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SHRM's 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

June 25-28, 2006
Washington, D.C.

The SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition is a three-and-a-half-day conference designed to give you, the HR professional, the most comprehensive and relevant professional development programs that improve your knowledge, skills and abilities.

SPEAKERS

Opening General Session With
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.)
Sunday, June 25, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) became the 65th secretary of state on January 20, 2001. Previously, he served as a key aide to the secretary of defense and as national security advisor to President Reagan. He also served 35 years in the United States Army, rising to the rank of four-star general and serving as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-1993). During this time he oversaw 28 crises, including Operation Desert Storm in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. That experience served him well, both before and after the events of September 11, 2001. General Powell was at the forefront of the administration's efforts to advance economic and social development worldwide. General Powell is the recipient of numerous U.S. military awards and decorations and a wide variety of civilian awards including two Presidential Medals of Freedom. He is the author of his best-selling autobiography, My American Journey.

General Session With David McCullough
Monday, June 26, 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

David McCullough, author of the new best-seller 1776, is twice winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. He has been called a "master of the art of narrative history." His books have been praised for their exceptional narrative sweep, their scholarship and insight into American life, and for their literary distinction. His John Adams, one of the most acclaimed American biographies ever published, hit the New York Times bestseller list at number one and remained on the list for more than a year. In the words of the citation accompanying his honorary degree from Yale, "As a historian, he paints with words, giving us pictures of the American people that live, breath and above all, confront the fundamental issues of courage, achievement and moral character." His books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, The Path between the Seas, Mornings on Horseback, Brave Companions, and Truman. He has received 31 honorary degrees.

Tuesday Keynote Speaker
Tuesday, June 27, 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

You know you can count on SHRM to bring you a great keynote speaker line up, and sometimes, meeting that commitment takes a little bit more time. Look for the complete keynote speaker line up in the full conference brochure that will be included in the January SHRM member mailing.

General Session With Liz Murray
Wednesday, June 28, 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Liz Murray's life is a triumph over adversity and a stunning example of the importance of dreaming big. Her life as the child of cocaine-addicted parents in the Bronx was bitterly grim. By age 15, Murray's mom had died and she was homeless -- living on the streets, riding the subway all night, and eating from dumpsters. Amidst this pain, Liz always imagined her life could be much better than it was. "I started to grasp the value of the lessons learned while living on the streets. I knew, after overcoming those daily obstacles that next to nothing could hold me down." Liz finished high school in just two years while camping out in New York City parks and subway stations. She went on to earn a scholarship from The New York Times and entered Harvard in 2000. In order to be closer to her ill father, Liz has since chosen to attend Columbia University. Lifetime Television produced a movie about Liz's life story entitled From Homeless to Harvard, which premiered in April 2003. She is currently writing her memoirs and was a recent recipient of Oprah Winfrey's first ever Chutzpah Award.

PROGRAMS

The Essentials of Human Resource Management Certificate Program
June 25 - 27 (three-day course)

This three-day program provides participants with a basic overview of the human resource function and some of today's most timely HR issues. It is ideal for organizations that need to provide a broad overview of the human resource function to multiple employees, supervisors who have the responsibility for interviewing and training employees, team leaders with supervisory responsibilities, entry-level human resource professionals or those seeking a career in human resources.

HR Generalist Certificate Program
June 24 - 27 (four-day course)

This comprehensive, four-day program offers the latest information in the functional areas of human resources. Topics include: compensation, benefits, employee and labor relations, human resource development, employment law, staffing, and professionalizing human resources. Whether you're new to the profession or looking to reinforce your knowledge, this program will provide you with the tools to advance your HR career.

Advanced HR Generalist Certificate Program
June 24 - 27 (four-day course)

HR in Alignment. Learn how to develop an integrated HR plan for your organization. Using case study methodologies, the Advanced HR Generalist course helps you think about the way individual HR disciplines link together and influence one another within a strategic framework. Discover how HR competencies form this framework and why strategy, leadership, ethics and culture form a foundation to provide continuity and assistance when making important and consequential decisions. By examining HR disciplines, you will learn how each is interdependent with the others as well as how the decisions made about each affect the others.

Strategic E-HR Conference

Mar. 1-2, 2006
Coronado Island Mariott, San Diego, CA

`Maximizing Your Return from Technology Innovationin Human Resources

TOPICS:
—The Business Case Financial Model for HR Technology
—Using Technology for Human Capital Management
— Designing the Efficient Business to Business Employee Portal
—Case Study: Transforming HR Using Technology at Carlson
—Using Technology for Succession Planning
—Case Study: Successfully Building and Deploying Strategic E-HR Initiatives that Add Business Value
—Panel Discussion: Assessing Available Technology Options: Selecting the Right E-HR Strategy for Your Organization
—Keynote Presentation: Using Technology to Transform HR from a Core to a Strategic Function
—Using Technology as a Key Enabler to Transform the HR Function into a Strategic Global Business Partner
—Web Based Strategy Execution and Corporate Performance Management
—HR Technology Panel Discussion
—Outsourcing as an E-HR Strategy

SPEAKERS
Rob Bernshteyn
Senior Director, Product Marketing
SuccessFactors

Bob Bernshteyn
Senior Director, Product Marketing
SuccessFactors

Freddye Silverman
Vice President, HR Technology Solutions
Cendant

Jean Hopper
Vice President Talent and Organization Development
WellPoint, Inc.

Abbe Luersman
Vice President Total Rewards and HR Solutions
Whirlpool Corporation

Greg Peters
Vice President, HR Shared Services
Carlson Companies

Larry S. Brigman, SPHR
Vice President, Human Resources
THE REVCOR COMPANIES

Steve Rice
Vice President, Human Resources for Global Operations
Hewlett-Packard Company

Jac Fitz-enz, Ph.D.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Workforce Intelligence Institute

Ron Balsewich
Vice President
Corporate Human Resources
Health Care Service Corporation
(Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Texas & New Mexico)

Lars Dalgaard
Chief Executive Officer

HRPAO Annual Conference 2006

Don’t miss Canada’s premier human resources conference – at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. This year’s conference is our biggest yet, with over 100 sessions and over 200 exhibitors. The early bird deadline of Nov. 1st is fast approaching; register today and save money!

TOPICS
Effective HR management has never been more important to a winning business strategy. And the role of the HR professional as talent scout, coach and referee has never been more critical. A world-class line-up of dynamic speakers will equip you with the knowledge of emerging trends and cutting-edge solutions you need to lead a high-performing team. Attend HRPAO’s 2006 Annual Conference.

SPEAKERS
Conference Kick-Off Event Presented by HRPAO and The Power WithinReady, set, go! Join international speaking stars Loretta LaRoche, Keith Ferrazzi and Fredrik Härén on Tuesday, January 31st to kick off the conference. This event is included in the full conference registration package, and is available as a single ticket. Generously sponsored by working.com and Wendy Melvin and Associates. Co-presented by HRPAO and the Power Within.

The HR Summit 2006

02-06-06 and 02-07-06
The Greenbrier
300 W. Main Street
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia 24986
USA
www.humanresourcessummit.com

Today, HR executives face the challenge of maintaining a motivated workforce at a time when key issues such as outsourcing, talent acquisition, leadership development, recruitment, employee retention, diversity programs and the rising cost of healthcare are now at the core of HR functions. Also factoring as a major issue is Corporate Governance and how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has impacted the HR role with particular focus on its implications for executive compensation, performance, remuneration and of course reporting.

The HR Summit 2006 will be the sixth in the HR Summit series and promises tooffer the senior HR executive the unique opportunity to not only meet and network with peers from companies shaping the future of the industry but also explore new ideas and technologies through prescheduled one-on-one meetings with leading solution and technology providers, earn HRCI credits and learn from distinguished speakers and relevant case studies on how to overcome the various challenges now facing the industry.

Delegate Job Titles May Include: CPOs, CLOs, CDOs, EVPs, SVPs, VPs, and Senior Directors of the following:

• Human Resources, Global Human Resources, Employee Services, Leadership Continuity & Diversity, Human Resource Information Systems, HR Technology Solutions, HR Operations, HR Business Centers, Compensation & Benefits and Organizational Effectiveness.

Keynote speakers for the HR Summit 2006 include:

Daniel Bowling III
SVP Human Resources
Coca Cola Enterprises

Karen Shadders
VP People
Wegmans Food Markets

Other notable speakers at the HR Summit 2006 are Sheryl Anderson, SVP, Human Resources at Starz Entertainment Group; Eva Lynne Disbro, VP, Human Resources with McKee Foods Inc.; Dave Binkley, SVP, Global Human Resources of Whirlpool Corporation; Alan Momeyer, VP, Human Resources from Loews Corporation; Robert Gulick, SVP, Education & Training with NASD; Karen Feltes, VP, Human Resources at Avista Corporation; Dr. Randy Ross, VP & Regional Recruiting Manager of Homebanc Mortgage and Clark Handy, EVP, Human Resources at Teleflex Inc.

Key Topics In the Executive Summit Program Include:

* Change Management - Adapting to Organization Change & Development
* Healthcare Cost Containment - The Impact of Rising Costs on the Organization
* Developing your Talent Pool - The Time to Secure your Future Leaders is Now!
* Recruitment and Retention - Identifying and Retaining your Key Employees
* Performance Management and Development - Expanding the Organizational Mission
* Sarbanes- Oxley Compliance - Analyzing its Direct Implication on Human Resource Responsibilities
* Organizational Training: A Profitable Investment in People Development and Performance Improvement 

Registration Package Includes:

* Meals and beverages for the duration of the summit
* Attendance at all conference sessions, networking and evening events
* Online access to speaker presentations after the event
* Participation in 8-10 One-on-One Meetings with Solution Providers

To register contact Simone Reeves at 246.417.5379 | marketing@marcusevansbb.com

Human Capital Summit Conference

04/05/06 - 04/06/06
Chicago Marriott Downtown
540 North Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60611

SPEAKERS

Richard Florida
Professor
George Mason University

Dr. Florida is an adjunct scholar with the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. and has been a visiting professor at MIT and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential academics on the shift to the new, knowledge economy and has spearheaded national debates on industrial competitiveness, high-technology industries, and the globalization of industry. His latest book is Industrializing Knowledge: University-Industry Linkages in the Japan and the United States edited with Lewis Branscomb and Fumio Kodama and to be published in October 1999 by MIT Press.

Rich Karlgaard
Publisher
Forbes

Rich Karlgaard is the publisher of Forbes - the world's most popular business and financial magazine, read by 4.5 million people per issue. He also is the author of Life 2.0 How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness, which was an Amazon and Wall Street Journal business best-seller.

Noel Tichy
Professor
Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

Dr. Noel M. Tichy is a Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he is the director of the Global Business Partnership, which for over a decade ran the Global Leadership Program, a 36-company consortium of Japanese, European and North American companies who partnered to develop senior executives and conduct action research on globalization in China, India, Russia and Brazil. He now heads up the Global Leadership in Healthcare Program working with CEOs and their senior teams from major medical centers in the U.S. along with teams in Europe and India. Professor Tichy also conducts the CYCLE OF LEADERSHIP executive program at the University of Michigan. Most recently, he led the launch of the Global Corporate Citizenship Initiative in partnership with General Electric, Procter & Gamble and 3M, designed to create a national model for partnership opportunities between business and society emphasizing free enterprise and democratic principles.

WORKSHOPS

Strategy: The Global Talent Roadmap
As the world flattens, Global Talent Management is becoming an ever-more critical issue for organizations that are outsourcing, moving operations overseas, or addressing new markets in Europe, Asia and beyond. This day-long workshop examines the complexities and challenges of building an overseas workforce, and offers next-practices and new strategies that can create significant competitive advantages for your organization.
Lynne Morton, Principal, Performance Improvement (PI) Solutions
Steve Johnson, Pan Asia Talent Management Practice at Boomerang Search and Consulting

Acquisition: Strategic Recruiting Leadership
Strategic corporate recruiting can be the most powerful weapon in the War for Talent. This workshop is for corporate recruiting leaders who must work faster, more proactively and more effectively to find and capture the very best talent. The workshop format is expertly developed and facilitated using the Harvard Business School case study approach to unlock the potential of your recruiting and leadership abilities.
Jeremy Eskenazi, Managing Principal, Riviera Advisors

Development: New Human Capital Measures That Drive Business Results
Go beyond benchmarking to business intelligence with the father of Human Capital Metrics. Measuring the effect of talent on growth, productivity and the bottom line is critical in a new economy based on knowledge work. In this groundbreaking workshop Dr. Fitz-enz shares his latest research and next-practices in applying business intelligence to analyze and value the contribution of your human capital.
Dr. Jac Fitz-enz, Founder and CEO, Human Capital Source, Author of The ROI of Human Capital

Leadership: Engaging and Retaining Your Key Talent
The talent wars are underway again, and we are at the leading edge of a global shortage cycle. Everyone knows the pain of losing your best talent to competitors, while you struggle to recruit for growth. Now is the time to focus hard on aligning and engaging your workforce. In this important workshop, you'll learn to build proactive retention systems into the fabric of your organization.

2006 Asia-Pacific Human Resources Conference

03/01/06 - 03/02/06
Island Shangri-la, Hong Kong

Each year, this conference brings together HR leaders from around the world to share the latest thinking on HR management in the region. In 2006, the focus will be 'Leading HR Through the Challenges of Change', with speakers addressing the opportunities and extraordinary pressures arising from growth in Asia-Pacific.

TOPICS

— The Business Challenge: What Organizational Capabilities are Needed in Asia?
— Organizational Transformation: HR's Critical Role in Anticipating and Responding to External Change Drivers
— The HR Value Proposition
— The HR Delivery Model: How to Define and Optimize
— From Rules-based to Principle-based Decision Making
— Strategic Partners in the Change Process
— The Results of the Leadership Development in Asia-Pacific Research Study

SPEAKERS

Shahrukh Marfatia
Vice President HR - Asia-Pacific
Nokia

Charles Lim
Director HR, ASEAN, Australasia & India
Proctor and Gamble

Paul Sakrzewski
HR Services Director -Asia
BOC

Andrew Bell
Program Director, AP HR Council
The Conference Board

Rise of the HR Professional in Corporate Execution

02/01/06 - 02/02/06
Barcelona, Spain

Self Leadership in Medicine (Cruise)

02/26/05 - 03/05/06
Caribbean Cruise

TOPIC

CME by Homewood Health Center - a leader in physician health and wellness. This workshop will offer the participants opportunities to learn, reflect on and discuss principles and skills of personal leadership, such as self-awareness, vision, competencies, leadership styles, ethics and values, communication, passion, and mindfulness.

Leadership & Management in Sub-Sahara Africa 2006 Conference

06/25/06 - 06/28/06
Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania

TOPICS

Topics should deal with leadership and/or management of organisations in Sub-Sahara Africa. Cross-cultural studies should include an African component.

SPEAKERS

Featured speakers are Lovemere Mbigi, author of Ubuntu: The African Dream in Management & In Search of the African Business Renaissance, and Terence Jackson, author of International HRM: A Cross-Cultural Approach & Management and Change in Africa.

10th International Conference on Experiential Learning:
INSPIRING LEADERS - Experiential Learning and
Developing Leadership

07/10/06 - 07/14/06
Lancaster, United Kingdom

The International Conference on Experiential Learning returns to the UK for the first time since the inaugural conference in London in 1987. The conference is aimed at practitioners, educators/teachers, trainers, community leaders, therapists, managers, policy-makers, researchers and others interested in experiential learning.

The conference will provide a unique opportunity to showcase and exchange ideas and insights about the nature of leadership and how the process of experiential learning can develop and strengthen leadership for individuals, groups, companies, communities and society on a local, national and international level. It will also ask key questions about leadership for the future. There will be a range of strands including:

* Youth Leadership
* Business Leadership
* Leadership in Education
* Community Leadership
* Leadership for Health
* Leadership and the Environment
* Leadership and Mentoring
* International leadership

SPEAKERS

Sir Chris Bonington.
Chancellor of Lancaster University and mountaineer

Professor Knud Illeris.
Research Director of Learning Lab Denmark, the Danish University of Education. Previously Professor of Educational Research at Roskilde University

Nadinne Cruz.
Internationally respected speaker, author and consultant on public service education. Previously director of the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University, USA

Jonathan Gosling.
Director of the Centre for Leadership Studies. Previously Director of the Strategic Leaders Unit at Lancaster University and the International Masters in Practicing Management

Barrie Oxtoby.
Leads his own business specialising in growth through organisation and people development. Barrie is also a Visiting Professor in Leadership Development at the University of Chester.