June 17. Human Capital at the Helm: Talent Management as a Driver for Business Performance. Sponsored by Taleo and featuring Brian Wilkerson, National Practice Director-Talent Management for Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and Alice Snell, VP of Research for Taleo. Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, GA.

June 18-20. EACE Annual Conference. Eastern Association of Colleges & Employers. Providence Biltmore Hotel, Providence, RI.

June 20. Recruiting Roadshow. Adidas Corporate Headquarters, Portland, OR.

June 22. HR Metrics & Workforce Analytics Basics. The International Association for Human Resource Information. The Mirage, Las Vegas, NV.

June 22-25. SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition. Chicago, IL.

June 24. Infohrm Workforce Planning Summit. Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London, England.

June 24-25. 2nd Annual QSR Workforce Symposium hosted by PeopleReport. Las Colinas Marriott Hotel, Dallas, TX.

June 26-27. The Conference Board Annual Diversity Conference. Coronado Marriott Resort in San Diego.

July 9-11. Great Lakes Manufacturing Forum: Workforce Strategy. Cleveland, OH.

July 23. Using a Technology Driven Talent Experience to Onboard and Retain Your New Employees. Webinar sponsored by International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM). 9 a.m. (PST).

July 28 and 29. Human Capital Institute 2008 Southwest Talent Summit. Hilton Irvine-Orange County Airport. Orange County, California.

July 28-31. MWACE Annual Conference. MidWest Association of Colleges & Employers. Millennium Hotel, St. Louis, MO.

September 8-10. 2008 Staffing Industry Analysts' Healthcare Staffing Summit. Hilton San Francisco, CA.

September 9 & 10. Online Recruitment Conference and Expo 2008. Donald E. Stevens Convention Center, Chicago, IL.

September 9-12. 2nd Annual User Conference, Learn & Earn 2008. Sheraton City Center, St. Louis, MO.

September 24-26. Society for Human Resource Management Strategy Conference. Westin Mission Hills Spa & Resort, Palm Springs, CA.

October 13-14. HR-XML 2008 Global Partnering and Integration Summit. Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.

October 15-17. HR Technology Conference and Exposition. McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill.

October 21-24. 2008 NASPP National Conference. Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, LA

October 27-29. SHRM Diversity Conference & Exposition. Atlanta, GA.

October 28-29. 2008 Staffing Industry Analysts Contingent Workforce Strategies Summit. New York Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge, New York City.

October 28-30.ERE Expo 2008 Fall. Westin Diplomat Hotel & Spa, Hollywood, FL.

November 5. Human Capital at the Helm: Talent Management as a Driver for Business Performance. Sponsored by Taleo and featuring Brian Wilkerson, National Practice Director-Talent Management for Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and Alice Snell, VP of Research for Taleo. Fairmont Royal York,Toronto, Ontario.

November 17-19. WorldatWork Canadian Total Rewards Conference. Toronto, Ontario.

December 7-10. SoACE Annual Conference. Southern Association of Colleges & Employers. Disney's Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

December 10-12. MPACE Annual Conference. Mountain Pactific Association of Colleges & Employers. Westin Horton Plaza Hotel, San Diego, California.

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Joining Buck Consultants are Michael Lawson as a Director in the Dallas office, coming from Ernst & Young LLP, where he served as Employee Benefit Consultant; David Hudecek as a Director in the firm's Washington, DC office, formerly a VP and senior consultant at Wachovia Retirement Services; Nicole Giantonio as Senior Vice President of Sales in the New York office, coming from Ceridian Benefit Services, where she served as Senior Vice President, Sales; and Michelle McFadden as a Director in the firm's Secaucus, NJ office, formerly the Senior Vice President of Operations for The Pinnacle Companies.

Zoa Norman joins BPO Management Services as its human resources outsourcing division as vice president of sales. She is the former vice president of Midwest and Northeast divisions of Gevity.

Phillip Bogle, a co-founder and the former chief technology officer at Jobster, has joined Seattle online music service iLike as an engineer. Encinitas-based Verve Wireless names Kendall Marolda as Vice President of Local Market Development. She was most recently at CareerBuilder.com as a newspaper relationship manager.

Adecco appoints Annalisa Gigante as the new Chief Business Development & Marketing Officer, effective September 1st, 2008. She will take on the open position in the Executive Committee and report directly to the Adecco Group Chief Executive Officer, Dieter Scheiff.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has appointed Stephen C. Horn as its new chief global marketing officer.

Convergys appoints Mike Betzer as senior vice president of relationship technology management, reporting to President & CEO Dave Dougherty.

Heidrick & Struggles International names Scott Krenz as chief financial officer, effective August 4, 2008. He, most recently, was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Navigant Consulting.

onTargetjobs appoints Michael J. Tansey as Chief Executive Officer.

Brendan Condon has been named head of AOL.com Platform-A's International operations, based in London, reporting to Platform-A President Lynda Clarizio.

XMi Human Resource Solutions names Lynn Hutson to the newly created position of client services manager.

Tom Spero, managing partner of the Milwaukee office of Deloitte & Touche LLP for the past 19 years, plans to retire at the end of the year. He is being succeeded by Scott Wrobbel, who has led the audit and enterprise risk services practice of Deloitte for 5years.

Several Massachusetts manufacturers notified the state last month that they would be laying off workers in the coming months: Kronos, a supplier of software for workforce management systems, will discontinue its manufacturing operating unit in Chelmsford and lay off 79 employees starting in July.

Alcatel-Lucent, the telecommunications firm based in France, will lay off 127 workers at its plant on the Haverhill-North Andover line on July 2. The layoff is the third since December, and the largest since Alcatel-Lucent announced plans to close the plant by the end of the year.

Pliant, a manufacturer of film and flexible packaging products based in Schaumburg, IL, plans to close its South Deerfield, MA, plant and lay off 103 employees before the plant shuts its door for good in December.

Jevic Transportation, based in Delanco, N.J., permanently shut down its Oxford, MA, facility earlier this month and laid off approximately 88 employees.