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May 27, 2026
Postillion Hotel & Convention Centre Amsterdam
9-11 Paul van Vlissingenstraat
Amsterdam

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Chief People Officer Summit
Exhibition & networking
People Operations Summit
May 27
May 27
May 27
08:00
Exhibition & networking
Welcome breakfast & registration
09:00
Chief People Officer Summit
Chairperson opening remarks
Kaisa-Maria Kauppi, Director Talent EMA
09:15
Chief People Officer Summit
Skills as the operating system: Building capability, mobility and growth beyond job architecture
Lisa Sherwell, Chief People Officer, Suse
09:15
People Operations Summit
The balance act: Building agile, scalable people operations in a high-growth environment
Jenny Kjaer, Director, People Operations, Valmet
09:45
Chief People Officer Summit
Responsible AI at scale: What people leaders must automate, govern and protect
Matthias Balint, VP, Human Resources, Adidas
09:45
People Operations Summit
Panel - The human-tech equilibrium: Redefining people operations in an AI-first future
Thalía Penagos Gallart, Director of People Operations, IPC Systems
Komal Singh, Director & Global HR Business Partner, Technology BU, Vanderlande
Tamara Casasa, Head of People Operations, Impress
10:15
Exhibition & networking
Coffee break & networking
10:45
Chief People Officer Summit
Designing adaptive organisations: When data should lead and when judgement must prevail
Daniela Ivan, VP HR, Business Units, Trivium Packaging
11:00
People Operations Summit
The next frontier in HR: From broken foundations to AI Agents
Christopher Weggler, People Operations & Innovation Director, Commercetools
11:15
Chief People Officer Summit
Transparency in practice: Leading pay, performance and workforce decisions in full view
11:30
People Operations Summit
Turning culture into your operational differentiator
Natalia Mikhalovskaya, Former Director, HRBP (People & Culture), Nebius AI
11:45
Chief People Officer Summit
Panel - Data versus judgement: Designing organisations without losing empathy
Olivier Nourrain, Chief People Officer, Papernest
Suzanne Verzijden, Chief People & Culture Officer, Aalberts
12:00
People Operations Summit
Engaging and integrating teams across borders: Winning the global people challenge
Lillia Nahon, Global IS Human Resources Director, Smurfit Westrock
12:30
Exhibition & networking
Lunch break
13:30
Chief People Officer Summit
Interactive roundtable discussions
Masha Vis-Martens, Chief Human Resources Officer, Corbion
Sandra Bakker, VP HR, Cepeid
Dagmar Bos, Vice President People Operations Europe, AAF Europe
Caroline Gauly-Montagne, Director, Organization & HR Efficiency, Adisseo
13:30
People Operations Summit
Panel - Inclusion as infrastructure: Designing trust and belonging across regions
Niels Jansen, Head of Human Resources, LG Electronics
Debrah Laurey, Human Resources Director, Randstad
14:15
Chief People Officer Summit
Scaling the people function: Tools, operating models and partnerships that unlock capacity
14:45
Chief People Officer Summit
Succession is strategy: Building leadership depth when careers, roles and tenure are no longer linear
15:15
Exhibition & networking
Coffee break & networking
15:30
People Operations Summit
Talent acquisition innovation: Scout interviews as a proactive hiring model
Henri Verlinden, Director HR, Vaxxinova
15:45
Chief People Officer Summit
Fireside chat - What changes when trust is tested: Leading people functions through scrutiny and organisational change
Rosaria Bonifacio, VP and People Head, Nokia
16:00
People Operations Summit
Future-proofing people ops: Leadership capabilities for what’s coming next
Komal Singh, Director & Global HR Business Partner, Technology BU, Vanderlande
16:15
Chief People Officer Summit
Productivity without burnout: Reclaiming capacity, focus and performance in complex organisations
16:30
People Operations Summit
Workshop - When the board asks “So what?”: Proving the ROI of people decisions
16:45
Chief People Officer Summit
Chairperson closing remarks
Kaisa-Maria Kauppi, Director Talent EMA
17:00
Exhibition & networking
Happy hour

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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 Adidas, Nokia & Corbion who've made similar high-stakes calls.

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