Introduction - The promise of Internet Recruitment to the economy

Richard Freeman
Professor Harvard University, Director Labor Studies National Bureau of Economic research, Senior research fellow CEP LSE
Professor Freeman is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has served on five of their panels. He has published over 300 articles dealing with a wide range of research interests including the job market for scientists and engineers, the growth and decline of unions, the effects of immigration and trade on inequality, restructuring European welfare states, Chinese labor markets, youth labor markets problems, poverty and crime, self0organising non-unions in the labor market, and employee involvement programs.

Session 1 - Where the Industry stands

Joe Slavin
UK MD of Monster.co.uk
Giving a global view with information on the US online recruitment market and Monsters view of the US, Europe and UK

Keith Robinson
Director Totaljobs.com
Discussing his views of Europe, given Totaljobs involvment in the Network and parental ownership of sites in Europe.

John Benson
CEO, eFinancialCareers.com
View from a global niche with online interests in US, Europe and UK

Session 2- Ecology of Internet sites in Europe

Harvey Sinclair
MD Hotgroup plca
Perspective of a PLC who has built his business through acquisition of both niche and generalist sites

Simon Devitt
Director of Fish4jobs
With a generalist site view supported by local newspapers.

Rob Schofield
GM, GAAPWeb
With a view from an established niche site

Kim Chaplain
Head of ESD Change Unit, Job CentrePlus
View from Job CentrePlus, the governments online recruitment site

Robbie Cowling
MD of Jobserve
With 10 years experience of running and developing Jobserve, Robbie Cowling s a man well qualified to comment on the industry. His success has also helped to place him into the Sunday Times rich list.

Session 3 - Linking Internet recruitment to company personnel policy

Sam Pearce
Head of Retail HR, HMV
View from technology innovators in the US and Australia

Davor Miskulin
MD of Resumo
View from an end users perspective in retail and who has recently implemented an online system.

Tim Forster
Head of UK resourcing Media, PWC LLP
View from an end users perspective. The UK's largest graduate employer recruiting over 1000 graduates now doing all recruitment online

Peter Gold
MD of Hire Strategies
View from a perspective as a consultant assisting companies choose

Session 4 - How do people search for jobs online? Evidence from user studies

Eszter Hargittai
Assistant professor of communication studies and sociology
Eszter is an assistant professor of communication studies and sociology and Faculty associate of the institute for policy research at NorthWestern university. She received her Ph D in Sociology from Princeton University in 2003 and was a post-doctural fellow at the Centre for Arts and Cultural Policy.