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Speaker & moderator

Eva Helmond

Eva Helmond is a moderator and speaker who makes complex topics around technology, sustainability and the future clear and interactive. With her analytical perspective and energetic style, she connects content to the objectives of the event. She asks sharp questions, makes connections and ensures a program that is both substantively sound and memorable.

  • Rate indication: € 2,500 to € 3,499
  • Available for booking as: Panelist ConversationLeader Debate leader Day chairman Interviewer
  • Languages: Dutch English

About Eva Helmond

Eva Helmond is a speaker and former futures researcher who takes organisations into the future of work. At the intersection of strategy, work, technology and societal transitions, she makes complex developments concrete and relatable. Through the power of imagination, she takes her audience into a realistic vision of the future and, after a journey of hope and fear, always offers a clear perspective for action.

 

The Future of Work, Visible Today

She shows which professions and skills are already emerging as a result of developments such as digitalisation, sustainability and increasing pressure on energy and critical raw materials. At the same time, she explains how broader economic and geopolitical developments, such as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, have a direct impact on work, industrial policy and labour market policy.

By making these connections, she helps organisations look differently at labour and organisational issues. Not from the perspective of positions and recruitment, but from the perspective of skills, value and future resilience. Her lectures make clear that the labour market is fundamentally changing and that this requires new choices.

 

From Systems Thinking to Practice

With a background in HR, media, leadership development and futures research, Eva Helmond moves between policy and practice. She worked as a futures researcher at Stichting Toekomstbeeld der Techniek and contributed to initiatives related to the Club of Rome.

Today, she works at the Goldschmeding Foundation on the Future-Proof Work programme, where she works with partners from education, policy and business on the labour market towards 2040. As a speaker, she connects large systems to concrete practical examples and shows what is already changing today.

In her lectures, she highlights a fundamental issue. Many organisations still focus on recruitment and employee retention, while the real challenge lies in the transition towards a labour market centred around skills. She shows why we need to move from jobs and positions to skills and income security, and why it is necessary to rethink the value we place on work.

 

Topics

• Future of work and the labour market
• Digitalisation and technology
• Sustainability and the economy
• Skills and craftsmanship
• Meaningful work and appreciation

Background and Expertise

• Futures researcher at Stichting Toekomstbeeld der Techniek, focusing on technology in 2050
• Involved in initiatives related to the Club of Rome and the SDGs
• Experience in HR, learning and leadership development
• Radio producer and moderator

Current Affairs and in the Media

In April 2026, Eva appeared on NPO Radio 1’s Spraakmakers to discuss jobs of the future and spoke with Queen Máxima about the future of work.

What to Expect

Eva Helmond combines systems thinking with concrete examples and relatable stories. She brings complex transitions back to their essence and shows what is already changing today. Her lectures are sharp and directional, concrete and inspiring, and connect policy with practice.

Sessions

We live in complex times in which challenges follow one another rapidly. They are also interconnected and influence each other: the economy, climate, technology, (European) legislation, financial security, equality and politics. In a changing context like this, determining the right position can be challenging.

In this session, Eva facilitates a Future Positioning exercise. Constellations are also known from family constellations and social constellations. In Eva’s constellations, the future takes centre stage. It is a method that helps groups develop a shared vision of the future in relation to a complex challenge. Together with a manager, team or CEO of an institution, company, foundation or government organisation, Eva works on this during an annual closing, strategy day, stakeholder session or team day. In the Future Positioning exercise, the desired future takes an important place, as do the opportunities and obstacles.

Eva has previously worked with themes such as: the city of the future, (wise) technology, the labour market, sustainable work, political tensions, education, tax shifts to reduce pollution and support employment, the repair economy, future-proof leadership and the sustainable HR manager.

Most people are familiar with constellations through family constellations or systemic therapy. In this session, Eva uses techniques from family constellations (Bert Hellinger) and also draws on knowledge and experience from Causal Layered Analysis (Sohail Inayatullah), Theory U (MIT) and Design Thinking (Tim Brown and Dave Kelley).

‘Energetic and with a touch of humour’ is what Eva often hears about her work as a moderator and debate leader. She knows how to keep the event she leads on track, while maintaining energetic interaction and freedom for both speakers and the audience. Her style is characterised by determination, creativity and connection.

Eva uses interaction creatively at events. She draws on her qualities as a training actress: know the audience, know the speakers, know the client and know the objectives of the event! She places great value on thinking along with the client and thorough preparation to ensure that the right objectives are achieved.

Clients describe Eva as enthusiastic. She asks witty questions and connects the different parts of the day in an engaging way, with a distinctive and disarming personality that completes the experience.

Eva Helmond has a strong affinity with Human Resources Management, science, young professionals, philosophy, sustainability, innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship. As a debate leader, interviewer, speaker and moderator, she is determined, improvisational and creative.

Which professions are emerging today, and why do we not always see them yet in this interconnected world? Eva shows how changes are already taking place and what this means for organizations.

Why does not all work have the same value, and what does this mean for the economy, policy and financial security in the long term?

How skills, craftsmanship and societal value come together, and what this requires from organizations and workers.

From insulation specialist to urban miner and from community carer to caregiver. Eva makes visible which new roles are emerging in a sustainable and changing society.

From smart to wise technology. What does this require from organizations and workers, and how can you make conscious choices?

Videos

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