HRchitect Announces Third Annual Texas Talent Management & HR Systems Regional Expo

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) February 20, 2008 -- HR and technology professionals throughout the southwest will gather to network and participate in the region?s largest HR technology event of the year to be held in Texas on March 6, 2008.

The third annual IHRIM-DFW Texas Talent Management & HR Systems Regional Expo will take place Thursday, March 6 from 7:45am to 5:30pm at the Frisco Convention Center in Frisco, Texas, a suburb just north of Dallas. Registration for the event is currently open and early bird pricing ends soon.

The Expo will include keynote addresses on leveraging technology to enable strategic talent management by Jim Holincheck, research vice president at Gartner, and IHRIM?s 2008 HR technology forecast by Jacqueline Kuhn, senior director of corporate and administrative systems at OfficeMax and chairman of the IHRIM board.

Another exciting aspect of this event is the morning Talent Management Systems (TMS) Suites Vendor Challenge and the afternoon HCM Vendor Challenge. Both sessions will be moderated panel discussions with the morning session including such notable vendors as Authoria, Cornerstone OnDemand, Plateau, SuccessFactors, Taleo, and Vurv, and the afternoon session including ExponentHR, Oracle, SAP, Ultimate Software, and Workday. There will also be a reception for cocktails and networking at the end of the day.

Included in this day-long event are educational sessions on Creating a Successful HR Technology Strategic Plan, From Recruiting to Strategic Talent Acquisition, Developing a Proactive Communication Strategy for Talent Acquisition, and Real Life Stories of Pay for Performance.

?This is the must-attend HR expo of the year here in Texas?, stated Cathy Vilaga of IHRIM-DFW and the Texas expo co-chair. ?Early interest in this conference has been very high as evidenced by the quality sessions and vendors that will be in attendance. Anybody looking to make HR technology decisions in the future should think seriously about attending this event, along with other decision makers and co-workers from their companies.?

?Due to the generosity of our excellent sponsors, we were able to keep this exciting event extremely affordable?, added Rick Fletcher, President of HRchitect and the Texas expo co-chair. ?Not only will attendees get to spend the day in a beautiful new conference center, but where else can you go to a day-long conference and hear 19 nationally renowned speakers and network with so many industry leading vendors??

Exhibitors at the Roundup, sponsored by Oracle, include Aquire, Authoria, Cornerstone OnDemand, Crouch Slavin & Company, Dallas HR Management Association, ERE, First Advantage, HCI, HR-XML, HRchitect, IHRIM-DFW, KM Consulting Group, SilkRoad Technology, Starr Tincup, SuccessFactors, Ultimate Software, Vurv, and Workscape. Other sponsors of the Roundup include SAP, Taleo, ExponentHR, Plateau, Assess Systems and Workday.

As an added incentive to attend, the first 100 registered attendees will also receive a FREE copy of HRchitect?s forthcoming ?The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management? report, which carries a value of $495. To register for the Expo, visit http://acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=150836. To learn more about the event or IHRIM-DFW, visit http://www.ihrim-dfw.org/.

About HRchitect

HRchitect is the premier HR Systems and Strategy consulting firm and the market leader in Talent Management Systems (TMS) consulting services including the selection, implementation and integration of Applicant Tracking Systems, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Career Planning, Compensation Management, e-Learning, Competency Management Systems and HRIS applications. HRchitect has completed over 400 successful client engagements over the past eleven years.

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