OPENING KEYNOTE Transformative HR: How Your Organization Can Use Evidence-Based Change John Boudreau, Professor at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, and Research Director for its Center for Effective Organizations (CEO). Author of four books, including his forthcoming Transformative HR (Wiley), co-authored with Ravin Jesuthasan of Towers Watson.

Monday, October 3 • 8:45 - 10 a.m.
Companies have been attempting to transform HR for years, with few success stories. Four years ago, you may have been lucky enough to hear the standing-room-only closing keynote from John Boudreau, the leading HR academic of his generation. Now he returns to share five proven principles for bringing about “evidence-based change” – logic-driven analytics, segmentation, risk leverage, integration and synergy, and optimization. Drawing from original research at the CEO, plus recent case studies, he’ll demonstrate new ways to leverage decision-support tools and analytics to drive value for your organization.

GENERAL SESSION The Second Annual Great Technology Debate Jason Averbook, Co-Founder & CEO, Knowledge Infusion Naomi Lee Bloom, Managing Partner, Bloom & Wallace

Tuesday, October 4 • 8:45 - 10 a.m.
See the Thriller from Ft. Myers versus the Colossus of Minneapolis. Naomi missed being in last year’s debate, but now she is returning to face off with Jason – two of the world’s leading experts on HR technology taking on the hottest issues of the day. It’s impossible to say now what issues they will be wrestling over in October, but it’s guaranteed that you will care about them a lot. Don’t make up your mind on a critical issue until you hear what they have to say. Or even ask them questions yourself!

Tuesday, October 4 • 4 - 5:15 p.m.
Many tend to think software innovation comes only from start-up companies, preferably (in our imaginations) working out of a garage. But it’s just not true. Established companies innovate, too, although it is harder. They have this ball-and-chain called “their customers,” whom they love, but they have to drag to the innovation – and it better work with what they’ve already got. That’s why we feature both kinds of companies in this general session. Its purpose is simple: To blow your mind (or simply expand it) with live demonstrations of the most awesome new HR software products we can find in all categories. We spend July and August watching online product demonstrations, in addition to the ones we see normally throughout the year. Send us new companies: Use our LinkedIn group or e-mail bill@kutik.com. We don’t end the search until early September, when the final products will be announced. Some may be bleeding edge, but others will be available immediately to help you get the job done in ways you might never have imagined.

CLOSING KEYNOTE Face-Linked 2020: The Social Network Changes Talent Management Jim Holincheck, Managing VP, Finance, HCM and Procurement, Gartner

Wednesday, October 5 • 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Consider this potentially game-changing scenario … It’s 2020. All the social networks have merged into one – called Face-Linked – with more than 5 billion members in 180 countries. Everyone is connected all the time through mobile devices and wireless broadband networks. With telepresence integrated and affordable, interacting on the network isn’t much different than being F2F. Even simultaneous language translations are available. Will Face-Linked change everything – especially HR?! With everyone’s talent profile instantly available? Come hear Jim’s thoughts about this hardly implausible idea, many of which apply to our less networked world today.

Top HR Products of 2011 Awards Luncheon

Monday, October 3 • 12:15 - 2 p.m.
For more than 22 years, Human Resource Executive^® magazine has recognized excellence and innovation in the HR vendor community with its Top HR Products and Top Training Products awards. Don’t miss this year’s selections and why they made the cut at this year’s luncheon – you just might find the exact solution you’ve been looking for.

Luncheon Entertainment from The Passing Zone

See the world’s only “keynote” jugglers, chosen as a "Best Bet for Entertainment" by The Wall Street Journal. Bowling pins? Hardly. Think chain saws. Don't miss two funny, really funny guys in tights, who have been regular guests on NBC’s Today Show.

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