Outsourcing Today News: April 20, 2005

NY HR Week 2005 Trumps Expectations - Up 32% to 3710 Registered Attendees

HR Executives In Record Numbers Attend HR Conference --

Top Issues Include Outsourcing, Diversity, Benefits & Technology

Milford, CT, April 20, 2005 NY HR Weeks conference directors today released record attendee totals for the 2005 NY HR Week held April 12-14, 2005 at the New York Hilton, making it the nations second largest HR event. Registered attendees totaled 3,710, with conference attendees numbering 706.  The totals represented a 32% increase over the 2004 totals, and included a record 106 media attendees.

It was truly a pleasure to participate in NY HR Week 2005, said Susan Oliver, the SVP of HR at 1,300,000-employee Wal-Mart, who was the Conferences opening day keynote speaker. Day 2 keynote speaker, Lea Soupata, SVP of HR at 325,000-employee UPS, said, When I asked for a show of hands of HRO buyers and providers, I was happy to see more HR practitioners than providers. TecHR World Keynote, Naomi Bloom, Managing Partner of Bloom & Wallace said, I found my time spent at NY HR Week to be incredibly valuable and professionally rewarding. Everyone who is anyone in HR was right thereFeedback from my audience has been very positive and Im looking forward to next year. Ray Goldberg, SVP of HR at Lucent Technologies, attending his third-consecutive HRO World, said, Once again, HRO World was a tremendous learning event for both veteran HRO users and those just starting.  Vice President and veteran Wall Street analyst Bill Zinsmeister of Piper Jaffray wrote, "Good showReally thought this years Presidential Debate was a step above last years, especially with respect to the lines of questions. Good case studies, also."

NY HR Week 2005 featured six events.  The weeks cornerstone is the HRO World Conference and Exposition, the worlds largest event exclusively focused on human resources outsourcing.  The week also included the HR/NY Solutions Conference addressing the ever-changing issues that are shaping HR, the Human Resources Outsourcing Association (HROA) Awards Banquet and General Assembly Membership Meeting, the HR-XML Consortiums Quarterly Meeting, HR technology event TecHR World, and the HRO/FAO Executive Summit. 

The success of this years show is reflected not just in the number of attendees weve attracted, but also in the quality of those attendees, says John Golicz, CEO of Unicomm, the event producer. The number of senior decision-makers who attended the show this year is unparalleled, as is the caliber of speakers the show presented. NY HR Week clearly provides a necessary platform for the exchange of ideas, educating ourselves and our customers, networking and conducting business in a challenging, rapidly-evolving HR marketplace. 

"We've received great feedback from our members regarding this year's HR/NY Solutions Conference and our participation in NY HR Week", said Barry Manus, President of HR/NY, the largest 100% chapter affiliate of the national Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). "Attendees gave us high-marks for our Keynote featuring Jane Eliott where she discussed her Peabody Award-winning film focused on the anatomy of prejudice."

NY HR Week Conference Chairman Jay Whitehead said, In HR, content is king. And the HR community has voted with its time and money to elect NY HR Week the most content-rich event of the year.

A record 222 exhibits were also featured at the event and exhibitors were effusive in their praise for the event.  As a Platinum Sponsor, Aon utilizes HRO World as an important vehicle to explain how organizations can transform their HR functions from cost centers to strategic resources, said Gary Budzinski, President, HRO, Aon Consulting.  Marc Scherr, Vice Chairman of Ultimate Software said, Very strong event for our business.   Sonjay Garg, President of Infotronic, says, This has been an excellent show for us on two very key levels. Not only is it an opportunity for us to exhibit and present our unique services to a very key audience, but as a mid-size company ourselves, the educational track here provides valuable information to help us address our internal challenges. As a result of this experience, we have expanded our exhibit for next year. Geoff Dubiski, Director of Yoh HR Solutions had this to say, NY HR Week and HRO World provided a unique opportunity for Yoh HR Solutions to not only interface with HR practitioners, but also to broaden our potential service offerings through alliances with other vendor participants.

NY HR Week conference educational tracks continue to be strong. Standing-room-only crowds gathered to learn about key issues such as outsourcing, leadership strategies, employee screening, mitigating workplace violence, employee fraud and theft, unethical business conduct, workplace diversity and the explosive costs of healthcare, to name a few.

On a lighter note, Nick Warnock, from the first TV season of The Apprentice, joined HRO World for the entire event, which generated excitement and questions about his on and off the set interview with The Donald.  HRO World is a well-oiled machine, said the former Apprentice, with a great balance of learning, networking and entertainment. 

For more information, contact Sarah Lally at (203) 878-2577 x120 or visit the web site at www.nyhrweek.com.

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