Fall 2026 Unconvention - The Global Recruitment Playground

An afternoon filled with ways to bring people together - reverse pitching, Q&As, world cafés, hotseats, and f*ckup stories for people building companies that don’t suck to work at.

People over polished talks.

Practical knowledge for founders, operators and ambitious professionals navigating scale in real time.

Scaling a company is hard and careers are evolving faster than we know - there is no one right way to do it all. So lets talk about it!

Venue Sponsor: Epicenter

Event Host: Genna with Recruit Refugees

The Program:

  • Doors open and Intro

  • What we are building and why- See who is in the room and how they can help you.

  • Format: pitching

  • Deep Dives into What Makes Recruitment Work- Join 10 minute, hot topic, facilitated roundtable discussions across the room.

  • Format: World Cafe

  • Stepping into Your First Leadership Role- How leadership shifts and changes as you go from employee to people leader

  • Format: Panel, Q&A

  • Workshop- More information coming soon

  • F*ckup Stories- We learn best from mistakes - our own or others. Hear three stories about how recruitment can be imperfect.

  • Format: Stories, Q&A

Who is in the room?

Splash brings together decision-makers and doers across the ecosystem:

  • Scaling Companies - Innovative companies that are interested in remaining competitive at a global level.

  • Solution Providers - The problem solvers for Scaling Companies and Career Builders.

  • Career Builders - Mid-senior individuals from Tech+, Sales and Marketing and Internal People Operations