Conference to Explore Using Data Analytics to Identify and Implement Career Paths to Organizational Success

BROOKLYN, New York – Leading firms are rethinking their approach to career paths, which are central in creating effective talent-management systems to recruit, develop and retain hard-to-replace high performers, especially among knowledge workers. With intense competition for top talent, effective career paths can play a critical role in an organization’s achieving its human capital strategic goals.

The NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Department of Technology Management and Innovation will host a conference exploring new analytic approaches, including machine learning, cognitive computing, and big data.  A primary goal of NYU Tandon’s 6th Annual Conference on Human Capital Innovation in Technology and Analytics is to assess how such approaches can identify and implement passages to organizational success.

The free event will be held on Friday, May 19, 2017, in downtown Brooklyn and will feature prominent thought leaders and experts from industry and academia. Co-sponsored by Mercer and SAP SuccessFactors, the conference is presented in cooperation with PolySHRM, the award-winning student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, and IHRIM (the International Association of Human Resource Information Management).

“Firms have now begun to focus on innovative research utilizing human capital analytics to better understand the dynamics of career paths and the interventions that can promote success,” explains Professor of Management Harold G. Kaufman, who organized the conference. “Executives, managers, and other professionals, from human capital analytics experts to HR generalists, will greatly benefit from this valuable opportunity to network with leaders in an emerging field and learn about how cutting-edge career path analytics can help win the War for Talent.”

Opening speakers will include Kaufman; Mick Collins, SAP SuccessFactors global vice president for solution architecture and advisory; and Paul Horn, NYU’s senior vice provost for research and a former vice president and executive director of research at IBM.

Sessions will include:

• “Analytics to Uncover the Drivers of Success in Organizations” – Dr. Brian Levine, partner and innovation leader, workforce strategy and analytics at Mercer

• “Understanding Critical Drivers of Careers: Perspectives and Behaviors” – Jonathan Wang,  associate manager, workforce planning and analytics at PepsiCo, and Vanessa A. Jean, senior analyst, enterprise organization development – Culture & Engagement Team at PepsiCo

• “How Cognitive Computing is Helping Employees Shape Their Careers” – Dr. Anshul Sheopuri, director, people analytics and cognitive offerings at IBM, and Tanya Moore, director, career and skills at IBM

• “Changing Skills and Training along the Career Path: Machine Learning Applications” – Dr. Michael Peran, executive program manager, and Dr. Ben Zweig, managing strategy consultant, both of the IBM Chief Analytics Office
   
• "Exploring Career Paths of Knowledge Workers:  SAP-Sponsored Analytic Agenda” – NYU Tandon’s Kaufman and Dr. Paul Squires, research scientist at NYU Tandon

The conference — which will also be streamed live — will conclude with a panel discussion featuring all presenters and an evening networking buffet. Registration is required for attendance in person or virtually at wp.nyu.edu/careerpathanalytics. This education program is approved for 4.5 HRIP recertification credit hours.

About the New York University Tandon School of Engineering
The NYU Tandon School of Engineering dates to 1854, the founding date for both the New York University School of Civil Engineering and Architecture and the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute (widely known as Brooklyn Poly). A January 2014 merger created a comprehensive school of education and research in engineering and applied sciences, rooted in a tradition of invention and entrepreneurship and dedicated to furthering technology in service to society. In addition to its main location in Brooklyn, NYU Tandon collaborates with other schools within NYU, the country’s largest private research university, and is closely connected to engineering programs at NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Shanghai. It operates Future Labs focused on start-up businesses in downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn and an award-winning online graduate program.