Tuesday – 6th of October

Welcome & registration
10h00
Welcome & registration
10h00 - 10h30
Opening congress by Rika Coppens, CEO House of HR
10h30
Opening congress by Rika Coppens, CEO House of HR
10h30 - 10h45
Keynote 1: Steven Van Belleghem - Candidate experience and AI
10h45
Keynote 1: Steven Van Belleghem - Candidate experience and AI
10h45 - 11h30
Live Podcast by Chad & Cheese: panel discussion with industry leaders
11h30
Live Podcast by Chad & Cheese: panel discussion with industry leaders
11h30 - 12h15
Lunch break
12h15
Lunch break
12h15 - 13h15
Keynote 2: Are robots coming for our jobs?
13h15
Keynote 2: Are robots coming for our jobs?
13h15 - 13h45
Breakout sessions
14h00
Breakout sessions
14h00 - 14h30

Hands on Session: AI Recruitment Hacks

Yannick Khayati
English
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Hands on Session: AI Recruitment Hacks
14h00 - 14h30
Yannick Khayati
English

In this hands-on workshop you’ll discover practical AI hacks that recruiters can apply immediately to save hours on sourcing, screening, and outreach. Bring your laptop, we’ll work through real recruitment scenarios together using the latest AI tools and prompts. You’ll walk away with a personal toolkit of prompts and workflows you can plug into your daily process. No technical background needed, just curiosity and an open laptop.

Less hassle, more human: AI agents and assistants in recruitment

Mark Westra & Remy van der Wijngaart
Dutch
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Less hassle, more human: AI agents and assistants in recruitment
14h00 - 14h30
Mark Westra & Remy van der Wijngaart
Dutch

The future of workforce management: digital or human?

Lien Byttebier & Dieter Vanthournout
Dutch
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The future of workforce management: digital or human?
14h00 - 14h30
Lien Byttebier & Dieter Vanthournout
Dutch

Your recruitment AI is high-risk. Your vendor may not have told you that.

Kris Seyen
English
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Your recruitment AI is high-risk. Your vendor may not have told you that.
14h00 - 14h30
Kris Seyen
English
Coffee break
14h30
Coffee break
14h30 - 15h00
Breakout sessions
15h00
Breakout sessions
15h00 - 15h30

N8N & AI Agents: Fully Automating Recruitment

Nick Van Walleghem
Dutch
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N8N & AI Agents: Fully Automating Recruitment
15h00 - 15h30
Nick Van Walleghem
Dutch

In this hands on session, Nick will demonstrate how companies can use n8n and AI agents to automate their entire recruitment workflow. From detecting new job openings and automatically sourcing candidates to AI driven screening, outreach, and follow up workflows, attendees will discover how modern AI systems can dramatically increase the efficiency of recruitment teams.

The session focuses on practical use cases, real world architectures, and live examples of AI agents already running in production environments. Expect a highly actionable session with concrete workflows and automation strategies rather than a theoretical AI keynote.

From Applicants to Agents: The Autonomous Talent Market

Ritu Mohanka & Bill Fischer
English
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From Applicants to Agents: The Autonomous Talent Market
15h00 - 15h30
Ritu Mohanka & Bill Fischer
English

The Federgon HR Tech Stage: Enter the Lion’s Den – Part 1

Dutch
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The Federgon HR Tech Stage: Enter the Lion’s Den – Part 1
15h00 - 15h30
Dutch
Hosted by Federgon, the Belgian federation for HR services, this fast-paced session brings together 10 promising HR tech start-ups and scale-ups. Each company will have just a few minutes to present its solution to the audience and a distinguished professional jury.
The jury will challenge the participants on their relevance, business model, investment potential, exit strategy, creativity and market positioning:
  • Conny Vandendriessche, founder of Accent Jobs and House of HR, will draw on her extensive entrepreneurial experience to assess each solution’s relevance in a rapidly changing HR environment.
  • Duco Sickinghe, former CEO of listed telecom company Telenet and now Managing Partner at investment firm Fortino Capital, will evaluate the financial proposition and explain why he would, or would not, invest.
  • Roel Ter Steeg, Partner at M&A advisory firm CFI, will provide insights into financial strategy, scalability and potential exit opportunities.
  • Jens Mortier, Chairman of award-winning creative agency BRIGADA, will assess the participants’ creativity, branding and marketing strategy.
In just one hour, you will discover 10 innovative companies and gain a sharp overview of the technologies shaping the future of HR and recruitment.
Do you have an HR tech start-up or scale-up and want to enter the Lion’s Den? Contact Lieven Van Nieuwenhuyze to apply.

Human First, Tech Enabled. The future of recruitment belongs to recruiters who become more human, not less.

David Engelen
English
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Human First, Tech Enabled. The future of recruitment belongs to recruiters who become more human, not less.
15h00 - 15h30
David Engelen
English
Breakout sessions
15h45
Breakout sessions
15h45 - 16h15

AI Screening in Recruitment: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Diederik Syoen & Vincent Theeten
English
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AI Screening in Recruitment: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
15h45 - 16h15
Diederik Syoen & Vincent Theeten
English

Everyone has seen the AI demos by now. The real question: what actually survives the first month in production? With over 100,000 conversations behind us, we’ll share unfiltered, real-world stories from conversational AI in sourcing and screening: the wins, the misses and the ugly truths. An honest reality check on what works, what doesn’t and where you’re better off (not yet) automating.

How AI Is Already Changing Jobs and Careers

Lieven Van Nieuwenhuyze
English
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How AI Is Already Changing Jobs and Careers
15h45 - 16h15
Lieven Van Nieuwenhuyze
English

This session explores how seemingly small, practical AI tools can have a disproportionate impact on specific jobs, tasks, and career paths. Rather than offering a theoretical overview, this session is built around live demonstrations of concrete tools, showing how everyday copilots, generative systems, and decision-support applications are already changing the way work gets done.

The presentation deliberately goes beyond abstract predictions. Through a series of live demos, it illustrates how AI tools can eliminate tasks in one role, dramatically increase productivity in another, or make entire jobs redundant.

Alongside these demonstrations, the session places what we are seeing in practice today within both the utopian and dystopian narratives surrounding AI and employment. It draws on recent academic insights to do so. The result is a well-founded and engaging perspective on how AI is truly reshaping careers, not in the future, but today.

The Federgon HR Tech Stage: Enter the Lion’s Den – Part 2

Dutch
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The Federgon HR Tech Stage: Enter the Lion’s Den – Part 2
15h45 - 16h15
Dutch
Hosted by Federgon, the Belgian federation for HR services, this fast-paced session brings together 10 promising HR tech start-ups and scale-ups. Each company will have just a few minutes to present its solution to the audience and a distinguished professional jury.
The jury will challenge the participants on their relevance, business model, investment potential, exit strategy, creativity and market positioning:
  • Conny Vandendriessche, founder of Accent Jobs and House of HR, will draw on her extensive entrepreneurial experience to assess each solution’s relevance in a rapidly changing HR environment.
  • Duco Sickinghe, former CEO of listed telecom company Telenet and now Managing Partner at investment firm Fortino Capital, will evaluate the financial proposition and explain why he would, or would not, invest.
  • Roel Ter Steeg, Partner at M&A advisory firm CFI, will provide insights into financial strategy, scalability and potential exit opportunities.
  • Jens Mortier, Chairman of award-winning creative agency BRIGADA, will assess the participants’ creativity, branding and marketing strategy.
In just one hour, you will discover 10 innovative companies and gain a sharp overview of the technologies shaping the future of HR and recruitment.
Do you have an HR tech start-up or scale-up and want to enter the Lion’s Den? Contact Lieven Van Nieuwenhuyze to apply.

Your next hire’s AI agent is searching right now — does it find you?

Gilles Praet
English
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Your next hire’s AI agent is searching right now — does it find you?
15h45 - 16h15
Gilles Praet
English
👀 To be revealed
16h30
👀 To be revealed
16h30 - 17h00
Networking & drinks
17h00
Networking & drinks
17h00 - ...