18 November 2008

Day 0: Workshop Sessions

Members of the HROA Board of Trustees, HROA Europe Board of Directors, and HROA Europe Buyers Group meet to discuss the issues facing their organizations and the industry as a whole.  In addition, there will be a special workshop on Next Generation Learning Outsourcing, presented by IBM.  Pre-registration required.

0800-1700

Registration
Delegates register throughout the day.

1030-1330

HROA Europe Buyers Group Meeting
Members gather to discuss immediate approaches to saving HR money while improving performance and value with a specific focus on Governance: Change Requests. A special panel of cost reduction and governance experts will review the latest economic issues and trends in governance models and specifically how they relate to managing overall costs and change requests. This is a closed session open to buyers and invited guests only. For more information, contact the HROA.

1400-1530

HROA Europe Board Meeting
Chapter board members meet to discuss chapter business.

1530-1700

HROA Board Meeting
Trustees meet to discuss the business of the HROA.

1400-1530

Workshop Part I: Learning – the Art of the Possible

A highly practical session focused on tools and techniques practitioners need for Learning Innovation.. Most companies have embraced the reality of outsourcing human resource back office systems and are now concerning themselves with how to innovate. Is Learning Outsourcing wild and wacky, or is it now becoming intrinsic to a companies performance? And if intrinsic how can it be delivered?

This Learning – the Art of the Possible Workshop will offer multiple exciting perspectives on state-of-the-art learning approaches, learning transformation, and learning outsourcing through a program of insight, expertise and interactions to help inform, discuss and act:

• Learning Innovation – we will touch on new aspects of learning such as serious gaming and second life, and discuss interaction models that the audience believe will have the greatest impact on their current learning operations
• Learning Efficiency – using IBM Learning as a case study we will look at the different stepping stones that can be taken to get to real learning transformation. We will discuss the drive towards eLearning, closing brick and mortar facilities, building new curriculum, vendor management, transformed learning and then select a couple of priorities for team deep dive work. We will divide into workgroups to explore key transformation themes and each group will then feedback on their findings.
• Learning Outsourcing – Answering some of the burning questions from the Workshop - Why would you outsource the transaction? What is the back office of learning? During this section, the workshop delegates will be able to interact and learn from live customer examples.

The workshop will close with some key next steps to enable decision making within the delegates organisation as to the appropriate next steps to turn their Learning Art of the Possible into reality.

Pre-registration required. Conducted by IBM

1530-1600

Break

1600-1800

Workshop Part II: Learning – the Art of the Possible
This session focused on efficiency and techniques practitioners need for outsourcing continues. Pre-registration required.  Conducted by IBM.

1900-2030

Cocktail Reception