People who hold the future: People Management Conference 2025 to take place in Kyiv
On December 19, 2025, the 18’People Management Conference will take place in Kyiv and online. This large-scale event for the Ukrainian HR community aims to foster a dialogue between professionals and shape the working environment of the future. The general media partner of the conference is 1+1 media.
The event is designed to highlight topics such as the shortage of human capital, team burnout, and the rapid integration of artificial intelligence. These changes are already shaping a new management architecture and require Ukrainian businesses to rethink their approaches. The focus of the conference is shifting from HR as a function to the human being as the strategic core of business development.
"When the pace of transformations in the labor market outpaces any predictions, and economic recovery moves in waves, one thing remains unchanged: people become the key strategic advantage of business", — commented the organizers, KA Group.
The event will feature three thematic blocks:
- Reality at the edge: what to do here and now — the sharpest labor market challenges, new models of interaction, and solutions for retaining key groups.
- Foresight and solutions: technologies, people, and the new logic of management — how AI, analytics, and ethical recruiting practices are changing team management and creating competitive advantages for companies.
- Cultures of the future: dignity, inclusion, environments — long-term people strategies, reintegration of veterans, responsible leadership, and the architecture of dignity in business.
The conference speakers will include:
- Denis Bloshchynskyi, musician, entrepreneur, scientist, public figure, and founder of numerous social startups;
- Ella Libanova, Director of the Institute of Demography and Social Research;
- Ivan Prymachenko, Co-founder of Prometheus;
- Artur Mikhno, Co-owner and CEO of Work.ua;
- Marina Starodubska, author of the book "How to Understand Ukrainians: A Cross-Cultural Perspective";
- Olga Horbanovska, Executive Partner, Head of People Advisory Services at EY Ukraine;
- Dmytro Shymkiv, member of the supervisory boards of Kyivstar, Helsi, and co-owner of AeroDrone;
- Yevheniya Blyzniuk, sociologist, founder and director of the research company Gradus Research;
- Yevhen Hetmanchuk, expert in organizational flexibility development, psychotherapist, psychiatrist, medical psychologist;
- Tetiana Bylyk, Chair of the Board at MTC "School of Mediation";
- Olena Zhyltsova, founder of the "School of Management Thought";
- Olga Chekmenyova, Agile Coach;
- Kateryna Bandurovska, expert on business-people interaction;
- Yulia Tkachuk, Project Director at IREX;
- Yulia Bashlakova, mental health consultant, partner at "Reliable Future";
- Kateryna Yasko, psychologist, facilitator, co-founder of the Embassy of Ukrainian Meanings;
- Dina Volynets, owner of the organizational development agency Curly Management Bureau;
- Natalia Teriakhina, HRD at Kernel;
- Natalia Oliinyk, CHRO at KASTA, architect of organizational models and leader of AI and tech transformations;
- Vladyslava Hrabenko, Head of L&D at Ukrnafta;
- Anna Yehorova, expert on building personnel development systems, employer branding, and AI implementation.
The organizers claim that the conference will be a space where analytics, case studies, and strategic ideas transform into clear solutions for HR directors, recruiters, L&D and T&D leaders, business owners and executives, team development specialists, and all those working with human capital.
Remember, the 18th People Management Conference will take place on December 19 in Kyiv and online. The event aims to bring together over 400 participants and form a new leadership culture that will sustain business, teams, and the future of Ukraine. More about the conference can be found on the website.
Title partner of the 18th People Management Conference is Work.ua, and the official partner is Linkos Group.
