Keynotes & panels

I build it myself.

At HappyNurse I’m building Aisha, an AI that now runs 80% of our recruitment process. That didn’t happen overnight. On stage I talk honestly about what worked, what didn’t, and what I learned about AI transformations in general.

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Simon Janssen on stage
“Best breakout of 2025”
Attendee, Recruitment Tech Awards 2025
“The room filled up so fast that people had to stand outside.”
Recruitment Tech Awards 2025
Topic

How Aisha took over 80% of recruitment

Two years ago we asked a simple question at HappyNurse: could we automate the recruitment process for healthcare professionals at scale? Not with a chatbot, but for real. From first contact to a scheduled meeting. Aisha is what came out of that. She now handles 80% of that process on her own.

But I don’t use Aisha as a success story. I use her as an example of something every organisation faces: how do you deploy AI on something that really matters? What do you need to get right before you let it run? And when do you nearly get it wrong? Those lessons don’t just apply to recruitment.

Simon Janssen on stage
Events

On stage

Werf& AI & Talent 2026 Upcoming

Keynote on how HappyNurse automated 80% of recruitment and the lessons that apply to every organisation getting serious about AI.

26 May 2026
Team EIFFEL · Arnhem

Recruitment Tech Awards 2025

How do you build AI that actually works in an operational process? The room filled up so fast people stood outside — that says enough about where the demand is.

2025
Netherlands

CIONET: The Challenges of Realizing Sovereignty

Panel with VandeBron and SURF on cloud sovereignty and European data sovereignty for Dutch organisations.

February 2026
Haarlem
For who

For everyone serious about it

Boards and MTs

People who need to make decisions about AI but feel the world around them moving faster than their understanding. I give them something concrete to hold on to.

HR leaders

HR professionals who sense that AI is touching their field and don’t quite know what to do with that yet. That’s an honest starting point.

CIOs and CTOs

Technology leaders who want to know what it really looks like when you build this. Without the sales pitch.


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