The World HR Summit 2026 was successfully held, organized by the Azerbaijan HR Institute, with the support of the World Federation of People Management Associations, and with LinkedIn as the Main Partner. The event was supported by Gold Sponsors BEOC and Neosis Consulting, Silver Sponsor İdenfit, and Insurance Partner PASHA Life.
Emil Huseynov, founder and director of the Azerbaijan HR Institute, as the chair of the Organizing Committee noted that the “World HR Summit 2026” was based on “areas of modern innovations and competitive human capital” – the third one out of five priorities envisaged in the “Azerbaijan 2030: National Priorities for Socio-Economic Development”, which was approved by the Order (dated 2 February 2021) of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. World HR Summit was an outstanding event dedicated to the advancement of novelties, the dissemination of cutting-edge innovations and technologies in the field of human resources, as well as the exchange of diverse experiences through dialogues and discussions by bringing together the top representatives of the HR sphere.
During the event, the distinguised moderators and speakers touched upon the latest innovations and future expectations in the field of human resources management on a single platform for the first time. The event participants obtained new ideas and experiences related to topics such as global trends in HR and new challenges, digital human resources and artificial intelligence, HR leadership, as well as strategic human resources perspectives for executives. The historical event was ended with the HR Excellence Awarding Ceremony.
Up to now, Azerbaijan HR Institute successfully organized the Baku International HR Forum 2022, Global HR Summit 2023, World HR Summit 2024 and COP29 Human Capital Forum.
