Aberdeen Announces Presenter Lineup for March Human Capital Management Summit

March 24-25 Event Will Explore Best-in-Class Insights to Drive Business Execution Through Increased Employee Engagement and Strategic Talent Management


BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - March 3, 2009) - Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), has partnered with eLearning, Global Retail Management (GRM), and the Southeast Chapter of IHRIM to bring together HR and human capital leaders to discuss their most critical issues, most importantly: How can today's workforce enable the organization to execute its business strategy in 2009?

The Summit, scheduled for March 24-25, 2009 at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta, has also just been approved for 8 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. Confirmed presenters include:

--  Microsoft - Mary Rose Becker, Chief of Staff of Learning and
    Readiness, SMSG Readiness
--  Novell - Kathy Betts, VP of Human Resources
--  AECOM - Bob Kelleher, Chief Human Capital Officer
--  GlaxoSmithKline - Lou Manzi, VP Global Talent Solutions
--  Direct General Insurance - Kim Nowell, SVP of Human Resources
--  Unisys - Terrie Rollins, Former Chief Knowledge Officer
--  Northeast Georgia Health System - Jack Fulbright, VP of Human
    Resources
--  Denver Nuggets - Dean Oliver, Director of Quantitative Analysis
--  GameStop - Barbara Zimmerman, Divisional VP, Talent and Organizational
    Development
--  Avnet - Steve Church, SVP, Chief Human Resources Development Officer
--  Home Depot - Leslie Joyce, Former VP & Chief Learning Officer
    

Kevin Martin, vice president and principal analyst, Human Capital Management at Aberdeen Group, will host a brief webinar Thursday, March 5th at 1:00pm EST to set the stage for this March Summit, addressing the summit topics, the speakers who will be presenting each topic, and how the Summit will help HR leaders partner with business leaders to drive business execution through increased employee engagement and strategic talent management.

Webinar Details for this Thursday, March 5th at 1:00pm EST:
US toll free number: 888-566-6149
Toll number for international dialers: 1-517-308-9393
Participant passcode: 8788

Web portion for Participants:
URL: https://e-meetings.verizonbusiness.com/nc/join/
Conference number: PA5526216
Audience passcode: HCM SUMMIT

"Human capital management is not an HR responsibility, it's an organizational responsibility. However, it is incumbent upon HR to enable the business to drive strategy execution," said Kevin Martin, vice president and principal analyst, Human Capital Management at Aberdeen Group. "Our research shows that the current state of the economy will increase the strategic importance of HCM at the vast majority of organizations. Our HCM Summit will showcase been-there, done-that executives who challenge the status quo of HR and enable their organizations to achieve and maintain a competitive edge."

To register for the March Summit, please visit: http://summits.aberdeen.com/index.php/HCM.html.

Technology vendors can sponsor the HCM Summit and showcase their products and services to HR and operations decision makers. For summit sponsorship opportunities, visit: http://summits.aberdeen.com/index.php/Human-Capital-Management-Summit/the-hcm-summit-sponsors.html.

For access to additional complimentary research from Aberdeen's HCM Research practice, please visit http://research.aberdeen.com/index.php/-human-capital-management.

About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company

Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen™ for insights that drive decisions. For additional information, visit Aberdeen http://www.aberdeen.com or call (617) 723-7890, or to learn more about Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748 or go to http://www.harte-hanks.com.

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Contact Information: Media Contact: Kevin Martin Aberdeen Harte-Hanks (617) 854-5314 Kevin.martin@aberdeen.com