Get the latest advice and insight
    from world-class and emerging
    consulting firms:

        • Bersin & Associates

        • CareerXroads

        • CedarCrestone

        • EquaTerra

        • Human Capital Source

        • Jeitosa Group

        • Knowledge Infusion

        • The Newman Group

Conference: Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2009
Expo: Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2009
McCormick Place, Chicago

Dear Colleague:

The initial shock of the global economic crisis is past, and everyone in HR is getting back to work: automating remaining manual processes, creating strategies for Talent Management and improving HR’s continuing value.

So this year, the world’s #1 HR technology event is adjusting to our new reality by helping you learn what the smartest leaders are all doing: finding better ways to work with what you have and improving processes that will eventually help your organization.

Since HR departments are still buying new software and services – make no mistake about that – we continue our focus on all of the hottest areas for technology investment. But now is also the time to innovate with lower-cost technologies.

After 12 years, no one disputes we are the best conference in the world for what you need to learn today about technology for HR. Many of our new presenters have already attended or sent department members. Ask your colleagues: Chances are someone in your organization has already attended, if not you!

But we’re not resting on our laurels. This year, of all years, we’ve worked hard to earn your attendance and help you make the case for joining us. In addition to our focus on three critical areas in HR technology – Talent Management, Web 2.0 and Workforce Management/Analytics/Planning – we are revisiting the more traditional functional areas that may have plagued you for years.

If it’s important to you today, we’ll be explaining it.

As always, you won’t be dizzied by buzzwords or vendor hype at HR Technology®, but instead learn directly from experts and senior practitioners who are putting technology to work for their organizations today. You’ll learn the details of what they’ve done, the business benefits they’ve gained and the potholes they’ve hit that you can now avoid.

Plus, we don’t sell speaking slots to exhibitors and sponsors to guarantee the conference program furthers your interests and not our bottom line.

You’ll see that when you read through the brochure. Here are just a few highlights:

• Industry’s Second Annual Talent Management Shootout: See our 13th signature event, featuring back-to-back custom demonstrations of the hottest applications in HR today from leading vendors.
  
  
• Create Your Private Social Network for Free!: VP of People Kris Dunn (“The HR Capitalist” blogger) has started two social networks already. He’ll show you exactly how to do it yourself – every step of the way – including where to get terrific software absolutely free. A great HR project for good or tough times.
  
  
• What Customers Really Think of Their Talent Management Vendors: They’ve been selling and shooting at each other for years. Now find out what their customers think. Leighanne Levensaler, Director of Talent Management Research at Bersin & Associates, will debut her year-long research into customer satisfaction with Talent Management systems and services.
  
  
• Cool New Technologies: Our most popular session last year, part of our “Web 2.0 &
  Innovation” track, features live demonstrations of the five coolest new software products we can find in 2009 for any functional area of HR.
  
  
• Workforce Management: The administrative tasks of Time & Attendance, Absence Management, Workforce Scheduling and Optimization have new urgency. Learn from
  German-based PUMA how to manage the workforce more smartly than ever before.
  
  
• Workforce Analytics: When was it ever more important to know the changes in your workforce? A MetLife VP will explain how he can now discover the new hire failure rate from his call centers right up to the executive suite, the rate of internal mobility and the always necessary time-to-hire.
  
  
• Workforce Planning: You could tackle it all yourself, but this is hard new stuff. Instead, you’ll learn how to select one of the growing number of Workforce Planning vendors, how to use the consulting and software they typically offer, and how to put together the plan that moves your workforce into the future.
  
  
• Three New Panels:
• Going Global with Karen Beaman, Founder & CEO of Jeitosa Group, including senior executives from Hyatt, Google, HP and others who have successfully taken their HR systems global, even during hard times.
  
  
• Recruiting Technology 2010 and Beyond with guru Gerry Crispin of CareerXroads will offer the insights and experiences from four of the most competitive staffing leaders, including from Intuit and Deloitte, because companies are still hiring.
  
  
• Third Annual Talent Management Panel with Knowledge Infusion CEO Jason Averbook, focusing this year on how to continue innovating in four industry verticals and increase the value HR brings to the company.
  
  
• Our Keynoters: Wikinomics author Don Tapscott details the human and technology changes leading to Human Resources 2.0. Conference favorite Naomi Lee Bloom details your technology strategies for the best and worst of times.
  
  
• Dave Duffield: Returns to HR Technology® with his client, Chiquita Brands.
  
  
• “Great New Technologies Just for You”: Knowledge Infusion’s Jason Corsello will show how free leading-edge technologies can be useful personally and in your work, including Twitter!
  
  
• Expo Hall: Certain to be the world’s largest again this year. Dozens of new products will be introduced. Plus, many vendors bring their CEOs, giving you product insights you can compare and act on.
  
  
• Plus sessions on Portals, Outsourcing and Comp & Benefits.

As always, our purpose is to show you how to get the business benefits out of technology. Bring a colleague. We have group discounts, too. Call 1-800-727-1227 for details.

So join us for Human Resource Executive®’s 12th Annual HR Technology® Conference & Exposition. We’re the best in the world because we know what you need to learn.

    Join your colleagues Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2009 at Human Resource Executive®'s 12th Annual HR
    Technology® Conference & Exposition — the world's premier HR technology event. With
    26 breakouts and 31 sessions in total, there will be something important for you at
    HR Technology®:

• CEOs
• Chief Talent Officers
• CIOs
• Vice Presidents and Directors of:
            - HR
            - HCM
            - Talent Management
            - Recruitment
            - Training and Learning
            - Employee Relations/Communications
            - Human Capital Management
            - IT & Technology
            - Talent Acquisation
            - Development
            - Benefits

“I’ve returned to HR Technology® for five years because it consistently provides me with a current and precise lens into an ever-evolving market space. I've been fortunate to have this unique opportunity to share best practices and learn from my peers from around the globe.  Of course, it's also great to work for a company that supports this learning."
 
Peter Racine, Manager, HR Technology Services, L.L.Bean Inc.®, Freeport ME

"At the conference, I discovered software solutions that I never dreamt of for the network of private schools and colleges I direct in India. The sessions were all intriguing, and hard to decide which one to attend. The conference offered answers to almost any question an attendee could have. I will be back in 2009 to keep apace with changes.
          
Kiran Bhalodia, Director, The Galaxy Education System, Gujarat, India

“This was my second HR Technology® Conference and it will now become an annual event. Excellent session content, vendor product information, and networking opportunities.”

Tad Winkler, VP HRIS Manager, Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee, WI

"I really valued the informal conversation with Naomi.  That was a great session where we all asked questions and she offered brutally honest answers. In the Talent Management panel, I found ways to convince others of strategies that I have been trying to push. I went to several Web 2.0 sessions too.  I thought I “got it” last year, but it turns out I still had much to learn.  I’m making progress on this front at work now, thanks to the HR Technology® Conference. "

Kelly Davis-Orr, Assistant Director, Information & Technology Services, Office of Human Resources
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 

"The HR Technology® Conference is valuable because I get to see the next generation of products and where they are going with the human capital integration. I enjoy seeing where the technology is going and how we need to wait, delay, or implement soon. The sessions with individuals are great, as well as the keynote speakers. It's good to get away and hear thought leaders on HR strategy, integration with the business, and technology."

Lori Shive, Payroll, Benefits Admin. and HR Solutions, Humana Inc., Louisville, KY

"HR Technology® offers current and real information, with sessions examining real cases and exhibits from some of the key players in the area of HR technology."

Michelle Morgan, HR Project Director, Boy Scouts of America, Irving, TX

"I've attended the HR Technology®Conference for 9 years, first as CEO of an HR technology company and now as the Managing Director of Gotham Growth. I attend to learn what's new, see colleagues and to locate possible acquisition targets and potential partners for our global clients.  This is, in our eyes, the premier event for the HCM industry."

David Hain, Managing Director, Gotham Growth LLC, Radnor, PA

“An interesting and informative event. Worth flying from Finland to learn the vendors and hear success stories of other customers.”

Mikko Levo, Manager, HR Technology, Nokia, Finland

"I attended the HR Technology® Conference to meet potential partners, gain new insight and see innovative products. I was very successful at all three and hope to return in 2009."

Chuma Ofoche, Managing Director, AlliedSoft, Lagos, Nigeria

HR Technology® was again a success. There was a whole lot more to see and experience at the show... HR Technology® should be a cornerstone of any firm’s plans to wring out inefficiencies and cut unnecessary costs.

Zach Thomas, Senior Analyst, Business Process & Applications,
Forrester Research, The Forrester Blog for Business Process & Applications Professionals
Cambridge, MA

"This year at the conference had plenty of new announcements and demonstrations of new technology advancements in Human Resources, with thousands of HR professionals and hundreds of technology providers.

Mark Smith, CEO & Executive Vice President of Research, Ventana Research Blog, Pleasanton, CA

"The HR Technology® show is probably the most important HR technology event of the year... The crowds in the exhibition hall and the breakouts were significant."

Brian Sommer, CEO, TechVentive, Software & Services Safari, Batavia, Illinois

“The HR Technology® conference is a great opportunity to share ideas and experiences, network with HR/IT professionals, and more importantly learn more about our trade. I would highly recommend this conference to not only HR/IT Executives but to the managers/generalists who our doing the implementing, project managing and providing the support for our industries tools and processes. Overall, the conference was a homerun!”

Joe Deroko, Manager,Training and Development, MAG Mutual Insurance Group, Atlanta GA

“I continue to find tremendous value in attending this conference. I am being laid off at the end of the year and I was prepared to pay my own way to make sure I didn't miss this event.“

David Pickles, Sr. Consultant – HRMS, Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, WA

“Overall it was a terrific conference. I was impressed with all the sessions I attended. Topics were right in line with what we are talking about within my company. I'd like to bring more people with me next year.”

Susan Haisley, Manager, Corporate Systems, Advance Auto, Roanoke, VA

" After attending just the expo in 2006, I went to the ful conference in 2007, and it was a great investment of my time and money. I was informed, entertained and well fed and came away with a deeper understanding of he products, trends, tech nology and people shaping hte future of our industry. A must-attend for anyone else making HR technology decisions for their orgainization."

Barry Johansen, PhD, Manager of Learning & Organizational Development, Red Wing Shoe Company, Red Wing, Minnesota

“Excellent conference. All of the sessions I attended proved very informative and gave me quite a bit to take back home with me. The expo was very well done. The huge number of vendors was great to see as you really could get lots of information in a very short time all in one place.”

Jean Christenson, HRMS Manager, CH2M Hill, Englewood, CO

“Great conference!  Been awhile since one kept my interest as high as HR Technology®. Excellent speakers and sessions, across the board; and the vendor exhibition was fantastic.  Kudos on an outstanding event.
John Llamas, Director, HR Systems & Technology, Specialty Retailer

“I was very impressed with my first HR Technology® Conference, and I'm definitely planning to attend next year.  The keynote presentations, subject matter sessions, exhibit hall time, and the overall conference length were very well balanced and structured.”
Tad Winkler, Vice President, HRIS Manager, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Milwaukee, WI

"After attending for the first time, I was extremely impressed with the quality of the content and the speakers' expertise. Worth every penny!"
Debbie Olson, SR Manager, HR Systems, Medtronic, Shoreview, Minn.

"This was my fourth HR Technology® Conference! I budget specifically to attend this annual program. It's an excellent opportunity to network, learn, and get updated on the newest HR technology out there. Can't wait for next year!"
Steven Rosenblum, Regional Employment Manager, DeVry, Incorporated, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.

"This was the best conference I have ever attended. It was wonderfully produced! All of the content was relevant and presented by knowledgeable, professional speakers. I loved the Shootout and panels. I look forward to attending next year for the second time."
Shannon Duplessis, Assistant IT Director, Louisiana Department of Civil Service, Baton Rouge

"I attended five conferences from 2001-2005, and they got better every year. At each one I've learned important and valuable new things for my work as a technology-minded HR executive. The networking is excellent and sharing the latest innovations with my organization has made the HR Technology® Conference very rewarding."
Dr. Stan Surrette, Ed.D, Former Executive Vice President, Human Resources

“Australia is a long way from Chicago, but it was worth the trip. I look forward to
attending again this year with more of my team to attend more sessions.”
Mike Giuffrida, CEO, NGA.NET

“Wow! This conference is at the very top of my must attend list, everything is done with the utmost professionalism.”
Mr. Rick Woodbury, Systems Support Manager, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas

“The number and variety of providers on the exhibit floor were remarkable - certainly the show lived up to its billing and reputation as the "biggest and best."
L. Howard Belknap, Director, Business Development, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

“The HR Technology® Conference is a great opportunity to learn from others — their trials, successes and failures. Theory is important, but learning from real experiences about execution of projects, process and technical support is key to moving forward efficiently and effectively.”
MaryAnne Cipperly, Managing Director, Human Resources, Strategic Business
Partner/Technical Departments, American Airlines, Inc., Dallas, Texas

“It seems that everyday I hear of ‘new and improved’ HR software or a new way to serve our customers; I can’t keep up with it all year long. I’ve found that the HR Technology® Conference is the best way to get it all in a short time span and not feel as though I missed anything.”
Brad McPherson, AVP Human Resources, Western Region,
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada

“The HR Technology® Conference is the premier annual event to evaluate the dynamic e-HR market and network with forward-thinking HR professionals from throughout North America.”
Tedd A. Long, Managing Consultant, HR Technology Practice Leader,
Findley Davies, Inc., Toledo, Ohio

“The HR Technology® Conference has something for everyone — large, mid-size and small companies. The speakers did a great job, covering topics that are very relevant to our business and employees. The trade show floor was great — it gave me the opportunity to see some of the products we’re looking to incorporate into our budget.”
Gina Madrigrano Friebus, VP Administration, W.O.W. Distributing Co. Inc., Sussex, Wisc.

"In addition to the informative speakers, I was able to visit one-on-one with various Human Resources vendors offering cutting edge technology, products and services to meet our company's needs. As a result, we're currently using some of the vendors to help us exceed our goals and objectives."
Samuel V. Wilkinson, Senior Vice President, Regional H.R. Manager,
Hibernia National Bank, New Orleans, Louisiana

"The single most useful and educational event in HR technology."
Allan Schweyer, Executive Director, Human Capital Institute

“Outstanding! The conference not only posed challenging questions, but also provided practical solutions to meet them. I was also impressed with the breadth and depth of the topics covered."
Dave Brady, HRIS Manager, Federal Reserve Bank

"This was the first time I attended your conference. I couldn't be more pleased with what I took away from it. The people I met and exhibits I visited added value to my career. I look forward to attending next year."
Keith Nichols, Sr. HRIS Analyst, Aegis Mortgage Corporation

"The conference was extremely well organized and the sessions provided valuable insight into the ongoing challenges I face. All speakers were knowledgeable and gave an outstanding presentation."
Kimberly Butler, HR Specialist, Kennedy Krieger Institute

"I always leave this conference 'energized'...so much knowledge being shared. New ideas or new ways to think about the same ideas, there's always something to apply. Keep it up. No other conference compares or even comes close."
Linda Koski, EVP Consulting, Nuvosoft Inc.

“I'm glad that I had the opportunity to attend this year's conference. It was refreshing to see and hear what other companies are doing in the world of
HR Technology. The emphasis this conference places on technology and productivity is appreciated."
L'Tanga M. Johnson, HRIS Manager, BMW Manufacturing Corporation

“A terrific conference ... especially focusing on HR technology not spun from a vendor's point of view and hearing inspiring insights from industry leaders."
Craig Peabody, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat,
Employer and General Manager of the Government of Canada