Inclusive Recruitment. Better Hiring. Stronger Organisations.

Calea Victoriei 63-81, 010065 București

Recruitment is changing fast—candidate expectations, skills shortages, alternative pathways into work, and growing pressure on employers to prove fairness and credibility. The Inclusive Recruitment Conference 2026 brings together HR and talent leaders, business decision-makers, educators, and labour market voices to explore what inclusive recruitment looks like in practice—and why it consistently leads to better hiring outcomes.

This is a business-driven event focused on practical actions: widening access, removing bias, strengthening candidate experience, and building sustainable pipelines—while keeping performance standards high. We will also address inclusion across disability and neurodiversity, ethnic minority talent, social mobility candidate experience, through a pragmatic recruitment lens.

Who Should Attend?

Why Attend?

  • HR Directors, Talent Acquisition Leaders, HRBPs
  • Employer Branding, Recruitment Marketing & Candidate Experience teams
  • Hiring managers and people leaders responsible for growth and workforce planning
  • DEI / ESG / Accessibility leads involved in hiring governance and reporting
  • Learning & Development, early-career program owners, internship managers
  • Universities, dual education partners, training providers and ecosystem stakeholders
  • Employee network leaders (ERG/BRG), including Pride/LGBT+, disability, women’s and multicultural networks
  • Understand the new rules of engagement between employers and talent—and what candidates read as “real inclusion”
  • Learn how inclusive recruitment links to employer excellence and organisational performance
  • Explore future-ready pathways: early talent programs, dual education models, mobility, job sharing
  • Build a stronger approach to measuring inclusion: data + employee voice, funnel dropout points, adverse impact
  • Hear directly from labour market voices often excluded—and translate barriers into action
  • Leave with replicable practices your team can implement immediately

Seats are limited to keep panels interactive and discussion-led.
Register your HR and talent team, and consider bringing a business leader or hiring manager to maximise impact.

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Our 2026 expert speakers include​

Speakers will be announced soon

Topics of Discussion

  • New rules of engagement between employers and talent
  • Inclusive EVP: flexibility, accessibility, psychological safety signals
  • NextGen / Gen Z expectations: fairness, transparency, purpose, mental health, accessibility
  • Inclusive job ads, inclusive language, and a clear accommodations process
  • Voices of the labour market: barriers and trust-building
  • Employee networks in the hiring process to enhance candidate experience
  • Labour market mapping, skills shortages, regional access and barriers to entry
  • Understanding underrepresented talent pools and where organisations lose candidates
  • Early talent pipelines / NextGen development: internships, scholarships, diverse outreach
  • Dual university education models (work-study / dual education): paid learning pathways and social mobility
  • Implementing inclusive recruitment during reorganisation and redesign
  • Employer excellence & organisational performance: what “good” looks like in recruitment
  • Removing bias through structured hiring and competency-based interviewing
  • Helping managers hire inclusively: interview discipline, consistent scoring, accountability
  • Inclusive recruitment for neurodivergent and disabled candidates: process + accommodations readiness
  • Preventing bias tied to identity (including sexual orientation and gender identity)
  • Attracting ethnic minority leadership talent and ensuring progression-ready processes
  • Prioritising internal recruitment and mobility to drive your D&I strategy
  • Job sharing: redesigning roles to widen access and retain diverse talent
  • Social mobility in practice: widening entry points beyond “classic routes”
  • Hiring ex-offenders: inclusive hiring that supports EDI ambitions with thoughtful risk management
  • HR insights: data vs. employee voice—measuring representation across the funnel and improving outcomes
  • Leadership strategy, governance and accountability for fair recruitment goals
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Agenda

08:30 – 09:00  | Participant Registration

09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome & Opening Remarks

09:15 – 10:15 | Panel 1: The New Talent Reality: Attraction, Trust & Candidate Experience

  • New rules of engagement between employers and talent
  • Inclusive EVP: flexibility, accessibility, psychological safety signals
  • NextGen / Gen Z expectations: fairness, transparency, purpose, mental health, accessibility
  • Inclusive job ads, inclusive language, and a clear accommodations process
  • Voices of the labour market: barriers and trust-building
  • Employee networks in the hiring process to enhance candidate experience

10:15 – 11:15 | Panel 2: Labour Market Mapping & Inclusive Growth

  • Labour market mapping, skills shortages, regional access and barriers to entry
  • Understanding underrepresented talent pools and where organisations lose candidates
  • Early talent pipelines / NextGen development: internships, scholarships, diverse outreach
  • Dual university education models (work-study / dual education): paid learning pathways and social mobility
  • Implementing inclusive recruitment during reorganisation and redesign

11:15 – 11:35 | Coffee Break & Networking

11:35 – 12:35 | Panel 3: Hiring That Holds Up: Fair Processes, Better Decisions, Stronger Performance

  • Employer excellence & organisational performance: what “good” looks like in recruitment
  • Removing bias through structured hiring and competency-based interviewing
  • Helping managers hire inclusively: interview discipline, consistent scoring, accountability
  • Inclusive recruitment for neurodivergent and disabled candidates: process + accommodations readiness
  • Preventing bias tied to identity (including sexual orientation and gender identity)
  • Attracting ethnic minority leadership talent and ensuring progression-ready processes
  • Prioritising internal recruitment and mobility to drive your DEI strategy

12:35 – 13:35 | Panel 4: Pathways Beyond the Standard Model: Mobility, Job Sharing & Second Chances

  • Job sharing: redesigning roles to widen access and retain diverse talent
  • Social mobility in practice: widening entry points beyond “classic routes”
  • Hiring ex-offenders: inclusive hiring that supports EDI ambitions with thoughtful risk management
  • HR insights: data vs. employee voice—measuring representation across the funnel and improving outcomes
  • Leadership strategy, governance and accountability for fair recruitment goals

13:35 – 13:55 | Q&A Session

13:55 – 14:00  | Closing Remarks

14:00 | Networking Lunch

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Partnership and sponsorship opportunities are available for Inclusive Recruitment Conference 2026, offering visibility among HR decision-makers, talent leaders, and organisations shaping future-ready hiring.

Partnering can help you:

  • Position your organisation as a leader in fair, future-proof recruitment
  • Reach employers actively looking for solutions across talent shortages, social mobility, and inclusion
  • Align with a business community focused on measurable outcomes and replicable best practice
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