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People Leaders Summit
Amsterdam
Where People strategy meets execution.
Most People teams don’t need more initiatives, they need better systems. The gap isn't strategy or execution, it's the space between them.
Skip the theory and learn what’s actually working across engagement, culture and workforce transformation in the AI era. Prove impact to your board to build a People function your business can’t afford to overlook.
Real discussions & a community that gets it. Join us.
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You're accountable for transformation, but still fighting to be seen as strategic rather than operational. You've earned your seat at the table, yet you're still explaining why it matters.
Join this closed-door strategy session for people leaders making decisions that can't be undone. You'll leave with:
- Honest insight into what works (and what doesn't) – Real decisions from peers navigating identical board pressures, European regulatory complexity, and questions of AI governance.
- Frameworks for the calls you can't delegate – When to automate and when to govern, where transparency builds trust and where it backfires, how to scale without sacrificing clarity.
- A trusted network that understands your job complexity – Not just the strategy, but the trade-offs, politics and regulatory constraints, hear from leaders at Aalberts, Nokia & Corbion who've made similar high-stakes calls.
A snapshot of
our speakers...
What you’ll get
out of the summit
Actionable peer insights
Honest decisions from leaders navigating the same board pressures, European regulatory complexity and AI governance questions, without the conference spin. The kind of conversation you won't find at a typical HR summit in Amsterdam.
Frameworks you can use Monday
When to automate and when to govern. How to prove ROI in the language finance actually understands. Operating models that scale beyond heroics.
A network that gets it
People leaders from Nokia, Corbion, Smurfit Westrock and Vanderlande, who understand the real complexity of the job, not just the job title. Bridging the gap between People Operations professionals and CHROs in one day.
Roundtable discussions
Smaller, focused conversations on the topics that matter to your role. Deeper than a main stage, more actionable than a networking lunch.
What our
attendees say...
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CPD Credits
Earn up to 8 continuing professional development (CPD) or education (CPE) credits by attending:
1. Attend the summit
2. After the event, request your certificate of attendance
3. Submit your certificate to the regulatory body that manages your CPD/CPE accreditation*
*Please note, the specific requirements for claiming CPD/CPE credits can vary depending on your profession and the organization or regulatory body you work with.
Agenda
at a glance
Move past sentiment surveys to understand what actually drives performance and retention when hybrid work, pay transparency, and AI reshape the employment deal.
Employee engagement
Product Marketing Manager
Strategically reframe workforce planning around skills, capacity and adaptability - align people strategy to business priorities as AI reshapes operating models.
Workforce planning
Product Marketing Manager
Speak the language of risk, capital allocation, and strategic trade-offs, so your people decisions get the investment and trust they deserve at the top table.
Board-level alignment
Product Marketing Manager
Build culture that survives restructuring, integrates acquisitions, and spans European markets with different labor laws and employee expectations.
Culture that scales
Product Marketing Manager
Equip leaders to handle what's coming next, get ahead of the skills & capability gap before it widens and prepare for success in the AI era.
Leadership development
Product Marketing Manager
Use data to drive decisions that matter. Not dashboards for dashboards' sake, but insights that change resource allocation and executive behavior.
People analytics for business
Product Marketing Manager
Our Stats
20+
Expert speakers
150+
Summit attendees
70%
VP & C-level
200+
Companies
During the summit you’ll
be able to...
Break the cycle
Create space away from day-to-day pressure to think clearly about the decisions shaping your organisation, learn from what peers are actually doing, not theory or trend-chasing.
Collaborate
Engage in candid, closed-door discussion with other senior people leaders to test ideas, compare approaches, and work through shared challenges in a trusted setting.
Spark new ideas
Pressure-test assumptions, gather informed perspectives, and leave with ideas refined by people who understand the trade-offs, constraints, and accountability of the role.
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Agenda
at a glance
Workforce planning
Product Marketing Manager
CHRO
Board-level alignment
Product Marketing Manager
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