Event Details

Two Days, Two Events, One Location, and Special Pricing When You Register for Both Days!

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Preparing New Mexico’s Workforce for 2020 and Beyond:

What Business Leaders Must Know to Meet the Challenge!

This conference is pending up to 7 SHRM PDCs and HRCI credit hours.

Businesses across New Mexico are experiencing a time of extraordinary transformation as technological, demographic, and social changes occur.

• Gain insight into how employers, policy makers, and educators all play a role in closing the skills gap
• Learn about global and national trends in workforce demographics and the continual need to adapt to a digital world
• Explore ways business leaders can work with other experts to create the best solutions to meeting the challenges we face

We’re bringing together game changers and bold thinkers to start a conversation regarding the opportunities that exist in New Mexico to reimagine the next generation of workforce.

• State of the State address related to what’s on the horizon for New Mexico by Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales
• Discussion between global and local thought leaders in government, education, and business, including Johnny C. Taylor, SHRM-SCP, CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, Cabinet Secretary of Economic Development, Alicia J. Keyes, Dr. Sam Minner, President of New Mexico Highlands University, and Vince Kadlubek, CEO of Meow Wolf
• Presentation by Tom Garrity, President of The Garrity Group, with a look at our workforce demographics, where and how our residents access their information, the industries they favor and more a look at our workforce demographics, where and how our residents access their information, the industries they favor and more
• Presentation on what it will take to create a new business model that allows us to grow, attract and retain qualified workers by Mark Lautman, CEcD, Founder of the Community Economics Lab

• And an optional afternoon of Masters level HR education you won’t want to miss, featuring
  • Dr. Denise Montoya, SHRM SCP, SPHR, with “Disruptions in the Workplace: Preparing for What’s Next...The Future is Now!”
  • A presentation by Jamai Blivin, CEO of Innovate+Educate 
  • An opportunity to engage with others during an end of day networking event

Join us April 1st, 2019 at the Albuquerque Crowne Plaza and discover how can you be part of the movement to prepare New Mexico’s Workforce for 2020 and beyond! See our website for more information regarding registration and updates on this impactful experience.

Check out a very special mesaage to SHRM NM from Johnny C. Taylor and other conference press on our special Conference Press page!

Questions? Please contact the following Committee Members:

Bob Daniel, Conference Co-Chair -  rdaniel@pulakos.com

Barbara Marcus, SHRM NM State Council Director – marcus@visitabq.org

Attending both days? If you are a SHRM NM Affiliate Chapter member, you can get your discount code from your chapter president. If you are not a chapter member, but are a SHRM member, contact Jamie Wagoner at jwagoner@fmtn.org for your discount code!     

Interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at this 2-day event? Check out the sponsor information.  If you have questions about these opportunities, contact Charlie Sparks at charlie@groupmortgagebenefits.com.

2019 SHRM NM Legislative Conference

Updates, Reminders, & What’s on the Horizon

This conference is pending up to 7 SHRM PDCs, HRCI credit hours and CLEs

This biennial conference brings together top employment law attorneys and other knowledgeable speakers to share the latest news on legislation, regulations, compliance, and case law. 

Confirmed speakers include:

• Emily Dickens, Chief of Staff, SHRM, with a federal update
• Labor Law Panel moderated by Kevin Gick, Associate Council at UNM featuring Stephen Curtice, Associate at Youtz & Valdez, Danny Jarrett, Office Managing Principal at Jackson Lewis, and Ryan Randall, Director of Employee & Labor Relations at UNM Hospital
• Olsi Vrapi, Managing Partner at Noble & Vrapi, with Eduardo Garcia and Jazmin Coronel, Fellows at the NM ILC, sharing what HR professionals should know about immigration laws
• Loretta Medina, Senior EEOC Trial Attorney shares how to conduct internal EEO investigations
• Joseph Clees, Esq., Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins returns with more wacky employment law cases and lesson learned
• Winter Torres, Deputy City Attorney, City of Albuquerque, sharing Albuquerque employment law initiatives
• Quentin Smith Shareholder/Director at Sheehan & Sheehan with a state legislative update
• Dr. Martha Burk, national gender pay equity consultant, with current trends in the field, followed by a panel discussion featuring Jaclyn McLean, Partner at Hinkle Shanor, Jeremiah Ritchie, Associate at Sheehan & Sheehan, and Pamelya Herndon, CEO of the KWH Law Center for Social Justice and Change
• Bill McCamley, Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, with a look at the future of the DWS 
• The 2019 HR Professional of the Year Award! (See information here!)

As always, you can look forward to networking with other HR, legal, and business professionals. Be sure to stop by and visit the various exhibitors who are waiting to share their services with you. We look forward to seeing you there! Join us April 2^nd, 2019 at the Albuquerque Crowne Plaza for a day of learning, networking, and fun! See our website for more information regarding registration and updates on this educational event.

Check out a very special mesaage to SHRM NM from Johnny C. Taylor and other conference press on our special Conference Press page!

Questions? Please contact the following Committee Members:

Quentin Smith , Conference Co-Chair -  qs@sheehansheehan.com 

Kevin Glick, Conference Co-Chair – kgick@salud.unm.edu    

Attending both days? If you are a SHRM NM Affiliate Chapter member, you can get your discount code from your chapter president. If you are not a chapter member, but are a SHRM member, contact Jamie Wagoner at jwagoner@fmtn.org for your discount code!        

Interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at this 2-day event? Check out the sponsor information.  If you have questions about these opportunities, contact Charlie Sparks at charlie@groupmortgagebenefits.com.

Need a hotel room? We have a block of rooms reserved at the Crowne plaza until 3/18/2019. After that, rooms are subject to availability. Click here to register or call central reservations line at 1-800-593-5447 and ask to make a reservation under the block code SHR.