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- 3rd & 4th July 2013, De Vere Canary Wharf, London
What is Talent?
Talent 2013 is back with a vengeance in its 5th annual year: 2 days, 4 streams, 33 learning sessions, 4 panel debates and an expert speaker faculty of over 40 influential HR leaders.
Talent is the crown jewel of opportunities to engage and network with over 100 senior practitioners in the talent community; and benchmark best practices from global leading experts across all industry sectors.
From learning and leadership development to strategic workforce planning, engagement, retention and diversity challenges, learn the latest techniques to maximise your talent potential and increase overall business performance.
By providing a multi-streamed event, you benefit from a tailor-made experience, with the choice of attending those sessions most relevant to satisfying your most crucial business needs.
Your expert speaker faculty from some of the world’s biggest brands include:
Leanne Wood, Global Talent & Organisation Effectiveness Director, Diageo
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Debra Clawar, Global head of Talent management, Leadership development & Staffing, Novartis
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Judith Nelson, UK Personnel Director, Tesco Stores Ltd
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Mandy Bennett, VP Organisation & Development Leadership, GSK
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Philip Burgess, Group Head of Talent, Marks & Spencer
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Emma Hardaker-Jones, Director Group Talent & Assessment, BP
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Key topics you will discuss and how you will benefit:
| Strategic Workforce Planning | Ensure your HR strategy is fully aligned with your business strategy by identifying critical roles for the future and closing workforce gaps |
| Leadership Development | Discover how to become more proactive in succession planning, modernise your career paths to cater to the future generation of leaders and ensure your high potentials translate into high performance |
| Learning & Development | Explore creative ways to drive employee learning through collaboration, social networks and technologies while remaining cost-effective |
| A diverse & inclusive workforce | Gain sustainable competitive advantage through a diverse workforce who reflect your customer base and ensure you unblock your female talent pipeline |
| Engagement & Retention | Learn how to create a strong EVP and embed this through out your business culture; recognise, reward and successfully manage performance to drive engagement and employee retention |
| Prepare for future trends | Understand Gen Y and how to manage their expectations; manage talent needs across global and emerging markets and learn how to enhance mobility |
3 more reasons why you must not miss out
- Free exhibition of solution providers in one place to help you with all your workforce needs
- 20 networking sessions including breaks, lunches and pre-arranged meetings with suppliers, to share ideas, and build those key business relationships and potential collaborations
- Co-located for the first time with NexGen Recruitment so you can move between streams to discover the hottest ways to attract talent
Who you will meet:
Heads, Global Heads, Directors and VPs of
- Talent Management
- HR
- Learning & Development
- Leadership Development
- Succession Planning
- Organisation Development
- Performance Management
- Change Management
- Workforce Planning
- Career/People Development
- Talent Acquisition
- Resourcing
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Praise for Talent
Over 90% of you who attended Talent last year said it fulfilled their expectations!
“Very good conference. Overall one of the best I have attended. High quality and calibre people, speakers and content. Thank you.”
Lauren DiVentura, Director of Learning & Talent, Sthree
“The quality of presentations was very high – lots of great content. An excellent conference, far better than most I have attended.”
Amanda Cox, Head of Learning & Development, Asda
“Thank you. Awesome and inspirational.”
Kate Ashton, Global Talent Manager, Diageo
“Every speaker was unique, insightful and I took away fresh ideas and reassurance.”
Heidi Carter, HR Manager, Oxfam
“Always a great event. the only Talent conference I know.”
Fiona Smith, Global OD & Talent Manager, Netcracker
“Great content!”
Helen Fitzpatrick, Head of Leadership Development, Co-op Financial Services
“An excellent event! Short, impactful presentations and lots of great content. Very good delegates.”
Lee Sprung, Global HR Policies Manager, INFINEUM UK LIMITED
“Thank you for the great event.”
Heini Lahtela, Talent & Leadership Development Project Lead, Nokia
Look at last year’s attendee list to see for yourself the calibre of practitioners you will be networking with!
An expert & influential speaker faculty, compelling content & innovative case studies, crucial challenges you need to overcome, an event which encourages & facilitates all networking opportunities. 3rd & 4th July 2013 save the dates in your diary and book your place now to make significant early savings.
