14th

Revolutionising the investigation of Next-Gen HR

BARCELONA

11th & 12th MARCH 2026

3 simultaneous conferences:

HumanAI HR Agility Recruitment

Agendas

HR Scientists

HumanAI

HR Agility

Recruitment

Participants List

Day 1

Agendas

TUESDAY 10th MARCH 2026 - 19-00-21:15 CET

Pre-Event Ice-Breaker with Tapas & Drinks at the IESE Business School

Warm-up Keynote from Miquel Lladó, Senior Lecturer at IESE. Former CEO Bimbo Europe & VP PepsiCo

DAY 1

WEDNESDAY 11th MARCH 2026

move freely between
the rooms

RECRUITMENT

Assessment, Onboarding, Candidate Experience,

Analytics, Technology, Skills Testing, Trends & Innovation, Diversity & Inclusion, Mobility & Flexibility, Employer Branding,...

9:15 CET

Opening of the Conference by the Moderators:

Matt Burney, Sr. Talent Strategy Advisor, Indeed.com,

Norman Mauer,

Global Client Strategy Lead, Indeed.com

9:30

Develop your Employer Brand to be the Lived experience -

Nimai Swaroop,

Group Head of Employer Branding, Coca-Cola HBC

10:00

Activating AI in Talent AcquIsition -

Milos Rakic, EMEA TA Director C+AI, Microsoft

10:30

The Talent Reset; How External Forces are

Reshaping Talent and the Leadership Decisions that Follow -
Gianluca Bonacchi, Senior Talent Strategy Advisor, Indeed

11:00

Hiring Diverse profiles:from Employer Brand to sourcing Strategies

Jonathan Steinbach,
Director of Recruiting, Europe (Exp. Prof.), McKinsey & Company

11:30 CET

Coffee & Networking

12:00

Fireside Chat on ‘From Adoption to Advantage:

How AI Transformed Strategic Hiring at Enterprise Scale’ with

Mara Lucini, ex-Head of Global Recruiting Business Partners, HP

12:30

Next Gen Talent Acquisition:

Accelerating Outcomes Amid Global Volatility -

Brett O’Connor, Client Partnering Director, AMS

13:00 CET

Lunch & Networking

14:00

Brand as a Business Driver:

The Power of Employer Branding at Sanofi -

Russell Weeks, Global Employer Brand Lead, Sanofi &

Maria Eugenia Viola, Global Employer Brand Lead, Sanofi

14:30

How to create a Talent Attraction Strategy that

resonates across generations and today’s landscape -

Modiara Kamps, Head of Employer Branding EMESA,

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

15:00

TA Transformation: from order taking to Strategic BP -

Theresa O'Brien, Global TA Director, CBRE

15:30

Fireside Chat on 'Next Generation Talent Acquisition at Gilead:
Innovation, Ethics, and the Candidate Experience' with

Jules Anderson, Sr. Director, Global TA, Gilead Sciences &

Maxine Pillinger, MD, Client Partnering, AMS

16:00 CET

Coffee & Networking

16:30

Global AI Playbook on how to create a TA Strategy -

Javier Fernández Santín,

Global Employer Branding Manager & Change Lead, Danone

17:00

Bridging Generations, Changing Lives -

Maria Luisa Cammarata,

Global Chief People Officer, Gi Group Holding

17:30-18:10

Panel Discussion on the 'Future of Recruitment' with

speakers from the Day

18:30-21:30 CET -

Evening Networking Drinks & Tapas @ the

National Art Museum of Catalonia

HUMAN-AI

Ethics & Responsible AI, Education & Skill Devt.,

Human-AI Collaboration, People Insights/ Analytics, Benefits & Risks, Human-Centered Design, Trends, Creativity & Innovation, Automation, Learning,…

9:15 CET

Opening of the Conference by the Moderators:

Fiona Passantino, Author of 'AI-Powered Professional' &

Owner, Working Humans - AI Keynotes & Training,

Sjoerd van den Heuvel, Professor of People Analytics,

University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

9:30

AI in HR's (R)evolution! -

Sjoerd van den Heuvel, Professor of People Analytics,

University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

10:00

Future of Work/ HR and How AI is reshaping Everything -

Eric Cornu, Global Head of OD & Change Mgmt., Nestlé

10:30

Reimagining HR Impact with Predictive Intelligence -

Henrik Håkansson,

VP, Global Head of AI & People Insights, Sanofi

11:00

From Hackathons to Habits: HR’s Path to Everyday AI -

David Sperl,

Head of HR, AVS, GE Healthcare

11:30 CET

Coffee & Networking

12:00

Fireside Chat on 'adidas AI Gameplan:

The Three Roles of HR in the AI Era' with Sebastian Projahn,

Sr. Director People Insights & Ana./Global HR AI Lead, adidas

12:30

The Fusion of AI & Learning -

Bas Puts,

Global Head Learning & Skill Architecture, Siemens

13:00

Fireside Chat on

'Trust by Design: Making AI Work in People Analytics' with

Francesca Pacitti, Director, McKinsey & Co.

13:30 CET

Lunch & Networking

14:30

Building AI Capability in HR Teams -

Flor Farsadi, HR Transformation Consultant, Faculty Member &

ex Talent Manager Danone, Unilever, Mitsubishi,…

15:00

HR in the Fast Lane:

Micro Apps, Rapid Prototyping and the New Rules of Change -

Debora Gallo, VP Talent Development, Mews

15:30

Navigating Change: Leading the Workforce of the Future -
Matt Burney,

Senior Talent Strategy Advisor, Indeed

16:00 CET

Coffee & Networking

16:30

VibeCoding for Humans: Personal Tech for HR -

Fiona Passantino, Author of 'AI-Powered Professional' and Owner, Working Humans - AI Keynotes & Training

17:00

Still Managing Roles? Start Building Skills with AI -

Thomas Lomazzi Jorgensen, Sr. Account Executive and

Giacomo Camisassa, Head of Product, Skillvue

17:30-18:10

Panel Discussion on the 'Future of HumanAI' with

speakers from the Day

18:30-21:30 CET -

Evening Networking Drinks & Tapas @ the

National Art Museum of Catalonia

HR AGILITY

Future of Work, Rethinking & Reskilling,

Employee Exp./ Engagement, New HR Technology,

Talent/ Leadership Devt., Cultural & Digital Transf., Diversity & Inclusion, Wellbeing,...

9:15 CET

Opening of the Conference by the Moderators:

Gerard Penning, Board Member, Alliander and

SEforALL and Former CHRO, ABN AMRO bank,

Natal Dank, Author of 'Agile HR & Agile L&D' and

Executive Director, PXO Culture

9:30

Top 5 HR Megatrends & priorities for 2026 -

Natal Dank,

Author of 'Agile HR & Agile L&D'

10:00

Culture Transformation: creating a shift towards ‘daring’ behaviours-

Janina Norton, Global Head of Culture, AXA