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WorldatWork 2019 Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition to Tackle Pay Equity, Influence of Artificial Intelligence, Sales Comp and Other Hot HR Issues
May 6 - 8th, Orlando, Florida

May 2nd (Scottsdale, Arizona) -- Issues including pay equity,  sales compensation, artificial intelligence, corporate social responsibility, automation and beyond will be explored at the WorldatWork annual 2019 Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition. The conference features more than 75 education sessions delivered by over 100 senior total rewards executives from Citi, Lockheed Martin, Merck, Harley-Davidson, Mercer, The Hershey Company, Kellogg, Pfizer, General Mills, and more, who lead compensation and benefits at their companies. The conference will take place May 6-8th at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida.

“Total Rewards is essential to an organization’s success,” notes Scott Cawood, President & CEO, WorldatWork. “Our mission is to enable Total Rewards professionals to be influencers, deeply focused on delivering engaged employees, equitably compensated, amply rewarded, which in turn delivers success for the entire organization.”

The annual event attracts 1,500+ professionals at all levels – from seasoned HR executives to mid-level managers to emerging professionals – who work in human resource management, total rewards, compensation, executive compensation, sales compensation, workforce experience and benefits.

Conference Topics Include:

  • Opening Keynote: Chris "Bash" Bashinell, host of  Bridge the Gap on PBS and the National Geographic Channel
  • Attracting, Motivating and Retaining Top Talent: Incentive Compensation in an Era of Excessive Risk Taking
  • The Seven Deadly Sins of Performance Measurement
  • Recognition, Revenue, Retention and ROI
  • Sales Compensation: Five Awful MIstakes, Five Awesome Solutions
  • Designing Rewards for the Future of Work
  • The Impact of Student Loan Benefits on the Modern Workforce
  • Pay Transparency: What Daring to be Transparent Really Means
  • Four Stages of Gender Pay Gap Denial and the Road to Enlightenment
  • Cyber, AI and Robotics: Standing Out in an Employee’s Market
  • Daily Tech Demos
  • Build-A-Bike ® philanthropic event: participants will build more than 100 bikes to benefit Tangelo Park Elementary School.
  • Closing Keynote: Neil Pasricha, The New York Times best-selling author will discuss: Be Happy First.

For a complete list of speakers and seminars, visit the 2019 Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition website at https://www.worldatwork.org/events/2019-total-rewards-conference-and-exhibition/.

About WorldatWork®

WorldatWork is the leading nonprofit professional association in compensation and total rewards. We serve those who design and deliver total rewards programs to cultivate engaged, effective workforces that power thriving organizations. We accomplish this through education and certification; idea exchange; knowledge creation; information sharing; research; advocacy; and affiliation and networking. Founded in the United States in 1955, today WorldatWork serves total rewards professionals throughout the world working in organizations of all sizes and structures.

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