HR Conference Addresses Employee Retention, Other Issues

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) will hold its 52nd Annual Conference and Exposition, Imagination 2000, from June 25-28, 2000, in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Las Vegas Hilton. The show will attract more than 10,000 human-resource professionals and include more than 200 concurrent sessions on the latest workplace challenges. Some of the sessions include presentations on:

• Employee Retention: A Business Necessity
• Competing for Talent When You're Not the Highest Bidder
• Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls of Internet and Business E-mail in the Workplace
• Firing Without Paralyzing Fear
• Beyond Workplace Violence

Highlights of the conference include dynamic keynote presentations by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, HR management educator David Ulrich, author Ken Dychtwald, and talk show host Bertice Berry. In addition, comedian Jay Leno will be the entertainer at the conference's Tuesday night show.