RECLive27: REC Annual Conference and Leaders Summit

RECLive is the yearly leaders summit of the REC, the UK recruitment trade body. No 2027 date was on the pages we read.

What the 2026 edition covered

RECLive26 was a one-day event in London. The REC published highlights afterwards. The sessions were:

• An opening address from the REC chief executive, Neil Carberry.
• A keynote on the next chapter for recruitment, from Adam Hawkins of LinkedIn.
• A panel on the 2026 market and the size of the prize.
• A panel on the value of the industry.
• A keynote on the future of work from the author Sarah Ellis.
• A panel on what is working with AI, what is not, and what is next.
• An interview with a sector leader.
• A panel on the basics and on new ideas.

Good to know

• The 2026 session recordings and slides were put online for viewing.
• The date we hold for 2027 is an estimate.