HR EXPO is back.
HR EXPO taking place on September 10, 2026, will be the fifth event of its kind in Estonia. HR EXPO was created to connect HR enthusiasts and solution providers, introducing innovative products and services that help make daily HR management more effective.
HR EXPO will be filled with diverse activities, offering visitors plenty of inspiration and fresh insights. In addition to the exhibition, the event will host special-themed Thought Storm Forums, TEAMx Stage Bites, and Masterclasses.
Thought Storm Forum brings together HR enthusiasts from Estonia and beyond to discuss key work environment topics and share ideas and perspectives. There will be 10 different forums throughout the day, running simultaneously in two separate rooms. Each forum will feature up to five expert panelists, sharing their knowledge and experiences on a specific topic.
TEAMx Stage Bites focus on sharing ideas through short and engaging talks, led by experts in their respective fields. TEAMx brings together entrepreneurs, leaders, HR enthusiasts, and visionaries to share insights and experiences that inspire to think about the future, encourage entrepreneurship, support personal and professional growth, and emphasize the importance of positive workplace impact.
Masterclass is a 60-minute workshop conducted by an industry expert, offering a focused and advertisement-free learning experience. The goal of the Masterclass is to provide in-depth and practical insights on specific HR topics, helping participants acquire new skills and knowledge that can be applied immediately in the workplace.
Mark your calendar for September 10, 2026, to gain inspiration, expand your knowledge, and build valuable connections. Bring your colleagues and friends to make the experience even more enjoyable! HR EXPO will again take place at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds.
NB! VIP ticket will guarantee access to Thought Storm Forums and Masterclasses. Regular ticket will only give you access to HR EXPO general event and the TEAMx Stage Bites.
Sponsors.
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Wemply is a modern and modular HR and payroll platform that helps companies manage employee data, working time and payroll, while providing employee self-service in one system, supporting businesses in Estonia, the Baltics and the Nordics. Wemply was named HR Solution of the Year 2025.
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Seesam is the fifth-largest non-life insurance company operating in the Estonian insurance market, with a market share of 12% (non-life insurance meaning it does not offer life insurance). Seesam’s insurance products can be purchased through its direct sales network, online store, as well as via partners and brokers.
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Confido Health Plan is a comprehensive service designed for companies, helping to prevent health issues, reduce sick days, and improve employee well-being. It is the best investment for strengthening a company’s reputation as a caring employer.
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Persona is an all-in-one cloud software for HR and payroll management, including work schedules and employee self-service. We offer free Estonian-language customer support, a monthly fee based on usage, and the solution is ready to use within two days.
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All your company’s workflows in one place.
Leave requests, vacation schedules, work and safety guidelines, travel logs, business trip reports, and expense reports with approval workflows—these are just a few examples of how Yester can assist you. Additionally, data is automatically transferred to your payroll system.
Value your time.
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Fondia offers expert legal and tax advice that is tailored to your business. Flexible and cost-effective Legal Department as a Service is designed to help you achieve business goals by preventing legal challenges before they arise.
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Saku Läte is an Estonian drinking water producer, part of the international Venden group, engaged in bottling high-quality drinking water and providing water and coffee solutions to both companies and individuals. The company focuses on cleanliness, convenient service and innovation, allowing customers to order all beverage solutions from one place.
Exhibitors.
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Workplace Nordic is a Finnish-based company that promotes, develops, and supports the use of carefully selected world-class assessment tools for individuals and teams worldwide. Workplace Nordic offers high-quality certification programmes, and our clients include companies, consultants, and coaches, who use the tools for example for developing management teams and other teams, for leadership development programs, career planning and recruitment.
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Fontes has been a leading talent management and consulting company in Estonia for 35 years, helping organizations find, develop, and retain top talents.
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Coursy is a leading learning management system in Estonia. We increase onboarding and employee development efficiency.
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Avang is a growth environment where stronger teams and more conscious leaders are developed. We offer companies tailored development programs, executive coaching, and inspiring training spaces – so your people can grow together with your organisation.
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Ergonomics Centre helps organisations create healthier and more efficient workplaces. We provide ergonomics trainings, audits, assessments and consultations, offering solutions that truly work.
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Stebby is a modern day employee benefits management tool to help you take extra care of your employees’ wellness.
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HRM4Baltics automates HRM and payroll processes in Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian companies, and is specifically designed to meet the needs of demanding medium-sized and large enterprises.
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Grant Thornton Baltic is one of the leading providers of audit and advisory services in the Baltics. We support companies across a wide range of areas – for example, by resolving labour law matters, preventing employment disputes, and ensuring accurate payroll and personnel accounting. By combining legal, tax and accounting expertise, we help ensure that HR-related decisions are secure, clear and well considered.
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GoWorkABit is Estonia's largest gig and flexible workforce portal.
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Wolt for Work is solution for businesses that is designed to make ordering daily office food, snacks, and lunches simple and convenient. It helps office managers save time and also makes invoicing easy.
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Produktiivsusklubi is a training company whose mission is to help you achieve your true potential in life through the following trainings.
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PlanPro is a versatile and flexible platform for conducting development and performance discussions, as well as probationary reviews, exit interviews, 360-degree feedback assessments, and employee satisfaction surveys. By using PlanPro, the time spent on administering conversations is significantly reduced, and the process of conducting discussions becomes simpler and more effective for both employees, managers and HR personnel.
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Sievi safety shoes, made in Finland, ensure that users feel both - safe and comfortable. Their innovative and durable design supports professionals in their daily tasks while enhancing well-being and productivity at work.
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Occupational health and safety on one innovative platform. VITS ensures time savings, confidence and security so that you can take your company's occupational safety culture to a new level. Deal with the field effectively and substantively using the VITS platform or let us do it through our new service – Virtual Work Environment Specialist!
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Through Palgajutud’s social media, employers can make themselves visible and share their story. We also provide trainings on work life, salaries, and employer branding.
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At EY, we support clients with knowledge and high-quality solutions that help build trust, manage risk and grow long-term value. Working in audit, accounting, consulting, strategy and transactions, and tax, our teams help organizations adapt to change, transform their businesses and grow responsibly. All driven by EY’s purpose of creating a better working world.
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Teamdash is a talent acquisition platform that gives leadership a clear overview of recruitment while allowing teams the flexibility to work in ways that fit their needs. It simplifies candidate communication, automates manual work, and improves collaboration with hiring managers.
Customisable reports support better decision-making, while practical AI helps make everyday work faster and easier. Teamdash supports organisations in 25 countries and is especially well suited for complex hiring environments where recruitment happens across multiple teams, locations, or units.
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Wanderlust.ee is one of the leading organizers of team-building events, hikes, and workshops in Estonia. We're your guides in nature – if you're planning a team event that breaks away from the work routine, strengthens relationships among colleagues, and supports employees' mental and physical well-being, we'll help you carry it out in an environmentally friendly and professional manner.
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MELP is a mobile-based employee engagement platform that brings together benefits, internal communication, and recognition into one system. It helps employers engage all employees — both mobile and on-site teams — through simple and personalized solutions.
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Teras Beach Tallinn is a unique beach sports, leisure, and event center where the air temperature stays at a pleasant 26°C all year round, and the courts are covered with silky-soft, white, non-staining sand.
Our venue has been recognized by several top beach sports athletes as the best indoor beach arena in the world - and that is exactly what we strive to be. However, our heart does not beat only for sports. If you are looking for a unique venue for your event - whether it’s a team day, seminar, product launch, or corporate event - get in touch with us, and we will bring your vision to life.
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Tallinn University of Technology Development Fund connects companies, students, and the university to support future talent in engineering, technology, IT, and science. Through scholarships and partnerships, companies gain early access to future specialists, strengthen their employer brand, and contribute to sustainable workforce development.
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Southwestern Recruitment is one of Estonia’s leading recruitment companies specializing in export, sales, engineering, and IT roles, with offices in Estonia, Latvia, and Poland. Over the past three years, we have successfully filled more than 200 specialist and leadership positions.
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HappyMe is a platform for measuring employee happiness and developing workplace culture. It helps organizations understand and improve employee well-being and engagement.
With HappyMe, leaders gain valuable feedback, practical tools, and support to build an inclusive leadership culture. First positive changes are typically visible within just a few months.
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We help companies attract and retain international talent by offering free consulting, practical tools and support throughout the entire process for both employers and talent.
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We help clients succeed in business. Our core purpose is to grow prosperity in the region.
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Kvadrant Koolitus helps leaders and teams better understand individual differences, collaboration patterns, and the impact of behaviour on results. We are the official representative of Insights Discovery® in Estonia and provide practical leadership and team development training that combines internationally recognised self-awareness tools with extensive leadership experience.
Our focus is simple: identify patterns, change behaviours, and improve results.
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The main focus for Peaasi.ee is to highlight the value of people's mental health by raising awareness and fostering discussions, working on early intervention options, and reducing stigmatization in our society.
In recent years, there has also been a focus on creating positive working environments, and these efforts have been recognized by HR Selts. We were honored with the HR Act of the Year 2023 award for our initiative in promoting mental health within organizations.
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Personalijuhtimise Praktikum Fööniks is a practical development program created for HR professionals and one of the three Fööniks Praktikumid programs. The program in human resource management helps increase the effectiveness and influence of human resource management within an organization by providing participants with real-life experiences, cases, and knowledge from leading experts and managers. The co-founders and program managers of Fööniks Praktikumid are top experts with long-term experience in management and human resource management, Irene Metsis and Ülle Pind.
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Type4Work is an Estonian technology company developing an AI-powered solution for recruiters.
The platform conducts the initial conversation with candidates via WhatsApp or SMS, analyzes their responses, and overnight generates a ranked shortlist of the best-matching candidates. Instead of manually reviewing hundreds of applications and forms, recruiters can immediately focus on the people who are genuinely worth interviewing.
Type4Work doesn't replace people in the hiring process—it gives recruiters back the time to focus on what matters most: interviewing and getting to know the right candidates.
Simple. Smart. Human.
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beUplifter is a human-centered AI platform for team management that integrates psychological safety, goals, and employee development into a unified whole.
The AI provides leaders with real-time insights into team trust and needs—before these are reflected in performance results—by translating science-based observations into concrete next steps, thereby making strategic leadership clearer and more human-centric.
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Hours24 is a time and HR management software that combines automated time tracking (SmartTrack), shift planning, leave requests, and employee document and contract handling in one system. Simplify operations and ensure legal compliance digitally and efficiently.
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Inlocus unifies performance reviews, engagement surveys, 360° feedback, personality assessments, and psychometric testing into one platform — replacing fragmented tools with a single, science-based system that helps you make clearer, evidence-based people decisions.
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OIXIO is a technology partner with over 30 years of experience, offering HR solutions from payroll and personnel management to business analytics and artificial intelligence. We help automate HR work so that your team can focus on people, not administration.
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Borealis – a gateway to well-being, anywhere and for everyone.
Borealis focuses on providing relaxation options and wellness services to a wide range of people—right in the environments where they truly need them most.
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CVKeskus.ee is the leading job site in Estonia with the biggest selection of jobs. Research confirms that CVKeskus.ee is the primary job search channel among employees across all industries, helping employers achieve maximum visibility and quickly reach the right candidates. In addition to job advertising, CVKeskus.ee offers smart recruitment solutions, targeted recruitment marketing, and access to Estonia’s largest CV database, enabling employers to connect with passive talent and make hiring faster and more effective.
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At Lifekeskus, we practice the globally unique MER Biofeedback® therapy (Mental and Emotional Release). MER Biofeedback® therapy uses a biofeedback device to identify and balance emotional tension and stress. The method has been developed over more than 20 years of experience and is based on over 21,000 therapy sessions.
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The Estonian HR Society’s primary goal is to create a mutually supportive and inspiring network of people interested in the field of HR.
Our motto is #togetherweachievemore
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Kalev SPA history - Your new tradition!
Kalev Spa is a place where time-honoured traditions blend seamlessly with modern comfort and innovation. Our mission is to offer relaxation and experiences that bring together the spirit of sport, wellbeing, and aesthetics in the best possible way.
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PocoBit is an AI-powered learning platform that helps companies make employee training fast, interactive, and engaging. The platform enables the creation of practical learning journeys and simulations from existing materials in minutes and delivers this knowledge to learners conveniently on their own smart devices.
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Unique Hotels is a small group of lifestyle hotels in Estonia, with five distinctive properties: The von Stackelberg Hotel Tallinn, Centennial Nexus Hotel Tallinn, Kreutzwald Hotel Tallinn, City Hotel Tallinn, and Vihula Manor Country Club & SPA.
Each hotel is housed in a beautifully restored historic building, where authentic character is thoughtfully combined with stylish design and modern comforts. Together, the hotels offer a unique blend of history, atmosphere and contemporary hospitality.
Vihula Manor features 27 historic buildings surrounded by beautiful parkland in Lahemaa National Park. In 2025, it was awarded the title “Luxury Countryside Retreat of the Year – Europe 2025” at the European Hotel Awards.
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Begin is an AI-powered workforce platform that brings your company's whole day into one workspace. It all rests on internal communication — channels, announcements and confirmations that keep the entire team in the loop. The same workspace holds scheduling, time tracking and absences, HR documents and e-signing, and instructions and certificates with their expiry dates. Begin handles the routine itself. Automations and a built-in AI agent build schedules, monitor working- and rest-time rules, calculate overtime and premiums, and flag violations before they happen — legally sound, with no manual work.
Design area.
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People spend a significant part of their day in workwear. Our goal is to create garments that employees choose to wear beyond working hours. That is when workwear becomes something more than just a uniform.
Franz Raver designs and produces premium teamwear and uniforms that reflect each company's values while combining design, comfort and brand identity. We believe great workwear is a natural extension of both the employee experience and the brand.
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KittleMood is an Estonian fashion brand designing and producing timeless, comfortable and feminine clothing for everyday wear. In addition to our clothing collections, we create for companies custom workwear that combines functionality, comfort and a company's visual identity. Our portfolio includes cafés, restaurants, medical practices and other businesses that value quality and personalized design.
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Ringarmastus gives cashmere garments a new life and the opportunity to be loved again. By extending the lifespan of quality clothing, we make luxury cashmere more accessible and sustainable.
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UMU is an Estonian clothing brand where feminine design, comfort, and conscious consumption meet.
All UMU garments are made to order in our Tallinn studio by local artisans. We carefully select comfortable fabrics and create designs that feel great to wear—pieces you will want to return to again and again. We believe in a personal approach and in clothing designed to last beyond a single season. Our made-to-order model helps us avoid overproduction and allows us to tailor garments to the wearer's specific wishes and needs.
UMU – consciously created clothing designed to be truly worn and loved.
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Hekatebianca by Katrin Kotkas is an Estonian designer brand creating eye-catching garments for everyday adventures. The brand aims to create designs that do not simply sit in the wardrobe waiting for that "special, important day," but instead adorn the wearer at any moment.
To ensure you always feel free and comfortable, the garments are crafted primarily from soft, high-quality jersey and knit fabrics. Yet, Hekatebianca is designed for a woman who stands out—striking puff sleeves, playful bow details, and luxurious embroidery make every piece a unique head-turner. All Hekatebianca garments are crafted with care and love in Tallinn, produced in limited small batches or as unique, one-of-a-kind pieces.
Masterclass facilitators.
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This Masterclass is in English.
In this masterclass we would explore how personality influences how people experience and respond to change. Using insights from the Big Five model and emotional intelligence, we would discuss how leaders can better understand different reactions to change and support their people more effectively during change processes.
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Workplace Nordic Managing Partner, Senior Consultant
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This Masterclass is in English.
A practical workshop / session about using Claude LLM for all kinds of HR use cases.
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GTM Lead at Taito.ai
Miikka Kataja leads go-to-market at Taito.ai, an AI-first people operations system built for founders, operators, and people pioneers at growing companies. Before Taito.ai, he spent nearly three years as an independent GTM consultant, working closely with founders at B2B startups including Techstars and Y Combinator alumni, and earlier led B2B partnerships at Slush, growing the team from one person to four. He also co-founded Arctic Positioning Systems, an ESA-backed IoT venture for asset tracking. Rooted in the Helsinki startup community, he holds an M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from Aalto University.
TEAMx speakers.
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Global Leadership Talent Acquisition
Lumi Tomperi is the founder of TA Café, a speaker and facilitator, and currently a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner in a global, leadership-focused role. With over a decade of experience in talent acquisition, she brings a strong people-centered perspective to the future of work. Her background also includes career development, leadership coaching, and business coaching guided by ICF standards. Having lived and worked in international environments herself, Lumi brings both professional expertise and personal perspective to conversations around belonging, growth, and navigating change. Through TA Café and conferences like this one, she aims to create space for thoughtful dialogue, practical learning, and upskilling that helps people and communities grow with confidence.
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This stage bite is in English.
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This stage bite is in English.
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Talent Acquisition Leader & Head of Expansion & Executive Leadership Coach
Renita Käsper has over 20 years of experience in talent management and recruitment and currently leads expansion at Teamdash, driving growth across Europe while helping organisations modernise hiring through AI-powered, human-centric approaches. Alongside her work in HR tech, she is also an executive coach and community builder, known for bringing together TA leaders and shaping conversations around leadership, cultural intelligence, and the future of work.
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Evert is a compensation and HR expert with extensive experience in international companies. He specialises in building pay systems and introducing fairer and more transparent practices.
Evert was named HR Advancer of the Year 2025 and won a special category at the PARE "Most Influential HR Leader 2025" awards.
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This stage bite is in English.
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MELP CEO
Robertas brings 29+ years of CEO experience across the Baltics' insurance and financial services sector, shaped by senior roles at global firms like ERGO, Marsh, and Aon — and studies spanning Estonia, Hong Kong, and Germany. Today, as Co-Founder and CEO of MELP, he's focused on transforming how companies invest in their people.
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This stage bite is in English.
Regional data on how (and how rarely) Baltic employees experience recognition at work — and what it's costing organizations.
Schedule.
Thought Storm Forums
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Panelists:
Agu Remmelg, Coursy
Boris Ümarik, Produktiivsusklubi, Sales Manager and Trainer
Aistė Kratavičiūtė-Ališauskienė, PhD, Inlocus, Co-Founder & Head of Research
Priit Suitslepp, Southwestern Recruitment
Moderator:
Hanno Ahonen, COPI Agency, Founder/Consultant; TalentHub Recruitment, Recruitment Partner
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Panelistis:
Siim Ansberg, ProOhutus, CEO
Jaanika Jelistratov, VITS, CEO
Airi Freimuth, Saku Läte, Marketing Manager
Kaupo Lepasepp, Sorainen, Country Managing Partner
Merilin Aug, Digmatix Estonia, Business Manager
Moderator:
Hanno Ahonen, COPI Agency, Founder/Consultant; TalentHub Recruitment, Recruitment Partner
Masterclasses
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Masterclass will be held by Miikka Kataja.
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Masterclass will be held by Hilkka-Maija Katajisto.
TEAMx Stage Bites
NB! The event organizers reserve the right to make changes to the program.
Food and drinks at the event.
HR EXPO will again feature exciting catering options, so you can conveniently grab your favorite food and drinks without leaving the venue.
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Located on the 1st floor.
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Located on the 2nd floor.
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Located outside.
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Located outside.
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Located outside.