The HR industry is a market continually growing and adapting to the trends it faces from various industries. The HR Strategies CEE Conference will examine one of HR's most critical components Talent Management, and while the list of functions associated with a human resource department may continue to grow, Talent Management still remains central. The HR Strategies CEE Conference will also give insight to Shared Services and Outsourcing in the CEE region, which is a maturing and progressive component in which new opportunities present themselves to all organizations.
The event is designed to gather HR Leaders across all major industries to share ideas, benchmark best practices and learn about new global trends in HR being adopted across the CEE region.
The conference offers a cutting edge agenda over the 2 days, with optimal networking opportunities for both delegates and sponsors. The conference promotes open discussions for both solution providers and corporate buyers, enabling ideas to be exchanged, more importantly problems people are having in the work place solved.
The event hosts a perfect platform for solution providers to present their products and services to an audience of senior level managers coming from the CEE region, looking for new concepts and ideas to be applied within their organizations.
You will learn how to optimize your process costs, how to add value into your business by identifying potential in the latest HR industry innovations, and gain better customer understanding.
Confirmed Speakers
- Global Head HR, Shared Services + BPO - UBS AG (SWITZERLAND)
- Regional Sales Manager CEE+SE - EURONET WORLDWIDE (GREECE)
- Head Analyst Department - ACTUM (CZECH REPUBLIC)
- HR Director Central Europe - MARS (AUSTRIA)
- CEO - NELSONHALL (UK)
- OC Leader CEE - PEPSIAMERICAS (HUNGARY)
- CEO/ Founder - PEOPLEIMPACT (CZECH REPUBLIC)
- Dean - US BUSINESS SCHOOL (CZECH REPUBLIC)
- CEO - ACCORD SERVICES-ECE (CZECH REPUBLIC)
- Chairman - PRAGUE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (CZECH REPUBLIC)
- Founder & Managing Partner - BUBENIK & PARTNERS (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Who Should Attend
- HR Directors
- SVP HR
- VP Global HR + Shared services
- Directors of Business Service Centers
- HR Outsourcing Directors
- Head HR Programmes
- Head of Recruitment
- Head of Talent Management
- Talent Management Leaders
- Talent Acquisition Leaders
- Head of Rewards
- Compensation Managers
- Head of Training and Development
- Reward and Recognition Managers
- HR Managers
Industries
- Automotive
- Banking/Finance
- Insurance
- Pharmaceutical
- Technology (IT + Telecommunication)
- FMCG
- Food + Beverages
- Retail
- Energy, Oil + Gas
Countries
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Poland
- Hungary
- Germany
- Austria
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Balkan countries
- Russia + CIS Countries
Agenda: Day one: 27-05-2010
8:00 - 9:00 Registration and welcome coffee/tea
9:00 - 9:10 Official Conference opening by Conference Chairman
9:10 - 9:50 Organizations are prone to selecting good people technically, but are they good leaders. (Examining how organizations talent management structure only looks at technical competencies without integrating them with the values of the organization. Should talent management become an essential part of the business model, something that impacts all workers and becomes central to the overall ethos of any organization). By Rostyna Gordon-Smith - PEOPLEIMPACT (CZECH REPUBLIC)
9:50 - 10:30 Adapting new HR strategies to tackle talent shortage. By Tamas Diener - PEPSIAMERICAS (HUNGARY)
10:30-11:00 Networking Coffee Break
11:00-11:40 Effective talent retention schemes to keep best talent. By Birgit Weber-Wesely - MARS (AUSTRIA)
11:40-12:20 Interim management within Czech Republic and Europe. By Jana Martinova - ACCORD SERVICES-ECE (CZECH REPUBLIC)
12:20-13:00 Interactive Q & A Sessions
13:00-14:00 Networking Lunch
14:00-14:40 Examining trends on Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) use, the specific recruitment practices it includes and how well is it being carried out
14:40-15:20 A stronger need for retirement systems within CEE
15:20-15:30 Networking Coffee Break
15:30-16:10 Systematic development of talents (career plans, training programs, and e-learning). By Jana Ryslinkova - US BUSINESS SCHOOL(CZECH REPUBLIC)
16:10-16:50 Reward, performance and risk (exploring risk taking within companies to ensure employers seize opportunities).
16:50-17:20 Interactive Q & A Sessions and Closing remarks from the Chair.
17:20-18:00 Meetings on site
Speakers and delegates are cordially invited to the 5* Cocktail Reception after the conference
Agenda: Day two: 28-05-2010
08:30 - 09:00 Welcome coffee/tea
09:00 - 09:10 Opening remarks from the Chair
09:10 - 09:50 Identify, motivate and retain top talent within your company (The effect of globalization and demographic changes and how they exert pressure on companies to find, develop and retain the best people and talent, while also reducing HR costs. Examining the different technologies that are used and available for organizations to find, develop and retain talent, which in turn develops a strong, aligned workforce.)
09:50 - 10:30 Will the HR services portfolio manager and Delivery Architect become a more prominent feature within companies for 2010 (finding out what is the optimum mix of outsourced, shared services and locally determined HR delivery services given the current and going forward needs of the business. By John Willmot - NELSONHALL (UK)
10:30 - 11:00 Networking Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:40 Profiling of top talent, senior executive leadership motivation and training. By Pepper de Callier - PRAGUE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (CZECH REPUBLIC)
11:40 - 12:20 Correct methodologies for BPO success (using the right outsourcing concept to expand over time, correct timing to ensure new added services, locations geographically, and correct business lines).“Do What You Do Best and Outsource the Rest” - Cliché or Proven Methodology? A Euronet Case Study by Dimitris Verikios - EURONET WORLDWIDE (GREECE). The era of mergers and acquisitions has created unprecedented operations and management challenges for banks around the globe. Increased pressure for accountability and profitability have caused the financial service industry to re-evaluate the way they do business. Banks are increasingly recognizing the need to focus on their core competency –while allowing other specialized experts to handle a variety of outsourcing needs. Euronet will present a case study on the value of outsourcing in the retail financial service sector – including challenges, benefits and results.
12:20 - 13:00 Interactive Q&A sessions
13:00 - 14:00 Networking Lunch
14:00 - 14:40 Global HR Outsourcing from a UBS perspective. By Holger Leckebusch - UBS AG (SWITZERLAND)
14:40 - 15:20 Examining the governance model of the future (will there be less focus on process execution and more on demand generation, value creation and customer satisfaction. Does it require a more holistic market-driven approach than that of a back office function).
15:20 - 15:40 Networking Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:20 The use of internet tools, HR portals and the possibilities of social networking as a form of recruitment strategies. By Ratibor Libal - ACTUM (CZECH REPUBLIC)
16:20 - 17:00 International aspects of recruitment (The hard time employers/organizations face employing non-EU workers, and dealing with all the immigration policies, in terms of relocation and obtaining correct work permit/visa’s in order to retain skilled workers from abroad without EU citizenship.)
Jan Bubenik - BUBENIK & PARTNERS (CZECH REPUBLIC)
17:00 - 17:10 Closing remarks from the chair
17:10 - 18:00 Networking (meeting on site optional)
