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# Tech-Enabled, People-First: The Future of Global Hiring


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 11, 2025
- **Time:** 11:40–12:10 (30 min)
- **Room:** Airstream 2
- **Event:** World Congress 2025

## Description

This panel explores how to keep hiring people-first in a world of global teams and advanced tech. From avoiding bias in AI to building trust across cultures, the discussion will share practical ways to balance efficiency with a human touch and ensure candidates feel valued, not just processed.

## Speakers

### [Ana Gospodinova](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@ana-gospodinova)

Director Talent Management at WeAreDevelopers
### [Daniel Zinner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@daniel-zinner)

Co-Founder of People Mobility Alliance
### [Dennis Böcker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@dennis-bocker)

Vice President EMEA Central at SmartRecruiters
### [Shannon Janke](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@shannon-janke)

Head of People &  Culture and HR Lead at Lufthansa Group Digital Hangar


## Related talks at this congress

- [Attract and Retain Talent: Strategies that Work](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/870-attract-and-retain) — Ana Gospodinova, Anastasia Pshegodskaya, Christine James, Luke Davis, Relinde Boerman
- [Hiring for the Future: AI, Human Judgment, and the War for Top Tech Talent](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/651-hiring-for-the) — Tatjana Obenaus
- [Code meets Culture: Engineering the Future of Hiring](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/806-code-meets-culture) — Sophie Okonkwo
- [Smart Hiring or Smart Bias? AI's Diversity Challenge](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/823-smart-hiring-or) — Miz Cree