"Future of HR and Management"
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One of the biggest HR events of 2026, November 25-26th
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A more productive and efficient workplace begins when HR leaders implement numerous layers of AI to deliver more value to their organizations. Whether they are ready for this transformation, both on an individual and organizational level, remains to be seen.
Close to 7 in 10 HR executives believe that the HR function needs to "completely reinvent and transform itself" in order to respond more effectively to future disruption.
Only 29% of new hires highly prepared with the skills needed for their role …
Recruiting leaders need to shift their focus from replacing the workforce to shaping the workforce via their needs definition, sourcing and talent attraction strategies.
FUTURE OF HR AND MANAGEMENT 2026 EXPERTS
MART ESPENBERG
How can using AI for replying to each candidate instantly, help your hiring team with becoming more efficient?

Type4Work`s CEO will share how the idea for Jutt was born.
The talk will explore how AI can help companies manage high-volume hiring, protect employer brand, and ensure every candidate receives a response within seconds.
The session will also highlight how real candidate data can uncover valuable insights, such as why applicants drop out or decline offers.
CEO at Type4Work
JURIS ZALĀNS
Freedom as a Benefit: Why Autonomy is the Ultimate Retention Tool

In the modern workplace, a competitive salary is no longer the finish line - it’s the baseline. As the global talent market shifts toward a "human-first" era, the most successful organizations are moving away from rigid, one-size-fits-all packages and toward a new currency of employment: Personal Autonomy.

In this session, Alexander Snurnitsyn (CEO, Beneflo) explores why the power of choice is the most effective retention tool in an HR professional's arsenal. When employees are given the freedom to curate their own benefits and rewards, the relationship shifts from a transactional contract to a partnership built on trust and individual recognition.
CEO at Beneflo
DOV ZAVADSKIS
It's Time to Redefine HR. Before AI Does It for Us.

Most HR professionals don't consider themselves technical. In the age of AI, that's becoming the profession's biggest challenge. This session is an open invitation to rethink how HR needs to evolve, and redefine the role before AI does it for us.
Founder of Befriend AI
EDVINAS SINKEVIČIUS
Beyond training content: How AI and Cofive bridge the gap between content creation and behavioral change.

As we look toward 2026, the landscape of corporate learning is being fundamentally reshaped. This session explores the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence in employee development. We will dive into how AI-driven tools are moving us from traditional training methods to personalized, high-impact learning experiences.
CEO at CoFive
VIDMANTAS ŠIUGŽDINIS
Why salary is no longer enough: the impact of recognition on employee experience

What does recognition truly mean to employees - and why does it sometimes fail to have the desired impact?
What are the most common mistakes organizations make when it comes to recognition?
Which simple yet effective recognition models actually work in practice?
Marketing and Partnerships Director at MELP
AGU REMMELG
From Training to Performance: 5 Years of Digital Learning - and What Comes Next
Over the past five years, workplace learning has gone through one of the biggest transformations in its history. The pandemic accelerated digital learning adoption, artificial intelligence is now entering everyday work, and organizations are increasingly expected to develop skills faster than ever before.

But despite all the technology and innovation, many organizations still face the same core challenge: employees have very limited time to learn and development budgets remain modest. At the same time, expectations toward learning have grown — it must support collaboration, help people adapt to change, and increasingly enable employees to work effectively with AI.

In this presentation, Agu Remmelg, CEO and founder of Coursy, will reflect on the major shifts in digital learning over the past five years — from traditional training programs toward more integrated, technology-enabled and performance-driven learning approaches.
Chief Executive Officer and founder of Coursy.io
MARIA STARLING
The ROI Playbook: Real-World L&D Impact Stories & Strategies That Work, iSpring Research

This session covers practical approaches to measuring and demonstrating ROI in L&D.
“The ROI Playbook” presents findings from the newest iSpring Research and explores:
• why only a small percentage of L&D teams confidently report financial ROI,
• real-world case studies showing how learning drives measurable business outcomes such as increased sales, reduced error rates, and improved customer satisfaction,
• strategies and proxy metrics that have proven effective in practice.
The session provides actionable insights and tools for turning learning initiatives into measurable business value.
Maria leads educational initiatives at iSpring. She helps L&D and HR leaders connect corporate learning to business goals, driving measurable performance and workforce development outcomes. Maria also develops the iSpring Learning Exchange, a professional community that brings together HR and L&D professionals to share best practices and industry insights.
Lead Program Manager at iSpring
NAURIS VĪTOLS
Why Your Employees Hate Health & Safety Training - And Why They’re Right

Your safety training is probably a tick-box exercise - and your employees know it. The content matters, but the delivery kills it: outdated formats, zero relevance to daily work, and a one-size-fits-all approach that ignores how adults actually learn. The result? Disengaged teams, forgotten lessons, and a safety culture that exists only on paper. A practicing OHS instructor will give you an honest, inside look at what goes wrong - and what actually works. You’ll discover how microlearning through an LMS can replace marathon sessions with short, targeted modules employees actually remember. For HR leaders juggling training needs across the entire organization, this isn’t just about fixing safety - it’s a scalable blueprint for rethinking how your company learns.
Development Manager at Sunstar Group
BAIBA ROZENTĀLE
Competitive job offer – is there a universal formula?

Why do some job offers get an immediate “yes”, while others go unnoticed? This session reveals what truly drives job choice and satisfaction, based on insights from both blue- and white-collar employees. It highlights non-negotiables, real competitive advantages, and the gaps between what employers offer and what people expect. Because a competitive offer is not just about salary, but about clarity, meaning, and overall experience.
Key account Manager at the temporary employment platform “Workis”
SIMONA BERNATAVIČIŪTĖ
How to prepare for the EU Pay Transparency Directive in 2027

The first pay gap reports under the EU Pay Transparency Directive are due in June 2027, and they cover 2026 pay data. The preparation year is already running. In this 20-minute keynote, Simona walks through what HR teams need to have in place: clean employee data, gender-neutral job evaluation, pay bands, pay gap analysis and a process for employee information requests. She also shows how Calbarry Pay turns these requirements into a structured, step-by-step process, so you know where you stand and what to do next.
CEO at Calbarry
LĪGA VITE
A colleague for €180 a month: how AI fills the gaps in HR

Every team is short of something: a pair of hands, time, or budget for outside help. This hands-on workshop shows how AI fills that gap for €180 a month, with real examples from HR work across several countries: salary benchmarking, vendor comparisons, legal checks country by country, job descriptions, onboarding materials in multiple languages, presentations. Each example shows how the task was framed, what came out, and where AI got it wrong. The examples are from HR, but the approach works for any team buried in documents and correspondence.
Mogotel Chief Human Resources Officer
JANIS KOLOMENSKIS
Job Ads -The Great Disappointment

You publish the vacancy. Pay for visibility. Rewrite the headline. The applications arrive—or nothing happens. Either way, the hiring manager asks the same question: “Where are the right people?”
In LinkedIn’s 2025 research, 64% of HR professionals said finding qualified talent had become harder. Meanwhile, 22% reported spending three to five hours a day sifting through applications. Why does so much hiring activity still leave teams disappointed?
This session examines the gap between attracting applicants and building a shortlist. We’ll explore the hidden cost of “post and wait,” what a job ad can realistically deliver, and where AI can help recruiters find relevant people. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for deciding when to improve the ad, when to change the offer, and when to start searching beyond the applicant pool.
Founder at Yena.ai
JANIS DUBINSKIS
Country manager @Teamdash recruitment software

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TUOMO ROPPONEN
Zalaris Vice President, Account Management, Northern Europe

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JANIS STRELNIEKS
Regional Head of Partnerships @ TalTap


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VERONIKA SKORODIHINA
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at talent+be


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KASPARS BERNANS
YourCompanyRadio Business Development Director
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BECOME THE FUTURE
Strategic HR & Leadership Essentials 25.11.
Most of what HR does well is invisible. Most of what it does badly, everyone notices.

Your safety training is a tick-box exercise and your employees know it. Your job ads attract the wrong people and you pay for the privilege. Your benefits package was designed for an average employee who does not exist. Day 1 is an honest look at the parts of HR that quietly do not work, and what practitioners are doing instead.

Eight speakers, 25 minutes each, no filler: why learning and development keeps failing despite the budget, what really decides whether a candidate accepts, why autonomy beats another perk, and how structured evaluation removes the guesswork from hiring.

On-site attendees stay for the afternoon workshop on replacing the work you cannot hire for with AI, including the cases where it got it wrong.
HR Innovation & Digital Transformation 26.11.
Where is AI actually delivering in HR, and where is it still a promise?

Day 2 opens with a 90-minute panel discussion, then moves into focused sessions on the technology decisions HR teams are making now: AI that answers every candidate within seconds, AI that turns training content into behavioural change, and what to do when your learning programme cannot prove its financial return.

The day also covers the compliance work that cannot wait. The first EU Pay Transparency Directive reports are due in June 2027 and they cover 2026 pay data, which means the preparation year is already running. You will get a concrete checklist of what needs to be in place.

Expect direct arguments as well as tools: why recognition outperforms another salary increase, why job ads keep disappointing the teams that pay for them, and why HR needs to redefine its own role before AI does it first.
SIGN-UP FOR FREE ATTEND DAY 1 ON-SITE
*invited attendees only*
SCHEDULE
10:00 - 10:10
GMT+2
10:00 - 10:10
GMT+2
🎤 Opening & Welcome Words
Kaspars Bernāns
Event Moderator for Day 1
10:10-10:35
10:10-10:35
Topic to be decided
Janis Strelnieks
Tal Tap
10:35-11:00
10:35-11:00
Why Your Employees Hate Health & Safety Training - And Why They’re Right
Nauris Vītols
Sunstargroup Development manager, SmartHR Latvia Co-founder
11:00-11:25
11:00-11:25
Competitive job offer - is there a universal formula?
Baiba Rozentāle
Customer Service Manager at the temporary employment platform “Workis”
11:25-11:50
11:25-11:50
From Training to Performance:
5 Years of Digital Learning - and What Comes Next
Agu Remmelg
Coursy
11:50-12:30
11:50-12:30
☕ Coffee break
12:30-12:55
12:30-12:55
Freedom as a Benefit: Why Autonomy is the Ultimate Retention Tool
Juris Zalāns
CEO Beneflo, Smarthr cofounder
12:55-13:20
12:55-13:20
Make better hiring decisions with structured candidate evaluations
Jānis Dubinskis
Teamdash
13:20-13:45
13:20-13:45
Topic to be decided
Veronika Skorodihina - Organizational psychologist, Co-Founder, Managing Partner at talent+be
13:45-14:10
13:45-14:10
Topic to be decided
Speaker to be decided
14:10 - 15:10
14:10 - 15:10
On-site workshops
Available only for on-site invited attendees
A colleague for €180 a month: how AI fills the gaps in HR
Līga Vite
Chief Human Resources Officer
10:00-10:10
GMT+2
10:00-10:10
GMT+2
🎤 Moderator’s Introduction
Nauris Vītols
Event Moderator for Day 2
10:10-11:40
10:10-11:40
Panel discussion
Speakers to be decided
11:40-11:45
11:40-11:45
☕ Quick break
11:45- 12:10
11:45- 12:10
Why salary is no longer enough: the impact of recognition on employee experience
Vidmantas Šiugždinis
Marketing and Partnerships Director at MELP
12:10-12:35
12:10-12:35
Beyond training content: How AI and Cofive bridge the gap between content creation and behavioral change.
Edvinas Sinkevičius
CEO at CoFive
12:35-13:00
12:35-13:00
How can using AI for replying to each candidate instantly, help your hiring team with becoming more efficient?
Mart Espenberg
CEO Type4Work
13:00-13:25
13:00-13:25
How to prepare for the EU Pay Transparency Directive in 2027
Simona Bernatavičiūtė
Calbarry Pay
13:25-13:30
13:25-13:30
☕ Quick break
13:30-13:55
13:30-13:55
It's Time to Redefine HR. Before AI Does It for Us.
Dov Zavadskis
Founder Befriend AI
13:55-14:20
13:55-14:20
The ROI Playbook: Real-World L&D Impact Stories & Strategies That Work, iSpring Research
Maria Starling
Lead Program Manager at iSpring
14:20-14:45
14:20-14:45
'Job Ads - The Great Disappointment'
Jānis Kolomenskis
Founder & CEO no Yena.ai
14:45-15:10
14:45-15:10
Topic to be decided
Deborah Rosen
Hailey HR
15:10-15:35
15:10-15:35
Topic to be decided
Tuomo Ropponen
Zalaris
3 REASONS TO ATTEND
Expert presentations and knowledge
36+ HR experts from 10 different countries will share presentations and insights about the future of HR. Gain access to videos, presentation tools and software to future-proof your HR skills and process
Online HR networking
Participate in Q&A sessions with speakers, gain new contacts, widen your HR network with experts form all over Europe. As you know - your network is your "net worth"

Increase your HR competences
Learn form experts in the field of HR and get access to 16 hours of live content in addition to presentations, documents, videos and more.
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