High-Risk HR: Preparing Your People Team for the EU AI Act
AI has quietly moved into almost every corner of HR. CV screeners, interview schedulers, skills-matching tools, performance dashboards, sentiment analysis on employee feedback - a lot of it is already in the stack, often without HR teams knowing exactly what the tools do or how the decisions get made.
On 2 August 2026, that grey zone closes. The EU AI Act classifies most AI used in recruiting, selection, performance evaluation, task allocation, and promotion decisions as high-risk triggering obligations around documentation, bias testing, human oversight, worker notice, and continuous monitoring. A separate obligation, AI literacy for anyone using AI systems at work, has already been in force since February 2025.
Most SMEs in Germany are not ready. Many aren't even sure which of their tools count.
This evening is a practical, honest conversation with three senior HR and Talent Acquisition practitioners working through exactly these questions.
Speakers:
Andreea Lungulescu, founder of Talent Crunch - Berlin, Principal Recruiter, two-time Global TA Innovation Award winner (Zalando, Wayfair), keynote speaker on AI in Talent Acquisition
Giovanni Di Felice, Talent Acquisition Lead at Statista; previously Delivery Hero, Babbel. 10+ years scaling hiring functions in Berlin tech
Chiara Gabrielli, HR Team Lead at BASF, leading Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and people development initiatives, with experience building and scaling HR functions across international organisations.
We'll get into:
What the EU AI Act actually requires of HR teams
Which AI tools in a typical HR stack are high-risk, and which aren't
How recruiters are adapting hiring processes to stay compliant and stay fast
The AI literacy gap on HR teams themselves — who's responsible, and how to close it
What's hype and what's real: agentic AI, skills-based hiring, people analytics
Why SMEs have an advantage (and a disadvantage) over enterprises on all of this
We'll also take 15 minutes to explain the Qualifizierungschancengesetz (QCG) — the German federal funding programme that can cover most or all of the cost of AI and digital skills training for your team, including salary subsidies during training time. Many HR leaders don't realise the funding is available to them. and our new workshop on the EU AI Act
Followed by networking and a buffet.
This event is for:
HR Business Partners, People Ops leads, and L&D managers at SMEs and mid-sized companies
Talent Acquisition leaders and recruiters navigating AI tools in hiring
Founders and managing directors responsible for HR decisions in growing companies
Anyone who sits in a hiring loop, a performance review, or a vendor selection for HR tech
Agenda
18:30 — Arrival & welcome drink
19:00 — Training & QCG funding for German companies: what's available, what's covered, how it works
19:15 — Panel discussion
20:15 — Q&A
20:30 — Networking & buffet
About BIT — Beam Institute of Technology
BIT is a Berlin-based training provider specialising in AI, automation, and digital skills. We work with employers, public institutions, and industry partners to deliver practical, job-ready programmes — often fully or largely funded through German government schemes like the Qualifizierungschancengesetz, which can significantly reduce or eliminate the cost of employee training.