The Global Recruitment Playground
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*ck up stories for people building companies that don’t suck to work at.
What we do:
People over polished talks
Facilitate natural ways to connect and meet people
Practical knowledge for founders, operators and ambitious professionals navigating scale in real time
Dedicated zones
Stage Zone - Join us at the stage
Expo Zone - Meet the partners who are scaling or solve your problems
1:1 Zone - Take the time for a conversation in a comfortable setting
Quiet Room - Sometimes you just need a break!
Accessibility first
Data rich badges - know who you're talking to and why
Captions on the main stage
One level for the whole event
Space to get around between tables
Elevators, accessible toilets - completely wheelchair and push chair friendly
What we aren't:
Sit and listen passive panel - get involved in the stage program at every point.
A conventional job fair - we go beyond booths and speed dating
Just another networking event - know who is in the room and why with facilitated ways to meet and build relationships
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*ck Up Stories
We learn best from mistakes - our own or others. Hear three stories about how recruitment can be imperfect.
Format: Stories, Q&A
Afterwork tickets can be found here
Group Tickets and Partnerships - send us a message and we will set you up!
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
Partners
Recruit Refugees, Aize, Nettbil, CultureFlow, Bye Bye Apply and you? Take the stage and apply to be a partner here
About Splash and The Unconvention
We support better ways of working for ambitious people and companies.
Our Experiences - Not Shit Events - The Platform
The Unconvention
The meeting space for organisations to prioritize innovation, careers, culture, recruitment and ways of working. We remove the barrier between seat and stage by having a fast paced, interactive and action oriented program, access to incredible companies and four dedicated zones.