CAHRS Fall Partner Meeting
Driving Growth while Managing Enterprise-Wide Risk:
HR’s Role in the New Economic and Regulatory Environment
November 11-12, 2009 - Ithaca, NY (Statler Hotel)
As the world begins to emerge from recession, companies and their leaders are turning their thoughts to growth. Meanwhile, companies face a more stringent regulatory environment and significantly more shareholder scrutiny, because of the risks certain companies took to achieve growth. Over the last decade, such companies have increasingly made headlines due to scandals, lawsuits, performance issues, failed mergers and acquisitions, product launch flops, or other forms of risk ascribed to employee behavior or human resource practices.
Managing these risks in today's business environment is now a high priority for leaders. Companies are facing greater regulatory pressures from the Federal government, more exposure as part of running global businesses, and closer media scrutiny in the wake of the recent financial meltdown. Against this backdrop, the HR function is poised to play a larger role in managing enterprise-wide risk while simultaneously driving growth, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit.
The fall 2009 CAHRS partner meeting will focus on how HR's role is changing to encompass managing enterprise risk, what top organizations are doing to help HR better understand and manage it, and how to manage risk without compromising the actions and attitudes required to pursue growth. Topics will include managing risk in global growth, M&A activity, and innovation and organic growth, as well as discussions on managing risk at the top of the organization and the role of executive pay.
Our keynote speakers will be Laurie Siegel - SVP, HR and Internal Communications for Tyco International and J. Randall MacDonald - SVP, HR for IBM.
Agenda
November 11, 2009
12:00-1:30pm - CAHRS Advisory Board Lunch (Board Members Only)
Rowe Room - Statler Hotel
2:00-5:30pm - CAHRS Advisory Board Meeting (Board Members Only)
Pennsylvania Room - Statler Hotel
6:00-7:00pm - Fall Partner Meeting Reception
Rowe Room - Statler Hotel
7:00-9:00pm - Fall Partner Meeting Dinner
Taylor A&B Rooms - Statler Hotel
November 12, 2009
7:30-8:00am - Continental Breakfast
Yale/Princeton Rooms and Amphitheater Conference Foyer - Statler Hotel
8:00-8:30am - Introductions
Amphitheater - Statler Hotel
Chris Collins - Professor and Director, CAHRS
Pamela Stepp - Executive Director, CAHRS
8:30-9:15am - Keynote Speaker
"Managing Risk at the Top"
Laurie Siegel - Senior Vice President, HR & Internal Communications, Tyco International
9:15-10:00am - "Evaluating and Reducing Risks in M&A Activity"
Leanna Prosser - Director, Human Resources, Cisco Systems
10:00-10:15am - Break
10:15-11:00am - "Managing Risks in the Supply Chain"
Katie Rosson - Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Internal Communications for Gap Brand North America, Gap Inc.
11:00-12:00pm - "Managing Big Bets in Innovation"
Christy Pambianchi - Vice President, Human Resources, Corning Inc.
12:00-1:00pm - Lunch
Taylor A&B Rooms - Statler Hotel
1:15-2:00pm - Keynote Speaker
"Assessing Risks in Global Growth"
J. Randall MacDonald - Senior Vice President, Human Resources - IBM Corporation
2:00-2:45pm - "Following a Process Approach to Risk Management"
Susan Beauregard - Manager, Global HR Services - General Electric
2:45-3:00pm - Break
3:00-3:45pm - "Executive Pay, Performance, and Risk"
Kevin Hallock - Professor Labor Economics and Human Resource Studies and Director of Research - Cornell CAHRS
3:45-4:30pm - "CAHRS Benchmarking Research Study: Best Practices in Managing Risk"
Rex Fitzpatrick - CAHRS Research Assistant, Cornell CAHRS
Kurt Johnson - CAHRS Research Assistant, Cornell CAHRS
Aaron Laurito - CAHRS Research Assistant, Cornell CAHRS
4:30-5:00pm - Wrap-up
Chris Collins - Professor and Director, Cornell CAHRS
Pam Stepp - Executive Director, Cornell CAHRS
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Hotel Information
A block of rooms have been reserved at the Statler Hotel. Please call 1-800-541-2501 to reserve a room under "Fall Partner Program 09" by Friday, October 23rd for the night of Nov. 11th and by Friday, October 16th for the night of Nov. 12th as that is when the rooms will be released to the general public.