Schedule

The 2012 HRO Today Forum will be full of exciting sessions, debates, networking, and learning experiences.

MONDAY, April 30, 2012

11:00 am –4:00 pm Registration
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Providers-Only Briefing

Bakers Dozen: Customer Satisfaction Research Across Different Modes of HR Outsourcing 

(pre-registration required)
1:00 pm –5:00 pm

Buyers-Only Meeting

(credentials checked, pre-registration required)
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm VIP Sponsored Reception               
6:00 pm –8:00 pm Welcome Reception

TUESDAY, May 1, 2012

7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration
8:30 am – 9:00 am Opening Remarks
Richard Crespin, President, SharedXpertise & Chairman HRO Today Forum
9:00 am – 10:00 am Opening Keynote Panel: “Where do Jobs Come From: The Birds & Bees of Labor Flows & Job Creation“
  Brink Lindsey from The Kauffman Foundation

  Scott Case from Startup America

  John Haltiwanger from the University of Maryland


 
10:15 am -11:30 am Debate: Is outsourcing good for America?

Pro-Outsourcing Team:  Dan Griswold, Cato Institute & President of National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones, Daniel J. Ikenson, Director of the Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies

Anti-Outsourcing Team: Thea Lee, Deputy Chief of Staff & Former Chief International Economist AFL-CIO, David Adelman, Editor, World Policy Journal
1:30 pm – 12:45 pm Luncheon
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm

Big Idea Lightning Round:
A rapid-fire series of innovations that will change the way you think about HR.

“Data Driven Workforce Selection-Intelligent Hiring Comes of Age” with Dan Enthoven, Evolv-on-Demand, Chief Marketing Officer, Enthoven

“Hiring Our Heroes” with The USO
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Networking Break and Technical Demos
Track 1: Job Growth & Competitive Workforce Track 2: Global, Local, & Glocal HR Track 3: Innovation & Competitive Advantage
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm Managing the Blended Workforce: Are RPO and MSP Poised to Converge?

Rebecca Callahan, President, SourceRight; Marian Wilson, BAMS; Triumph Group, Inc.

 Global Strategies for Workforce Benefits, Administration, and Payroll Management

Julie Fernandez, Project Director, TPI/ISG

HR Tech Demo
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Transforming Talent Acquisition: Successfully Transitioning Your RPO Program

Angela Hills, Executive VP, Pinstripe & Susan L Meehan, HR Senior Manager, Allstate

 HR Transformation: Is it driving business performance?

Kevin Pennington, Director, PwC

 HR Tech Demo
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm Why Can’t HR & Procurement Just Get Along: Partnering HR & Procurement to Strategically Manage Your Company’s Contingent Labor

Patty LaValle-Jones, Sara Lee & Elliot Clark, CEO, SharedXpertise

 State of the Learning BPO Marketplace, including the Emergence of Social Learning

Gary Bragar, HR Outsourcing Research Director, NelsonHall

 HR Tech Demo
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm Driving Sustainable Value for your Contingent Workforce: A Panel of Business Leaders Share Key Strategies for Achieving Long Term ROIPanelists:

Margie Durham, Director of Global HR Services, Dell; Patty LaValle-Jones, Director Supply Chain Indirect Procurement, Sara Lee; Janiene Madison, Program Manager, Land O’ Lakes

 

 

 Turning that “nice” corporate responsibility program into a “pointed” weapon in the war for talent.

 A roundtable discussion with Baxter, CVS, & DeloitteModerated by Corporate Voices
5:45 pm – 7:00 pm Networking Reception
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm HRO Today Magazine Party               

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WEDNESDAY, May 2, 2012

7:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration
 7:00 am – 8:00 am MSP Executive Leadership Council
8:00 am – 8:30 am Opening Remarks

Richard Crespin, President of SharedXpertise & Chairman of HRO Today Forum
8:30 am – 9:15 am Keynote Address:“Educating for a More Competitive Workforce”

  Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education
9:15 am – 10:15 am iTalent Competition

In cooperation with StartUp America

The Five Top Tech Innovations will give 10-minute pitches before our plenary audience and panel of HR technology experts, industry advisers, and investment analysts. Each pitch will get a “grilling” by our panel of experts.

10:15 am –10:45 am Morning Break
Track 1:  HRO Today Institute Competitive Workforce CongressHosted by Adecco MSP, AllegisTalent2, Guidant Group, & StaffManagement Track 2: Global, Local, & Glocal HR

Track 3: Innovation & Competitive Advantage
10:45 am –11:30 am A Roundtable Discussion: Congressional Delegates Will Set Priorities for the Workforce Congress 

Training for Upward Mobility.

Debate issues, resolution & collective actions.

 “The Peace Corps Meets The Apprentice:” Building Leaders while Building Communities

Moderated by Amanda MacAthur, VP, CDC Development SolutionsPanelists:

Tess Smith, Manager of HR, FedEx; Delegates from IBM, & Corning


The Changing Social Contract

Bruce Morton, CMO, Allegis Group Services
11:30 am – 2:15 pm Swords into Plowshares 

Debate issues, resolution, & collective actions.’

Invited guests: Allied Barton & USO 

“Can this Marriage Be Saved?” Considerations in Negotiation, Renegotiation, and Changing Providers

Lead by TPI/ISG

 HR Tech Demo
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Sponsored Luncheon   
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm A Roundtable Discussion: Congressional Delegates Draft Joint Statement on Congress

Plugging the Drain

 Buyers Only Session – Update on the HRO Market

Jeff Croyle, Partner, TPI/ISG

 HR Tech Demo
2:30 pm – 3:15pm Big Idea Networking Activity & Break
 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Closing Keynote: “As One: Getting Large Groups to Follow your Lead”

  James H. Quigley, CEO Emeritus of Deloitte Touche Tohmastsu Ltd. & Senior Partner, Deloitte LLP
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Closing Remarks:

 Tom Daschle, Former Senate Democratic leader
 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Gala Reception- VIP Reception
6:30 pm – 10:00 pm HROA “Be Exceptional Awards Gala

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*This is not the final program and is subject to change.

If you have any questions or inquires about the schedule please contact Theresa Tronolone at theresa.tronolone@sharedxpertise.com

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