March 12, 2009, Bucharest

Description of the event

The conference was a special event built around a prominent figure in the HR field and many high-class guests from Romania and abroad. The 200 participants included HR practitioners and top managers interested in topics such as talent management, HR metrics and organizational change. 

Conference agenda

9:00 to 9:15 Panel: Strategic partnership in times of economic downturn

• Florin Talpes - President, Softwin Group
• Anca Georgescu Aladgem - Chief Human Resources Officer, Romtelecom
• Dr. Lisbeth Claus - Ph.D., SPHR, GPHR, Professor of Global HR, Willamette University, USA
• Brent W. Mattson - Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Learning & Development Executive, Enterprise Learning & Talent Management, Bank of America
• Csaba Gergely - President, HR Club: moderator

9:15 to 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 to 11:00 Keynote (1)

• Dave Ulrich - Partner and Co-Founder of The RBL Group and Professor of Business - Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

11:00 to 12:30 Lunch break

12:30 to 13:30 Keynote (2)

• Dave Ulrich - Partner and Co-Founder of The RBL Group and Professor of Business - Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

13:30 to 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 to 15:30 Session of best practices in HR strategic management in times of economic downturn

• Dr. Lisbeth Claus - Ph.D., SPHR, GPHR, Professor of Global HR, Willamette University, USA
• Radu Panait - HR Vice-President, Ursus Breweries
• Brent W. Mattson - Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Learning & Development Executive, Enterprise Learning & Talent Management, Bank of America

Participants

About 200 people attended the event of March 12. The audience was made up of practitioners (60%), service providers (20%), media representatives, academics and the HR Club executive team (20%).

In terms of accountability, more than half of the participants have managerial positions (general managers, human resources directors and human resource managers) in organizations such as BCR, Rompetrol, Orange, Romtelecom, Ursus Breweries, CCHBC, Henkel, Citibank, P&G, Unicredit Tiriac Bank, Praktiker, PepsiAmericas, Vodafone, Lafarge, Carrefour and many others. The other half of the participants was composed of valuable experts and human resources specialists from similar organizations.

81 participants answered the feedback questionnaire. On a scale from 1 (the lowest) to 5 (the highest), 88% of respondents were very satisfied with the content of the conference (4/5 and 5/5) and 92% gave the same qualification for logistics.

Official sponsor: MyStaff

Sponsors of the event: Codecs (HR Vocational School), Eureko, Rompetrol

Media partners: Biz, Business Review, Business-Edu, Business Woman, CAREERS, Romania Libera, The Marketer

Partners of the event: International House, Max Relax