The financial crisis strongly affecting global economy made many organizations reflect on the corporate strategy, optimize the resources and become more aware of the need to adapt to rapid ongoing change.

There are other trends such as globalization, an aging workforce and decreasing loyalty of employees that are creating a radically different HR Environment and pushing companies to alter their HR strategy. Companies need to measure the HR dimension of these trends, discover and exploit new markets for talents, promote themselves and become a more attractive employer and most importantly, support HR strategy with concrete initiatives.

These already well known trends are creating a radically new HR landscape. Only by adjusting to the trends and running ahead of them companies will remain competitive and will not flounder.

The 2011 EMEA Human Resources Directors Summit assembles international senior executives to evaluate current and future trends and their impact on the HR function and strategy. HR can no longer afford to act simply as a local provider of employee services.

Rapid economic, demographical, technological and social changes that lead to changing market expectations, the way we work, raising cost pressures and the need to leverage talent on a global scale is forcing HR executives to both think, and act differently.

Rapid economic, demographical, technological and social changes that lead to changing market expectations, the way we work, raising cost pressures and the need to leverage talent on a global scale is forcing HR executives to both think, and act differently.