Whether you like it or not, conferences are a great opportunity for networking.

At conferences, you can extend your professional network by meeting new people, including potential employees and employers, discover new technologies and trends emerging in the industry.

The best international HR conferences to visit

In fact, networking has become a key factor for career success and professional advancement. If you are looking to get ahead in your career and life, networking has become a necessary skill for you to do so.

All big issues, the latest trends and technologies, the new tools in the market, they are all discussed at the industry’s events, conferences, forums and expos. Which makes them the best way of keeping  track of what’s new going on in the industry.

So, if you’re planning on attending an HR conference in 2016 and 2017, we suggest making it at least one of these.

We have made this list is in chronological order to make it easier for you to keep track of how many HR conferences in the world there are, as well as, giving you the opportunity to attend, learn, network, and hopefully pick up something valuable from the experience.

HR conferences in 2016

1. HR Metrics & Analytics Summit

Dates: September 19-21, 2016 | Register here
Location: San Diego, California, USA

2. NAPS 2016 Conference

Dates: September 19-21, 2016 | Register here
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

3. #SOSUEUROPE Sourcing Summit Europe

Dates: September 27-29, 2016 | Register here
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

4. Recruitment Agency Expo

Dates: September 28-29, 2016 | Register here
Location: Birmingham, England

5. World Talent Forum

Date: September 29, 2016 | Register here
Location: Munich, Germany

6. HR Technology® Conference

Dates: October 4-7, 2016 | Register here
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA

7. LinkedIn Talent Connect

Dates: October 5-7, 2016 | Register here
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

8. International HR Conference Barcelona

Dates: October 7, 2016 | Register  here
Location: Barcelona, Spain

9. #rmsconf 2016

Date: October 11, 2016 | Register here
Location: Paris, France

10. THE ONREC HR CONFERENCE 2016

Dates: October 12, 2016 | Register here
Location: London, United Kingdom

11. Human Resource Summit 2016 – Barcelona

Dates: October 12-14, 2016 | Register here
Location: Barcelona, Spain

12. The HRSouthWest Conference

Dates: October 16-19, 2016 | Register here
Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

13. HR Summit Brisbane

Dates: October 19-20, 2016 | Register here
Location: Brisbane, Australia

14. 2016 Global Talent Management Conference

Dates: October 24-26, 2016 | Register here
Location: New York City, New York, USA

15. ERE RECRUITING CONFERENCE

Dates: October 24-26, 2016 | Register here
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

16. HR Tech Congress

Dates: October 25-26, 2016 | Register here
Location: Paris, France

17. AAGE Graduate Recruitment and Development Conference 2016

Dates: October 26-28, 2016 | Register here
Location: Victoria, Australia

18. HR Vision London

Dates: November 1-2, 2016 | Register here
Location: London, United Kingdom

19. Recruitment Asia 2016

Dates: November 1-2, 2016 | Register here
Location: Singapore

20. Global HR Excellence Summit

Dates: November 8-10, 2016 | Register here
Location: Barcelona, Spain

21. CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition

Dates: November 9-10, 2016 | Register here
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

22. The 21st Annual Advanced Employment Issues Symposium (AEIS)

Dates: November 9-11, 2016 | Register here
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

23. Indeed Interactive Europe 2016

Dates: November 15-17, 2016 | Register here
Location: Barcelona, Spain

24. EMEA HR Summit 2016

Dates: November 16-18, 2016 | Register here
Location: London, United Kingdom

HR Conferences in 2017

25. BEYOND – The Global HR Leadership Forum 2017

Dates: TBA in November 2016  | Register here
Location: Zurich, Switzerland

26. SRSC – Social Recruiting Strategies Conference 2017

Dates: January 25-27, 2017 | Register here
Location: San Francisco, California, USA

27. HRDSummit 2017

Dates: January 31-February 1, 2017 | Register here
Location: Birmingham, England

28. 2017 Annual Conference

Dates: February 1-3, 2017 | Register here
Location: Ontario, Canada

29. HR2017

Dates: March 6-9, 2017 | Register here
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA

30. 2017 Workforce Planning & Analytics Conference

Dates: March 7-9, 2017 | Register here
Location: Miami, Florida, USA

31. The i4cp 2017 Conference

Dates: March 20-23, 2017 | Register here
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

32. 2017 OKHR Conference

Dates: April 12-14, 2017 | Register here
Location: Norman, Oklahoma, USA

33. BenefitsConf

Dates: April 19-21, 2017 | Register here
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

34. HR People + Strategy

Dates: April 23-26, 2017 | Register here
Location: Miami, Florida, USA

35. SHRM 2017 Talent Management Conference & Exposition

Dates: April 24-26, 2017 | Register here
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA

36. The HRIA 2017 Conference

Dates: April 26-27, 2017 | Register here
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

37. RecruitCon 2017: Technology, Trends, and Tactics for a new Era of Talent Acquisition

Dates: May 11-12, 2017 | Register here
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

38. THRIVE 2017: Advancing HR’s Strategic Role as Business Partner and Cultural Leader

Dates: May 11-12, 2017 | Register here
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

39. Indeed Interactive North America

Dates: May 15-17, 2017 | Register here
Location: Austin, Texas, USA

40. 2017 Performance Management Innovation Conference

Dates: May 16-17, 2017 | Register here
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA

41. ATD 2017 Conference

Dates: May 21-24, 2017 | Register here
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

42. HRD Summit/Europe

Dates: May 30-31, 2017 | Register here
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

43. WorkHuman

Dates: May 30-June 1, 2017 | Register here
Location: Arizona, USA

44. HR360 European Summit

Dates: June 5-7, 2017 | Register here
Location: Berlin, Germany

45. Talent42

Dates: June 7-8, 2017 | Register here
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA

46. SHRM17 – Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference and Exposition

Dates: June 18-21, 2017 | Register here
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

47. Rethink! HR & Technology Minds Europe

Dates: June 26-27, 2017 | Register here
Location: London, United Kingdom

48. 2017 Strategic Talent Acquisition Conference

Dates: June 26-28, 2017 | Register here
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

49. 2017 Employee Engagement Conference

Dates: July 24-26, 2017 | Register here
Location: San Francisco, California, USA

50. 2017 Human Capital Summit

Dates: October 24-27, 2017 | Register here
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

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