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Wednesday
13 September
2000
- Fringe Events
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9AM
- 12PM
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HR
WORKSHOPS - Hands-on learning for small groups of practitioners
who want to gain new skills, insights and practical solutions.
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HR
WORKSHOP F1
Confessions of a Psychometric Test Developer!
Keith McGregor, Director, Gilmour McGregor Associates
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HR
WORKSHOP F2
e-training: the way of the future or just another e-fad? Damian
D'Cruz, Consultant, Tall Poppies Consulting
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HR
WORKSHOP F3
Working Outside the Organisation
Roger Tweedy, Director, Education Employment Services and
Evan Bayly, Director, Business Resource Management
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9.30AM
- 12PM
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Site
Visits
Visit one of two sites known for their HR expertise:
(1) Telstra Saturn's visit will cover the setting up and operating
of a call centre, and the implications for the HR function.
(2) TAB have a project to update their entire IT area; the computers
they are working with are 20 years old. They will explain the
project and then describe the HR processes which will support
the new technology, in particular their IT graduate recruitment
programme, mentoring, development opportunities and TAB's commitment
to continual learning.
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12.15
- 1.45PM
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Special
Interest Lunch
Open Forum: One Burning Question.
An opportunity to bring one burning question to lunch and have
a facilitated discussion with other HR practitioners. Hear different
viewpoints about the important day to day issues affecting those
at the 'front line' of HR. Lunch provided.
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HR
WORKSHOPS
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HR
WORKSHOP F4
Communication in Business: Just because we use the same words
doesn't mean we use the same language
June Ranson, NZ Managing Director, ECA Asia Pacific
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HR
WORKSHOP F5
Negotiating an Employment Agreement: Learning the art of good
faith bargaining in the new environment
Geoff Summers, Director HR, Victoria University of Wellington
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HR
WORKSHOP F6
The Internet is a management tool - fact or science fiction?
Catherine Wallace, Lecturer, Massey University
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| 2.30
- 5PM |
Site
Visits
Visit one of two sites known for their HR expertise: Telecom
or NZ Post. (1) The Telecom visit will explore the use of intranets
as a way of keeping staff informed and up to date with the managing
of the organisation's knowledge. (2) NZ Post will discuss the
practical ways they have created dialogue with a large workforce.
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| 5
- 7PM |
Conference
Registration
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| 5
- 7PM |
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Welcome
Reception & Cocktails
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Thursday
14 September
2000
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| 8
- 9AM |
Conference
Registration
Expo Opens 8am Wellington Town Hall
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| 9
- 10.30AM |
Opening
Plenary Session
Welcome to the Conference
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Opening
Keynote Address
Enhancing Business Performance through HR e-business
Philippe Houssiau, Global
Leader HRM Consulting, Price WaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting
Services, Belgium
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| 10.30
- 11AM |
Tea
and Expo
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| 11AM
- 12.30PM |
HR
INTERACTIONS - A formal presentation followed by group discussions
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HR
INTERACTION A1
Internal Communications: Making contact at the 'coal face'
Ginny Radford, Director HR & Communication, Fletcher
Challenge Forests
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HR
INTERACTION A2
The Future of Work: A panel discussion
Anne Else, Mary Mallon, Justyn Sturrock and Adrienne Murray
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HR
INTERACTION A3
Workforce Analytics: using HR technology to gain competitive
advantage
James Finlay HRMS Product Marketing Manager, PeopleSoft
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| 12.30
- 2.30PM |
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Lunch
and learn with author Harry Mills
Artful Persuasion: Skills and Strategies of Persuasion
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| 2.30
- 4.00PM |
HR
INTERACTIONS - A formal presentation followed by group discussions
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HR
INTERACTION B1
Brains and Sex
Gail Reichert People Bizness Ltd
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HR
INTERACTION B2
Creating a Wired Workplace: The mandate for HR to lead their
organisation online
Bede Cammock-Elliott 'Online Navigator', Telecom
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HR
INTERACTION B3
Navigational Skills for the Information Highway
Patricia Veen, Training Manager, Brookers
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| 4
- 4.30PM |
Tea
& Expo
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| 4.30
- 5.45PM |
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Plenary
Keynote Address
Measuring the Effectiveness of HR in the e-age
Kevin Wheeler Global Learning
Resources Inc, USA
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| 5.45
- 6.30PM |
Members
Forum
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| 7.30
- 9.30PM |
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Gala
Dinner
Semi-formal dinner to network and enjoy great food and beverages
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| 9.30PM
- 1AM |
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Theme
Party - Lost in Space or just wanna have fun?
If you have nothing 'suitable to wear don't worry, masks and
antennae will be provided.
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Friday
15 September
2000
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| 8
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Breakfast
Buzz
A new ERA of industrial relationships in NZ: Communicating
the reality
If all goes according to plan the new Employment Relations
Act (ERA) should now be law. This panel will discuss the implications
of implementation - is it working, is it sustainable, or is
it too soon to tell? (Breakfast provided).
Hon Margaret Wilson, Minister of Labour; Robyn Leeming, President
Employers Federation; Ross Wilson, President CTU; Glenn Harris,
President HRINZ
Professor Pat Walsh, Professor HR Management and
Industrial Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, will
chair this important (and very lively) discussion on the new
dawn of employment relations in New Zealand.
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| 8:30AM
- 9:30AM |
Expo (for those who don't make it to breakfast)
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| 9.30AM
- 12.30PM |
HR
INTERACTIONS - A longer than average session to allow for
more in-depth participation, starting with a formal presentation
and followed by group discussions. Tea break included.
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HR
INTERACTION C1
Implementing Change Painlessly
Roberta Cava Cava International Training, Australia
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HR
INTERACTION C2
Totally Wired: A case study of Kiwi HR ingenuity and how it
is used globally
Pleasance Hansen Trade NZ
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HR
INTERACTION C3
Communication and Technology: The final tyranny for HR!
Paul Toulson Massey University
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| 12.30
- 2.30PM |
Networking
Lunch and Expo Prize Giving
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| 2.30
- 3.45PM |
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Plenary
Key Note Address
HR as an Integral Part of Business
Jenny Porter P&O Nedlloyd
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| 3.45
- 4.30PM |
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INTO
THE FUTURE
A 'Top Secret' guest speaker will formally close the
conference with an address which looks at how the government
sees the future of New Zealand as a knowledge-based economy
and where human resources fit into the greater scheme of things. |
| 4.30PM |
CONFERENCE
CLOSES |
