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Dear HR professionals:
On June 8-9, at the Beijing International Conference Centre, HCTC will host the 2006 China HCM Strategy, Technology & Outsourcing Conference & EXPO. IHRIM GSIG is excited to be present at this major event, and I am honored to present a keynote speech at this Conference. It is therefore my pleasure to express a warm welcome to all industry leaders, speakers, partners, sponsors and vendors.

At this point I would like to mention Al Doran from Phenix Management Int'l and his partners from Talent Power Consulting for their tremendous work in putting this great event together. These are the features of HCTC2006:

Brainstorm with international experts, latest trends in HCM
Dr Jac Fitz-enz, who is known as the father of Human Capital Management, will bring the HCM best practices and standards which are applied by 90% of Fortune Top 100 companies, and explain how to build close relationships between technology, outsourcing and human capital strategy. In addition, the following keynote speakers have been invited:
Dr. Marc J. Rosenberg
Jason Averbook
Martin Arnold
and Brian Beatty

Combination of technology, outsourcing and human capital strategies
The conference has drawn in he past directors and HR managers from several famous consulting companies, multinational companies and top Chinese enterprises to illustrate the case of human capital technology and its application. This explains why this events has been attracting many Chief Executives.

An exclusive opportunity to discuss in detail the application of new technology and outsourcing
China is on the forefront of major HR developments, and will learn as much as possible from its western counterparts in the next few years. It is expected that through sharing of successful case studies and the experts' experiences that China will catch up quickly and that we will see rapid improvements in the HR and HR technology fields.

Top level, large scale media cooperation, makes this conference the one to attend in 2006
This conference is co-organized by Talent Power Consulting and HRMSP. In order to promote the activities, they have invited more than 30 media to participate and market the event. This is an unprecedented cooperation between the HR/Technology media and the human resource profession.

The largest scale HCM Showcase with products, services and case studies:
This conference has invited the best known vendors in this area to the Expo. There will be nearly 100 products and services on display, and the attendance rate is estimated to surpass 5,000 (!) participants.

I will keep you updated on the learnings that I will bring back from this conference and will describe the dynamic and current development in the Chinese HR market and industry.

You will find the latest news about this conference at www.tp2006.cn and click on the English button in the top right corner, unless you are fluent in Chinese.

Stay tuned for the next update.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or request for me please do not hesitate to contact me directly under Martin.Arnold.GSIG@Gmail.com

Sincerely,
Martin
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Martin Arnold
President IHRIM Global Special Interest Group