Announcing the SIOP 2019 Preconference Workshops

Gavan O’Shea, HumRRO

Save the date!  Wednesday, April 3, 2019, is the day that the SIOP preconference workshops will be held at the Gaylord National Harbor just down the Potomac River from Washington, DC. Gain hands-on experience with cutting edge I-O topics from the field's leading experts, network with your colleagues, and socialize at our premier evening reception! We’ll also be offering a flexible half-day attendance option again this year.

The Workshop Committee has identified a diverse selection of inno­vative and timely topics to offer this year as well as a spectacular set of experts to lead these workshops.  The lineup includes:

• Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in the Modern Workplace.  Derek Avery, Wake Forest University; Veronica Gilrane, Google
• New Approaches to Prehire Assessment: Promises Versus Practicality. Ben Hawkes, Shell International; Christina Norris-Watts, Johnson & Johnson
• The Science and Practice of Mindfulness in the Workplace.  Andy Lee, Aetna; Darren Good, Pepperdine University; Chris Lyddy, Providence College
• Validation 201: Refresh, Extend, and Update Your Validation Toolbox. S. Morton McPhail; Frederick Oswald, Rice University; Nancy Tippins, The Nancy T. Tippins Group
• Employee Experience: What’s All the Buzz About?  Greg Stevens, Globoforce; Benjamin Granger, Qualtrics
• Structured Employment Interviewing: The Philosophy, the Art, and the Engineering. Michael Campion, Purdue University; Paul Green, Consultant/Speaker; Gary Latham, University of Toronto
• Talent Analytics: Data-Driven Solutions to Problems That Matter.  Alexis Fink, Intel Corporation; Wayne Cascio, University of Colorado Denver
• Legal Update: Contemporary EEO Developments That I-Os Need to Know.  Eric Dunleavy, DCI Consulting; Emilee Tison, DCI Consulting
• Leading and Leveraging Virtual Teams for Global Business and Innovation. Lucy Gilson, University of Connecticut; John Cocco, Henkel
• Delivering Business Results: I-O Meets Change Management. Linda Hoopes, Resilience Alliance; LaShonda Oglesbee, Assurant
• Systems Thinking, Organizational Diagnosis, and Design: Putting I-O Problems in Context. Alan Colquitt and Alec Levenson, Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Please look for the more detailed workshop descriptions in the preconference announcement and on the SIOP website when conference registration opens.

The 2018–2019 Workshop Committee consists of:

Gavan O’Shea, HumRRO (Committee Chair)
Rob Michel, Edison Electric Institute (EEI) (Chair-in-Training)
Ramzi Baydoun, Abbott Labs
Melissa Harrell, Google
Jaron Holmes, OPM
Kelsey Kline, Intel Corporation
Megan Leasher, Macy’s, Inc.
Don Lustenberger, DDI
Christopher Rosett, Comcast Cable
Veronica Schmidt Harvey, Schmidt Harvey Consulting
Carra Sims, Rand Corporation
Neha Singla, Visa
Steve Stark, University of South Florida (USF)