Upcoming Events

Each year we offer several key opportunities for our current and future clients, partners and users to learn about EmployeeConnect solutions. We welcome you to attend to the following events:

Sydney User Group - September 2008

After the great success of the EmployeeConnect User Group meeting 2007 in Sydney, we are proud to announce that the 2008 edition will be held on Thursday 25th September at the WatersEdge restaurant overlooking Sydney Harbour.

The event will start at 12.30pm and finish around 5.00pm with an exquisite lunch.
This year again we plan to welcome a lot of users from Australian and New Zealander companies and we hope to see you there for an impressive agenda! The latter will be confirmed soon, so stay tuned for more information.

Date: Thursday 25th September 2008
Venue: WatersEdge restaurant -Pier One, 11 Hickson Road Walsh Bay, Sydney NSW 2000

The Australian HR Awards 2008

The Australian HR Awards are the industry's leading event for recognising excellence within Australia's human resources profession. Organised by LexisNexis, the publisher of Human Resources magazine, the event has grown to reflect the increasingly important and complex role that HR plays in many modern organisations. The Australian HR Awards provide an opportunity for individuals, teams and organisations to come together and recognise and celebrate HR as a profession, and to raise the standard of HR through recognition of benchmark practise.

The awards include 18 categories which recognise excellence across the entire spectrum of the profession, reflecting some of the most recent developments in HR:

• EmployeeConnect Award for Best Overall Use of Technology
  Technology is an intrinsic part of any modern human resources department and vital to keeping today's organisations running smoothly. EmployeeConnect award recognises the effective use of technology by HR to bring about business benefits. The Award for overall excellence in HR

• The Award for Best Talent Management Strategy
• The Award for Employer of Choice (more than 1,000 employees)
• The Award for Employer of Choice (fewer than 1,000 employees)
• The Award for Employer of Choice (public sector)
• The HR Champion (CEO) Award
• The Award for Best HR Leader
• The Award for Best HR Team
• The Award for Corporate Citizenship
• The Award for Best Talent Management Strategy
• The Award for Best HR Strategic Plan
• The Award for Innovation in Recruitment and Retention
• The Award for Best Employer Branding Strategy
• The Award for Best Graduate Intake Program
• The Award for Best Learning & Development Strategy
• The Award for Best Overall use of Technology
• The Award for Best Mature Age Workforce Implementation
• The Award for Best Health and Wellbeing Strategy

Date: 30th October 2008
Venue: Parkside Ballroom, Convention Centre Darling Harbour, Sydney
Website: www.hrawards.com.au
This year, in addition to the main HR Award night, 2 cocktails are planned; one in Sydney on Friday 17th October and on in Melbourne on Friday 30th October.

HR Summit 09- Singapore

Further to the 2008 success, EmployeeConnect will be present for the 2009 edition of Asia's largest annual HR event. There are already 18 confirmed speakers for next year including the International speaker and best selling author Alan Pease.

Date: 6th - 7th May 2009
Venue: Suntec Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Website: http://www.hrsummit.com.sg

  AHRI National Convention 2009

The annual AHRI National Convention is the largest HR trade show in Australia. It is the flagship event for Australian HR professionals and people managers, giving them the possibility to learn from respected authors, business leaders and academics on the problems that truly matters to the profession. The event attracts over 2,500 participants, and includes 150-stand exhibition offering delegates and visitors the newest ideas and latest business solutions available in today's marketplace including:

• Learning and development
• HR/IR publications
• International HR management
• Organisational design and development
• Employer branding
• Recruitment and assessment
• Attraction and retention
• Corporate health providers
• HR software solutions
• Performance and reward
• Occupational health and safety

EmployeeConnect will of course be present and we look forward to seeing you on our booth (number TBA)

Date: TBA
Venue: Melbourne Convention Centre, Spencer Street, Melbourne
Website: www.convention.ahri.com.au