Schedule
Who better to advise HR practitioners than other experienced HR practitioners?
Yet most HR conferences have very few HR professionals on stage. By contrast, the HRO Today Forum has an entire day and half’s worth of programming led by HR practitioners, for HR practitioners.
Register now for one of the most HR practitioner-packed conferences in the world.
MONDAY, April 30, 2012
| 11:00 am – 4:00 pm | Registration Cherry Blossom Ballroom Lobby |
| 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Buyers-Only Meeting (credentials checked, pre-registration required) Schedule: 1:00-1:45 Welcome, What’s Going on Across the Association, Innovation Survey Results with Kevin McDonald, HROA Vice-Chair 1:45-2:45 The State of the HRO Market with Jeff Croyle, ISG/TPI 2:45-3:00 Networking Break 3:00-4:30 Workshop: 10 Ideas that Have the Biggest Bang 4:30-5:00 Trends on Social Media with Katie Molloy, AMN Healthcare Magnolia Room 2 |
| 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Providers-Only Briefing Baker’s Dozen: Customer Satisfaction Research Across Different Modes of HR Outsourcing Elizabeth Boudrie, Executive Director, HRO Today Institute (pre-registration required) Magnolia Room 1 |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | VIP Reception
Sponsored by POSE Nightclub at the top of Gaylord National |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Welcome Reception
Sponsored by POSE Nightclub at the top of Gaylord National |
TUESDAY, May 1, 2012
| 7:00 am – 5:00 pm | Registration Cherry Blossom Ballroom Lobby |
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| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Opening Remarks
Richard Crespin, President, SharedXpertise & Chairman HRO Today Forum Cherry Blossom Ballroom |
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| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Opening Keynote Panel: “Where do Jobs Come From: The Birds & Bees of Labor Flows & Job Creation“
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| 10:15 am – 11:45am | Debate: Is Outsourcing Good for America?
Pro-Outsourcing Team: Dan Griswold, 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 Andelman, Editor, World Policy Journal
Moderated by Terry Moran, Co-Anchor ABC News Nightline
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| 11:45 am – 12:45 pm | Luncheon- Cherry Blossom Ballroom Lobby Sponsored by |
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| 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm |
Big Idea Lightning Round: “Data Driven Workforce Selection-Intelligent Hiring Comes of Age” with Dan Enthoven, Chief Marketing Officer, Evolv “Value in Training and Hiring Wounded, Ill and Injured Service Members” with Shauna Van Buren, Programs Manager, USO Warrior and Family Care “Cause Integration: Innovations In Giving Back” with Ryan Scott, CEO of Causecast, and Laurie Conley, Intertek’s Global Vice President, HR, Commercial and Electrical Division “People as an Assest” with R. Paul Herman, CEO & Founder, HIP Investor Cherry Blossom Ballroom |
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| 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm | Networking Break and Innovation Station Demos- Cherry Blossom Ballroom LobbySponsored byy |
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| 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm | Driving Sustainable Value for your Contingent Workforce: A Panel of Business Leaders Share Key Strategies for Achieving Long Term ROI
Moderated by: Janice Weiner, Executive Director of Business Solutions, Staff Management | SMX Panelists: Margie Durham, Director of Global HR, Dell Service Patty LaValle-Jones, Director Supply Chain Indirect Procurement, Sara Lee Janiene Madison, Indirect Strategic Sourcing Manager, Land O’ Lakes Baltimore Rooms 1&2 |
Global Strategies for Workforce Administration, and Payroll Management
Julie Fernandez, Project Director,TPI/ISG Baltimore Rooms 3&4
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HR Tech Demo Dennis Severt, Global Client Executive Strategic Alliances, Taleo Baltimore 5 |
| 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm | From Choosing to Excusing and Back: Successfully Transitioning Your RPO Partner
Angela Hills, Executive VP, Pinstripe Susan L Meehan, HR Senior Manager, Allstate Baltimore Rooms 1&2
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HR Transformation: Is it driving business performance?
Kevin Pennington, Director, PwC Baltimore Room 5
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Combat the Top Talent Threats Facing Corporate America: Hire a Hero, Hire a Vet® Tim Isacco, COO, Orion International David Coe, Director-Strategic Programs-Senior Partner, Orion International Andrew Tomsheck, Talent Acquisition Leader, Siemens NA Anna Serafin, HR Manager, The Hershey Company Baltimore Rooms 3&4 |
| 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm | Ding! Ding! Ding! Human Resources & Procurement Square Off: Elliot Clark & Patty LaValle-Jones Go 3 Rounds on Hot Topics in Contingent Workforce Management Patty LaValle-Jones, Director Supply Chain Indirect Procurement, Sara Lee Elliot Clark, CEO, SharedXpertise Baltimore Rooms 1&2 |
State of the Learning BPO Marketplace, including the Emergence of Social Learning
Gary Bragar, HR Outsourcing Research Director, NelsonHall Baltimore Rooms 3&4 |
Public Sector HR Closes the Budget Gap Invitation-Only Session David DiSalvo, Director, People First Team, Florida Department of Managed Services Keith Strodtman, Research Fellow, HfS Research Baltimore Room 5 |
| 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm | Managing the Blended Workforce: Are RPO and MSP Poised to Converge?
Rebecca Callahan, President, SourceRight Marian Wilson, Bank of America Merchant Services Jenifer Kihm, PhD, Director, US Talent Acquisition, Wolters Kluwer Baltimore Rooms 1&2
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Help our Heroes, Hire a Vet!
Jerold Ramos, Manager of Talent Acquisition, AlliedBarton Security Services Erin Thede, Director, Employer Partnership Office, Office of the Chief Army Reserve Brian Nichols, Manager of Warriors to Work, Capital Region for Wounded Warrior Project Baltimore Rooms 3&4 |
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| 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm | Networking Reception- Cherry Blossom Ballroom LobbySponsored by |
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| 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | HRO Today Magazine Party- East Pier at National HarborSponsored by | ||
WEDNESDAY, May 2, 2012
| 7:00 am – 6:00 pm | Registration- Cherry Blossom Ballroom Lobby | ||
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | MSP Executive Leadership Council Breakfast (Invitation Only)-Magnolia Room 1 | ||
| 7:00 am-8:00 am | Attendee Breakfast-Cherry Blossom Ballroom Lobby
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| 8:00 am – 8:30 am | MSP Baker’s Dozen Research Results
Elliot Clark, CEO and Publisher, HRO Today Magazine Cherry Blossom Ballroom |
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| 8:30 am – 9:15 am | Keynote Address:“Educating for a More Competitive Workforce”
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| 9:15 am – 10:15 am | 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. Finalists: JobEscrow, The Good Jobs, MyNextGig.com, Kapta Systems, Degreed Judges:
MC: Kevin Grossman, Chief Strategy Officer, Fisher Vista, LLC and HRmarketer.com |
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| 10:15 am –10:45 am | Morning Break & Innovation Station DemosCherry Blossom Ballroom Lobby | ||
| HRO Today Institute & Corporate Responsibility Magazine Workforce Congress
Hosted by Adecco MSP, AllegisTalent2, Guidant Group, & |
Track 3: Innovation & Competitive Advantage |
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| 10:45 am –11:30 am | Training for Upward Mobility:Framing the Issue & Resolution
Discussion Leaders:
Swords Into Plowshares: Framing the Issue & Resolution Baltimore Rooms 3&4
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“The Peace Corps Meets The Apprentice:” Building Leaders while Building Communities
Moderated by Amanda MacAthur, VP, CDC Development Solutions Panelists: Tess Smith, Manager of HR, FedEx Scott Miller, Foundeing Member, World Action Team Baltimore Room 5 |
Bruce Morton, CMO, Allegis Group Services Baltimore Rooms 1&2 |
| 11:30 am – 12:15 pm |
“Can this Marriage Be Saved?” Considerations in Negotiation, Renegotiation, and Changing Providers Moderated by Dirk Olin, Editor, HRO Today Magazine Roger Clements, Commercial Director EMEA for RPO and MSP, Advantage xPO Ernest (Ernie) Lareau, President, Come Monday LLC |
Just Do It: Innovative Talent Sourcing Strategies at Nike RPO Co-presenters:Charlie Morales, Talent Acquisition Director, Nike
Jeanne MacDonald, VP and General Manager RPO and Projects NA, Futurestep |
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| 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm |
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| 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm | Integrating Corporate Responsibility Across the Enterprise-Creating a “pointed” weapon in the war for talent.
John Anthony Meza, VP, Corporate Voices for Working Families Dinah Koehler, Senior Research Manager, Deloitte Consulting Baltimore Room 5 |
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| 2:15 pm – 3:00pm | Big Idea Networking Activity & Innovation Station DemosSponsored by Cherry Blossom Ballroom Lobby |
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| 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm | Keynote: “As One: Getting Large Groups to Follow your Lead”
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| 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm | Closing Keynote: “Getting It Done: What’s Next for Healthcare Reform?”
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| 4:30 pm – 4:45 pm | Closing Remarks:
Richard Crespin, President, SharedXpertise & Chairman HRO Today Forum |
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| 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm | VIP Reception-(Invitation Only) Magnolia Room 1
Featuring Tom Daschle,Former Senate Majority Leader
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| 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Closing Reception-Cherry Blossom Ballroom Lobby | ||
| 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm | HROA “Be Exceptional” Awards Gala Sunset Room at National Harbor(Tickets required) Reception begins at 7:00 pm. |
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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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Brink Lindsey from The Kauffman Foundation
Scott Case from Startup America
Moderated by Sharon Taylor, Senior Vice President, Corporate Human Resources, Prudential

Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education
Cherry Blossom Ballroom Lobby
James H. Quigley, CEO Emeritus of Deloitte Touche Tohmastsu Ltd. & Senior Partner, Deloitte LLP
Tom Daschle, Former Senate Majority Leader

