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April - June, 2009
April
April 1-4, 2009
Lincolnshire, Illinois
American
Association for Affirmative Action 35th Annual Conference
The AAAA conference will offer professional development workshops, sessions with
agency officials and an opportunity to gain practical skills on how to
effectively promote equity, access and opportunity.
www.affirmativeaction.org
April 8
Singapore
HRLAW
Thailand
This seminar will provide participants with insight into labor laws and HR
practices in Thailand. Among the topics to be discussed are labor contracts,
employment practices, compensation and benefits, and redundancy and severance
payments.
www.hrsingapore.net/hrlawthailand/
April 14-16
Washington
World Health
Care Congress
More than 2,000 CEOs and business leaders are expected to attend this annual
event, which offers 200 speakers addressing all health care constituencies:
employers, group practices, public purchasers, pharma and biotech, insurers,
health systems and government regulators. Program also offers emerging trend
forums and CEO retreats.
www.worldhealthcarecongress.com
April 16-17
Singapore
HRLAW
Malaysia
The 18th run of this seminar will provide a comprehensive overview of labor laws
and human resources practices in Malaysia. Issues to be covered will include
statutory benefits, maternity protection, employment of foreigners, redundancy
and retrenchment, employers’ prerogatives and representations on dismissal.
www.hrsingapore.net/hrlawmalaysia/
April 19-22
San Diego
IHRIM HRM Strategies Conference
and Technology Expo
Designed for professionals responsible for human capital management and HR
systems, this event will focus on best practices and future trends on such
topics as talent management, Web 2.0, onboarding, shared services, data
management, metrics, and HR systems selection and implementation.
www.ihrim.org
April 26-29
San Diego
American Occupational Health
Conference
Hosted by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, this
conference will cover occupational medicine and research, disability and
workers’ compensation, infectious-disease control, workplace stress, diabetes at
the work site, toxicology, ergonomics, OSHA regulations and more.
www.acoem.org
April 29-30
Las Vegas
SHRM Staffing Management Conference & Expo
This program will provide staffing professionals with talent management
strategies to help maximize their ability to attract and retain valuable
employees during a difficult labor market. Sessions on how technology can
influence and impact the staffing function will be among the program offerings.
www.shrm.org/conferences/staffingmanagement
May
May 3-6, 2009
Naples, Florida
Recognition
Professionals International 12th Annual Conference
The value of a solid employee recognition system in an economic downturn will be
the focus of the tools, tips and techniques delivered at this event.
www.recognition.org
May 6-8
Miami
Great
Place to Work Conference
Featuring leaders, practitioners and research from Fortune’s Best Companies to
Work For, this event is designed for workplace leaders committed to building
better workplaces. Best practices will be offered on how to manage people in
challenging times, leverage culture for business success, support work/life
balance and stay ahead of the market through constant innovation.
www.greatplacetowork-conference.com
May 11-15, 2009
Houston
APQC’s 14th Annual Knowledge Management Conference and Training
Innovations in the transfer and use of knowledge, new paradigms and best
practices will be the focus of this event, which offers a training component May
11-13 and a conference May 14-15.
www.apqc.org
May 12
Washington
HRA-NCA D.C. Annual State
Conference
"HR and the Bottom Line: New Strategies for a New Economy"
This year’s Human Resource Association of the National Capital Area conference
will be a daylong strategy session to provide HR professionals with innovative
ways to strengthen the bottom line through sessions divided into three tracks:
next-generation talent management, legal sense and results-driven leadership.
www.hra-nca.org
May 12-13
Seattle
CareerXroads Colloquium: Branding
Hosted by Amazon.com, this program will offer ideas for creating a great
experience for each stakeholder and using employee referrals to leverage
employee value proposition. Each colloquium relies on attendee input prior to
the event, and the agenda will be adjusted to reflect the interests of
participants.
www.careerxroads.com
May 13-14
Brussels, Belgium
HR as Business Partner Conference 2009: Revolutionizing the Strategic
Partnership of HR
This conference will focus on how to evolve HR from an administrative role to a
strategic role. New HR architecture, HR transformation, aligning HR and business
strategy, business partner model, the HR line manager, HR marketing, identifying
future leaders, HR’s role in organizational culture and measuring business
partnering success will be among the workshops offered.
www.bmeglobal.com
May 15
Singapore
HRLAW
Philippines
This seminar will provide insight into labor laws and human resources practices
in the Philippines. Some of the issues covered will include employment
conditions, compensation and benefits, and disciplinary processes.
www.hrsingapore.net/hrlawphilippines/
May 18-19
San Francisco
Infohrm Third Annual
Workforce Planning Summit
This event will focus on integrating workforce planning with risk and financial
management, with workforce planning experts from Hewlett-Packard, T-Mobile,
ArcelorMittal, Pepperdine University and the Conference Board.
www.infohrm.com
May 19-21
Chicago
Sixth Annual Corporate
University Summit
This year, with a focus on doing more with less and on informal and alternative
learning, the summit will bring together learning and development leaders to
discuss best practices and strategies for preparing a best-in-class internal
training program.
www.cusummit.com
May 20-21
Houston
HR in the Driver’s Seat
The 18th annual Gulf Coast symposium on human resources issues is sponsored by
HR Houston, one of the largest SHRM affiliates in the country. This year’s
conference is designed as a tune-up for career development as well as an
opportunity to gather knowledge on how to initiate or improve company programs
that will make a difference during difficult times.
www.hrhouston.org
May 31-June 3, 2009
Seattle
Total
Rewards 2009 Conference and Expo
WorldatWork’s annual conference offers HR strategies on how to attract, motivate
and retain talented employees and help companies achieve their business
strategies. Covered topics include total rewards, compensation, benefits,
work/life balance and executive rewards.
www.worldatwork.org
June
June 1-3
Kansas City, Missouri
Savvy
Self-Funding Healthcare Conference and Expo
Started as a community effort in 2005, this annual conference educates employers
and plan sponsors about self-insured plans and overall cost trends. A vendor
expo will include both carriers and brokers.
www.savvyemployerconference.com
June 2
Chicago
Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI
Benefits Forum
The 16th program in a series of benefits forums, this event is designed to offer
a more intensive and participatory dialogue than at large-scale conferences.
Participants will hear from senior executives at corporations with leading-edge
benefits models in a vendor-free setting. Segments will focus on the impact of
the current economy on national health care reform, expansion of consumer-driven
health plans and HSAs, developing company strategies in response to current
health care reform initiatives, retiree medical redesign, trends in executive
benefits, and managing global benefits.
www.mapi.net
June 3
Chicago
Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI
Talent and Leadership Development Forum
This event is designed to offer a more intensive and participatory dialogue than
at large-scale conferences. Participants will hear from senior executives at
corporations with leading-edge talent identification and leadership development
in a vendor-free setting. Topics will include: the impact of the current economy
in recruitment and retention; developing a long-term talent strategy; how to
motivate, retain, engage and communicate with talent that companies want to
keep; and high-potential development programs.
www.mapi.net
June 9-10
San Francisco
Strategic Talent Acquisition Conference
This event is designed to help HR executives get out of the transactional,
tactical day-to-day activities of sourcing, interviewing and making offers and
move into talent acquisition as a business strategy. Each session will include
an interactive component and opportunities to collectively brainstorm while
working together to solve big issues.
hci.org/hci/events_conference_strat_talent_acq_2009_06.guid
June 14-18
Las Vegas
Call Center Week
This 10th annual event, organized by IQPC, attracts more than 500 of the world’s leading call center decision makers to discuss industry research and focus on strategies for reducing costs, improving customer experience, achieving short- and long-term growth and developing customer relationships as key to long-term success in any economic situation.
www.callcenterevent.com
June 16-17
Boston
Workforce Planning Conference
This conference will feature thought leaders in strategic workforce planning to share their strategies and detail
implementations that work and how they successfully combine the use of technology with disciplined business processes and practices to create high-impact results. The conference will lead off with new research findings on identifying business value in workforce planning followed by sessions delivered by executives from Wolters Kluwer, Aetna, HodesIQ, Starbucks and more.
hci.org/hci/events_conference_workforce_plan_2009_06.guid
June 17-19, 2009
Lisbon, Portugal
Employee Assistance European
Forum Summer Conference
"Supporting Employees in Challenging Times" will be the focus of this event,
geared toward HR professionals involved in managing employee assistance and
work/life programs for overseas employees.
www.eaef.org
June 28-July 1, 2009
New Orleans
SHRM
Conference & Exposition
The 61st annual conference will provide HR professionals of all levels access to
thought leaders in human resources, academia, business, globalization and
leadership. Participants will learn strategies and techniques for improving
their work and the workplace.
www.shrm.org
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