Keynote speeches by Charles Handy, Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Dave Ulrich will form the centrepiece of the CIPDís Annual Conference and Exhibition 2005 in Harrogate. The event is designed to help UK managers and HR professionals tackle some of the key challenges they currently face and look set to encounter in the future. It will offer radical ideas and examples of best practice on some of the leading workplace issues, which include managing absence, outsourcing, dealing with recruitment and skills shortages and solving the pension crisis.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Developmentís Annual Conference and Exhibition is the largest event of its kind, attracting professionals from the fields of human resources, learning and development and general management each year.
The event takes place from Wednesday 26 October to Friday 28 October in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
ìPeople mean businessî is the theme of the conference, which highlights the fundamental link between the way peopleís skills and contributions are managed and the achievement of sustained business success.
This yearís event features:
Over 40 seminars, covering topics such as absence management, talent management, HR strategy, innovation, and debates about the future of HR
Over 100 expert speakers from the worldís top business schools and from leading organisations, including McKinsey and Company, the Metropolitan Police, the Harvard Business Review, The Eden Project, Vodafone, Cadbury Trebor Bassett, GCHQ and the Royal Bank of Scotland.
A free exhibition, featuring over 300 exhibitors, providing an opportunity to gather information, network, and attend short information briefings giving a brief introduction to current issues affecting HR professionals.
Geoff Armstrong, Director General of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, said:
ìThis is an unmissable event for anyone who believes that it is people and the way they are managed that is the differentiator between successful organisations and unsuccessful ones.
ìThe CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition offers a mixture of practical advice and guidance on the day-to-day issues surrounding people management and development, combined with top speakers setting out the latest research into people and performance.î
Full details of the CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition can be found at www.cipd.co.uk/annualconf-ex.
Anyone interested in finding out more about the conference or the exhibition should call the CIPD on 020 8612 6202.
HR professionals to hear from over 100 speakers from top businesses
The public sector and the worldís top business schools at CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition 2005
