The conference enables participants to drill down into the myriad of complex business challenges, as well as opportunities, which currently face the Human Capital community.

Themes of the conference include but are not limited to:

• Best practices in finding and retaining quality employees as discussed by James J. Duffy, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Human Resources, CIT Group

• The development and implementation of the Consumerism and Lab-to-Showcase models as discussed by Bonnie C. Hathcock, Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Humana

• Transforming a company for sustainable growth as discussed by Lucien Alziari, Senior Vice President Human Resources, Avon Products

• Talent Management in a global creative media company as discussed by Beryl Cook, Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, News Corporation

• Playing the Whole Game: Avoiding the Pitfalls of the Disaggregated Model of HR as discussed by Brian Schipper, Senior Vice President Human Resources, Cisco Systems

• The process and challenges of shifting from a regional to a global HR focus as discussed by Lynn Jolliffe, Senior Vice President Human Resources Worldwide, Ingram Micro

Other Topics will include:

• The impact of technology on the human capital landscape

 

• Measuring substantive ROI on award programs

 

• Overcoming challenges in leadership development

• Creating and maintaining sustainability

• Utilizing HR metrics to predict performance and bring about change

• Business intelligence’s impact on performance

• Diversity driving business results

• Challenges in mergers and acquisitions

• Best practices in improving and sustaining employee engagement

• Utilizing globalization in the search for talent

• Transforming HR as a business model changes