FAIR 2026

PROGRAM

WORK.PEOPLE.TECH

Practitioners, Policy Makers, Researchers - Connected

LEADERSHIP

Future Work Stage

10:30

Welcome to Fair 2026 - Opening Statement

Oana Iordachescu | Co-founder | FAIR CULTURES

KEYNOTE

LEADERSHIP

Tech & Talent Stage

11:00

The Talent Tech Reckoning: What to Keep, What to Change, What Comes Next

Soeren Winter | CPO | HOLY

KEYNOTE

HR STRATEGY

Tech & Talent Stage

11:30

The Rise of the People Designer - Why HR Just Became the Most Important Job in the Company

Shirley Baumer | Co-founder & CPO | SHAPES

KEYNOTE

INCLUSION

Future Work Stage

12:30

Scaling Inclusion - Navigating the changing demographics of the workforce

Paul Else | Director of People Ops | STARK FUTURE

KEYNOTE

ETHICS

Future Work Stage

13:00

The ethics advantage: better judgement in a faster workplace

Lotus Smits | Founder & DEI Expert| THE INK AGENCY

KEYNOTE

ACCESSIBILITY

Future Work Stage

13:30

The Neuroinclusive Workplace: How Employers Are Using Technology to Remove Barriers

Lisa Smyth | VP Neuroinclusion | EVERWAY

Sam Ellis | Global Head of Engagement | ATOS GROUP

PANEL

LEADERSHIP

Labs Stage

13:30

Design Contagious Leadership: Create the conditions where leadership spreads.

Maxine Buttigieg - Chief Orchestrator - VERBALIMA

Victor Lemus - Co-founder - VERBALIMA

WORKSHOP

AI & HR TECH

Tech & Talent Stage

15:30

Gioia4HR: Building the Digital Twin of the HR Function

Ivan Nosov | Head of People AI& Tech | CAMPARI

KEYNOTE

REWARDS PHILOSOPHY

Future Work Stage

16:00

What Are We Paying For? Rethinking Performance, Pay and the Employee Experience

Emily Firth - Cofounder | TRUTHWORKS

Mirna Bley | Global Rewards Leader | DELIVERY HERO

Mirko D'arcangelo | Director, Global Payroll | MEWS

Erica Lauretta - Senior Manager, Compensation & Equity at BACK MARKET

PANEL

HR STRATEGY

Tech & Talent Stage

16:00

Performance Management in a Scaling Organisation: From Design to Organisational Change

Nauman Janjua | Director People Growth | Vinted

KEYNOTE

HR STRATEGY

Labs Stage

16:30

Skills, Actually: How to Assess What Matters

Catalina Schveninger | CPO | EMERGE EDUCATION

Nicolò Mazzocchi | CEO | SKILLVUE

WORKSHOP

LEADERSHIP

Future Work Stage

18:15

Navigating the Hidden Rules of the Workplace

Lee Eliott-Major OBE | Social Mobility Prof | University of Exeter

KEYNOTE

HR STRATEGY

Future Work Stage

11:00

Who is the adult in the algorithm?

Manjuri Sinha | VP HR | MIRO

KEYNOTE

POLICY - GEN Z

Future Work Stage

15:30

What Young Workers Want: Expectations, Reality and the Future of Work in Europe

Rares Voicu | Ex-President | EUROPEAN YOUTH FORUM

KEYNOTE

LEADERSHIP

Tech & Talent Stage

12:30

Leading the Human Transformation of AI: Culture, Courage and Competence

Dr. Christine Jakobson | Associate Director | BCG BRIGHTHOUSE

KEYNOTE

GROWTH

Labs Stage

12:30

The Performance Cost of Sameness

Garret Kilmer | Expert assessments | Capital H

WORKSHOP

GROWTH

Tech & Talent Stage

13:00

Beyond Career Ladders: Designing for Non-Linear Growth

Dr. Nilima Gandhi | People Lead | MERANTIX MOMENTUM

KEYNOTE

GROWTH

Tech & Talent Stage

13:30

When Jobs Stop Making Sense

Catalina Schveninger | CPO | EMERGE EDUCATION

Nicolò Mazzocchi | CEO | SKILLVUE

Mirja Myllykangas | Head of Tech Academy | ING

Maria Soler España | Global L&D | ROCHE

PANEL

LEADERSHIP

Future Work Stage

16:30

Leadership Under Pressure: What Leaders Need to Adapt, Shape and Own

Rhiannon Stroud | Co-founder | TRUTHWORKS

Ernest Abella | Senior UX Manager | NTT DATA

Fiona Garvey | CEO | SOFTONIC

Marta López - Global Director People and Culture

PANEL

INCLUSION

Labs Stage

15:30

When AI Shapes People Decisions: Bias, Compliance and Inclusion in HR

Mahmoud Assy | DEI Consultant | EUFONIA DIVERSITY

WORKSHOP

HR STRATEGY

Future Work Stage

11:30

The HR strategy behind 20x company growth: building a global function from zero, powered by AI

Edson Barreto | CHRO| DEGAS

KEYNOTE

GROWTH

Tech & Talent Stage

16:30

Talent Acquisition, Rebuilt

Kseniia Slobodskaia | HR Director | SEMRUSH / ADOBE

Dr. Nilima Gandhi | People Lead | MERANTIX MOMENTUM

Marina Carrillo Girona | Global Head of TA | MANTU

Salem Mansuri - Director TA - TRIBE.xyz

PANEL

INCLUSION

Future Work Stage

17:45

One Size Fits One: Why Wellbeing Is a Strength, Not a Perk

Martina Ercoli | Wellbeing PM | NVIDIA

KEYNOTE

LEADERSHIP

Tech & Talent Stage

18:00

The Courage to Thrive

LUIS MORAGO - Senior Director Learning and Development

KEYNOTE