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

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Why not bring along the whole team? Discover both of our co-located summit tracks- People Operations Summit & Chief People Officer Summit.

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People Operations
Exhibition & networking
Chief People Officer
May 27
May 27
May 27
08:00
Exhibition & networking
Welcome breakfast & registration
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09:00
People Operations
Chairperson opening remarks
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09:15
People Operations
The balance act: Building agile, scalable people operations in a high-growth environment
Jenny Kjaer, Director, People Operations, Valmet
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09:15
Chief People Officer
Skills as the operating system: Building capability, mobility and growth beyond job architecture
Lisa Sherwell, Chief People Officer, Suse
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09:45
People Operations
Panel - The human-tech equilibrium: Redefining people operations in an AI-first future
Tamara Casasa, Head of People Operations, Impress
Komal Singh, Director & Global HR Business Partner, Technology BU, Vanderlande
Thalía Penagos Gallart, Director of People Operations, IPC Systems
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09:45
Chief People Officer
Responsible AI at scale: What people leaders must automate, govern and protect
Matthias Balint, VP, Human Resources, Adidas
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10:30
Exhibition & networking
Coffee break
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10:45
Chief People Officer
Designing adaptive organisations: When data should lead and when judgement must prevail
Daniela Ivan, VP HR, Business Units, Trivium Packaging
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11:00
People Operations
The next frontier in HR: From broken foundations to AI Agents
Christopher Weggler, People Operations & Innovation Director, Commercetools
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11:15
Chief People Officer
Transparency in practice: Leading pay, performance and workforce decisions in full view
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11:30
People Operations
Turning culture into your operational differentiator
Natalia Mikhalovskaya, Former Director, HRBP (People & Culture), Nebius AI
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11:45
Chief People Officer
Panel - Data versus judgement: Designing organisations without losing empathy
Suzanne Verzijden, Chief People & Culture Officer, Aalberts
Olivier Nourrain, Chief People Officer, Papernest
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12:00
People Operations
Engaging and integrating teams across borders: Winning the global people challenge
Lillia Nahon, Global IS Human Resources Director, Smurfit Westrock
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12:30
Exhibition & networking
Lunch
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13:30
People Operations
Panel - Inclusion as infrastructure: Designing trust and belonging across regions
Niels Jansen, Head of Human Resources, LG Electronics
Debrah Laurey, Human Resources Director, Randstad
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14:15
People Operations
Moderated roundtable discussions
Catarina Cerqueira, Head of People Operations EMEA, Hexagon Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial
Ruben Groen, Director Learning Transformation, Merck
Amitabh Yadav, Global Director – Rewards & HR Excellence, Centrient
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14:15
Chief People Officer
Scaling the people function: Tools, operating models and partnerships that unlock capacity
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14:45
Chief People Officer
Succession is strategy: Building leadership depth when careers, roles and tenure are no longer linear
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15:00
Exhibition & networking
Coffee break
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15:30
People Operations
Cultural differentiation: Positioning as a standout employer through a human-centred approach
Henri Verlinden, Director HR, Vaxxinova
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15:45
Chief People Officer
Fireside chat - What changes when trust is tested: Leading people functions through scrutiny and organisational change
Rosaria Bonifacio, VP and People Head, Nokia
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16:00
People Operations
Future-proofing through tectonic organisational changes – Paradoxical leadership
Komal Singh, Director & Global HR Business Partner, Technology BU, Vanderlande
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16:15
Chief People Officer
Productivity without burnout: Reclaiming capacity, focus and performance in complex organisations
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16:30
People Operations
Workshop - When the board asks “So what?”: Proving the ROI of people decisions
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16:55
People Operations
Chairperson closing remarks
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17:00
Exhibition & networking
Happy hour hosted by People Alliance
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Join your peers transforming the HR function, leave with proven tactics and ready-to-implement playbooks so you can:

- Stop justifying your existence and start shaping company direction. Move from reactive firefighting to proactive workforce planning

- Speak the language of commercial impact: revenue, retention, productivity and not just "employee satisfaction"

- Deploy AI and analytics ethically while demonstrating clear business outcomes and maintaining trust and culture

- Walk into exec meetings with the confidence and frameworks to challenge outdated thinking and shape company strategy

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