2007 Best Practices Conference - Agenda

   Executive Symposium - Wednesday, November 14th
11:00 - 12:00pm Conference Registration and Lunch
12:00 - 12:15pm Conference Opening Jim Vinz, President
and Denise Clemens, VP of Human
Resources, Corner Bakery Cafe
12:15 - 1:15pm The Changing Business Landscape:
Next Level Leadership Required
Rand Stagen, Senior Partner,
and President, Stagen Leadership Institute
1:15 - 2:00pm Tone at the Top: Human Capital
Excellence Starts in the
Corner Office
Joni Doolin, Founder and CEO,
People Report
2:00 - 2:20pm Break  
2:20 - 3:00pm The Tone of Immigration:
Tackling it Head On
Tamar Jacoby, Senior Fellow,
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
3:00 - 3:40pm Diversity From the Top:
The Coca Cola Story
Carlton Curtis, VP of Industry Relations
and Steve Bucherati, Group Director,
Diversity and Fairness, Coca-Cola North America
3:40 - 3:45pm Presentation of the Catalyst Award  
3:45 - 4:00pm Break  
4:00 - 5:00pm Leadership Takes Guts: The Head,
Heart and Body Connection
Dr. Tedd Mitchell
President, Cooper Clinic, Author - Fit to Lead
Susan Steinbrecher, CEO,
Steinbrecher and Associates
5:00 - 5:20pm People Report
Legacy Award Presentation
James Broadhurst
Chairman & CEO, Eat ‘N Park Hospitality Group
5:20 - 5:30pm Toast Ben Salisbury, VP of Global Sales.
Chateau St. Michelle
5:30 - 7:30pm Opening Cocktail Reception  
   General Session - Thursday, November 15th
7:30 - 8:00am Breakfast With Your Peers  
8:00 - 8:15am Opening With City Year Jim Vinz, President
and Denise Clemens, VP of Human
Resources, Corner Bakery Cafe
8:15 - 8:25am Presentation of the Heart
of the Workplace Award
 
8:25 - 9:25am It’s OK to be the Boss Bruce Tulgan, Founder, Rainmaker Thinking
9:25 - 10:25am Lasting Impact:
The Trends That Drive Our Industry
Teresa Siriani, President, People Report
Ron Paul, President, Technomics
10:25 - 10:40am Presentation of Best Practices Awards
10:40 - 11:00am Break  
11:00 - 12:00pm Human Capital Insight Breakouts
(select 1 topic)
• Technology and HR
• New Rules for Sourcing
• Who Wants Our Top Talent
12:00 - 1:00pm Thought Leader Lunch Hosted by Deploy Solutions
1:15 - 2:05pm The New Rules in the Workplace Penelope Trunk, Author, The Brazen Careerist
2:05 - 2:55pm Tone at The Capital:
Candid Conversation about
the Impact of Government
on our industry.
Dick Rivera, Chairman of the Board,
National Restaurant Association,
Michael Kun, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green
2:55 - 3:10pm Presentation of Best Practices Awards
3:10 - 3:30pm Networking Break  
3:30 - 4:30pm Tone at the Top: Chairman’s Panel Moderator: Lewis Hollweg,
Chairman & CEO, Batrus Hollweg International
Panel: Phil Hickey, Chairman and CEO,
Rare Hospitality; Wallace B. Doolin,
Chairman and CEO, BUCA Inc.;
Mike Hislop, Chairman & CEO, Il Fornaio,
Corner Bakery
4:30 - 5:30pm Tone at the Top: Leadership if You
Don’t Have a “C” in Your Title
Dr. Oren Harari, noted author,
consultant, thoughtleader. Cited as one
of the 40 “best minds” in management
in the world by the London Financial Times.
5:30 - 7:00pm Celebration Reception  



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