This year's conference promises to be the best ever. So mark your calendar! Back this year by request is the Executive Symposium. The conference will be held in Dallas at Maggiano' s Little Italy/North Park Mall. Seating will be limited, so be certain to save the dates, and register early. Invitations to the conference will be mailed in June.

October 29th - Executive Symposium, by invitation
October 30th - General Session

Conference Chairperson
Jim Lynde
Sr. Vice President of People, Red Lobster

Keynote Speaker - Executive Symposium
Richard Hadden
CSP Partner, Contented Cow Partners, LLC
(Author of the highly acclaimed business case study of the people practices of top performing companies;Contented Cows Give Better Milk - The truth about employee relations and your bottom line.)

Keynote Speaker - General Session
Dr. John Sullivan
Ph.D., MBA, HR Visionary
Noted author, speaker, professor and advisor to senior management of Fortune 1000 firms
Author of HR Metrics: The World Class Way

Special Guest Speaker - General Session
Richard E. Rivera
President & COO, Darden Restaurants