The first 20 years of the Contact Forum recruitment fair were an annual effort by student volunteers. As the demand grew, a company, CF-Opiskelijamessut Oy, was founded in the background in order to develop the event at an even faster pace. The owners of CF-Opiskelijamessut Oy - six student organizations - take care that the event remains a link between students, graduates and companies.

Contact Forum has its roots in Otaniemi's Dipoli, from where the fair expanded to Kaapelitehdas. Since 2016, the event has been organized at the Helsinki Messukeskus. In 2021, the Contact Forum was held virtually for the first time due to the corona virus. After Covid, the event has grown even more and broken old records.

In the summer of 2024, CF-Opiskelijamessut Oy changed its name to CF Events Oy with the newly launched Employer Branding Forum event. Employer Branding Forum was founded as a natural continuation of Contact Forum. We have worked closely with HR people for decades, and now we want to offer them and their colleagues a new platform where they can learn new things and be inspired. 

Employer Branding Forum is a great continuation and a way to say thank you to all the HR decision-makers with whom we have been able to work for decades. In the future, CF Events Oy will therefore offer you the opportunity to reach the highly educated talents you are looking for, as well as lessons and ideas on how you can more easily attract talented people to you and make them stay for even longer.