WHAT: The world´s largest association for human resource
management holds its 2008 Global Conference & Exposition.
WHEN & WHERE: March 31-April 2, 2008, the Boston Marriott Copley
Place, 110 Huntington Ave., Boston.
WHO: Society for Human Resource Management will address a
comprehensive lineup of international HR issues affecting the global
business place.
Topics include: how non-governmental agencies and multinational
companies can best design HR strategy for offices in the developing
world; strategies for managing talent and HR issues specific to Europe
and China; how HR leaders can minimize risk when expanding business
operations into new countries and territories; understanding the
impact of the company merger/acquisition strategy on shareholders; and
developing global HR strategy for cross-cultural management of
regional, linguistic, and educational backgrounds.
SPEAKERS: Keynote speakers include Martin Wolf, the associate
editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London;
W. Chan Kim, one of the world´s leading authorities on business
strategy for multinational companies and named a "guru of the future"
by L´Expansion, France´s leading business magazine; and Lyn Heward,
president of creative content for Cirque du Soleil and author of the
book, The Spark: Igniting the Creative Fire That Lives Within Us All.
HOW: Media credentials are required. For complimentary
registration, please contact Julie Malveaux at jmalveaux@shrm.org, or
1-703-535-6273. For more information please visit
www.shrm.org/conferences.
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world´s
largest association devoted to human resource management. The Society
serves the needs of HR professionals and advances the interests of the
HR profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM has more than 235,000 members in
over 130 countries, and more than 575 affiliated chapters. Visit
www.shrm.org.
