Human Resources practitioners invited to submit proposals for conference

January 28th, 2003


West Virginia Universitys Department of Human Resources seeks proposals for its inaugural Human Resources Conference Oct. 16-17 at Morgantown’s new Radisson Hotel on the Waterfront.


Designed for those from academic and corporate institutions, the conference will focus on”The Role of Human Resources in a Strong Regional Workforce.”


Potential presenters are asked to consider the value HR confers on developing and maintaining a strong workforce and why and how HR needs to explore innovative approaches to current and emerging issues.


“The conference will deliver valuable insights and offer practical guidance for creating a strong, skilled, educated, resilient and innovative regional workforce,”said Myrtho Blanchard, WVU assistant vice president of Human Resources.”We are looking forward to having a diverse group of presenters representing a broad spectrum of topics.”


In conjunction with the conference, all papers delivered at the conference will be published in the WVU /HR Conference online Proceedings . For more information, including a Call for Presentations proposal form and conference registration form, visit HRs Web site athttp://www.wvu.edu/~humanres/.


Proposal submission deadline is April 15.


Proposals may be submitted for the following panel sessions:


  • Business Ethics: Setting standards for your workers

  • Recruitment Strategies: Marketing the true market, reducing glut of non-qualified applicants

  • Wellness in the Workforce: Personal and professional quality of life

  • HR and the Law: Legal issues impacting the workforce of today and the future

  • Employee of Choice: Non-monetary rewards for employees and other retention strategies

  • The”Art”of Restructuring: The radical redesign of business processes for dramatic performance improvement

  • Changing the Organizational Culture: Creating an environment that provides employees the opportunity to learn and grow �€an environment that attracts, rewards and retains highly talented professionals

  • Technology and HR: Service Delivery. How has it changed?

  • Workforce Development: Importance of designing and properly implementing comprehensive training strategies

  • Human Resourcesrole in an academic institutions/corporations success: new relationships, what are they and do they exist successfully between HR departments and other units in the organization?


Those wishing to attend the conference can find more information at http://www.wvu.edu/~humanres/ . Registration deposits ($50) are due June 15, with the remainder of the $200 registration fee due Sept. 1.