HUMAN: Recruitment 2026 — sourcing and hiring quality conference

About the event

HUMAN: Recruitment 2026 is a practical conference on the full hiring cycle, from candidate sourcing to the first day at work. It is scheduled for 30 October in Moscow and is intended for HR directors, HR business partners, recruitment leaders and specialists, hiring-automation teams, and professionals working on learning and onboarding. The programme connects sourcing, quality of hire, digital tools and process management.

The sourcing track considers professional communities, employee referrals, direct outreach, Telegram and MAX, and in-house candidate databases. These channels are linked to practical recruiting questions: improving the share of relevant applicants, managing the funnel and aligning expectations with hiring managers. Other subjects include time and cost to fill roles, candidate conversion and candidate experience.

The technology agenda covers AI in recruitment, agents for search and coordination, initial candidate contact, interviews and scoring. It also addresses comparing AI tools, integration with ATS, CRM and messaging systems, automating recurring work and maintaining assessment quality. The discussion is not just about selecting a tool, but also about which steps need specialist input and how information moves between systems.

Other sessions address quality of hire, onboarding and why candidates decline after receiving an offer. Management topics include workforce optimisation, retaining key expertise, communication during organisational change and the effect of decisions on remaining teams. The agenda also covers HR metrics, employer brand and the connection between recruitment and employee development, from first contact through onboarding.

Practical formats include an AI Workshop where HR professionals, engineers and data specialists work through automation tasks, and “Voice of Professionals,” a game-style discussion that evaluates answers for accuracy and usefulness. “Territory of Solutions” brings together budget, HR marketing, candidate communication and AI in HR. The conference takes place at Palmira MediaMax, Palmira Business Club, 6 building 2 Novodanilovskaya Embankment, Moscow.