Event · New Delhi
TechHR India 2026: AI avatars and a live beam-in on HoloBox911
Your next hire met you here.
In the film
- The question What if your brand could talk back?
- AI avatars for HR Candidates ask, the avatar answers: a life-size AI avatar holding real conversations, all day.
- Employer branding Your culture, life-size: a branded HoloBox and avatar, your story on loop.
- The booth One HoloBox, a footprint smaller than a desk.
- On the floor More than 250 senior HR leaders engaged across two days.
- The result Your next hire met you here.
At TechHR India 2026 we ran one life-size HoloBox911 hologram display on the WorkTech Expo floor, with interactive AI avatars, a live holographic beam-in and gesture-controlled games.
Over two days at Yashobhoomi, 6 and 7 August 2026, the display carried:
- Interactive AI avatars of Jonty Rhodes and People Matters chief executive Pushkaraj Bidwai. Delegates asked questions in their own words and the avatars answered in natural language, rather than playing a fixed video.
- A live holographic beam-in of GrowthSchool founder Vaibhav Sisinty, captured at his location and shown life-size on the floor, with two-way audio so he could hear delegates and reply without travelling
- An avatar department selector, gesture-controlled games that needed no controller, headset or app, and in-app AI video creation
TFG was the knowledge partner.
What we built
One HoloBox, six experiences: People Matters TechHR India 2026
Summary
At People Matters TechHR India 2026, we ran one life-size HoloBox hologram display on the expo floor at Yashobhoomi on 6 and 7 August 2026. Over the two days it hosted AI avatars of Jonty Rhodes and People Matters chief executive Pushkaraj Bidwai, a live beam-in of GrowthSchool founder Vaibhav Sisinty, and four other experiences. More than 250 CHROs, directors and senior HR leaders engaged with it.
About TechHR India 2026
People Matters TechHR is an annual conference and exhibition on HR and work technology, run by the HR media company People Matters. It pairs a multi-track conference with a WorkTech Expo where HR technology companies show their products, and it is aimed at CHROs, HR leaders and the executives and founders around them. People Matters describes it as Asia’s largest HR and Work Tech conference; that is the organiser’s own positioning.
Dates, venue and organiser
- Dates: Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August 2026
- Venue: Yashobhoomi, India International Convention and Expo Centre, Dwarka, New Delhi
- Organiser: People Matters (People Matters Media Pvt. Ltd.)
- Theme: "Orchestrating Growth With A Human Edge", with the tagline "What we create today, others inherit tomorrow."
- Scale (organiser figures): 5,000+ attendees, 175+ speakers, 150+ HR and Work Tech partners, 100+ learning hours
Agenda and formats
The theme was about the balance between automation and human judgement. The agenda ran in four tracks, which the organisers call Fastlanes:
- The New HR Operating System (HROS) Edge: the systems, processes and data under hiring, performance and pay
- The Leadership Edge: how leadership changes when much of the operating layer is automated
- The Human+Tech Experience Edge: the employee experience where technology mediates it
- The Sustainable Innovation Edge: innovation that lasts, including a masterclass on change resilience by Jason Averbook of Mercer
Formats included C-Suite Huddles, the People Matters THINK TANK, Talent Snack case studies, TechHR Lighthouse Talks and Big Questions debates streamed on LinkedIn. Named speakers included Marc Effron of the Talent Strategy Group, Holger Mueller of Constellation Research and Jason Averbook of Mercer. The WorkTech Expo and a Startup Zone ran alongside, with awards, mentorship sessions and the TechHR Night Fest.
HoloBox911 at TechHR India 2026
Our HoloBox911 display ran on the WorkTech Expo floor for both days, as an exhibitor installation rather than part of the official programme.
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Frequently asked questions
When and where was TechHR India 2026?
On Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August 2026 at Yashobhoomi, Dwarka, New Delhi.
Who organises TechHR India?
People Matters (People Matters Media Pvt. Ltd.), an HR media and events company. TechHR is its flagship conference.
Is TechHR India a B2B event?
Yes. It is a professional event for the HR and work technology industry, with entry by paid delegate pass. Registration is through india.techhrconference.com.