Schedule - Second Annual CalHR Conference

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Morning Schedule

8:30 A.M.

Opening Session - Gymnasium

• Welcome - Joseph A Farrow, CHP Commissioner

• Video - Pat McConahay, Communications Director, CalHR

• Conference Welcome - Julie Chapman, Director, CalHR

• SPB: What To Expect In the Year Ahead - Suzanne Ambrose, Executive Officer, SPB

• Robert L Negri Human Resources Achievement Award - Howard Schwartz, Chief Deputy Director, CalHR

• Key Note Address - Marybel Batjer, Secretary, CA Government Operations Agency

• Conference Kickoff - Julie Chapman, Director, CalHR

9:30 a.m.

• Union Access - Gymnasium

• Big Happenings in Health Benefits: New HMO Plans for 2014; Dependent Eligibility Verification - Classroom 3

• Accessible Documents and Why it's Important to Create Them - Classroom 4

• Current Hot Topics in the Personnel Services Branch - Classroom 5

• Progressive Discipline - Classroom 10

• Board Items and Class Specification Revisions - Classroom 11

• State Personnel Board Compliance Review - Executive Dining Room  

11:00 a.m.

• Executive Panel Discussion - Gymnasium

• Selection Systems - Past, Present, and Future - Classroom 3

• Statewide Learning and Performance Management - Classroom 4

• The Savings Plus Retirement Program is with You for Life - Classroom 5

• Rejection During Probation - Classroom 10

• Transfer Determinations - Classroom 11

• Maximizing the Strengths of a Multi-Generational Workplace - Executive Dining Room

11:45 a.m.

• Lunch begins - Cafeteria

You must have purchased your lunch ticket at registration and you will need to present it to the lunch attendant.

Afternoon Schedule

1:30 p.m.

• Executive Panel Discussion - Gymnasium

• Big Happenings in Health Benefits: New HMO Plans for 2014; Dependent Eligibility Verification - Classroom 3

• Accessible Documents and Why it's Important to Create Them - Classroom 4

• Current Hot Topics in the Personnel Services Branch - Classroom 5

• Advanced LR's Do's and Don'ts - Classroom 10

• Statewide Learning and Performance Management - Classroom 11

• Board Items and Class Specification Revisions - Executive Dining Room

3:00 p.m.

• Individual Development Plans and Performance Appraisals - Building Better Employees - Gymnasium

• Selection Systems - Past, Present, and Future - Classroom 3

• Transfer Determinations - Classroom 4

• State Personnel Board Compliance Review - Classroom 5

• Maximizing the Strengths of a Multi-Generational Workplace - Classroom 10

• The Savings Plus Retirement Program is with You for Life - Classroom 11

• Union Access - Executive Dining Room