The HR and Talent Acquisition Conference Guide: 75 Events to Know

HR and talent acquisition professionals have a lot of conferences to choose from. Some bring together HR technology buyers. Others focus on recruiting, staffing, learning, benefits, or the future of work.

I’ve spent years working around these events: attending with clients, supporting booths and speakers, helping plan conferences, and producing content and gatherings alongside the show floor. A few of my favorites are ERE, Transform, Talent Acquisition Week, and RecFest.

This guide brings together events I’ve attended or worked on and a wider directory of conferences that may be useful to HR tech and talent leaders. The directory is a starting point for planning, not a claim that I’ve attended every event. Check each organizer’s site for current dates and details.

Conferences I know firsthand

Some of my event work has taken place around the conference rather than on the show floor. Before RecFest UK, I worked on a private customer party at the House of Lords. The gathering brought together partners, influencers, clients, and a member of the House of Lords.

I also planned a media launch for a customer at SIA CollaborationX. Those projects show how conference work can include speakers, media, customer gatherings, and content—not only a booth.

The wider HR and talent acquisition event directory

The events below span HR leadership, HR technology, recruiting, staffing, employee benefits, learning, and regional HR communities. Some are useful for reaching buyers; others are relevant for partnerships, customers, media, or industry programming.

HR leadership, technology, and the future of work

• Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo

• Workhuman Live

• CIPD Annual Conference & Exhibition

• CIPD Festival of Work

• UNLEASH World / UNLEASH Paris

• HR Tech Europe

• HR Tech Asia

• Zukunft Personal Europe

• HR FESTIVAL europe

• HRcoreLAB Summit

• HR Vision London

• HR Vision Amsterdam

• HRO Today Forum North America

• HRO Today Forum EMEA

• Future of Work USA

Recruiting, staffing, and contingent work

• TAtech North America

• TAtech Europe

• HRTX

• NACE Conference & Expo

• NAPS Annual Conference

• SIA Executive Forum North America

• SIA Executive Forum Europe

• SIA CWS Summit North America

• SIA CWS Summit Europe

• SIA Healthcare Staffing Summit

• ASA Staffing World

• ASA Staffing Law & Compliance Conference

• TechServe Alliance Executive Summit

• PBSA Annual Conference

Vendor and customer ecosystem conferences

• LinkedIn Talent Connect

• Indeed FutureWorks

• IAMPHENOM

• Bullhorn Engage Boston

• Avionté CONNECT

• Workday Rising

• SAP Success Connect

• UKG Aspire

• ADP Meeting of the Minds

• Dayforce Discover

Rewards, benefits, inclusion, and workplace research

• WorldatWork Total Rewards

• Payroll Congress

• Employee Benefit News BENEFITS at WORK

• BenefitsPRO Broker Expo

• IFEBP Annual Employee Benefits Conference

• NABIP Annual Convention

• NAPEO Annual Conference & Marketplace

• SIOP Annual Conference

• Disability:IN Global Conference & Expo

• Out & Equal Workplace Summit

Learning, development, and workforce skills

• ATD International Conference & EXPO

• DevLearn Conference & Expo

• Learning Technologies

• Training Conference & Expo

• Training Industry Conference & Expo (TICE)

Regional HR conferences

• California HR Conference (PIHRA)

• HR Florida Conference & Expo

• The HRSouthwest Conference

• SHRM Indiana Conference

• HRWest

• CPHR BC & Yukon HR Conference & Expo

Other events and programs worth knowing

Some programs sit within larger conferences, while some gatherings are separate activations. They can be useful places to find a specific community or create a more focused experience.

Programs connected to larger conferences include:

• Social Recruiting Strategies Conference

• Talent Sourcing Strategies Summit

• Employer Branding Strategies Conference

• ERE Executive Forum

• ERE Day Zero AI Summit

Gatherings and activations include:

• Purple Acorn × Pelgo High Roller gathering

• CMO Coffee Club

• Talent Toke

• Cabana Connect

• Hack-a-Pod

• Recruiting Future Soiree

• FactoryFix military recruiting event

These are different from the 75 conference brands and editions above, so I keep them separate rather than count them as additional conferences.

Choosing the right event for your goals

A large conference isn’t automatically the best event for every HR tech company. Before committing, consider:

1. Who do you need to reach? HR leaders, talent acquisition teams, staffing firms, benefits leaders, learning teams, or technology partners?

2. What do you want to make happen? Meetings, demos, customer conversations, analyst briefings, podcast interviews, or a new market introduction?

3. Can you create a reason to engage? A customer story, a speaker, a gathering, a live recording, or an activity can give people more reason to remember you.

4. What will you capture and share afterward? Plan how photos, interviews, customer stories, and event conversations will continue across your blog, podcast, social channels, and media outreach.

5. Who owns the follow-up? Make sure someone is responsible for continuing the conversations after the event.

That last part matters. A conference can produce useful stories and relationships long after attendees leave. I’ve written more about that in From HR Tech Conference to Year-Round Content.

The right event is the one where your audience is present and you have a clear plan for what you want them to notice, discuss, and remember.

How should an HR tech company choose which conferences to attend? Start with the people you need to reach and the conversations you want to create. Then plan the customer stories, meetings, content, and follow-up that will make the event useful after the show floor closes. Planning your conference strategy? Book a call.