus on timely HR trends, challenges, and best practices that deliver actionable insights for HR leaders. Additional details for these sessions will be available soon.
09:45
  1. HR Tech Talks Theater
    20 mins
    • Tech Talk
    As AI becomes faster, cheaper, and embedded into every workflow, the HR question shifts from what AI can do to what humans must remain exceptional at. This session introduces a neuroscience-grounded p ...
10:00
  1. Main Stage
    60 mins
    • Keynote Session
    Attrition is no longer just a talent issue. It is one of the most significant barriers to productivity and long-term growth in global organisations. As the world’s largest jewellery brand, with more t ...
11:00
  1. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Pitchfest
    Take a front row seat to see buzz-worthy startups compete for cash prizes. Each round includes audience voting.
11:15
  1. AI Lab
    45 mins
    • AI Labs
    Join us for an interactive AI Lab experience exploring how next-generation AI is transforming internal mobility and workforce planning in real time. In this hands-on session, you’ll experience how int ...
  2. The Library
    60 mins
    • Ask the Expert
    Ask the Experts is a unique opportunity to connect directly with leading HR technology professionals in an informal, one-on-one or small group setting. In each 60-minute block, up to four experts are ...
  3. The Library
    60 mins
    • Ask the Expert
    Ask the Experts is a unique opportunity to connect directly with leading HR technology professionals in an informal, one-on-one or small group setting. In each 60-minute block, up to four experts are ...
  4. The Library
    60 mins
    • Ask the Expert
    Ask the Experts is a unique opportunity to connect directly with leading HR technology professionals in an informal, one-on-one or small group setting. In each 60-minute block, up to four experts are ...
  5. HR Tech Talks Theater
    20 mins
    • Tech Talk
    This session walks through the pre-interview, interview, and post-interview stages to show where humans, AI, and automation each add the most value. You’ll gain a practical framework for deploying AI ...
11:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Core Session
    Core sessions focus on timely HR trends, challenges, and best practices that deliver actionable insights for HR leaders. Additional details for these sessions will be available soon.
  2. Stage 2
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    As Europe’s workplaces continue to evolve amid economic uncertainty, technological acceleration, and changing employee expectations, HR leaders must rethink how they engage and inspire their people. I ...
  3. Stage 3
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    AI is transforming the workplace faster than ever. In this session, Adrian Seligman, CEO of Top Employers Institute, will share research insights on how leading organizations prepare their leaders to ...
12:15
  1. HR Tech Talks Theater
    20 mins
    • Tech Talk
    Roles are dissolving. Titles are losing meaning. What's emerging is a reality where people are defined by the skills they carry, grow, and move with — not the box they sit in. The skills-based organiz ...
12:30
  1. The Library
    60 mins
    • Ask the Expert
    Ask the Experts is a unique opportunity to connect directly with leading HR technology professionals in an informal, one-on-one or small group setting. In each 60-minute block, up to four experts are ...
  2. The Library
    60 mins
    • Ask the Expert
    Ask the Experts is a unique opportunity to connect directly with leading HR technology professionals in an informal, one-on-one or small group setting. In each 60-minute block, up to four experts are ...
  3. The Library
    60 mins
    • Ask the Expert
    Ask the Experts is a unique opportunity to connect directly with leading HR technology professionals in an informal, one-on-one or small group setting. In each 60-minute block, up to four experts are ...
12:45
  1. Stage 2
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    In a world overflowing with Learning Experience Platforms, microlearning apps, and AI-generated content, one question remains: why are so few employees truly engaged in their development? This session ...
  2. HR Tech Talks Theater
    20 mins
    • Tech Talk
    Too often, companies treat engagement and performance as separate priorities. That’s a mistake. Sustainable high performance requires both an engaging culture and performance confidence; for people to ...
  3. Stage 1
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    This session shares the story behind SOFI—SoftServe’s internal AI Assistant and first-ever digital colleague. Designed to reflect SoftServe’s culture, tone of voice, and values, SOFI enables employees ...
  4. Stage 3
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    AI agents are already embedded in our daily work, performing simple tasks and freeing us from repetitive mundane work. Is this the opportunity for HR to finally live our role as strategic partner to t ...
13:00
  1. Main Stage
    60 mins
    • Main Stage Session
    Join leading HR experts Nikki Hall, CHRO at Alexander Mann Solutions, Roel Dumont, CHRO at Cofinimmo, and Paramita Chatterjee, Cornerstone's Vice President and Global HR Leader at HR Tech Amsterdam. T ...
13:15
  1. HR Tech Talks Theater
    20 mins
    • Tech Talk
    Reorganizations are part of business as usual. But what truly makes them successful? In this tech talk, we explore whether there is a “golden rule” for getting reorgs right. You’ll gain practical insi ...
13:45
  1. HR Tech Talks Theater
    20 mins
    • Tech Talk
    Recognition is emerging as one of the most powerful and underused drivers of HR Transformation. Unpack the latest data from O.C. Tanner’s the State of Employee Recognition 2026 report to show how mean ...
  2. Stage 2
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    As organisations move deeper into advanced digitalisation and AI adoption, HR and Payroll are at a pivotal moment. Beyond automation and efficiency, these technologies now offer the opportunity to ele ...
14:15
  1. 45 mins
    • Core Session
    Core sessions focus on timely HR trends, challenges, and best practices that deliver actionable insights for HR leaders. Additional details for these sessions will be available soon.
  2. HR Tech Talks Theater
    170 mins
    • Tech Talk
    HR Tech Talks are fast-paced, 20-minute sessions designed to inspire new thinking and showcase bold ideas shaping the future of HR and work. Featuring visionary perspectives on emerging trends and inn ...
  3. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Think Tank
    Topic: What HR leaders need to know about the AI Act rollout—implications for recruitment, employee data, and algorithmic transparency.  Think Tanks are a peer-to-peer experience designed to foster co ...
  4. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Think Tank
    Topic: How AI and talent analytics can help HR predict skill gaps, support internal mobility, and future-proof workforce strategies.   Think Tanks are a peer-to-peer experience designed to foster coll ...
  5. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Think Tank
    Topic: Tackling burnout, disconnection, and mental health with next-gen tools that center employee well-being in hybrid and remote environments.  Think Tanks are a peer-to-peer experience designed to ...
  6. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Think Tank
    Topic: Where have you cut vendors/tools and simplified—what’s worked? Any wins with integration, interoperability, or consolidating platforms? Think Tanks are a peer-to-peer experience designed to fos ...
  7. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Think Tank
    Topic: Examining how employers are redesigning EVP, pay transparency, and social responsibility in response to employee activism and political uncertainty.   Think Tanks are a peer-to-peer experience ...
  8. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Think Tank
    Topic: Shifting from job roles to dynamic skill sets: how performance management and career development models are evolving in 2026.  Think Tanks are a peer-to-peer experience designed to foster colla ...
15:15
  1. Stage 2
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    What’s really working in HR technology right now—and what isn’t—when you zoom out across regions? In this fast-paced, research-rich session, Stacey Harris, Chief Research Officer at Sapient Insights G ...
  2. Stage 3
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    HR technology and AI promise speed, insight, and efficiency, but many organizations still struggle to translate that promise into real business impact. Why? Because technology alone is never enough. I ...
15:30
  1. The Library
    60 mins
    • HR Tech Intensive: Culture
    Part of HR Tech Intensive: Culture → How it works, eligibility & enrollment   This closing session of HR Tech Intensive: Culture brings the group back together to turn shared insights into clear leade ...
  2. Main Stage
    45 mins
    • Main Stage Session
    Join this no-fluff, pragmatic and insight-focused session on how HR is leading AI transformation, where to personally start, including specific tools and approaches, and how to set yourself up for suc ...
16:00
  1. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Pitchfest
    Take a front row seat to see buzz-worthy startups compete for cash prizes. Each round includes audience voting.
16:15
  1. Stage 3
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    As technology evolves faster than organizations can adapt, the modern workforce is at a tipping point. This session explores the shift from traditional HR structures to strategic people ecosystems tha ...
  2. Stage 2
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    Application tsunamis and Talent shortages at the same time, AI agents, skills over CVs, platform power, regulation, and changing candidate expectations are already reshaping recruiting. But what will ...
16:30
  1. Main Stage
    45 mins
    • Main Stage Session
    Many HR teams are busy, but not always influential. In this conversation, Lucy Adams (CEO of Disruptive HR) and Hester Van Oene (HR Director of Wieden & Kennedy – Netherlands)  explore what it really ...
09:00
  1. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • HR Tech Intensive: HR Technology Strategy
    Part of HR Tech Intensive: HR Technology Strategy → How it works, eligibility & enrollment  This opening session of HR Tech Intensive: HR Technology Strategy helps you cut through noise, hype, and ove ...
  2. Stage 1
    60 mins
    • HR Tech Intensive: Leading HR Forward
    Part of HR Tech Intensive: Leading HR Forward → How it works, eligibility & enrollment    This opening session of HR Tech Intensive: Leading HR Forward challenges you to reassess how HR creates value ...
09:15
  1. AI Lab
    390 mins
    • AI Labs
    AI Labs are interactive, hands-on sessions designed to help HR leaders explore and apply AI to real-world workplace challenges. Through guided activities, live exploration, and collaborative discussio ...
  2. 30 mins
    • Core Session
    Core sessions focus on timely HR trends, challenges, and best practices that deliver actionable insights for HR leaders. Additional details for these sessions will be available soon.
  3. HR Tech Talks Theater
    350 mins
    • Tech Talk
    HR Tech Talks are fast-paced, 20-minute sessions designed to inspire new thinking and showcase bold ideas shaping the future of HR and work. Featuring visionary perspectives on emerging trends and inn ...
10:00
  1. Main Stage
    60 mins
    • Keynote Session
    AI is no longer an emerging trend in HR — it is fundamentally reshaping how work gets done, how organizations operate, and how people create value. As intelligent systems move from experimentation to ...
11:00
  1. Think Tank
    30 mins
    • Pitchfest
    Take a front row seat to see the final round of buzz-worthy startups compete for cash prizes. The final round includes audience voting.
11:15
  1. AI Lab
    45 mins
    • AI Labs
    Managing frontline workforce skills is uniquely challenging - spreadsheets quickly become outdated, compliance risks increase, and leaders lack real-time visibility into who is qualified to do what on ...
  2. Stage 1
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    Strategic Workforce Planning has a talent for feeling both obvious (“of course we should plan”) and maddeningly hard (“where do we even begin?”). This session strips SWP back to the minimum viable app ...
  3. HR Tech Talks Theater
    20 mins
    • Tech Talk
    HR and organizational development leaders are increasingly expected to make data-informed decisions. While AI holds great potential, its value depends on the quality of the underlying data. In this se ...
  4. Stage 2
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    Agentic AI represents a significant evolution in artificial intelligence, characterized by its capacity for autonomous action and decision-making. This technology is poised to transform Human Resource ...
  5. The Library
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    As the workforce evolves, organizations must reimagine Total Rewards not just as a retention tool but as a driver of talent development and business performance. In an increasingly competitive talent ...
  6. Stage 3
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    What is the real value of becoming a skills-based organization? Although many companies aspire to be skills-based, few are really leading with a skills-based approach. Truly understanding skills is cr ...
12:00
  1. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Think Tank
    Topic: Creating collaborative models for choosing, implementing, and governing HR tech in large organizations.   Think Tanks are a peer-to-peer experience designed to foster collaboration and idea-sha ...
  2. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Think Tank
    Topic: The new demands on leadership—and how HR can foster resilient, adaptive, and values-driven cultures across the enterprise.  Think Tanks are a peer-to-peer experience designed to foster collabor ...
  3. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Think Tank
    Topic: Designing intelligent career pathways and removing mobility blockers with AI-powered internal talent platforms.  Think Tanks are a peer-to-peer experience designed to foster collaboration and i ...
  4. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Think Tank
    Topic: How leading companies are designing agile, cross-functional workforces that break free from rigid org charts and traditional jobs.  Think Tanks are a peer-to-peer experience designed to foster ...
  5. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • Think Tank
    Topic: Where HR must draw the line with automation—ensuring ethical AI practices in hiring, feedback, surveillance, and offboarding.  Think Tanks are a peer-to-peer experience designed to foster colla ...
12:30
  1. Stage 2
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    More information to come soon...
  2. 45 mins
    • Core Session
    Core sessions focus on timely HR trends, challenges, and best practices that deliver actionable insights for HR leaders. Additional details for these sessions will be available soon.
  3. The Library
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    In this session, Nazim Unlu, global HR leader, transformation strategist, and self-proclaimed HR Scientist, shares a practical playbook for shaping the future of work through empathy, data, and bold t ...
14:00
  1. Stage 2
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    Too often HR technology projects fall into the trap of treating  “go live” as the finish line. But real value only comes when HR systems are seamlessly adopted, integrated, and can deliver insights th ...
  2. Think Tank
    60 mins
    • HR Tech Intensive: HR Technology Strategy
    Part of HR Tech Intensive: HR Technology Strategy → How it works, eligibility & enrollment  This closing session of HR Tech Intensive: HR Technology Strategy focuses on turning insight into confidence ...
  3. The Library
    60 mins
    • HR Tech Intensive: Leading HR Forward
    Part of HR Tech Intensive: Leading HR Forward → How it works, eligibility & enrollment    This closing session of HR Tech Intensive: Leading HR Forward brings the group back together to synthesize ins ...
14:15
  1. Stage 3
    45 mins
    • Core Session
    In today’s rapidly evolving workplace leadership development must go beyond traditional training. This session explores how emerging technologies are reshaping the way we grow leaders and the opportun ...
15:00
  1. AI Lab
    45 mins
    • AI Labs
    This hands-on AI Lab takes participants from passive AI users to active builders. Instead of watching demos, attendees will create actual working HR tools during the session using AI assistants like C ...
  2. Main Stage
    60 mins
    • Main Stage Session
    As HR leaders, we’ve spent the last few years talking about transformation. But as AI, automation, and skills intelligence move from experimentation to enterprise reality, the real question is no long ...