HRO Today Forum Day 3 Photos

HRO Today Forum Day 3 Recap

The last day of the HRO Today Forum wrapped up a successful week. We want to thank everyone who attended, our sponsors, our winners, and our readers. We appreciate your support and we can't wait until next year!

Highlights from day 3 included:

• Healthcare Track with sessions on When to use RPO in Healthcare?; Prepare for Big Changes in the Healthcare Workforce: Retirement and Emerging Roles Will Shape the Future; and Engaging Employees in a Health 3.0 World
  
• Wharton School of Business Track with sessions on Building the Synchrony Financial Employer Brand; and The Gig Economy and Liquid Staffing — Filling Your Talent Gaps When and Where You Need
  
• Not with My Money You Don’t: Investment in Innovation and the HR Suite with Adam Hale, Fairsail; William Filip, Delancey Street Partners; Brian Little, Zurich, North America; Kristen Robinson, Pandora; Lisa Sterling, Ceridian; Brian Cole, Robert W. Baird & Co. 
• Networking Breaks
  
• Plenary Sessions
  
• Presentation Showcases
• An interactive lunch: “How do you quantify your quality of hire?”
• The HRO Today MSP Baker's Dozen Announcement. Click here to view all the winners.
  
• The HRO Today Tektonic Awards
  
• The Annual iTalent Competition.Partipcants included Matt Charney, Recruiting Daily; Jan Antoniewicz, Emplo; Shon Burton, HiringSolved; Jack Coapman, gr8 People; Manish Goel, TrustSphere; Adam Hale, Fairsail; Kathryn Minshew, The Muse. Winners were HiringSolved (3);  Fairsail (2); and The Muse (1).

Congratulations to all of our finalists, participants and winners in the above awards!

Thanks again to all our supporters. If you have any photos or thought on the forum, please email belinda.sharr@sharedxpertise.com; debbie.bolla@sharedxpertise.com; or tweet us at @HROToday; @BelindaSharr or @DebbieBolla.

HRO Today Forum Day 2 Photos

HRO Today Forum Day 2 Recap

Day 2 of the HRO Today Forum was a huge success! Attendance at the multiple plenary sessions was excellent, the audience was engaged and the speakers were knowledgeable and well-received by the crowd.

Some of the highlights of the day included:

• The first ever HR Town Hall with Elliot Clark and Peter Cappelli
  
• Chief HR Officer Panel Discussion with Jenn Mann, SAS; Michelle Crosby, FRHI Hotels & Resorts; Kimberly Hauer, Caterpillar Inc.; Matthew Owenby, Aflac; and Pat Wadors, LinkedIn
• CHRO Panel: PHR to CEO with Debbie Bolla, HRO Today; Laurie Dalton, gategroup, North America; Mark Gasta, Vail Resorts; Tim Mulligan, Chief Human Resource Officer, San Diego Zoo Global; Candace Osunsade, National Aquarium
• The GOLD Standard:‘Globally Operated, Locally Delivered’ RPO with Adam Blumberg, Korn Ferry Futurestep; and Jerod Funke, Tyco 
• Networking breaks in the exhibit hall
• Talent Acquisition Leader of the Year Award Luncheon
• Multiple plenary sessions

Congratulations to the Talent Acquisition Leader of the Year Award Winners:
-Non-Profit winner: Naomi Cramer, VP of Talent Acquisition of Banner Health
-For Profit winner: Yvette Stortz, Global VP of Talent Acquisition of Schneider Electric
-Innovation winner: Chris Brabec, VP of Talent Acquisition of Western Union

(Photo, left: Attendees at the luncheon begin to take their seats for the awards ceremony)

After a full day of learning and listening, HRO Today Forum attendees headed over to The Second City comedy club for an evening of laughs and entertainment.

First up was a "Presidential Debate" with a panel of CHROs and Elliot Clark as the moderator. Then panel did not know the questions in advance, but were able to improv their answers with skill and humor. Then a set of improv actors came out and performed their improv sketch for the group. It was a fun evening that the audience seemed to enjoy.

(Photo, right: Elliot Clark introduces the panel who have to answer his challenging and humorous questions.)

Thanks to all who participated in day 2, and stay tuned for an update on day 3, our final day in Chicago!

HRO Today Forum Day 1 Photos

HRO Today Forum Day 1 Recap

We hope all of our attendees enjoyed the first day of the HRO Today Forum in Chicago! It was a great success, with many highlights.

The day kicked off with sessions:

• Digitizing the HR Process: From Competing for Top Talent and Throughout the Employee Lifecycle with Mason Stubblefield, Vice President of Rewards, Technology and Operations, Adobe 
• Motivating in the Digital Workplace: Case Studies that Demonstrate ROI with Karen Hsu, VP of Marketing, Badgeville 
• Challenging the AI Revolution in HR with Tim Jones, Global Head of RPO and Partner Consultancy, Lumesse 
• The Holy Grail of Global Payroll – How Microsoft Found It with Victor Garcia Muñoz, Global Payroll Senior Director, Microsoft

The turnout was great and all of our speakers were excellent and engaging! Thanks to all who attended.

In the afternoon, an HRO Today CHRO of the Year Meet & Greet and cocktail reception, hosted by Pontoon, took place. (Photo left)

Following the reception, attendees moved into the ballroom for the annual CHRO of the Year Awards Gala.

HRO Today CEO Elliot Clark kicked off the gala with an introduction, and we heard from many of our esteemed colleagues in HR.

The awards were then announced over dinner. We'd like to congratulate all of our finalists and winners.

CHRO of the Year Non-Profit winner: Tim Mulligan of San Diego Zoo
CHRO of the Year For Profit winner: Laurie Dalton of gategroup North America
CHRO of the Year Sustainable Workforce winner: Pat Wadors of LinkedIn
CHRO of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award winner: Kimberly Hauer of Caterpillar

For the past several years, the HRO Today Awards Gala has been the highlight of the year and an aspiration for those in the HR industry both regionally and globally. The theme of the 2016 event was Be Connected! – HR Technology, Services and Leaders Unite. 

Thanks to all who attended our gala. It was a great evening! (Photo at right by New Pace Productions.)

Check back soon for an update on day 2! And if you have any content you would like us to share, please email Belinda.Sharr@SharedXpertise.com.

HRO Today Forum Takes Place this Monday

The 2016 HRO Today North America Forum will take place this Monday, May 2, 2016 in Chicago. It will run through Wednesday, May 4, and the team here is very excited. We hope you will join us for this great event!

The 2016 HRO Today Forum will once again bring the leading thinkers and practitioners to share best practices and build relationships that improve the services of HR. Delegates include the leaders of HR and HR operations, recruitment and talent, change management, payroll and learning from large and midmarket companies. Sponsors include the most prominent providers, technology firms, and advisors in HR outsourcing, technology, and consulting firms.

Some of the items on the agenda include:

• CHRO of the Year Awards
• Talent Acquisition Leader of the Year Awards
• iTalent Competition
• Healthcare Track
• Wharton School of Business Track
• HR Officer Panel Discussions
• Presentation Showcases 
• Plenary Sessions
• HRO Today Magazine Party at Second City
• And much more!

For more details, including session overviews and speaker bios, visit www.hrotodayforum.com.