Sunday, April 26
Monday, April 27
Tuesday, April 28
Wednesday, April 29
Sunday, April 26
1:00pm – 8:00pm
Registration Open
7:00pm – 8:00pm
Cocktail Reception
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Monday, April 27
7:00am – 8:00am
Continental Breakfast
7:00am – 5:15pm
Exhibits
7:00am – 4:30pm
Registration Open
8:00am – 8:30am
Welcome and Conference Overview
2009 Conference Co-Chairs: Mila Baker, Robert Myers and Mike Stafford
8:30am – 9:30am
Session 100 — Keynote Address
Avoiding the Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent
Tamara Erickson, Award-winning Author and Expert on Organizations, the Changing Workforce and Generations at Work
9:30am – 10:00am
Refreshment Break & Exhibits
10:00am – 10:15am
Walker Prize Presentation
Ed Gubman, Executive Editor, People & Strategy
10:15am – 11:45am
Session 101 — Keynote Address
Great People Decisions
Claudio Fernandez-Araoz, Partner, Egon Zehnder International
11:45am – 12:15pm
Tamara Erickson book signing
11:45am – 1:00pm
Buffet Lunch
11:45am – 1:00pm
Next Gen Lunch and Keynote (invitation only)
Al Vicere, Exec. Education Professor of Strategic Leadership, Smeal College of Business Administration at The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Joseph L. Cavinato, Head, Supply Chain Leadership Program, Thunderbird School of Global Management
1:00pm – 2:15pm
Breakout Sessions (102 – 105)
- Session 102
Communication 2.0 Toolbox: How to Build Sustainable Collaboration in Virtual Teams
Stewart Levine, Author, Resolution Works
- Session 103
The Definitive, Strategic Future of HR and How it Could Have Mitigated Much of the Global Economic Disaster
Dan Hilbert, CEO, Orca Eyes
- Session 104
Next Gen — Building Next-Generation HR-Line Partnerships
Dion Love, Research Director, Corporate Leadership Council
- Session 105
Executive Development: Culture Change, Profitability and Bench Strength
Jon Welsh, Regional Director, PDI
John Williams, VP/General Manager, Mega Diamond, Smith International
2:15pm – 2:45pm
Refreshment Break
2:45pm – 4:00pm
Breakout Sessions (106 – 109)
- Session 106
Strategy Execution with Extraordinary Leadership: Driving Innovation, Transformation & Unity at the New AT&T
Dave Ackley, Managing Director, BTS
Ken Fenoglio, VP & Dean of AT&T University
Cindy Brinkley, Senior VP/Chief Talent and Diversity Officer, AT&T
- Session 107
Complex Organizational Design: Making the Matrix Work in a Down Economy
Gregory Kesler, Managing Partner, CHRS
- Session 108
OK, So We Need a Social Networking Strategy...Where Do We Begin?
Ellen Cowan, Guest Analyst, i4cp
Joshua-Michéle Ross, VP & Consultant, O’Reilly Media
- Session 109
Building a Talent Strategy that Endures Market Volatility
Sanjiv Kumar, Managing Director, Buck Consultants
Sue Ortenstone, SVP, El Paso Corporation
4:15pm – 5:15pm
Session 110 — Keynote Address
Collateral Damage: What the Crisis in Credit Markets Means for Everyone Else
Shubh Saumya, Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group
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Tuesday, April 28
7:00am – 8:00am
Continental Breakfast (including Affiliate Breakfast)
7:00am – 8:00am
Next Gen Breakfast (with Mike Stafford, SVP Organization, Starbucks)
7:00am – 2:30pm
Registration Open
7:00am – 3:30pm
Exhibits
8:00am – 8:30am
Opening Remarks
Welcome and State of the Society
Walter J. Cleaver, HRPS President & CEO; Kathleen Ross, HRPS Board Chair
8:30am – 9:30am
Session 200 — Keynote Address
Steven E. Sanderson, President & CEO, Wildlife Conservation Society
Roselinde Torres, Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group
9:30am – 10:00am
Refreshment Break & Exhibits
10:00am – 11:30am
Session 201 — 2009 CEO Panel
Moderator:
Al Vicere, Exec. Education Professor of Strategic Leadership, The Smeal College of Business Administration at The Pennsylvania State University
Panelists:
Henry S. Givray, Chairman & CEO, SmithBucklin Corp.
Christina Gold, President and CEO, The Western Union Co.
Dr. Joseph L. Cavinato, Head, Supply Chain Leadership Program, Thunderbird School of Global Management
11:30am – 1:00pm
Buffet Lunch
11:30am – 1:00pm
Special Interest Group Meetings
Chief Human Resource Officer SIG
Talent Management SIG; Organization Effectiveness SIG
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Mini Plenary Sessions (202 – 203)
- Session 202
The CEO Perspective: Solutions to Meet Today’s HR Challenges with a Global Economic Meltdown
Michael P. Connors, Chairman & CEO, Information Services Group
- Session 203
Global Mindset: The New Science of Global Leadership
Mansour Javidan, Professor, Thunderbird School of Global Management
Diane Holman, VP/Chief Learning Officer, Raytheon Co.
Karen Thomas, Director, HR, Raytheon Co.
Dan Graf, Learning Lead Business Development & International, Raytheon Co.
2:00pm – 2:15pm
Refreshment Break & Exhibits
2:15pm – 3:30pm
Breakout Sessions (204 – 210)
- Session 204
Retiring the Generation Gap
Jennifer Deal, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Creative Leadership
- Session 205
Preparing New Leaders for Success: The Pepsi Bottling Group Story
Marjorie Derven, Managing Partner, Hudson Research and Consulting, Inc.
Phil Golino, Senior Manager, Leadership and Development, Pepsi Bottling Group
- Session 206
Attaining Sustainable Growth through Corporate Social Responsibility
Jeff Hittner, Corporate Social Responsibility Leader, IBM Global
- Session 207
Truly Transformational Executive Development: Accelerating Senior Leadership Transitions to Drive a Business
Model Shift Diane Boyd, Consulting Manager, DDI
Linda Kricher, VP HR, McKesson
- Session 208
Creating Organizational Agility in a Rapidly Changing Uncertain World: Transforming a 100-Year-Old Minority-Owned Bank
Tom O’Shea, Principal, Agility Consulting & Training LLC
Kim D. Saunders, CEO, Mechanics & Farmers Bank
- Session 209
Highly Productive Organizations
Jay Jamrog, SVP Research, i4cp
- Session 210
Messing with Success: Creating Change to Make a Good Thing Even Better
Melinda B. Wolfe, Global Head of Professional Development, Watson Wyatt
Ilene R. Gochman, PhD, Global Practice Director, Organization Effectiveness, Watson Wyatt
3:30pm
Networking/Free Afternoon
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Next Gen Reception (invitation only)
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Session 211 — Round Table
Economic Crisis Workshops and Dinner
(includes entertainment by comedian Greg Schwem)
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Wednesday, April 29
7:00am – 8:00am
Continental Breakfast
7:00am – 8:00am
Next Gen Casual Breakfast and Wrap-up
7:00am – 10:00am
Registration Open
8:00am – 8:30am
Opening Remarks
8:30am – 9:30am
Session 300 — Keynote Address
Forces and Shifts of the Future
Eamonn Kelly, CEO, Global Business Network
9:35am – 10:45am
Session 301 — Keynote Address
The Neuroscience of Leadership
Julie-Ellen Acosta, VP Leadership Talent Management, The Boeing Co.
Dr. John Medina, Developmental Molecular Biologist, University of Washington
10:45am
Closing Remarks
11:00am – 11:30am
John Medina book signing
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