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Caribbean Conference on Strategic Human Resource Management 2014:

Social Media Policy & Contemporary Recruitment Strategies
April 23-24, 2014, Barbados April 29th 30th, 2014, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

About Global Expert Systems GES is a Caribbean based executive training and Conference Company with offices in Trinidad, Barbados and Brazil. GES is experienced in delivering a broad range of management training events and conferences in areas that include HR & Talent Management, Work Life Balance, Project Management, Communication Skills, Leadership, Customer Service, Sales and Finance, among others. An established training provider, we also offer in-house training services and consulting to the private and public sectors, and NGOs across diverse cross section of industries including Construction, Entertainment, IT, Finance and Government. Our highly qualified network of global consultants provide training and development programs that seamlessly fit the organizations requirements and culture. We also offer psychometric testing, a performance coaching service and facilitate group learning through our training courses and team building events. We also provide specialized consulting services in grant proposal writing. We are experienced in working with Cultural Project Management, NGOs, small and medium sized enterprises. Our consultants have an impressive record of accomplishment in grant proposal writing for funding agencies such as IABD, Caribbean Export, the myriad of EU funds, in addition to local and regional funding agencies. We provide training consultancy services in the Caribbean and Latin America in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

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Conference Overview
The Caribbean Conference on Strategic Human Resource Management 2014 will focus on assisting HR practitioners with the latest research and thought on the issues surrounding the use of social media in the workplace. As social media becomes the norm for all generations, our workplace has to tackle the delicate balance between productivity, privacy and the integration of these media into our job descriptions. There is a gamut of social media policies today, whereby some companies have opted for direct prohibition, others have a more balanced approach appealing to common sense and good judgment of their employees. Additionally, there is a raging debate surrounding the legality of using social media to screen candidates in the recruitment process. From as far back as the 1990s, Fortune 500 companies started to use the internet and other online tools as part of their recruitment strategies. The conference will therefore examine global best practices in online recruitment together with the integration of social media.

INVESTMENT
Early Bird (till April 16th, 2014) US$600.00 Full Price (from April 17th, 2014) US$700.00 One Day Price US$350.00 Full-time Student price (with valid ID) US$300.00 Group rate (10 delegates) US$5500.00 Group rate (15 delegates) US$7500.00 Group rate (20 delegates) US$9600.00 Standard Sponsorship Package US$2500.00 o 2 Delegate passes o One 10m x 10m exhibition stand o Logo placement on event marketing material Executive Sponsorship Package US$5000.00 o 4 Delegate passes o One 10m x 10m exhibition stand o Free distribution of literature o Full co-branding of event **Please note that VAT is added to the above prices.

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Who Should Attend

Chief Human Resource Officer Employment/Staffing Specialists Head of Planning, Policies and Control HR Administrator HR Analyst HR Manager HR Specialist Industry Suppliers Instructional Designer Job Board Owners and Directors Online Recruitment Service Providers People Managers Project Human Resource Managers Recruitment Advertising Executives Sector HR Manager Senior HR Analyst Senior Manager - Human Resources Management and Development Specialist Recruitment and Talent Acquisition Professionals Training & Development Manager Chief Talent Strategist Government/Public Service HR Heads of Resourcing HR Advisor - Talent Management HR Generalist Lead HR Officer Human Capital Senior Associate In-house Recruiters Job Board Execs MBA Students Organisational Development Manager Performance Development OfficerHuman Resources Recruiters and Recruitment Execs Registrar (Human Resources) Sector PMOD Lead Senior Human Resource Officer Senior Manager, Talent Development Supervisors Responsible for Recruitment Talent Managers VP Human Capital Management

Contact Global Expert Systems now at +1 868 689 3738 or +1 246 271 7438 info@globalexpertsystems.org for full details on how to attend the conference.

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Speakers
PROFESSOR EDDY VENTOSE
LAW PROFESSOR | AUTHOR | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Professor Eddy Ventose is a qualified Attorney-at-Law with expertise in corporate and commercial law and is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, having trained at Slaughter and May in London, the UKs most prestigious law firm. At Slaughter and May, he worked in the finance, tax, corporate, competition and litigation departments. He is called to the Bar in Barbados, Saint Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis. His main areas of expertise are: intellectual property law, corporate and commercial law, e-commerce law; insurance law, banking law and human rights, constitutional law and administrative law. He started his career at the Cave Hill Campus as a Lecturer in Law in 2006, was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2011 and Professor of Law in 2012, at 35 years of age, making him the youngest person promoted to a personal professorship in the history of the University of the West Indies. Professor Ventose previously held the position of Deputy Dean (Graduate Studies and Research) in the Faculty of Law and is now the Campus Coordinator for Graduate Studies and Research. He is also the Head, Intellectual Property Unit, Faculty of Law and a WTO consultant on Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Professof Ventose has over 60 publications in leading refereed international journals on aspects of intellectual property law, contract law, patent law, medical patent law, human rights law, constitutional law and administrative law. His first book, Medical Patent Law: The Challenges of Medical Treatment, was published by Edward Elgar Publishing in 2011; the second, Commonwealth Caribbean Administrative Law, was published by Routledge in 2012; and the third, Patenting Medical and Genetic Diagnostic Methods, was published by Edward Elgar Publishing in 2013. His next book, Commonwealth Caribbean Intellectual Property Law, will be published by Routledge in 2015. Professor Ventose was awarded the Principals Award for Research in 2011 and was awarded the coveted Vice Chancellors Award for Excellence in Research in 2012. He has provided his expertise in telecommunications law, administrative law, intellectual property law, ecommerce law, insurance law and intellectual property law to companies, regional organisations, international organisations and Commonwealth Caribbean governments. Professor Ventose holds an LL.B. (first class honours) from the University of the West Indies (99), an LL.M. (first class honours) from the University of Cambridge (00) and a D.Phil. in intellectual property law from the University of Oxford (05). He received the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (04) and the Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School (08).

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ROBERT DE GANNES
SOCIAL MEDIA | PR SPECIALIST | COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR

Robert De Gannes graduated Valedictorian, from St Francis College NYC with a Bachelors of Communications with a concentration in Advertising and PR. He then spent a year in the Big Apple managing up to eight brands working for The Blaq Group, a boutique events and marketing company, before returning to his native T&T. Robert is currently the Managing Director of Tribal Worldwide. This digital agency is the Caribbean affiliate of a major international network, whose heart is webbased communications. Robert digs creating an on-line and social media presence and personality for a wide range of clients. He has been doing this for two years, and lovin' every minute of it. The highpoint of his year was winning the ultimate awards in the regional ADDY awards: Best of Show in Interactive for the work on www.myenergytt.com and Gold in Website Category for www.mymoomilk.com

SHIVAM DHAWAN
INTERNET STRATEGIST | DEVELOPER | ANALYTICS EXPERT

Shivam Dhawan is Chief Strategist at Arbunize where he is building a Do It Yourself platform for personal brands. He helps people and organizations to foster and grow their identities and manage them online. He was working with Cognizant as an Analytics consultant and Business Strategy Advisor before he started this venture and pursued on the bigger goal. Analytics and user experience research are the tools he wields to facilitate this type of success. If he can make you enjoy, teach you something or learn something himself in the process - even better. On this journey hes helped companies with online marketing strategy, web analytics, business process modeling, strategic planning, and application development. On the business side he does user research, maps user needs to business requirements, designs interfaces and produces clear and concise deliverables to manage the development lifecycle. He has been a recognized Innovator and he speaks and trains on various subjects from Analytics / UX to general innovation and creativity. He talks about how to be good at what you do and how to broadcast it. On personal front, he is a bit of a geek who reads for fun, he loves the intersection of the visual, verbal, and computational worlds. He enjoys natures and travels to know different cultures. Picked up Salsa, Merengue and a bit of Tango in Argentina along with Spanish and a taste for culinary art. Being a StarWars disciple he has his views on philosophy and marches under the brotherhood of Jedis.

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TARA WILKINSON-MCCLEAN
LAW PROFESSOR | AUTHOR | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Tara Wilkinson-McClean is a Consultant and Lecturer in media and communication. Tara is the Creative Director & PR Genie at Tara Wilkinson Communications; a Caribbean based network of creative communications experts. She has nine years of experience working with local, regional and international clients. Her portfolio includes brand development, designing and managing online and offline promotional campaigns, product launches, press conferences and publication production. Tara lectures at the Barbados Community College and the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. She has a passion for the use of creativity and art as research tools, which informs her teaching and PhD work. To date, she has presented her research in Barbados, California, Montreal, Rhode Island, Argentina, Arizona and most recently at TedX. Tara is also the Founder of 'Media Playhouse', which is a not for profit initiative focusing on media and technolog y as an avenue for childrens creative expression.

IAN WALCOTT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT | LECTURER | TRAINER/SPEAKER

Ian W. Walcott is currently the Partner Consultant and Lead Trainer of Global Expert Systems. Prior to this, he spent five years at the USA based project management training and consultancy firm, the International Institute for Learning where he worked in a number of management roles. He is the former Senior Business Development Officer at the National Cultural Foundation where he designed, implemented and managed Barbados Cultural Action Fund which provided project funding to the cultural industries. During this time, he also served as one of the key authors and policy advisors of Barbados current cultural policy. He also lectures in the discipline of Project Management and Business at the Cave Hill School of Business through University of the West Indies. A dynamic speaker and consultant trainer, Mr. Walcott has presented at conferences at several universities and seminars across the globe. In the Caribbean he has given several high-energy and thought-provoking seminars on a number of management related issues which range from project and event management, sales and customer relations management as well as managing multi-generations in the workplace. He is one of the founding members of the former Barbados Chapter of the Project Management Institute and was also instrumental in conceptualizing the Caribbean & Latin American Conference on Project Management in 2001 and has designed and managed similar events in the Caribbean and Brazil over the last ten years. A former OAS research fellow in International Political Economy at the University of Brasilia, Brazil, Mr. Walcott also spent two years in Japan specializing in Comparative Business & Management and has worked in the areas of marketing, banking and finance in Barbados, Venezuela, Trinidad, Brazil, and the USA. His current research interests are Internet Studies, Project Management as Developmental Tool and Application to the Cultural Industries as well as Business Analysis as Tool for Strategic Management.

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Conference Topics
Legal Implications for Social Media Policies in the Workplace Using Social Media to Track the BUZZ about your Business Social Media and your Company Culture: Three Things Employers need to know

Creating & Managing Your Corporate Brand with Social Media A Do It Yourself Guide to Personal Branding o In todays digital social world, with our identity crossing various social networks it can be a challenge to decide on, and keep a consistent brand identity that crosses platforms and channels. Using Social Media for Background and Reference Checks Integrating Social Media Recruitment into your HRIS

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