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Human Resource Executive(R) Releases Agenda for 11th Annual HR Technology(R) Conference & Exposition
HORSHAM, Pa., May 20 PRNewswire — Human Resource Executive(R) Magazine today announced the agenda for the publication's 11th Annual HR Technology(R) Conference & Exposition, being held October 15-17 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The event, which one past attendee called "The single most useful and educational event in HR technology," is now the largest of its kind in the world after attendance increased by 33 percent last year and doubled in just three years. The exposition, with more than 250 exhibiting companies, is also the largest of its kind.
Editor Dave Shadovitz and technology columnist Bill Kutik have, for 11 years, created an educational program addressing what HR executives need to learn today about getting business benefits from technology. They have also provided the leading venue for discovering new technologies, networking, and learning from peers and industry experts. This year's conference will focus on the three biggest issues facing HR executives today: Talent Management, Web 2.0 and Workforce Analytics/Planning.
For three days, HR professionals can learn from and interact with senior executives from top companies, whether presenters or other attendees. Presenters include senior executives from Aetna, Capital One, Cigna, Clorox, Commerce Bank, Dow Chemical, Echelon Resorts, First American, GKN Plc., Gulfstream, Harris, Hershey, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intuit, Neiman Marcus, Nokia, Rogers Communications, Salesforce.com, United Rentals, Volkswagen, Whirlpool and Yahoo!
For the 11th consecutive year, the conference will stage its signature event, a competitive software "Shootout" between leading vendors. "The Industry's First Talent Management Shootout" will feature back-to-back, custom demonstrations solving corporate problems using the hottest applications in HR today. Viewers then vote for their favorite. Also, the "Second Annual Talent Management Panel" will feature three senior HR executives sharing their experiences with talent management technologies.
The conference will open with keynote speaker Michael Beschloss, author of six best-selling books, including Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989. The presidential historian for NBC News, Beschloss will talk about "Leadership From the Oval Office to the Board Room ... Plus Predictions About Our Presidential Candidates," a timely look at presidential leadership and its lessons for HR.
The conference program includes more than 30 educational sessions, including two on Workforce Planning and another on Portals. The most popular session from two years ago, "Cool New Technologies," is back by overwhelming demand and will include demonstrations of the five "coolest" new software products for Performance Management, Recruiting and other HR functions.
The 2008 agenda includes a new track: Web 2.0 & Innovation. One session featured in this track will update last year's "Great New Technologies Just for You" by delving deeper into Web 2.0 technologies for corporate and personal productivity. An industry panel comprised of the top HR software executives from Lawson, Oracle and SAP, along with their clients, will discuss the use of Web 2.0 in large companies.
Other tracks being offered are: Strategic View; The Talent Management Suite; HCM, Portals & Workforce Management; Recruiting; and Outsourcing.
Peter Cappelli will round out the conference in the closing keynote, "What You Should Know About Talent Management Before Buying Software." Cappelli is the professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources and author of Talent on Demand: Managing Talent in an Age of Uncertainty.
The complete conference program is available at http://www.HRTechnologyConference.com. Pre-Early Bird registrants will receive a significant price reduction when they sign up by August 1, 2008. Another discount is offered to those who register prior to September 26, 2008. Group discount rates are also available.
A limited number of press and analyst passes are available for this conference. To request a press pass, please contact Jeanne Achille, The Devon Group, 732-224-1000, ext. 11, or e-mail jeanne@devonpr.com.
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