The Hrpro Conference
October 17th 2025
VBO Conference Center, Brussels
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HR is in a flux, like the whole world. The annual HR Conference talks about the future and how to shape it. For that, we need to be open. Open-minded, curious, agile.
The HRPro conference offers a series of nuggets that will inspire you to think differently about HR Strategy, How to reward people, trends, AI, Policy, and also labor law.
It's not business as usual. It cannot be.
The speaker panel is international and we welcome the delegates of the European Association for People Management, who will join us that day.
Why You Should Join.
Great Speakers
International speakers who share their experiences.
Great Venue
The VBO Conference center offers state-of-the arte meeting technology and is easily reachable.
Great Networking
We provide ample opportunities for networking and discovery.
The Program
Titles are subject to change.
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Welcome
09:00 Doors open
09:30 Welcome
David Ducheyne (BE)
President of hrpro.be
09:40 What if HR gets the Future Right?
Berna Oztinaz (TR)
President of EAPM
10:10 Pay Transparency
Monica De Jonghe (BE), Director-General of the Belgian Federation of Enterprises
10:40 Trends in HR
David D'Souza (UK), Policy Director at CIPD
11:10 Coffee Break
11:40 Desillusionment with Meritocracy
Shuming Fan (CN), PhD Researcher UGent
12:10 European Labour Law - Anything New in the Pipeline?
Chris Engels (BE), Senior Partner @ Claeys & Engels
12:40 Life Long Learning
Najwa Abid (BE), Head of Corporate Talent at DEME Group - HR Ambassador 2025
13:10 Lunch
14:10 AI or Humans: Who holds the Edge?
Yentl Vandenbroucke & Anastasia Stichelmans
Performanse (BE)
14:40 Nomination of the HR Hero 2025
14:50 DEI is not dead: From Backlash and Fatigue to Impact.
Claudia Toma (RO), Professor @ ULB
15:20 When You Close A Plant
Erik Prieels (BE), Audi
15:50 Closure
David Ducheyne (BE)
16:00 Closing Drink
17:00 End
The Speakers
Here is our international panel of speakers.
Berna Oztinaz (TR)
President
EAPM
David D'Souza (UK)
Director of Profession
CIPD
Claudia Toma (RO)
Professor
ULB
Monica De Jonghe (BE)
Director Social Affairs VBO
Shuming Fan (CN)
PhD researcher
Ugent
Erik Prieels (BE)
CHRO
Audi
David Ducheyne (BE)
President
Hrpro.be
Chris Engels (BE)
Senior Partner
Claeys & Engels
Yentl Vandenbroucke (BE)
Performanse
Anastasia Stichelmans (BE)
Performanse
Najwa Abid (BE)
DEME Group
Practical Details
The VBO-FEB Conference Center is located in the center of Brussels, close to the Central Station and the Metro System.
Claudia Toma (RO)
Professor
ULB
Friday, October 17
From 9:30 to 17:00
VBO Conference Center
Ravensteinstraat 4
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Info@hrpro.be
How to reach the VBO Conference Center?
Fees:
- Full Paying Members of Hrpro
120 Euro + 21% VAT - A member of the partner associations
240 Euro + 21% VAT - A member of other associations that are member of EAPM: 240 Euro (exempt of VAT)
- Non members
295 Euro + 21% VAT - If you're a guest, please register using your voucher code.
- If you're not a full member yet, you can become a member before registering for this conference.
- After your registration, you will receive an invoice.
- Please note that you can cancel until October 9. After that, we cannot reimburse.
- If you want to buy a package of tickets (minimal 5) you get 20% reduction. Contact info@hrpro.be
