Beyond Borders Amsterdam
Beyond Borders is an in-person summit dedicated to shaping a borderless world of work. It brings together leaders and practitioners from Global Mobility, People, Immigration and Business to learn, exchange ideas, and connect with the people driving innovation in cross-border talent strategy.
Date: Thursday September 25th, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM - 8:00 PM CET
Where: Capital C, Weesperplein 4B, 1018 XA Amsterdam
What can you expect?
Beyond Borders Amsterdam builds on the energy from last year.
- Expert panels, workshops, and real-world insights
- A chance to meet face-to-face with professionals from other organizations who are actively shaping global mobility strategies
- Panel topics spanning Global Mobility Strategic Shifts and Market Trends, Operational Excellence in Global Mobility, Geopolitics and Immigration, and Competing for Global Talent in Europe
Beyond Borders Amsterdam 2024
Still not sure if you want to come? Take a look at our sessions on-demand from Beyond Borders Amsterdam 2024.
The future of working across borders: looking at 2025 and beyond
Where will business priorities take us next year? Will hybrid models and RTO kill global working, or strengthen it? How will big enterprises invest to unlock their international talent's innovation? Join us as we learn what will be fact and what will stay fiction with global working trends in 2025.
Speakers:
Barbara Gaillard - VP of Talent, Culture & Community at Bitpanda
Maaike van den Broek - Head of Global Mobility at Booking.com
Melanie Mangnus - Global Mobility Specialist at Prosus Group
The A-Z of building and nurturing global teams
In this panel, we'll explore how to build global teams from the ground up, and how to adapt your strategy as you tackle challenges that span across borders. How do you bring in new international talent from across the world? How do you build connections across distributed teams? And how do you decide on where to invest when it comes to sending talent across borders? Join us and find out!
Speakers:
Kobi Ampoma - Head of Talent Acquisition at Heineken
Daisy Illaria - Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist at Versuni
Kirill Aksenov - People Program Lead at Miro
Staying ahead of your competition for international talent
Hiring beyond borders? You're not the only one. What is international talent looking for when considering a Dutch employer? And what cost-effective steps can you take to attract the right people and set them up for success in not just a new role, but potentially a new home? We talk to industry leaders on where Talent Acquisition and Global Mobility come together to give you a competitive advantage in 2025.
Anastasia Pshegodskaya - Director, Talent Acquisition at Remote
Glenn Ferguson - Manager of Talent Acquisition and D, E & I Lead at Catawiki
Mariel Schaab - CEO & Founder of Coach4expats and theHRchapter
Online Fireside Chats
How to attract skilled talent to Europe, according to a member of the European Parliament
How talent moves to and across Europe is in constant flux, but are things moving in the right direction? How are governments looking at immigration issues for 2024? How can companies become more proactive in attracting and retaining expat talent? We explore these questions with Damian Boeselager, MEP and Co-Founder of Volt Europa, who works every day to break down the bureaucratic barriers keeping expat talent away.
Host: Hanna Asmussen, Co-Founder and CEO of Localyze
Speaker: Damian Boeselager, MEP and Co-Founder of Volt Europa
How to convince your leadership that immigration support can retain and nurture critical talent
With more than 20 years of experience in Global Mobility and immigration, Sybille Schneider has handled her fair share of immigration processes for DACH, and even further beyond. This work is critical in attracting, retaining, and nurturing talent that’s key to business success — and as 2024 comes ever closer, it’s important to stay top-of-mind for key strategic decisions.
In this digital fireside chat, we ask Sybille about her thoughts on how to communicate the importance of immigration support to business leaders. Whether it’s to advocate for your work, get more budget, or break internal barriers slowing you down, in this webinar you’ll hear from an expert in the field on how to move into 2024 with confidence and fresh ideas.
Host: Stephanie Thomas, Talent Acquisition Lead at Localyze
Speaker: Sybille Schneider, Global Mobility & Immigration Manager at Cognizant