Oct. 7, 2009 (Business Wire) -- HR Pros from around the country will gather in Chicago on October 26th-28th to discuss talent management and other related workplace issues. IQPC’s 12th Annual Talent Management Summit will feature top talent all-stars from companies including Hewlett-Packard, Pepsi Bottling Group and Goodyear Tire, as well as industry leading bloggers Sharlyn Lauby, Jason Seiden and Lisa Rosendahl.
“In today’s down economy, it is essential that companies learn how to work with what they have and properly leverage their current employees,” said IQPC Conference Producer, Michelle Cardinal.
The two-day summit will include pre-conferences workshops such as site tours at Barilla and Sears Holding Corp, a Blue Sky Innovation Room for high-level executives to brainstorm and share ideas, as well as panels, roundtables, networking and a cocktail reception.
The 12th Annual Talent Management Summit will provide strategies to: access which leadership skills matter most, develop different types of people, upgrade your talent pools, sharpen your talent and be smarter about how to approach talent issues.
Panels will focus on hot topics such as motivating employees, employee retention, recruitment and more.
“This is an important time for talent management professionals during the economic downturn,” said Kris Coombs, Chief Talent Officer of inVentiv Health and a speaker at the Summit. “I think we need to share best practices to be able to continue to drive our organizations forward strategically.”
For additional resources visit http://www.talentmanagementevent.com or contact Samara Chughtai at 212-885-2738 or samara.chughtai@iqpc.com.
IQPC produces more than 1,500 events annually around the world, and continues to grow. Founded in 1973, IQPC now has offices in major cities across five continents. IQPC leverages a global research base of best practices to produce a cross industry portfolio of conferences.
