Apply to Speak
BENEFITS OF SPEAKING AT UNLEASH
Do you have groundbreaking stories showcasing innovative HR approaches? Share your expertise at UNLEASH 2026 in Paris, the world’s most influential HR event. Inspire top industry leaders, drive meaningful conversations, and shape the future of HR. Read on to discover the benefits and criteria of speaking at UNLEASH.
HR LEADERS - THIS IS YOUR MOMENT
Do you have ground-breaking stories showcasing innovative HR approaches? Share your expertise at UNLEASH 2026 in Paris, the world’s most influential HR event. Inspire top industry leaders, drive meaningful conversations, and shape the future of HR. Read on to discover the benefits and criteria of speaking at UNLEASH.
Criteria
- Your submission will be considered in competition with our other speaker submissions, and rated for its practical utility for our community, innovation, relevance and how well it aligns with our research
- Your ideas should be relevant to the future of work, HR, talent, skills, AI, Worktech or employee experience. It may involve AI and human behavior
- We will take into account your level of experience, and organization size, to achieve a strong mix of speakers
- Our audience loves real-world, practical, scalable case studies and stories of success and failure!
- At UNLEASH we are proud to support diversity. We had 50% female speakers at our last event, and look to platform diverse perspectives across our agenda
- And finally… think outside the box!
What Our Past Speakers Have To Say:
“UNLEASH delivers what most conferences don't - a powerful mix of visionary thinking and gritty, real-world conversations. It's where you go to sharpen your edge, challenge your assumptions, and leave with ideas worth acting on. If you're leading through change, this is the room to be in.”
“UNLEASH is such a special place. We have to celebrate that we are, by nature a group of individuals, HR professionals who are passionate about marrying both business and people.”
“What I love about UNLEASH is how practical the insights are from all the different speakers, and how much research and science go into all the incredible information that is being shared here. It's like no other!”
“I don't know if there's a better conference right now around the converge of humans and technology”
“UNLEASH delivers what most conferences don't - a powerful mix of visionary thinking and gritty, real-world conversations. It's where you go to sharpen your edge, challenge your assumptions, and leave with ideas worth acting on. If you're leading through change, this is the room to be in.”
“UNLEASH is such a special place. We have to celebrate that we are, by nature a group of individuals, HR professionals who are passionate about marrying both business and people.”
“What I love about UNLEASH is how practical the insights are from all the different speakers, and how much research and science go into all the incredible information that is being shared here. It's like no other!”
“I don't know if there's a better conference right now around the converge of humans and technology”
More Past Speakers
Sir Richard Branson
Business magnate, investor, and founder of the Virgin Group.
Arianna Huffington
Founder and CEO.
Thrive
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
Chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises (MJE).
Barbara Lavernos
Deputy CEO.
L'Oréal
Esther Perel
Psychotherapist, best-selling author, and organizational consultant.
Simon Sinek
Author, motivational speaker, and organizational consultant.
Celine Cousteau
Storyteller. International speaker and workshop facilitator. Author.
Sir Bob Geldof
Singer-songwriter, political activist, and philanthropist.
Martha Lane Fox
Businesswoman, philanthropist and public servant.
Stephen Fry
Actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator, and writer.
