Dutch HRM Conference 2026

DAY 1 - Monday 09 November - Vlerick Business School, Reep 1, 9000 Ghent

8:30 – 9:15 - Registration and coffee for the doctoral consortium

9:15 – 10:15 - Doctoral consortium:

• Opening by Prof dr Dirk Buyens (conference chair)
• Keynote by Prof dr Tanya Bondarouk – University of Twente

10:15 – 10:30 - Coffee break for the doctoral consortium

10:30 – 12:30

• Doctoral consortium: paper sessions

12:30 – 13:30 - Lunch for the doctoral consortium

Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Campus Tweekerken (Tweekerkenstraat 2, 9000 Gent)

14:00 – 14:45 - Registration and coffee

14:45 – 17:00 - Conference opening:

• Award Ceremony
• Keynote by Maarten Schurink, Secretary General at the Ministry of Defence
• Keynote by Prof dr Deanne den Hartog – University of Amsterdam
  Beyond the PhD: Talent, Impact, and the Path You Choose.

17:00 – 18:30 - Opening reception

Vlerick Business School, Reep 1, 9000 Ghent

19:00 – 21:00

• Evening program pHResh

DAY 2 - Tuesday 10 November - Vlerick Business School, Reep 1, 9000 Ghent

08:00 – 8:30 - Continued registration and coffee

08:30 – 10:15 - Parallel session I

10:15 – 10:45 - Coffee break

10:45 – 12:30 - Parallel session II

12:30 – 13:30 - Lunch break

13:30 – 15:15 - Parallel session III

15:15 – 15:45 - Coffee break

15:45 – 17:30 - Parallel session IV

Handelsbeurs, Kouter 29, 9000 Ghent

19:00 – 01:00

Conference dinner and award ceremony

DAY 3 - Wednesday 11 November - Vlerick Business School, Reep 1, 9000 Ghent

08:30 – 9:00 - Coffee and continued registration

09:00 – 10:45 - Parallel session V

10:45 – 11:15 - Coffee break

11:15 – 13:00 - Parallel session VI

13:00 – 14:00 - Lunch

14:00 – 15:30:
Panel Debate: Does HRM Research Still Matter in a Geo-Digital World?

Moderator: Prof dr Dirk Buyens

Speakers:

• Prof dr Beatrice Van der Heijden (Radboud Universiteit)
• Prof dr Dorien Kooij (Tilburg University)
• Prof dr Corine Boon (University of Amsterdam)
• Prof dr David Collings (Trinity College Dublin)
• Prof dr Ans De Vos (Antwerp Management School)

Conference closing by Prof dr Dirk Buyens

15:30 – 16:15 - Closing reception