Vlerick HR Day 2018.
Vlerick HR Day 2018.

Vlerick HR Day 2025

HR practitioners meet HR academy

Date11 June 2025
Time8.30am - 5.15pm (CET)
LocationGhent
ForProfessional
Fee945
This event has currently no future edition.
Date11 June 2025
Time8.30am - 5.15pm (CET)
LocationGhent
ForProfessional
Fee945
This event has currently no future edition.
11 June 2025
8.30am - 5.15pm (CET)
Ghent
Professional
€ 945
Topical event

The Vlerick HR Day is returning for its 20th edition! Get on top of the newest HR trends and grow your network. And... we have over 50+ academic speakers and practitioners lined up to share their insights and experiences with you.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Ghent Campus on Wednesday, 11 June 2025!

Want to get a flavour for the Vlerick HR Day? Watch the video to get a feel for the energy, atmosphere and connection you’ll experience at this must-attend event. Join us for expert insights, networking, new approaches – and fun. You’ll leave energised, and ready to make an even greater impact in your organisation.

Keynote speakers

Prof Dr Koen Dewettinck

Vlerick Business School

The People & Culture Movement of HR

Prof Dr Frederik Anseel

Dean UNSW Sydney Business School

Super-Diversity and Global Talent: Lessons from Down Under

Professor Frederik Anseel explores the Anglosphere approach to diversity and inclusion, sharing what has worked, what hasn’t, and what organisations can learn from Australia’s experience with super-diversity.

Prof Dr Karolien Notebaert

Science & Leadership Academy & Goethe Business School

Hack Your Brain! HR Strategies to Support Lasting Performance

How can we support healthy performance? Professor Karolien Notebaert shares practical tips and strategies rooted in neuroscience to help individuals and organisations thrive!

Lucas De Man

CEO Company New Heroes and Biobased Creations

The Accountability Revolution: Overthrowing Sustainability's Reign

The world is on fire! As the tension between People, Planet, Profit unfolds, how can we equip ourselves with the skills to navigate this transformation? Lucas De Man explores how HR can create space for new ways of thinking and drive change.

Detailed programme

Welcome
8.30 AM
9.30 AM
Registration & welcome coffee
Keynote 1
9.30 AM
10.10 AM
Keynote 2
10.10 AM
10.40 AM
Keynote 3
10.40 AM
11.30 AM
Keynote 4
11.30 AM
12.00 PM
Lunch
12.00 PM
1.30 PM
Lunch & networking
Afternoon sessions PART 1 - CHOOSE 1 OF 6
1.30 PM
3.00 PM
Break
3.00 PM
3.45 PM
Coffee break
Afternoon sessions PART 2 - CHOOSE 1 OF 6
3.45 PM
5.15 PM
Reception
5.15 PM
Reception & networking

Lunch & Learn

Optional: participate in a sponsored lunch & learn session!

Session 1 (Attentia): It takes two to tango: No HR without well-being!

Ella Haemers & Hannelore Blondia

Description:
Your HR team expertly handles everything—from recruitment to payroll. But how do you prevent absenteeism from disrupting your organisation? Careers are getting longer, and pressure is rising. Resilience is key. So, which preventive actions work? And how can HR focus on what really matters?

Session 2 (Loyens & Loeff): Arizona and Employment Law – 10 key take aways

Kris De Schutter

Description

The new government has announced significant changes to workplace flexibility, working hours, salary components, and career development as a whole. We will delve into the details of these new measures and opportunities. Additionally, we will explain how unchanged principles, when combined with other elements, could lead to further opportunities.

Session 3 (Indeed): The power of skills-based recruitment

Alvera Lubbers

Description

Are you missing out on exceptional candidates by focusing solely on diplomas? There's a wealth of talent out there that can meet your organisation's needs perfectly. Skills-based recruitment allows you to discover matches you might have overlooked. These unexpectedly strong candidates can be the key to solving the tight labour market, not through CVs and diplomas, but by recognising real skills.

How can you make this shift? What defines a 'suitable candidate'? And what can skills-based recruitment truly deliver to your organisation?

In this session, you will learn:

  • Why traditional recruitment methods fall short
  • The barriers to implementing skills-based recruitment
  • How skills-based recruitment can help you attract the right candidates and enhance your employer brand

Session 4 (Oracle): Keep pace with innovation: discover how AI Agents transform HR service delivery

Peter Hoedemans and Lennaert Dorlas

Description

AI has been part of HR for over a decade. But now, a new wave is here. AI Agents, working alongside Generative AI, are transforming how HR teams deliver services. Yet many HR professionals are still unaware of the impact these smart tools can have on their service models, employee experience, and even their organisation’s bottom line.

Since GenAI hit the spotlight, platforms like ChatGPT have wowed us with their potential. We've seen HR departments rapidly adopt these tools to streamline tasks and unlock new opportunities.

Now, AI Agents are entering the scene, bringing a powerful combination of technologies that take meaningful automation to the next level. These Agents are ready to go and can have an immediate and significant impact.

In this session, you’ll explore:

  • What AI Agents are—and how they differ from GenAI
  • How they enhance the HR service delivery model
  • Real opportunities for implementation
  • Key dos and don’ts to get the most value

Session 5 (o2o): Mobility budget: the key to sustainable mobility?

Caroline Van Even

Description


Mobility is a hot topic in 2025. With the government set to expand the mobility budget to all employees, it raises important questions. Is this the right incentive for employees? And does it really support sustainable mobility?

Join us to explore how the mobility budget works — and discover what you can do as an HR manager to make the most of it.

Interested in representing your organisation on this conference? Discover more about our sponsor opportunities for this Vlerick HR Day or contact sien.garre@vlerick.com.

Speakers

Prof Dr Tatiana Andreeva

Maynooth University

Prof Dr Xavier Baeten

Vlerick Business School

Johanna Bernhardt

Talent Lead PepsiCo

Filip Blommaert

‘Chef Blom’ Ex-Special Forces Operator

Dries Boodts

Director Belgian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre

Bert Brugghemans

Chief Fire Officer Brandweer Zone Antwerpen

Prof Dr Dirk Buyens

Vlerick Business School

katrijn Clement en Ruben De Smet Unilin

Katrijn Clement

VP HR Unilin

Kathleen Criel

HR Director GSK

Prof Dr Bart De Langhe

Vlerick Business School

Prof Dr Katleen De Stobbeleir

Vlerick Business School

Prof Dr Ans De Vos

Antwerp Management School

Liese De Wit

HR Country Lead BNL & CH Veepee

Bram Dehaene

P&O Country Head Siemens

Christophe Demaerel

Chief People & Communications Officer Tractebel – Engie

Els Den Haerynck

HR Manager Comp&Ben Sweco

Dr Tania Desmet

Medical head of Emergency Medicine UZ Gent

Prof Dr Koen Dewettinck

Vlerick Business School

Karen Donders

Algemeen Directeur Publieke Opdracht, Talent & Organisatie VRT

Dr Lonneke Frie

Senior Researcher THUAS | Nyenrode Business University

HR Day 2025

Sandra Goettsch

Directeur HR People PostNL

Jan Heyvaert

Chief Human Resources and Sustainability Officer AG Insurance

Elly Huysmans

Co-CEO Glowi

Marc Josephus Jitta

CEO Alken-Maes

Virginie Kaye

HR Country Lead Hewlett Packard Enterprise Belgium

Myra Latuheru

CHRO Indaver

Jean-Paul Lucassen

Lead People Analytics Royal Schiphol Group

Maite Mendizabal

Lead Skill Academy Deutsche Telekom

David Muylaert

Global Head of People Experience – Production Volvo Cars

Steve Muylle

Vlerick Business School

LEUVEN, BELGIUM - JUNE 03 : Ass.HLN : Lorin Parys (New CEO Pro League) and her husband Bart with their three children on June 03, 2022 in Leuven, Belgium, 03/06/2022 ( Photo by Didier Lebrun / Photonews

Lorin Parys

CEO Pro League

Prof Dr Carine Peeters

Vlerick Business School

Prof Dr Neveen Saied

Vlerick Business School

Wietske Sijbrandij

People Business Partner PepsiCo

Jan Van Acoleyen

Human Capital Lead Proximus Group

Muriel Van Antwerpen

CHRO ISS Facility Services

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Illya Van den Borre

Senior VP HR & Corporate Affairs Delhaize

Wendy Van Dijck

HR Director BeFraLux G4S

Erika Van Tielen

Moderator

Eline Vandenbroeck

HR Talent Manager Sweco

Evoto

Véronique Vansteelandt

CHRO Luminus

Dorien Veraart

HR Manager Comp&Ben Elia Group

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Hans Verhaeghe, psychiater

Alle Rechten voorbehouden, foto: Merlijn Doomernik

Prof Dr Paul Verhaeghe

Emeritus Ghent University

Judith Weerts

VP Talent, Leadership & Culture KPN

Philippe Witpas

COO skeyes

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James Zackheim

Head of Corporate Strategy UCB

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