Time Schedule

WEDNESDAY, September 18, 2013: 8:00 am-4:30 pm Conference Registration - Convention Desk / 8:30-9:30 am Breakfast - Atlantic Ballroom Foyer / 9:30 am–10:00 am Welcome Message 40th Anniversary video - Grand Atlantic 3 / 10:00 -11:30 am Opening Plenary: The Bomb Exploded: Workplace Retaliation and Reasonable Accommodation - HR's New Worries, Lcdo. Alfredo Hopgood, Grand Atlantic 3 / 11:30 am-12:00 pm Conference’s Opening Ceremony & Exhibitor’s / 12:00-1:30 pm Lunch at Exhibitors “Have Lunch with Us” / 1:30-3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions: Hollywood Does Labor, Lcdo. José F. Benítez-Mier & Lcdo. Jorge L. Capó-Matos, O’Neill & Borges, LLC / The Art of Collective Bargaining Enrique Irizarry, CEMEX de Puerto Rico, Inc. / My Employee Is Sick Again: How to Stop Sick Leave Abuse, Lcdo. Luis M. Ferrer, Baerga & Quintana / 3:30 – 3:45 pm Afternoon Coffee Break - Atlantic Ballroom Foyer / 3:45-5:15 pm Keynote Plenary Session: HUMAN RESOURCES: GETTING TO THE PEOPLE SIDE…No Excuses!, Jim “Mr. Energy” Smith, Jimpact, Inc. - Grand Atlantic 3 (Activity for SHRM & ASTD Members) / 5:15- 7:15 pm Welcome Cocktail - Atlantic Ballroom Foyer

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Welcome Message

Katherine Padilla, PhD & Iraida Ojeda

On behalf of the Society for Human Resource Management, Puerto Rico Chapter, it is our pleasure to invite you to our 40th Annual Conference & Exposition that will take place at El Conquistador Resort in Fajardo from September 18 through September 21, 2013.

This year our theme is HR Means Business: The Human Factor, The Lead to Success.

It is essential to every professional to stay on top of our current issues, opportunities, strategies, and practices to achieve personal success and make valuable contributions to the organizations we collaborate with. That thought guides our educational program, featuring keynote and concurrent sessions that are relevant, practical and up- to date. Concurrent sessions will be focused in five core areas that will be: Compensation and Metrics, Business Management and Strategy, Labor Law, Career Development and Talent Management.

Kathy Padilla Our 2013 conference will be filled with an extraordinary educational program, daily social activities, a varied exhibitors’ area, plenty of opportunities to network and celebrate with us SHRM-PR conference history.

We invite you to navigate our page and stay tuned for updates on our conference program.

Hope to see you there; you won’t want to miss it!

Educational Program’s Tracks

This year’s educational program will be focused on the following topics:

Compensation and Metrics: In this track we will explore the different processes related to compensation and human resources programs for all employees from their development through their implementation. You will learn how to measure results and gain support from senior leadership.

Business Management and Strategy: HR must play a key role in creating and developing strategies to achieve business objectives. In this track we will explore the business value of the HR component and how you can support your business.

Labor Law: To keep pace with the latest HR laws and legislation, be the one who protects your company from legal risks and liabilities before they arise. Stay current.

Career Development: As an HR professional, development has two meanings for you: your own and your company’s. In this track, we will explore how you can stay up to date and ready for changes in your career.

Talent Management: In this track we will explore how you can center your organization’s goals to develop the workforce of its present and future.