HRO World Summit Europe Announces Details of 2009 Event

LONDON--(Marketwire - October 9, 2009) - HROA Europe, the leading professional organization focused on the challenge of HR outsourcing, and SharedXpertise, an independent, global membership-based community of business professionals, today announced details of the upcoming 2009 HRO World Summit Europe. The largest and most comprehensive human resource operations (HRO) conference in Europe, this years' event will feature workshops and sessions focused on the summit's theme "HR's role in driving the CEO's agenda: Innovative execution and planning for recovery." More than 250 senior executives -- including Chief HR Officers, vice presidents of HR and Shared Services Management as well as executives from finance, IT and other areas that need to take advantage of the evolution of the HR function -- are expected exchange views on driving HR activities through shared services and outsourcing.

For the first time, the event is moving from Brussels to London, beginning an annual rotation around Europe. This year it will be held at Grange St Paul's, 10 Godliman St., from Wednesday, 18 November through Thursday, 19 November 2009. It will commence with a welcome reception on Tuesday, 17 November.

"At the 2009 HRO World Summit Europe, attendees can plan for the recovery and learn important survival strategies for these uncertain times. We understand that travel and conference budgets are tight, so we've packed as much as possible into this one, interactive event to make it a must-attend. We have a wide range of workshops and sessions presented by HR, globalization and organizational efficiency thought leaders focused on actual buyer experiences and real-world HR practices. We expect attendees to find the return on their investments to be clear and immediate," commented Faye Holland, conference organiser.

Keynote speaker Christophe Laval, author of the French-language book "A Plea for Recognition at Work," will discuss the intersection of three European mega trends -- performance management, HR outsourcing and recognition at work. Tim Palmer, conference chair and member of PA's Management Group, and Richard Coughlin, also a member of PA's Management Group, will host "Living with Zombies: HR's Cost Reduction Challenge in 2010," an interactive workshop for buyers on HR's key role in bringing the economy back to life. Sarah Seabury, director, TPI, will present "Service Delivery," a workshop for experienced buyers who are looking to drive success in existing outsourcing relationships.

Focused on actual customer experiences of primarily senior executives of Global 1000 organisations and government, additional sessions include an RPO case study presented by Wolfgang Brickwedde, senior director, EMEA Recruitment, SAP AG, and D. Zachary Misko, global director, RPO, Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting Group. Chris Lomer, European Compensation & Benefits Project manager at Avery Dennison will give a plenary case study on driving changes in multi-country payroll outsourcing projects. IBM will present a client case study on outsourced learning and how to construct a learning deal.

Additional distinguished speakers and panelists include industry experts from Brookfield Global Relocation Services Limited, EquaTerra, hyphen RPO, InfoHRM, Kenexa and Travelport, plus many more.

Kenexa is a Global Marquis Sponsor and ADP and Wipro are Marquis Sponsors of the event. Alexander Mann Solutions and Patersons HR & Payroll are Platinum Sponsors. Additional sponsors and supporters of the 2009 HRO World European Conference are Accenture, BizInfo, BPOVoice.Com, Caliber Point, EquaTerra, Futurestep, HR Access, HROA, HRO Europe, hyphen RPO, IBM, Kelly OCG, Meta4, Neeyamo, NVP, PA Consulting Group, Raytheon Professional Services, SourceRight Solutions, Staffing Industry Analysts, The RightThing and TPI.

About SharedXpertise Media and the HRO World Summit Europe

SharedXpertise Media is the leader in providing media, summits and forums that develop professional practices in the areas of corporate responsibility, human resources and financial management. Its media offerings include print and online publications; its summits are conferences and its forums offer association membership programs. SharedXpertise serves strategy-level corporate executives in the human resources, finance, compliance and sustainability professions in North America, Europe and Asia.

HRO World Summit Europe is part of the SharedXpertise Summit series and has been running since 2003, historically in Brussels, Belgium.