Workscape’s Inaugural User Conference to Showcase Industry Thought Leaders, Leading Customers Who Have Advanced HR Strategies “From Ideas to Results”

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (PRWEB) November 5, 2003

Workscape, Inc., a proven provider of benefits and workforce management solutions, today announced that it will host its inaugural User Conference, January 18 through 20, 2004 at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. The debut event promises to provide attendees a rich opportunity to review and debate key issues in HR management and technology, and build new and expanded relationships with Workscape customers and partners.

The conference will feature a comprehensive agenda of more than 20 educational sessions, including client success stories from General Motors, Nokia, USAA, FedEx Ground and more, panel discussions and presentations from leading industry thought leaders, and a Partner Pavilion featuring complementary solutions from Workscape’s technology and consulting partners.

“The theme of this year’s conference, ‘From Ideas to Results,’ was selected in recognition of both the challenge and the opportunity facing today’s HR professionals,” said Betsy Zikakis, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product Strategy for Workscape. “HR leaders are under increasing pressure to contribute to company profitability by creating programs that support corporate strategies and drive higher workforce performance. At the same time, they are required to install systems and design business processes that reduce administrative costs and improve HR service delivery to employees. Without question, technology is a critical enabler of HR’s ability to accomplish these objectives, but how do professionals assimilate these tools, apply them to their own unique workforce challenges, and drive bottom-line business results? We feel strongly that the conference agenda we’ve created will offer a compelling combination of both practical knowledge and provocative thinking that can help all our customers transform their ideas into measurable business results.”

“Our first User Conference marks an exciting milestone in Workscape's growth and development as a company and is designed to bring Workscape customers, partners, industry experts, and employees together to share ideas, discuss trends affecting our industry, and learn from one another’s valuable experience,” said Tim Clifford, president and CEO of Workscape. “The User Conference agenda has been designed specifically for the benefit of our nearly 200 client companies, and promises to be a unique forum for both networking and professional development."

The keynote speaker for Workscape’s User Conference is Dr. Edward E. Lawler III, distinguished professor, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, and author of “Creating a Strategic Human Resources Organization: An Assessment of Trends and New Directions,” and “Treat People Right: How Organizations and Employees Can Create a Win/Win Relationship to Achieve High Performance at All Levels.” One of the country’s leading management experts according to Business Week magazine, Mr. Lawler will share his insight and vision regarding the increasingly strategic role of HR in creating business value and building a high-performance workforce.

Other conference highlights include:

·    An industry expert panel moderated by Bill Kutik, Technology Columnist for Human Resource Executive and Co-chairman of the magazine's annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition. Panelists such as Ron Hanscome, Senior Program Director for HCM Delivery Strategies at META Group and David Link, Vice President, HR Transformation with The Cedar Group will provide insight on the future of HR and HR service delivery from their own unique industry perspectives;

·    Human capital management practice leaders from Workscape partners such as IBM, Towers Perrin and Deloitte will participate on a Partner Panel to address key trends and explain how they have lead companies from strategy to reality across a variety of HR practice areas, organizational and technology models, and implementation scenarios.

·    Workscape-hosted sessions reviewing the company’s next generation of benefits and workforce management solutions, including live demonstrations and hands-on sessions with the applications supported by internal subject matter experts.

For more information about the Workscape User Conference, visit the Web site at http://www.workscape.com/userconference.

About Workscape

Designed for the workforce, Workscape’s solutions transform the delivery and adoption of HR services across the enterprise to enable a higher-performing organization. An innovator in HR self-service, Workscape provides a full range of online benefits and workforce management applications including employee self-service, manager self-service, compensation planning and benefits administration, as well as an employee portal. Workscape’s applications and services are configurable to support each client’s unique business processes, easily integrated into multi-vendor environments to ensure protection of existing technology investments, and are available in multiple deployment options to enable rapid implementation and ROI. Workscape’s award-winning solutions have been embraced by millions of employees worldwide at 180 major corporations. For more information, visit the company at http://www.workscape.com or call (888) 605-9620.

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