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8th HR Council Event

 Zinnov is hosting its 8th HR Council event on June 20th, 2012 (Thursday) at Hilton, Santa Clara, CA. The topic of discussion is ‘Virtual Talent Models and Best Practices in Global Talent Retention‘.

Talent attraction and retention has become a key challenge for the top technology companies globally.   Over the last few months, Zinnov has undertaken an in-depth research on the challenges and best practices associated with talent hiring and retention.  Various key HR and Business leaders shared insights and also expressed interest in learning the best practices that companies need to adopt to retain their top talent.  Zinnov is hosting a keynote and panel discussion to discuss this topic in great detail and also brainstorm the potential opportunities ahead for companies.  HR and Business leaders will share their experience and strategies on concerning retention, expectations of Gen Y on working with a company, unique models adopted to retain top talent, practices suitable for emerging locations, and impact of diversity on retention. 

The following 2 discussion topics have been planned for the event:-

  • Keynote: Virtual Talent Model – Next frontier in enterprise scalability
  • Panel Discussion: Talent Retention Challenges & Best Practices in high technology industry

As a part of these 2 sessions, we will discuss the following:-

  • New and Innovative models of hiring and engaging technology talent (leveraging Market Places)
  • Global talent retention challenges and best practices

The event is an excellent opportunity to brainstorm, learn from your peers in the industry, and share your thought leadership. Attendees will be provided a free copy of the report on ‘Emerging Tier-2 Cities in China and India’.  

Venue: Hilton Santa Clara (4949 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA, 95054)

Date: 20th June, 2012

Timings: 9.00 AM to 11.30 AM

Agenda:

Venue

Time

Agenda



June 20th, 2012
@
Hilton (Santa Clara)
4949 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054





9:00 AM: 9:30 AM

Registration and Networking

9:30 AM- 10:10 AM

Keynote: Today’s Knowledge Workers and Opportunities to Engage them

Speaker: Debbie Cohen - VP, Chief of People at Mozilla Corporation

10:10 AM- 11:10 AM

Panel Discussion – Talent Retention Challenges & Best Practices in high technology industry

Panelists: Orna Sarfaty, Sr. HR Director, SanDisk
                                                                          Surya Turaga, Sr. Director, Global Engineering Operations, Brocade
                      Inga Kulberg, Director- Staffing, TIBCO


Panelists will share their perspective on global talent management and retention. They will delve into best practices from both HR and BU perspective

11:10 AM- 11:30 AM

Highlights of new features in Talent NeuronTM
Presenter: Vijay Swaminathan

11:30 AM onwards

Networking Lunch & Closure

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