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Benefiting from innovation in technology, companies have made attracting,
recruiting, developing and retaining talent cheaper, faster and more efficient. In addition, once burdensome
administrative procedures have been streamlined through simple automated programs. Although there are still
limitations inherent in technology, the need for efficiency and speed in managing people will be a
strategic imperative for businesses to stay competitive in the digital age.
Join us at Hunt-Scanlon's Talent & Technology Summit in Boston where we will discuss and
debate the implications of technology on human capital management. Leading academic and industry experts
will share their experiences and practical knowledge on topics including:
• Why you need to invest in technology even in an economic slowdown;
• How technology will change the role of Human Resources;
• How will HR strategy and process be transformed?
• Achieving "Operational Excellence" through technical innovation;
• Best Practices in implementing new technology;
• The limitations inherent in technology?
• How has the economic slowdown affected the demand for HCM technology?
• Are corporations retreating from online recruiting?
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Human Capital Management for the 21st Century |
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Human Capital Management strategy and technology permeate CEO agendas
today, based on important new research. Steve Goldberg, VP-HRMS Product Strategy for PeopleSoft will discuss
best practice Human Capital Management in the new economy, and how organizations are leveraging HCM technology
for real competitive advantage.
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Steve Goldberg
VP Product Strategy, PeopleSoft |
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Morning Keynote Address: The Impact of Technology Leaders at the Executive Level |
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The current economic climate has forced many companies to abandon ambitious growth
plans and instead focus on short-term results. What role will technology executives play in helping their company through
tough economic times? The vice chairman from one of the world's leading executive search firms will discuss the internal and
external challenges confronting technology leaders at some of America's best companies.
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John Thompson
Vice Chairman
Heidrick & Struggles International |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Networking Break |
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| 10:45 a.m. |
The Evolution of Human Capital Supply Chain Solutions |
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The need to improve the ability to acquire, develop and retain quality
talent is real and can't be accomplished with old methods and tools. Companies must now shift from fragmented solutions
to more integrated processes that drive human capital. The senior vice president from a leading business-to-business
enterprise will discuss how the concepts of supply chain management apply to the human capital process.
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Tim Nieman
Senior Vice President, Enthusian
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Best Practices for Implementing HR Technology |
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A technology implementation can be a tremendous undertaking demanding the
attention from departments across an entire company. The stakes are high and fear of failure can be extremely intimidating.
Hear three Fortune 500 company project leaders share how they oversaw the buying and implementation of different human
capital management technologies.
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Moderated by H. Michael Boyd Ph.D.
President, New England Region
Employment Management Association
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Willy Tommola
LMS Program Manager
EMC Corporation
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Jon R. Walker
Global HR Project Director
Dow Chemical
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Scott Kaufman
Program Manager, Corp. HR Process & Technology
The Gillette Company |
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Networking Lunch Presentation
What Does the Future Hold for the
Human Capital Technology Marketplace? |
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A tougher financing environment has forced many technology vendors to merge,
pare back or shut down entirely. What kind of market does this create for buyers of these services? What will the human capital
technology marketplace look like in the next few years?
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Thatcher Thompson
Business Services Analyst
Merrill Lynch |
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Will Technology Increase the Quality of Hire? |
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E-recruiting has been touted as a way to make finding qualified candidates at all
levels faster, cheaper and more efficient. Can it also increase the quality of hire? How do you measure the success of
online recruiting?
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James Boone
President of the Americas
Korn/Ferry International |
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Networking Break |
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Online Recruiting's First Test |
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Over the past five years the online recruiting industry benefited from a booming economy
and the intense staffing needs of growing companies. Now with changing market conditions this young industry is grappling with its
first economic slowdown. How will recent massive layoffs and hiring freezes affect online recruiting? Will corporations retreat?
Chief executives from three leading online solution providers will discuss these implications and share their predictions on the
future of recruiting online.
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Moderated by Kelly A. Flynn
Associate Director
UBS Warburg
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Deborah Besemer
CEO, BrassRing Inc.
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Richard Johnson
Founder and Chairman, HotJobs.com
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Robert Montgomery
CEO, Headhunter.net |
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Closing Remarks – Day One |
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Opening Remarks |
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Using Technology to Achieve "Operational Excellence" |
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Managers and employees alike are constantly needing to improve and
hone the required skills for competing in an e-market. This technology champion will discuss how his company used
technology to achieve "Operational Excellence" by an organizational effort to streamline operations, while developing new
practices aimed at driving and maintaining high levels of performance and customer service.
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Timothy Wright
SVP Chief Technology Officer
Terra Lycos Network |
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Workforce Self-Service: How Technology
Will Help Attract and Retain Talent |
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Technology in the workplace is here to stay. New self-service applications like e-benefits,
e-learning and enterprise portals have become very popular with employees. Can they help stop attrition? A panel of HR leaders share how
their technology strategy has helped to attract and retain top people.
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Moderated by David Hughes
Vice President
The Onstott Group
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Ann C. Smith
VP, Human Resources and Corporate Services
Avid Technology, Inc.
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Lynda Farago
SVP, Global Human Resources Operations and Systems
State Street Corporation
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David Volz
Human Resources Director
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. |
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Networking Break |
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Using Human Capital to Drive Value |
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A noted expert on value creation and its impact on business models, will
discuss why companies should use human capital to drive value and create enduring realtionships in today's New Economy.
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Barry D. Libert
Consultant and Co-Author of
Cracking the Value Code |
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Speeding Up the Search Process |
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Once thought to be a tool to help find entry-to-mid-level candidates, technology
is being used to access a greater candidate pool at the top. How are corporate and professional recruiters using
technology to find top executives more efficiently? What are the limitations inherent in technology?
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Paul Ray Jr.
Chairman and CEO
Ray & Berndtson |
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Luncheon Keynote Address: First Principles |
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This renonwed historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author will provide
an historical perspective on the challenges our great American leaders faced, like the CEOs of today, in assembling
winning teams for success. He will also examine and discuss the role of technology in yesteryear; starting first with travel, our earliest
form of communication and how this has progressed into the technology and communication that effects all of us today.
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David McCullough
Historian and Author of Truman and John Adams
and host of PBS' The American Experience |
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