2021/04/28 08:00:00
The Tri-State SHRM conference is known as one of New England’s best industry events for HR professionals.
This virtual conference will focus on what really matters to you and your organization with 10 hours of interactive sessions on April 28-29, and up to 24 additional sessions on demand (total of 34 hours of learning) for up to 90 days post-conference.
ATTENDEE
REGISTRATION FEES
(includes LIVE event and On Demand*)
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CT, MA, RI Affiliate Chapter Members – $349
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SHRM Members (not in chapters) – $399
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Non-SHRM Members – $449
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Emerging Professionals (**) – $299
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Students (***) – $FREE
SPONSOR & EXHIBITOR
REGISTRATION FEES
Presenting Sponsor – $5,000 (Limit 1)
Exhibitor Options:
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- For-profit basic exhibitor booth – $500
- Non-profit basic exhibitor booth – $350
(*) Registration fees include the interactive virtual event on April 28-29th + on demand access for up to 90 days post-conference. Registrants who are unable to attend all or part of the live event are still able to register and participate in the conference on demand and receive recertification credit for both SHRM and HRCI.
(**) Emerging Professionals Registration: HR professionals with less than three (3) years of human resources experience.
(***) Students: Undergraduate full time students pursuing a degree in human resources or a related field only. Individuals employed full time in an HR role who are furthering their education do not qualify.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations received on or before midnight ET February 1, 2021 will be assessed a $100 cancellation fee. Cancellations received February 2, 2021 or after will not be refunded, regardless of reason. Substitutions will be accepted through 5:00 pm April 27, 2021.
Conference and Exposition Schedule
| Time - Eastern Time Zone | Event |
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| 8:00 - 9:15 AM |  Connecting the Past and the PresentMilagros Phillips Details |
| 9:15 - 9:30 AM | Expo Hall Break |
| 9:30 - 10:30 AM | Concurrent Sessions I |
| Just Ask - Why Seeking Support is Your Biggest Strength Andy Lopata Details |
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| Promises Made & Kept: Change and the Psychological Contract At Work Charles Fields, MSHRM, CMP & Julie Develin, MSHRD, SHRM-SCP Details |
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| Assets + Liabilities =HR: They Can't Do It Without Us Lori Kleiman, SPHR. SHRM-SCP Details |
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| How to Transform Bosses into Leaders Mack Munro Details |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 AM | Expo Hall Break |
| 10:45 - 11:45 AM | Concurrent Sessions II |
| Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in 2021: Special Train the Trainer Session with a Focus on Action Plans, Diversity Statements, and DEI Committees Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson, AWI-CH & Abby Warren, AWI-CH Details |
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| Managing the Complexities of Paid Sick and Family Leave Laws – What We’ve Learned So Far and What We Expect Going Forward Craig Dickinson, Alice Kokodis & Jillian Folger-Hartwell Details |
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| How a Lean Strategy Can Help You Keep Your Best Employees Paul Critchley Details |
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| Recalculating! How the Pandemic is Causing Older Employees to Rethink Social Security & Medicare Filing Decisions Thomas Wright Details |
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| 11:45 - 12:15 PM | Lunch Break/Expo Hall |
| 12:15 - 1:30 PM | SHRM Update + Concurrent Sessions III |
| Emotions and Employee Well-Being Ben Eden, MSHR, SHRM-SCP Details |
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| Diving Into the World of Witness Interviews in Workplace Investigations Rachel Kushel, AWI-CH & Abby Warren, AWI-CH Details |
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| Stop The Blame Game! - Creating Team Accountability Lauren Schieffer, CSP, CSP Details |
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| Becoming Irresistible and Unstoppable: New Model for Employee Experience Jason Treu Details |
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| 1:30 - 1:45 PM | Expo Hall Break |
| 1:45 - 2:45 PM | Concurrent Sessions IV |
| Wholly Shift: A New Conversation About Organizational Unconscious Bias & Discrimination Eric M. Bailey Details |
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| Managing the Complexity of Global HR Michael Butler, GPHR, sphri Details |
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| Recalibrating Your Leadership Compass David O'Brien Details |
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| BUILDING A BURNOUT-PROOF WORK CULTURE: Infusing Meaning & Preventing Burnout in a COVID-19 World & Beyond David Shar, SHRM-SCP, MPS - I/O Psycholog, PhD candidate - Business Psychology Details |
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| 2:45 - 3:00 PM | Expo Hall Break |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions V |
| INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP 101 Rodney C. Burris Details |
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| 2021: At the Crossroads of Criminal Justice Reform, Getting Individuals Back to Work, & Ensuring Safe Workplaces Christine Cunneen Details |
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| Question, Persuade, Refer: Using QPR Techniques to Proactively Identify Someone in Mental Health Crisis Ursula Pawlowski, SHRM-SCP, SPHR Details |
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| Developing Your HR Strategy Katie Magoon, SPHR and SHRM - CP Details |
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| 4:00 - 4:15 PM | Expo Hall Break |
| 4:15 - 5:15 PM | Concurrent Sessions VI |
| Transforming the Human In Human Resources® - Lessons From The Butterfly Lisa Perez, SPHR; SHRM-SCP Details |
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| Three-State Comparison: Employment Law Update |
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| Are Your Job Descriptions Working Hard or Hardly Working For You? Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson, AWI-CH & Abby Warren, AWI-CH Details |
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| What HR Professionals Need to Know About Business Immigration Compliance in the COVID-19 ERA David Nachman & Ludka Zimovcak Details |
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| The Top Trends Shaping the Global Workplace in 2021 Kathy Parry Details |
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| 5:15 - 6:00 PM | Virtual Networking Session |
| Time - Eastern Time Zone | Event |
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| 7:15 - 7:45 AM | Coffee Chat |
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM | Concurrent Sessions VII |
| How to Have Candid Conversation: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion…”Are you ready to talk?” Kevin M. Coleman Details |
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| Reduce Risk by Understanding HR Legal Trends and Avoiding Costly Hiring Mistakes Mario Pecoraro Details |
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| Building Your High Performance Team Kiki Orski, MBA, RN Details |
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| Creating Connection Erin O'Malley Details |
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| 9:00 - 9:15 AM | Expo Hall Break |
| 9:15 - 10:15 AM | Concurrent Sessions VIII |
| Build a Momentum Mindset: How to Boost The Resilience of You and Your Team No Matter What Kim Becking, J.D. Details |
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| The Top Trends Shaping the Global Workplace in 2021 Ed Krow, SPHR, CCP, SHRM-SCP Details |
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| The Top Trends Shaping the Global Workplace in 2021 Jamie Winter Details |
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| 10:15 - 10:30 AM | Final Expo Hall Break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 AM |  The Top Trends Shaping the Global Workplace in 2021Dan Schawbel Details |
| 11:30 AM -12:00 PM | Conference Close & Grand Prize Announcements |
- + Wednesday, April 28, 2021
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Time - Eastern Time Zone Event 8:00 - 9:15 AM Connecting the Past and the Present
Milagros Phillips
Details9:15 - 9:30 AM Expo Hall Break 9:30 - 10:30 AM Concurrent Sessions I Just Ask - Why Seeking Support is Your Biggest Strength
Andy Lopata
DetailsPromises Made & Kept: Change and the Psychological Contract At Work
Charles Fields, MSHRM, CMP & Julie Develin, MSHRD, SHRM-SCP
DetailsAssets + Liabilities =HR: They Can't Do It Without Us
Lori Kleiman, SPHR. SHRM-SCP
DetailsHow to Transform Bosses into Leaders
Mack Munro
Details10:30 - 10:45 AM Expo Hall Break 10:45 - 11:45 AM Concurrent Sessions II Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in 2021: Special Train the Trainer Session with a Focus on Action Plans, Diversity Statements, and DEI Committees
Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson, AWI-CH & Abby Warren, AWI-CH
DetailsManaging the Complexities of Paid Sick and Family Leave Laws – What We’ve Learned So Far and What We Expect Going Forward
Craig Dickinson, Alice Kokodis & Jillian Folger-Hartwell
DetailsHow a Lean Strategy Can Help You Keep Your Best Employees
Paul Critchley
DetailsRecalculating! How the Pandemic is Causing Older Employees to Rethink Social Security & Medicare Filing Decisions
Thomas Wright
Details11:45 - 12:15 PM Lunch Break/Expo Hall 12:15 - 1:30 PM SHRM Update + Concurrent Sessions III Emotions and Employee Well-Being
Ben Eden, MSHR, SHRM-SCP
DetailsDiving Into the World of Witness Interviews in Workplace Investigations
Rachel Kushel, AWI-CH & Abby Warren, AWI-CH
DetailsStop The Blame Game! - Creating Team Accountability
Lauren Schieffer, CSP, CSP
DetailsBecoming Irresistible and Unstoppable: New Model for Employee Experience
Jason Treu
Details1:30 - 1:45 PM Expo Hall Break 1:45 - 2:45 PM Concurrent Sessions IV Wholly Shift: A New Conversation About Organizational Unconscious Bias & Discrimination
Eric M. Bailey
DetailsManaging the Complexity of Global HR
Michael Butler, GPHR, sphri
DetailsRecalibrating Your Leadership Compass
David O'Brien
DetailsBUILDING A BURNOUT-PROOF WORK CULTURE: Infusing Meaning & Preventing Burnout in a COVID-19 World & Beyond
David Shar, SHRM-SCP, MPS - I/O Psycholog, PhD candidate - Business Psychology
Details2:45 - 3:00 PM Expo Hall Break 3:00 - 4:00 PM Concurrent Sessions V INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP 101
Rodney C. Burris
Details2021: At the Crossroads of Criminal Justice Reform, Getting Individuals Back to Work, & Ensuring Safe Workplaces
Christine Cunneen
DetailsQuestion, Persuade, Refer: Using QPR Techniques to Proactively Identify Someone in Mental Health Crisis
Ursula Pawlowski, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
DetailsDeveloping Your HR Strategy
Katie Magoon, SPHR and SHRM - CP
Details4:00 - 4:15 PM Expo Hall Break 4:15 - 5:15 PM Concurrent Sessions VI Transforming the Human In Human Resources® - Lessons From The Butterfly
Lisa Perez, SPHR; SHRM-SCP
DetailsThree-State Comparison: Employment Law Update
Are Your Job Descriptions Working Hard or Hardly Working For You?
Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson, AWI-CH & Abby Warren, AWI-CH
DetailsWhat HR Professionals Need to Know About Business Immigration Compliance in the COVID-19 ERA
David Nachman & Ludka Zimovcak
DetailsThe Top Trends Shaping the Global Workplace in 2021
Kathy Parry
Details5:15 - 6:00 PM Virtual Networking Session - + Thursday, April 29, 2021
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Time - Eastern Time Zone Event 7:15 - 7:45 AM Coffee Chat 8:00 - 9:00 AM Concurrent Sessions VII How to Have Candid Conversation: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion…”Are you ready to talk?”
Kevin M. Coleman
DetailsReduce Risk by Understanding HR Legal Trends and Avoiding Costly Hiring Mistakes
Mario Pecoraro
DetailsBuilding Your High Performance Team
Kiki Orski, MBA, RN
DetailsCreating Connection
Erin O'Malley
Details9:00 - 9:15 AM Expo Hall Break 9:15 - 10:15 AM Concurrent Sessions VIII Build a Momentum Mindset: How to Boost The Resilience of You and Your Team No Matter What
Kim Becking, J.D.
DetailsThe Top Trends Shaping the Global Workplace in 2021
Ed Krow, SPHR, CCP, SHRM-SCP
DetailsThe Top Trends Shaping the Global Workplace in 2021
Jamie Winter
Details10:15 - 10:30 AM Final Expo Hall Break 10:30 - 11:30 AM The Top Trends Shaping the Global Workplace in 2021
Dan Schawbel
Details11:30 AM -12:00 PM Conference Close & Grand Prize Announcements
CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations received on or before midnight ET February 1, 2021 will be assessed a $100 cancellation fee. Cancellations received February 2, 2021 or after will not be refunded, regardless of reason. Substitutions will be accepted through 5:00 pm April 27, 2021.
Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities
About Us
The Tri-State SHRM Conference is a collaboration between the Society of Human Resource Management State Councils of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. We work to advance the HR profession in southern New England through educational, networking, and advocacy opportunities.
Learn about our statewide initiatives, our various chapters, and how you can meaningfully contribute to the future of HR at our booths in the Conference Exhibitor Hall.
