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March 20, 2006 Monday 8:00 PM GMT

HEADLINE: HR Leaders to Address The Conference Board Senior Human Resources Executive Conference April 6-7 in New York

DATELINE: NEW YORK March 20

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NEW YORK, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Human resources management amid global competition and the increase of knowledge workers will be addressed at The Conference Board 2006 Senior Human Resources Executive Conference: Strategic Workforce Management and Growth -- Aligning People, HR and Business Strategy. This meeting will be held April 6-7 at The Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York.
This meeting is sponsored by Towers Perrin HR Services and is presented with assistance from EDS Excellerate HRO.
The April 6 Keynote Address, "The Critical HR Function: Leadership Development, Succession Planning and Talent Management," will be delivered by Rose Patten, Senior Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Office of Strategic Management, BMO Financial Group.
The April 7 Keynote Address, "Aligning HR with Business Strategy in a Dynamic Corporation," will be delivered by Sue Oliver, Senior Vice President, People, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
The opening session, "The High Performance Organization," will feature Kevin Cox, Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Quality, American Express Company, and Don Lowman, Managing Director, Towers Perrin.
An executive roundtable on "The HR Challenge" will be moderated by Samuel B. Bacharach, McKelvey-Grant Professor, Director, Institute for Workplace Studies, Cornell ILR. Also participating: Steve Kerr, Managing Director, Chief Learning Officer, Goldman Sachs & Co.; Richard D. Sibbernsen, Vice President, Human Resources, BellSouth Corporation; Jeffrey Chambers, Vice President, Human Resources, SAS Institute.
"Managing a Global Workforce: What It Will Take" will be addressed by Julie Gebauer, Managing Director, Towers Perrin.
"HR and Business Strategy Alignment: Insights on Recruiting" will be examined by Patricia Bradford, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources, Unisys Corporation.
"Recruiting and Retention: Strategies and Insights for Today's Workforce" will feature Jack MacPhail, Managing Director -- Americas, Leadership Development Solutions, Korn/Ferry International.
"Achieving Strategic Integrated Outsourcing" will be addressed by Kathryn Kelly, Vice President of Strategy and Growth, Excellerate HRO.
"How HR Delivers Value: Shaping Our Future" will include Max Caldwell, Practice Leader, Towers Perrin, and Kevin Marvel, Director E-HR, ITT Industries.
The closing session, "2020 Vision: Preparing for the Next Decade," will be moderated by Scott A. Snell, Professor of Human Resource Studies and Director of Executive Education, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. It will feature Kate DeCamp, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Cisco Systems, Inc, and Randy Ross, Vice President, Talent Systems, Best Buy Co., Inc.
Concurrent sessions featuring executives of Towers Perrin, Excellerate HRO, Korn/Ferry International, Goldman Sachs & Co., BellSouth Corporation, and Best Buy Co., Inc. will include:
* C-Level Suites: Board Relations, Corporate Governance and Executive
Compensation
* Managing Talent During a Merger or Acquisition
* Achieving Maximum Benefits from Outsourcing
* Leadership Development
* Strategic Workforce Management
* Managing Benefits as a Business
* Recruiting and Retention
* Succession Planning

Members of the press are invited to attend this meeting without charge, but must pre-register. To pre-register, please call (212) 339-0231, or email f.tortorici@conference-board.org . A full copy of the program is available on The Conference Board's website -- http://www.tcb.org/ .
CONTACT: Frank Tortorici of The Conference Board, +1-212-339-0231
Web site: http://www.tcb.org/
SOURCE The Conference Board