SHRM India successfully concludes HR Tech Conference 2015

SHRM India successfully concludes 

HR Tech Conference 2015

A First of its Kind meet – Brings together 

Global Thought Leaders & Industry Stalwarts

by Suman Gupta 

New Delhi, 24^th April, 2015: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management, concluded first of its kind ‘SHRM India HR Technology Conference & Exposition’, the most powerful confluence of people, business and technology, today at Palladium Hotel, Mumbai.The one day conference and exposition witnessed the presence of over450+ delegates, including mid & senior level HR professionals and corporate leaders from 120+ organizations along with acclaimed Thought Leaders from all over the world.  The gathering also presented an opportunity for delegates to share their experiences with various facets of technology and to connect with experts and organizations across wide range of fields through uniquely constructed sessions.

Three major announcements were also made during the conference - The launch of an integrated HR Executive certificate programme by SHRM along with XLRI, Jamshedpur and Talentedge, ‘Top 25 Indian HR Influencers on Social Media’ Report by SHRM and launch of Next-gen Referral Hiring Technology Solution by GrownOut. The HR Executive certificate programme will provide a comprehensive understanding of Human Resource Management and will prepare the professionals for future HR Leadership roles. The top 25 HR influencers report highlights the contribution of leading HR professional on social media platform and the new software tool by GrownOut will enable the HR personnel across all verticals to easily manage talent acquisition using online space.

The key agenda of the conference was focused on addressing the rapidly evolving workplaces, exponential technology advancements and ever changing role of HR professionals. Some of the eminent Global & Indian speakers contributed at the event today were Jamie Notter, Partner, Culture That Works LLC; Abhijit Bhaduri, Chief learning officer, Wipro; Raj Raghavan, Director, Amazon India; Virginia Sharma, Director, Marketing LinkedIn; Unmesh Pawar, Global Managing Director Talent Acquisition, Accenture; Jeremy Ames, CEO, Hive Tech HR; Prithvi Shergill, Chief Human Resource Officer, HCL Technologies; Smriti Ahuja, Head HR & Learning, BPS; Alok B. Lall, Director, Marketing Microsoft Corporation; and Ramu Govindan, CEO, Its Your Skills.

Ms. Achal Khanna, CEO, SHRM India Operations, said, “The conference witnessed a series of engaging and fruitful discussions that have captured the critical role of HR in the rapidly evolving and technology led corporate landscape. I am positive thateach one of us has lot of takeaways from the speaker sessions, discussion panels during the conference and interactive demos & simulations at the exposition. While technology has always been considered as one of the tools of HR domain, it is the first time ever that such platform has been created to brainstorm and minutely assess the impact of technology in ensuring a vibrant, competitive and productive workplace.”

 ‘The impact of Millennial Generation in top management and changing cultures in digital age’, How to make referral hiring a primary source of recruitment, How to successfully create a Social Mobile Technology Oriented workspaces and how CHROs and CTOs together meeting the mobility challenges , were some of the key trends and topics discussed during the event.

In his keynote address, Mr.Jamie Notter shared his views about how the rise of the Millennial generation into management positions will change the way that successful companies operate.  During his speech he identified four key capacities that organizations need to succeed in this new normal. The session also focused on implications for HR leaders who would want to lead this change. 

Mr. Sumit Gupta, CEO, Grownout in his session, highlighted the roadblocks faced in referral hiring. He specially emphasized on the three pronged referral hiring process involving the Recruiter, Employee and the Candidates. He also launched the Grownout's technology based solution at the conference that aims to negate such roadblocks and create the Next Gen referral hiring solution.

 

In his session, Mr. Arun Dhaka, Country Sales Director – Cornerstone On Demand, India & South Asia, talked about the future ready social mobile technology oriented workspaces. He discussed about how talent technology platform of the future must not be simply a place where employees come to take a course or complete a performance review but rather a destination where employees come to do their jobs more effectively. It must empower them at all levels to be successful in their role and career with social capabilities build into all of “talent functionalities” that work seamlessly together. 

 

Mr. Abhijit Bhaduri session included the discussion around the combined efforts of both CHROs and CTOs meeting the mobility challenge and the ever growing popularity of smartphones. The session also highlighted benefits of the BYOD movement while also emphasizing on the key challenges and the organizational risks linked with BYOD.

 

About SHRM

SHRM India Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian Subsidiary of SHRM, the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 2, 70,000 members in over 160 countries, the Society serves the needs of HR professionals and advances the interests of the HR profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM has more than 575 affiliated chapters within the United States and subsidiary offices in China and India. SHRM's mission is to support the HR professional and advance the HR profession through globally recognised certifications, collaborative communities, comprehensive resources, research, professional development opportunities, academic alliances and advisory services. For more information, please visitwww.shrmindia.org