October 2026, Warsaw

Global IT HR & Recruitment Forum:

Specialized professional Conference for Recruiters, HR Leaders and Sourcers

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ABOUT THE GLOBAL IT HR &
RECRUITMENT FORUM:

The future of IT HR starts here

15 years of building one of the strongest IT HR communities in Eastern Europe — now in Warsaw.

Since 2014, the Forum has brought together professionals from more than 9 countries. Every edition is built around hands-on cases, practical tools, and sessions you can act on the very next day — not slides you'll forget by Monday.

We believe education is the most powerful tool for change. That's why every session is grounded in real-world experience, not theory.

Every year, specialists from multiple countries join the Forum to connect with peers, discover new approaches, and stay ahead in a fast-changing industry.

Global IT HR & Recruitment Forum is where ideas turn into action, connections become opportunities, and HR professionals find the inspiration to grow further.

Warsaw. Global community. Real conversations. Practical value.

  • 10+
    top experts
  • 250+
    participants
  • 10+
    countries
  • 1 day
    of practical insights
  • 1 intensive day focused on real HR challenges

    actionable insights, market trends, networking, and practical cases in one concentrated experience

  • practical sessions from industry experts

    no generic talks — only strategies, tools, and real experience from the IT recruitment market

  • international HR & Recruitment community

    connect with professionals, talent leaders, recruiters, and hiring experts from different countries

  • specialized topics

    candidate outreach, automation & AI tools, candidate experience, stakeholder management, employer branding, and more

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE

  • Organized the International IT HR Forum — the largest conference for IT HR and Recruiters in Western Europe. Participants from more than 9 countries arrive to visit the Forum every year (450+ participants before the covid outbreak).

Tickets for in-person participation in Warsaw

  • 50 tickets
    120 €
  • 50 tickets
    150 €
  • 100 tickets
    200 €
  • 100 tickets
    250 €

Tickets

Online
  • Live online access to all sessions
  • Access to conference recordings
  • Slides and additional materials
420 zl / 99 Euro valid until 20 July
Buy a ticket Pay by Invoice
Offline
  • Access to all sessions in Warsaw
  • Coffee breaks
  • Live networking with HR & Recruitment professionals
  • Slides and additional materials
510 zl / 120 Euro 50 tickets
Buy a ticket Pay by Invoice

Important!

From our side, we don‘t take any extra commission for tickets. Unfortunately, sometimes it can be an issue because of currency conversion by a bank in your country + currency fluctuation.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT
OUR EVENTS

FAQ

GLOBAL IT HR & RECRUITMENT FORUM
What is the Global IT HR & Recruitment Forum?

Modern times poses poignant issues before HR Leaders, Recruiters, and Sourcers:

– a tight labor market that makes talent acquisition a daunting task;
– talent retention has become tough in a hyper-competitive labor market;
– new realities of cultural diversity, demographics, and gender equality at the workplace;
– how to improve employee engagement with the company.

To find solutions to such pressing issues and answer your questions, we’ve gathered the real Leaders of Thought from different industries who will share their knowledge and hard-won experiences. We’ve also welcomed conscious and curious audiences to collaborate, interact, and inquire to find the solutions and let everyone win from this network. And finally, all together we’ll make a big buzz because when learning and communicating, there always should be some fun to make you a little bit happier in the whirl of the everyday life hustle and bustle.

You can check our ABOUT THE GLOBAL HR FORUM page to learn about the Global HR & Recruitment Forum.

Is it an online or offline event?

The Global IT HR & Recruitment Forum is an offline event in Warsaw and also available online.

What should I expect from the Forum?

— Piles of useful information to resolve the tough problems standing before HR, Recruiters, Sourcers, and other specialists engaged in people management.

— Extensive learning and networking with over 300+ participants of the Forum.

— Practical workshops from top-level professionals to consolidate the acquired skills and theoretical knowledge to properly use them in real life.

When is the Forum going to be held?

The Global IT HR & Recruitment Forum will take place

How much does a ticket cost?

A ticket cost varies depending on format you are planning your participation (offline in Warsaw or online).

All the details you can find on the PAYMENT OPTIONS section.

How could I buy ticket?

Please go to the PAYMENT OPTIONS where you can choose Forum participation packages, register and buy a ticket.

How can I get an invoice?

To pay for a ticket via invoice or require an invoice after payment, please contact us at ithrforum@gmail.com

Will the sessions be recorded?

Yes, all recordings will be provided exclusively to online attendees.

Will the presentation slides be available after the event?

Yes, we’ll send the presentation slides to your email the day after the event takes place. If a speaker doesn’t share their slides, we’ll inform you about it in advance.

Could I share or transfer the ticket?

You can’t share the ticket for the Global IT HR & Recruitment Forum. However, it could be transferred to the person you chose if you can’t join us for some reason. In this case, you should notify us about such a rearrangement as soon as possible, but not later than 2 days before the Forum.

How can I become a partner at the Forum?

We are happy to hear that you are interested to become our partner. If you decide so or have any questions about the partnership, please email us at it.hr.forum@gmail.com or contact us through social media.

How can I contact the Global IT HR & Recruitment Forum’s team?

Please go to the CONTACT US section and get in touch with us in any convenient way — email or social media.

Do you have an anti-harassment policy?

We aim at creating a positive experience for every participant of the event. Therefore,
Global IT HR & Recruitment Forum is dedicated to provide a safe and respectful atmosphere in its online environment. We fully expect every person involved within the Forum to adhere to professional and appropriate behavior. Bullying or harassment in any form is strictly prohibited may it relate to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body, age, race, religion, etc. Such actions are not permitted in any Forum environment.

In case the breach of the anti-harassment policy is noticed, the Global IT HR & Recruitment Forum Administration may take an action that is considered appropriate, including removing an offensive piece of content or a participant withdrawal from the Forum.

Do I receive a ticket and in what form?

After the payment has been made, you will get the confirmation from the payment service.
For online participants, you will receive an email from our company with access data to the Forum and additional organizational information in 3 days before the Forum’s start.

For offline participants, you will receive an email from our company additional organizational information in 3 days before the Forum’s start about the place and time of the event. It will be enough for you to give your name and surname at the check-in desk to confirm the ticket purchase

Can I request a refund?

If you decide to cancel your registration, you should do it no later than 10 days before the Forum starts. Otherwise, no refund will be reimbursed. 

  • In case of cancellation between 3-10 days before the conference, 50% of the payment amount will be refunded.
  • In case of cancellation within 2 days or less before the conference, no refund will be provided.

There is also an option to appoint another person (a colleague, client, or friend) instead of you to participate in the Forum. In this case you should contact us at it.hr.forum@gmail.com no later than 2 days before the Forum starts to change the name on the ticket.   

What is your refund policy if you postpone the event, cancel it or change the Forum’s content?

The Global IT HR & Recruitment Forum reserves the right to change content of the Forum and commits to notify you about it as soon as possible.

If such an unlikely situation as event cancellation occurs on our part, we will fully refund the ticket(s) cost to each attendee or Sponsor. For more information, please contact us via it.hr.forum@gmail.com.

WATCH OUR FORUM TRAILER

SPEAKERS OF THE PREVIOUS FORUMS

  • Irina Shamaeva is a recognized leader in Sourcing, Social Recruiting, and Internet Research. Lately, her content has been gaining popularity in OSINT circles.
    She is Partner and Chief Sourcer at Brain Gain Recruiting, an executive search firm that eventually expanded into research and training.
    Irina takes on Sourcing /Name Generation/Internet Research projects across numerous industries and geographies – which she loves doing!
    She shares her discoveries, techniques, and strategies on her blog Boolean Strings, conference, and online presentations. She is the Founder and Trainer at Sourcing Training & Certification Program, which has become the program of choice for recruiters worldwide.
  • Slack Community Amsterdam Chapter Lead. Trainer & mentor at Sourcing WAN-party
  • Katrina Collier is on a mission to end the collaboration chaos that ruins recruitment and candidate experience; exacerbated by hybrid working. She is one of 2 people globally delivering design-thinking workshops specifically for recruitment, that swiftly help companies fix the real issues preventing successful talent acquisition. She is also a Mentor, Author of The Robot-Proof Recruiter, a global keynote speaker, and host of The Hiring Partner Perspective podcast.
    Katrina is an Ambassador for Hope for Justice charity, and you’ll find her on LinkedIn and on Instagram & Twitter @KatrinaMCollier.
  • Experienced expert in the field of communication, marketing and employer brand. For 15 years he has been helping companies and institutions in effective communication. Academic lecturer and business trainer. A lover of technology synergy and business goals
  • Iker Jusue is a Senior Talent Sourcing Manager at Microsoft. He leads a team of sourcers working with senior tech roles in EMEA. He collaborates with recruiters and hiring managers, provides market insights, trains and coaches, and participates in the leadership team. He has over 10 years of experience in human resources, sourcing, and recruitment, working in different sectors and environments. He is fluent in Spanish, French, and English.

    Iker is passionate about sourcing. He is also a SourceCon Grandmaster, the first non-native English speaker to win this global sourcing contest in 2019. He also won the first Sourcing Summit Europe Hackathon in 2017. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and best practices with other TA professionals and learning from them.

    Iker is excited to be a speaker at this conference and to discuss the latest trends and challenges in sourcing. He hopes to inspire and connect with the audience and to exchange ideas and insights.
  • Hi! I'm a multi-disciplinarian, innovative, independent and forward-thinking professional operating at the intersection of talent sourcing and recruitment technologies (HR Tech).
    I was fortunate to have keynoted in most of the leading sourcing conferences, events & webinars around Europe, USA and Asia.
    In my day-to-day, I deliver sourcing workshops (including tech sourcing) to global sourcing and recruitment teams, while still staying hands-on on sourcing projects.
    My background in competitive intelligence is an added value as is my creativity.
  • SocialTalent, the world’s leading hiring skills platform, he works with some of the largest enterprises in the world (such as Disney, Cisco and Ikea) to build and scale hiring cultures. Hiring, for Johnny isn't just about finding and hiring great talent, it must include on-boarding and fully engaging new hires for it to be considered truly successful. He has presented these concepts at some of the world’s biggest hiring conferences across the world. His dedication is matched only by his enthusiasm, making him one of the most sought after speakers on the topics of hiring and talent.
  • 12+ years of extensive tech, talent and leadership experience, I specialise in working strategically with the business and leading People & Talent teams in engineering & product, growing start ups and scale ups to mid-size, pre-IPO stage companies. Previously, I was leading a global Talent Team for BRYTER & The Workshop, acted as a Senior Recruiting Partner for Technology in the music tech companies like SoundCloud and Native Instruments, as well as gaming companies like Wooga. I am leading the people (TA, People Ops, Enablement) function at BRYTER, remote and people-first leading no-code platform for automated decision making. I truly believe People and Culture make the companies differentiate nowadays, and Talent is a strategic function of every tech company: starting from the employer branding and candidate experience journey to the good employee and learning experience
  • IT recruiter, mentor
    Recruiter of the Year in Estonia, 2022
    Founder of one of the top IT recruitment agencies in Estonia - IT Talent. HR, Recruitment experience 18 years.

    In 2014 I received my Black Belt in Sourcing certification& became one of the first home-grown technical recruiters and founded IT Talent. Since then my team has done a great job hiring local and foreign specialists and helping Estonian IT companies grow.

    In 2020 we founded an online IT Talent Academy and started teaching recruiters.
    By now we have a 3 step IT Recruitment Learning Path program www.ittalent.ee.
    One of our courses is Advanced Recruitment. Automation and Productivity. We teach sourcing on steroids 😀
  • Munira Ali is a Technical Sourcer at Microsoft and in this industry for more than 14 years. She is truly international, hired in many countries in Asia and Europe in engineering.
    Munira is also an interview coach and career adviser. Her mission is to help individuals get rid of their interview fear. As a speaker she delivers Interview workshops like University of London and Sosutech. Nominated for Mentor of the Year 2021 by the WomenTech Network.
    Munira runs youtube channel on interview coaching, you can follow/subcribe here
  • Lauren Groshong leads Business Recruiting at Grammarly. She is a seasoned member of the talent acquisition community and has worked to help scale teams at notable companies like Grammarly, Dropbox, and Salesforce.
  • ★ Co-Founder at GoodCall, Recruitment Academy and Datacruit
    ★ 415th Fastest Growing Company in Europe by Financial Times (FT1000)
    ★ 48th Fastest Growing Tech Company by Deloitte (Fast50)
    ★ Author and instructor of Recruitment Engineering
    ★ The very first LinkedIn Certified Professional-Recruiter in CEE region
    ★ Author of the bestseller People as Merchandise: Crack the Code to LinkedIn Recruitment
    ★ Author of the book Covid-Proof Virtual Trainer
  • I'm Chief Growth Officer at Traffit. A recruitment ATS. Previously I have spent 15 years in SaaS in growth roles at Brand24 and GetResponse.

    I'm passionate about all things recruiting, and bringing proven sales and marketing tactics into the candidate experience
  • At T-Mobile, I am responsible for the entire Candidate Experience process - from the first contact with the brand, through the recruitment process, the experience of the pre-onboarding platform until the candidate becomes a full part of our #MagentaTeam. I work in Agile, develop HR products and focus on authenticity, understanding of needs, the data and the results! Together with the team, we conduct hundreds of recruitment processes for our shops all over Poland, for specialists positions in the office and for IT. We do not stop and are constantly looking for new solutions. We listen, test, automate and simplify.
  • I have a background in teaching and really enjoy combining my experience as a teacher with my love for sourcing. I’m available to give tailor-made workshops and lectures on sourcing, talk at events about sourcing, tech recruitment and employer branding.
  • Karolina has been in the recruitment game since 2013, with a strong focus on IT recruitment since 2017.
    She has worked with startups, software houses, and corporations alike, both within Poland and internationally.
    She is currently working as a Recruitment Operations Manager at Bee Talents and her daily responsibilities revolve around maximising the quality of work of every recruiter within the organisation, creating a proper environment for professional development, and maintaining high morale and engagement throughout the company.
  • Roman is an experienced professional with over 15 years of expertise in IT recruitment, human resources, talent marketing, workforce management, and negotiation training.

    Roman heads the Talent Management Department at Intellias focusing on keeping human centricity as the company’s top priority, building a strong employer brand, and supporting fast business growth.

    As VP Talent Management at Intellias, Roman is responsible for strengthening the company’s culture and spirit through recruiting, retention, talent development, performance management, reserve management, and compensation.
    Prior to joining Intellias, Roman worked for several large IT service companies where he was leading talent sourcing and acquisition functions. Roman holds a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Informatics from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
  • Meet Joanne, your everyday average woman, who setup and established her new consultancy business in 2017, at the very same time she took the plunge and decided to gender transition.
    Either one of those things on their own would have many filling up with panic and apprehension, but not only that, she also abandoned her 32-years old IT career to deliver keynotes, workshops and training around the globe on Inclusion and Belonging plus Transgender Awareness to businesses and organisations around the world
    Her mantra is ‘Smile | Engage | Educate’ because the world isn’t only black and white – I know that she’d love to have a chat with you after this session, so please look her up!
    Let’s give a warm welcome to Joanne Lockwood...
  • Suzanne Lucas spent 10 years in corporate HR where she hired, fired, managed the numbers, and double-checked with the lawyers. She left the corporate world to advise people and companies on how to have the best Human Resources departments possible.

    Suzanne integrates best practices with innovative ideas and humor, including using improv comedy as a tool for leadership development and ChatGPT to make HR life easier.

    Suzanne’s writings have been published at Inc. Magazine, CBS News, The New York Times, and many other sites. She’s been named a top influencer in HR. You can read her archives at EvilHRLady.org or check out her Tedx Talk: Forget Talent and Get to Work.
  • Keynote speaker Nicklas Pyrdol is a global expert helping leaders and HR disrupt and challenge their definition, attraction, selection and management of talent. He is a former Associate Professor in Talent Development and worked as a Sport Psychology Consultant with Olympians and World Champions before becoming a HR and People & Culture leader in the Tech world.
  • 10+ years of experience in HR in different industries: agricultural, pharmaceutical, IT, customer service
    Senior HR Certified Professional (by Society for Human Resources Management), Accociate Certified Coach (by International Coaching Federation)
  • As Microsoft’s Talent Sourcing Lead, Thibault specialises in attracting hard-to-reach candidates. His obsession with effective ways of engaging with passive candidates has turned into a passion. Always eager to learn and share new practices, he is an active member of the recruiting community. During his career, Thibault has gained an outstanding reputation for building in-house recruiting organisations and teams to deliver a first-class candidate experience, along with empowering employer branding and ensuring the highest quality of candidates at all times.
  • After 8 years of living in Malaysia, Marta is back to Ukraine to grow businesses and startups, invest in people and purposeful projects. She is an entrepreneur and business owner - building her own sustainable manufacturing business at ShufliaCrafts and gaining valuable business and strategy competencies.

    She is also an HR Executive with global activity and vast experience in Southeast Asia and Europe. In the past - Head of People and Culture at Mindvalley. Founder of the ChangeHR, a mentorship program, dedicated to bring change to HR and organisations around the world. Her book "HR Atlas" that became an Amazon Bestseller in the HR category in December 2020 is available on Amazon
  • Key Manager, Marketer with extensive experience in the technology field. Led both departments and entire companies in various industries such as telecommunications, consumer electronics, digital marketing and consulting.
  • Vanessa Raath is a Global Talent Sourcing Trainer who is passionate about training Recruiters to source the best talent, more effectively and efficiently. She has trained several internal Talent Acquisition Teams, and Recruitment Agencies, to be better identifiers of Talent. Vanessa also still actively works as a freelance Talent Sourcer and has clients based across the globe. She knows that by staying active and operational in this space, she is better equipped to train others to source talent better. She specializes in the Tech space as this is where her experience lies.
  • With more than 8 years of experience in exclusively business facing international functions, I have had the chance to support international large-scale talent operations, including talent relocation, talent nurturing and external placement.

    I have sourced both for technical and commercial positions as well as cross-functional positions which are high in demand as a result of the ‘digitalization’ of today’s business model. Talent Engagement, Adaptation and the Impact of Data on Talent Acquisition are my main areas of focus, as well as ‘Data Telling’ and ‘Data Analytics’.
  • Marcel van der Meer is an accomplished sourcing trainer. He has trained thousands of recruiters, including Signify, KPN, Calvin Klein, Rabobank, Boskalis, Tommy Hilfiger, Mobiquity, and many other companies.

    Marcel has led successful sourcing teams in both corporate and agency settings. Marcel is a sourcing training expert and the founder of Klikwork, sourcingtraining.com and BadAss Recruiters & Sourcers.

    He is well known for his sourcing methodology, automation and growth hacking skills, and the application of neuromarketing to sourcing, particularly in candidate outreach. Marcel and his family live in the Netherlands, where he derives his energy from craft beer, kamado barbeque, innovation, automation, and positive people.

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For 15 years, the Global IT HR & Recruitment Forum has connected HR leaders, recruiters, talent acquisition specialists, and decision-makers across the tech industry.

The Forum brings together professionals looking for practical solutions, innovative tools, trusted partners, and new collaborations in the rapidly changing HR & Recruitment market.

Join a focused international audience and present your company directly to the people shaping hiring and people management in tech.

  • 10+ Speakers
    Each of whom is a top
    expert in their field
  • Networking
    250+ participants at the
    conference
  • Global audience
    Participants from 10+
    countries
  • 1 day of practical content
    Specialized burning topics
  • Decision maker attendees
    Need more solutions for their
    everyday work
  • Valuable business connections
    build partnerships with companies,
    recruiters, and HR leaders