RETENTIONpro 2027

The market

Workforce Retention becomes
Workforce Performance.

Organizations face a new strategic challenge: how do you stay high-performing, resilient and attractive as an employer? Workforce retention has become a real performance factor for modern organizations.

Productivity doesn’t come from new hires alone. It comes from people who stay motivated, work in good health, feel a sense of belonging and keep delivering over the long term.

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Workforce Retention & Employee Engagement

Retention and engagement as the performance driver of modern organizations.

Employee Benefits & Financial Wellbeing

Putting benefits, pensions and financial wellbeing to strategic use.

Corporate Health & Wellbeing

Healthy, resilient teams through corporate health and mental health.

Engagement Technology & Performance Technology

Platforms, people analytics and AI for measurable engagement.

RETENTIONpro – the expo for workforce retention, employee engagement & benefits

RETENTIONpro brings together the providers, decision-makers and thought leaders shaping the future of high-performing, engaged and resilient organizations. The focus is on employee retention, engagement, benefits, wellbeing, employee experience and engagement technology.

RETENTIONpro is the focused trade fair for exactly these topics. One hall. One day. One clearly defined audience. Where HR decision-makers meet the solutions, strategies and providers that measurably strengthen retention, engagement and workforce performance.

Top Speaker

René-Dominic Fritzsche

Recruiter Vonovia

Deniz Sen

Employer Brand Manager Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG

Jens Bielmann

Head of Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Jeremias Lauterbach

Leader Mercer Marsh Benefits and Multinational Advisory Germany Mercer

Katharina Schmitt

Redakteurin Personalmagazin Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG

Maren Aufmuth

Team Lead People & Culture PURELEI GmbH

Dr. Yasmin Kurzhals

Selbständige Business & Leadership Coach, Trainerin & Beraterin Dr. Yasmin Kurzhals – Coaching,Training und Beratung

Carolin Thielen

Teamlead Performance & Engagement IU Group N.V.

+ 49 Talented
Industry
Experts

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The formats of RETENTIONpro

Content Stages

Keynotes, panels and expert sessions with best practices and real-world use cases, right in the middle of the show floor.

Best Practice Meetups

Meetups at the booths and 1:1 coffee dates for direct conversations with providers, decision-makers and practitioners.

RETENTIONpro Voices & YOUR Stage

Voices from the market: interviews, practical insights and formats that carry beyond the event day.

The topics of RETENTIONpro

A curated market overview of the most important areas of modern workforce retention.

Leadership, Learning & Culture

Leadership, culture and learning as strategic levers for engagement, performance and retention.

Work Environment, Office & Hybrid Work

Workplace, office concepts and hybrid work for a strong employee experience.

Mobility, Catering & Everyday Benefits

Everyday benefits, from mobility and catering to the perks people use day to day.

Employer Branding & Retention Communication

Employer brand and retention communication that make retention visible inside and out.

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Who is RETENTIONpro for?

RETENTIONpro brings both sides together in one place: the decision-makers responsible for retention, and the providers with solutions for engagement, benefits and workforce performance.

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HR decision-makers

HR leaders, CHROs, People & Culture teams, benefits managers, corporate-health managers, engagement leads, employer-branding teams and executives who want to take employee retention forward strategically.

Providers and solution partners

Providers of solutions, services and technologies that help companies raise engagement, make benefits more effective, strengthen wellbeing and improve workforce performance for the long term.

Frequently asked questions

Answers about attending, tickets, exhibitors and the topics around workforce retention, engagement and benefits.

RETENTIONpro is the focused expo for workforce retention, employee engagement and benefits. It brings together HR decision-makers, providers and thought leaders around retention, engagement, wellbeing and workforce performance.

RETENTIONpro 2027 takes place on 11 March 2027 at the RheinMain CongressCenter in Wiesbaden.

The expo is aimed at HR leaders, CHROs, People & Culture professionals, benefits and wellbeing managers, employee-experience teams and executives, as well as providers of retention, engagement and benefits solutions.

The focus is on workforce retention, employee engagement, benefits, wellbeing, corporate health, employee experience, leadership, culture, engagement technology and people analytics.

Workforce retention shapes productivity, performance, knowledge retention, team stability and employer attractiveness. That is why it is increasingly a performance factor for modern organizations.

RETENTIONpro is open to verified industry professionals. Providers of HR, retention, benefits or engagement solutions can take part as an exhibitor or sponsor.

Interested providers can get in touch via the “Become an exhibitor” page for information on booth packages, sponsorship, expert sessions and other visibility formats.

The State of Workforce Retention Report DACH is a planned annual market study by HRM Institute, together with media partners, on workforce retention, engagement, benefits, wellbeing and workforce performance.

Retention, Employee Engagement & Employee Benefits

11. March 2027

RheinMain CongressCenter, RheinMain CongressCenter, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee, Wiesbaden, Germany

Workforce Retention becomes
Workforce Performance.

RETENTIONpro – the expo for workforce retention, employee engagement & benefits

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