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Full Day Conference

Northern Ireland's leading newspaper has teamed up with Northern Ireland's leading HR and employment law training provider to produce what we think will be the premier HR Conference in Northern Ireland - this year and every year.

Description

Northern Ireland's HR Conference: Overview

This event has three panel discussions in the morning. Afternoon sessions give delegates a choice from a series of practical workshops and presentations on topical HR issues.

• In our first panel discussion two senior professionals consider decision-making processes in the face of public scrutiny in Northern Ireland:
  
  Judith Gillespie, Deputy Chief Constable of the PSNI, gives a personal perspective of "Interim Judgement" during her time as Acting Chief Constable and Pauline Shepherd, Director of Human Resources, NI Water, focuses on HR's input to modernisation: re-structuring, re-skilling and driving high performance to deliver customer services.
  
  What would you do, knowing that the cameras are on you?

• In the second panel discussion three speakers consider how operating in a global economy has impacted on their organisation and how they carry out their functions:
  
  Shauna Hughes, Regional Manager in charge of Organisational Effectiveness and Engagement, Caterpillar, considers how to maintain motivation and contact in a worldwide organisation; Linda Magee, Global HR Manager, Randox Laboratories, considers HR's role in developing a global organisation; and Williams Johnson, Managing Director, Great Place to Work® Institute UK, sets out how building trust was the key to the success of many successful global players.

• In the third panel discussion two speakers consider issues of vital importance on how your organisation is perceived by the outside world and what you can do internally to influence those external perceptions:
  Leon Hill-Foster, Head of Diversity, B&Q, puts the business case for diversity in achieving success; and Bev Lowry, previously Head of Internal Communications, British Airways, spells out how good communications at times of trouble impacts at the time and beyond the immediate crisis.

Each of the panel presentations is followed by a debate and open forum: your chance to put questions and comment to the panel.

Afternoon sessions are practical workshops on issues suggested and rated by our HR customers.

Confirmed topics include:

• HR Strategy: How to implement a strategic healthy workplace plan. Templates, check-lists and precedents provided. (Tanya Kennedy, Business in the Community)
• Dispute Resolution Procedures - what are the latest developments for HR departments to consider in the light of expected changes? (Lisa Bryson, Carson McDowell)
• HR Strategy:Lessons for HR strategists from a large merger and integration programme. Templates, checklists and precedents provided. (George Alexander, Alexander HR)
• How might employers handle the termination of older workers' employment contracts in the light of the imminent removal of the default retirement age? (Rachel Penny, Carson McDowell)
• What practical measures can I take to encourage long-term sick employees to return to work? A Case study. (John Conaghan, Carecall)
• How might employers set a medical questionnaire and avoid unexpected health problems from prospective employees - if at all? (Orlagh O'Neill, Carson McDowell)
• HR Strategy: Personal Strategies. How do you move from HR practitioner to leading corporate strategist? What must you take on? How can you convince decision makers that you and your HR strategy are just what they need? (Gillian Esquivel, 30-40-30)

Who Should Attend?
This conference is an essential event for HR professionals and other people managers who want to get the best out of the best human resources available in these recessionary times and who want to improve their own performance.

Duration ~ Date ~ Location
Full Day Conference: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Thursday 22nd April 2010
Ramada Hotel, Shaws Bridge, Belfast

Multi Speaker Conference
Organisations confirmed to speak include: Northern Ireland Water, B&Q, Bank of Ireland, Caterpillar, Randox Laboratories and DEL. Full details to follow in a separate brochure.

Cost

Full Rate: £455 + VAT ~ Charity Rate: £364 + VAT

All organisations with fewer than 50 employees or registered charities (registered at the time of booking) qualify for the Charity Rate. The number of employees includes all branches, subsidiary/parent companies, boards, trusts and federated organisations.

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