49 HR Conferences & Webinars in 2021

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Nick Misa

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In 2020, human resources conferences saw a big disruption as a result COVID-19.

Most conferences were forced to move virtual/online which is where we’ll see most HR conferences in 2021.

This year is projected to have fewer conferences so we decided to include some human resource webinars to our list.

We also added an HR Conference table for a quick reference. Below the table, we list out each HR conference/webinar and give you a detailed look including: date, location, key agenda items, and pricing.

Note: With uncertain times ahead we will do our best to keep this post up to date if any HR conferences move. 

• 2021 HR Conference Table
• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

January HR Conferences & Webinars

TAtech Digital Summit on AI & Machine Learning in Talent Acquisition (Jan. 19, Virtual/Online)

• What does digital transformation really mean – what does it look like in practice?
• What’s the straight answer – will AI empower humans or replace them
• How does using AI differ for hourly/high volume vs. salaried/professional hiring?
• Where does AI and the different tools it powers fit into the recruiting life cycle?
• How do you build a great vendor partnership that pays off in better recruiting outcomes?

Pricing

• Free for HR/TA professionals recruiting for enterprise employers, SMBs, staffing firms, and RPOs
• $195 for the employees of active TAtech Member organizations
• $395 for all others

Top Predictions HR Can’t Miss in 2021 Webinar (Jan. 19, Virtual/Online)

• Mastering virtual recruiting & video interviewing
• Ensuring Diversity, Equity & Inclusion throughout the talent journey
• Optimizing skills gap analysis & gigs
• Utilizing the latest AI-powered HR tech

Pricing

• Free to attend

Talent Acquisition Week (Jan. 25-29, Virtual/Online)

• How Candidate Experience has changed in 2020.
• Data-Driven recruitment marketing to attract diverse talent.
• 10 Tips to Sourcing Underrepresented Talent
• Recruiting Using an Inclusive & Equitable Lens During the Covid 19 Pandemic
• Strategically building out a sourcing strategy.

Pricing

• Practitioner Pass: $245
• Solution Provider Pass: $895

TAtech Live How to Choose a Programmatic Recruitment Advertising Platform (Jan. 27, Virtual/Online)

• An understanding of the two types of programmatic recruitment technologies
• A guide to determining which type would be best for your company
• The questions you should ask recruitment advertising vendors when evaluating their programmatic solutions.

Pricing

• Free to attend

Candidate Experience Day 2021 (Jan. 27, Virtual/Online)

• Candidate experience stories, quotes, memes, recommendations, and best practices.

Pricing

• Free to attend

February HR Conferences & Webinars

Dueling Sourcers (Feb. 2, Virtual/Online)

• Strategize and execute a sourcing plan.
• Latest innovations and tools for sourcing.

Pricing

• Free to attend

Use People Analytics to Drive Innovation by HCI (Feb. 3, Virtual/Online)

• Tools you need to integrate multiple sources of data
• Identify which HR metrics actually matter
• Deliver actionable insights to an audience outside HR

Pricing

• 1 Day Virtual Conference Pass: $195

Accelerate Your Workforce Planning by HCI (Feb. 24, Virtual/Online)

• Building your workforce planning team
• Conduct scenario planning
• Workforce planning process to greatly increase the ability to anticipate, adapt, and thrive.

Pricing

• 1 Day Virtual Conference Pass: $195

March HR Conferences & Webinars

Engage Remote Teams by HCI (Mar. 10, Virtual/Online)

• Building an engaged and connected culture with remote workforce.
• New and best practices to now communicate and interact.
• Creating a bond of trust, recognition, and unity among remote workforce.

Pricing

• 1 Day Virtual Conference Pass: $195

HRTech Conference & Exposition (Mar. 16-19, Virtual/Online)

• Guidance to help teams cope with the now and what lies ahead.
• Driving HR success through technology.
• Insight needed to make critical HR system decisions that will fuel your business.

Pricing

• Free to attend

#CandEs Virtual Conference: New Hope for Hiring in 2021 (Mar. 17, Virtual/Online)

• Great speakers and sessions talking about Employer Branding, Recruitment Marketing, and Targeted Sourcing in 2021.

Pricing

• Free to attend

Unifying Your Talent Acquisition and Talent Management Platform (Mar. 30, Virtual/Online)

• Provide insights into the benefits of an AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform for TA and TM
• Explain how (and which) TM capabilities can advance talent strategies
• Show what an AI-powered unified Talent Intelligence Platform for TA and TM looks like
• Reveal market examples and metrics on leveraging an AI-powered
• Talent Intelligence Platform for TA and TM
• Shed light on a basic framework and roadmap for implementing a Talent Intelligence Platform

April HR Conferences & Webinars

Tech Hiring Community Conference (Apr. 13 & 20, Virtual/Online)

• Embracing the remote work trend
• Thinking global (hiring, sourcing, recruiting)
• Breaking the barrier of traditional employee models

Pricing

• Free

Build an Inclusive Culture by HCI (Apr. 21, Virtual/Online)

• Creating a fair, equitable, and inclusive workforce.
• Identifying core values
• Creating diversity champions
• Strategies, tools, and innovative ideas for diversity and inclusion.

Pricing

• 1 Day Virtual Conference Pass: $195

Peering Into the Future of Talent Acquisition (Apr. 21, Virtual/Online)

• The Future of Recruitment Marketing
• The Future of Technology and DE&I
• The Future of AI & the Candidate Experience
• The Future of Recruitment Advertising
•  The Future of Recruitment Automation

Pricing

Contact peterweddle@tatech.org

Recruitment Technology Virtual Conference (Apr. 29, Virtual/Online)

• Creating an Immersive Candidate Experience That Will Convert and Delight
• Screening In the New World of Work – Cut Your Candidate Turnaround Time by 50%
• Responding to Recruitment Revolution
• “Recruiting” the Perfect Tech Stack
• How Is Technology Changing Recruitment – What Candidates Are Saying

May HR Conferences & Webinars

RallyFWD Virtual Conference (May 5, Virtual/Online)

• Learn bold strategies and new technologies for advancing:
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Recruitment Marketing
  • Employer Branding
  • Candidate Experience

Pricing

• Free

RecruitCon 2021 (May 10-11 in Austin, TX)

• Build a sourcing strategy from the group up using proven strategies from winning brands like Amazon—including tools and funnel metric models that really work.
• Create a team of employee advocates to strengthen your brand messaging.
• Leverage talent relationship management (TRM) systems to save you time and money while driving measurable improvements in talent acquisition.

Pricing

• Contact the event manager Marilyn (marilyn.b.turner@nyeventslist.com )

Transforming Possibilities Into Positives (May 11, Virtual/Online)

• What’s changed, what’s worked and what challenges still remain as we adjust to the new normal of a post-pandemic economy?
• How can you differentiate your recruitment ads so they’re noticed by even the most passive high performers?
• How can employers use technology to thrill candidates and convert them into applicants?
• What are the secrets to building a powerful employment brand & durable talent pool in an uncertain economy?

Pricing

• Free

Redefine Onboarding for a Virtual World by HCI (May 12, Virtual/Online)

• Adapt onboarding programs to virtual or hybrid working environments.
• Learn how to engage new hires and enable high performance in a distributed, virtual world.

Pricing

• 1 Day Virtual Conference Pass: $195

CASHRM Annual Conference and Expo (May 18-19, Virtual/Online)

• Top-notch speakers on relatable HR topics
• Networking Opportunities
• Practical Takeaways to help shape your workforce
• HRCI & SHRM Credits

Pricing

• Registration – Non-Member – $400.00
• Student Registration – $175.00

June HR Conferences & Webinars

The Crossroads of Talent Acquisition, Diversity and Inclusion (Jun. 3, Virtual/Online)

• Recruitment Marketing to Attract Women Job Seekers
• Paying it Forward: Building a Culture of Inclusion
• Building a TA Diversity & Inclusion Task Force

Pricing

• Free

Mega-Event: Technology, Diversity & Compliance (Jun. 9, Virtual/Online)

This conference will focus on the current and future uses of the following technologies in advancing company Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I):

• AI & machine learning
• Blockchain & other data technologies
• Candidate relationship management
• Job boards & other online publishers
• Programmatic ad buying

Indeed Interactive (Jun. 16, Virtual/Online)

• Agenda TBA

Pricing

• Pricing TBA

SHRM21 (Jun. 20-23 in Chicago, IL)

• Access to premier competency-based HR education.
• practical and timely takeaways to help shape your workplace in the “new” normal.
• best-in-class programming and skills development.

Pricing

• Early Bird Rate
  • SHRM Member: $1790
  • Non-Member: $2235
• Standard Rate
  • SHRM Member: $1925
  • Non-Member: $2360

July HR Conferences & Webinars

Employer Branding Virtual Conference (Jul. 15, Virtual/Online)

• Improving Recruitment Efficiencies through AI, Maximising Social Mobility
• More details TBA

Pricing

• No details and looks like it could be free.

August HR Conferences & Webinars

Cultivate ’21 – Eightfold Talent Summit (Aug. 10 – 11, Virtual/Online)

• Latest innovations in AI
• Drive the necessary HR transformation to become future-ready.
• Talent acquisition, talent management, D&I, governance strategies.

Pricing

• Visit site for pricing

Ramping Full-Cycle – Recruiting and Hiring Proven Practices Post-Pandemic (Aug. 18 – 19, Virtual/Online)

• Figuring out how and where to get back to work.
• Recruiting proven practices for a hybrid world.
• Going from a reactive to a proactive state of strategic hiring focus in a post pandemic world.

Pricing

• Free

SHRM Talent Conference & Expo (Aug. 22 – 25 in Las Vegas, NV & Online)

• Building a more diverse workforce at all levels of your organization.
• Building inclusive employment brands.
• Reducing bias in the hiring process.

Pricing

• Standard Rate (May 15 – Aug 13)
  • Virtual: $1,145 – $1,460
  • In Person: $1,445 – $1,795
• Late Rate (From Aug 14)
  • Virtual: $1,270 – $1,575
  • In Person: $1,690 – $2,025

ATD 2021 (Aug. 29-Sept.1 in Los Angeles, CA and Virtual/Online)

• Agenda TBA

Pricing

• ATD21 HQ
  • Members: $1675
  • Non-Members: $1995
• ATD21 @ Home
  • Members: $450
  • Non-Members: $550

HR Pod Squad (Aug. 31, Virtual/Online)

A roundtable discussion for the latest and greatest news in HR technology.

Pricing

• Free

September HR Conferences & Webinars

Global Talent Acquisition Day (Sept. 1, Virtual/Online)

• Recruitment marketing and employer branding tips and tricks
• Sourcing tactics and tips
• Talent Acquisition technology

Pricing

• Free

Building a Hiring Culture (Sept. 16, Virtual/Online)

• What is a hiring culture?
• Operationalizing a hiring culture
• Chats with Talent Acquisition leaders 

Pricing

• Free

Lattice Resources for Human (Sept. 22, Virtual/Online)

• Building the next-generation HR Team
• Transforming hiring
• Building transparent performance and compensation strategy
• Strategies for retention during high growth

Pricing

• Free

HRTech Conference & Exposition Fall (Sept. 28 – Oct.1 in Las Vegas,NV)

• Driving HR success through technology.
• Optimize usage of current HR systems.
• Gain the insight needed to make critical HR system decisions.

Pricing

• Premium Pass: $2,095+
• Daily Pass: $1,125
• Expo Only: $445

October HR Conferences & Webinars

HR Tech Virtual Symposium 2021 (Oct. 4 – 8, Virtual/Online Event)

• Workplace Culture: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Human Experience: Benefits and Wellness
• Core HR: Payroll, HRIS and Time & Attendance
• Talent Management, Performance, Productivity and Onboarding

Pricing

• Pricing TBA

Diversity Tech Expo 2021 (Oct. 7, Virtual/Online)

• Messaging to diversity candidates.
• Breakdown of the 60+ Diversity Hiring Tools in the market.

Pricing

• Free

Elevate 2021 (Oct. 19 in Chicago, IL)

• Attracting top talent in a post-pandemic labor market. 
• Disrupting the automotive industry.
• Refining the post-pandemic workforce. 

Pricing

• General admission: $495

Accelerate Your Succession Planning by HCI (Oct. 20, Virtual/Online)

• Emergency planning for C-suite roles.
• Identifying and developing HiPos.
• Anticipating future needs in an uncertain environment.
• Retaining high potential talent.

Pricing

• 1 Day Virtual Conference Pass: $195

Embarc HR Innovators Summit 2021 (Oct. 20 in Huntington Beach, CA)

• How to build, launch, and activate a people brand
• A framework for translating your EVP into a social strategy
• Hiring millennials and Gen Z during the pandemic and beyond

Pricing

• Full Conference: $1,199.00
• Early Bird Ticket: $999.00

November HR Conferences & Webinars

Next Practices Now (Nov. 2-4 in Scottsdale, AZ)

• Agenda TBA

Pricing

• Early Bird Rate (by March 26)
  • Members: $1995
  • Non-Members: $2495
• Full Rate
  • Members: $1995
  • Non-Members: $2495

Optimize Your Talent Acquisition Tools and Technology (Nov. 3, Virtual/Online)

• How to attract, identify, and hire top talent when you’re bogged down with processes, paperwork, and unqualified candidates.
• Bring you up to date on the latest talent acquisition technologies.
• Learn how the right tech stack can step up your talent attraction and recruiting game.

Pricing

• 1 Day Virtual Conference Pass: $195

Cornerstone Convergence (Nov. 16-17 Virtual/Online)

• Share ideas, aha moments, and creative ways they’ve delivered meaningful outcomes for their people and their organizations.
• Latest trends in all things talent and people.
• What’s new in content and how to strategically align your learning and content strategies to create meaningful development experiences.

Pricing

• Free

Develop Your Future Workforce by HCI (Nov. 17, Virtual/Online)

• Understanding the technology that is driving change in HR.
• Understanding of data analytics to predict and monitor skill gaps.
• Tools you can use to ensure sustained competitiveness and continued growth when you’ll need it the most.

Pricing

• 1 Day Virtual Conference Pass: $195

December HR Conferences & Webinars

No HR Conferences announced in December yet.

Why I Wrote This

HR conferences are a great way to learn about new HR, talent, and recruiting strategies. These HR conferences are more important than ever with transition to post-COVID times.

January 21, 2021 by Nick Misa in Human Resources