Final Program Announced for Recruitment Process Outsourcing Summit December 7-8, Las Vegas

RPO Summit Features Bakers Dozen Research, Cerberus' Dennis Donovan, Largest-Ever Recruiter Audience


NEW YORK, NY and LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - November 22, 2010) - The final program has been announced for the largest-ever recruitment process event, the 4th annual 2010 RPO Summit December 7 and 8 at the Venetian Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas. The program includes headline-grabbing speakers such as one of the world's most successful HR leaders and investors Cerberus' Dennis Donovan, whose keynote address is entitled "Competitive Advantage through Change." In addition to RPO Buyers sessions, HRO Today Magazine CEO Elliot Clark will cover the RPO Bakers Dozen Research in-depth, in addition to over a dozen RPO case study sessions. The complete agenda is online at www.RPOSummit.com

"The RPO Summit is the recruiting industry's ultimate event each year," said SharedXpertise CEO Elliot Clark. "Because it brings together the corporate world's largest recruitment customers to share best practices in a collaborative format with their peers, providers and analysts, each edition represents a step-function leap in the state of the art." 

The event will host over 200 of the world's largest enterprise recruiting executives. The RPO Summit also features the "Viva SaaS Vegas" party December 7 at 7pm at the Tao Nightclub (www.TAOLasVegas.com) at the Venetian, with music by the famous Rockcruiters band. 

For the first time ever, the RPO Summit is also paired in the same building with the HR Demo Show, the world's first software demonstration-only event featuring HR software-as-a-service (HR SaaS) applications. The HR Demo Show (www.HRDemoShow.com) takes place December 8 and 9, with all RPO Summit attendees receiving a VIP pass to attend the December 9 Talent Management Technology Showcase demonstrations at the HR Demo Show.

"As the recruiting segment of the HR profession has grown, the RPO Summit has also grown in importance," said Richard Crespin the Global Executive Director of the HROA. "Attendees to this event are in many ways a barometer of the state of the world's job markets." 

Cerberus' Dennis Donovan will be joined by 40 additional speakers over the two-day event, including:

  • Janice Hurst, Director of IT Recruitment, Credit Suisse

  • John Havenaar, Executive Director Global Recruiting, Cummins

  • Jose Carbia, Director of Talent Acquisition, Assurant

  • Lisa Fisher, head of Talent of Burger King

  • Brent McCombs, VP of Talent, Waste Management

  • Pouya Khani, Sr. Director Global HR Operations, CA

  • Valerie Egan, Head of Resource North America, Linde

  • Shelly Zajic, VP Talent Management, Apollo Group

  • Steven Brown, Global Talent Acquisition Manager, GE Healthcare

RPO Summit 2010 is supported by: Global Marquis Sponsor: Kenexa RPO. Marquis Sponsors: SourceRight Solutions, Kelly OCG. Educational Grant Sponsors: Adecco RPO. Platinum Sponsors: Alexander Mann, FutureStep, Peoplescout, The Right Thing, Advantage XPO, Taleo, Yoh, AonHewitt, Manpower, CDI Talent Management. Gold Sponsors: Allegis Talent 2, MResource. Cocktail Reception: SevenStep. Media Sponsors: Pinstripe, HRO Today. Association Sponsor: HROA. 

RPO Summit is produced by SharedXpertise Media LLC. The agenda for the RPO Summit at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas can be found online at www.RPOSummit.com