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COVER STORY CONVERSATIONS AND DELEBERATIONS CHRO ROUNDTABLE NEW DELHI 22ND JAN ’19 TOPIC: BOOM OF EVENTS – BOON OR BANE N ot every HR conference is going to be valuable to every attendee, and not every speaker’s content is going to align with your specifi c goals. Do a little digging before committing to a conference, and look up the speakers you are considering listening to. Even the most riveting HR topics may not be delivered in a manner that suits your learning style. So look them up on Youtube, Twitter, and elsewhere to determine if they are a good fi t, and decide accordingly. So, which HR conferences are you interested in attending this year? It is hard to overstate the value of a good conference. The benefi ts of networking alone are worth the investment. Decide which conferences are worth the cost. People and Management had organized a CHRO Roundtable to decipher what an Human Resource professional thinks before attending an event. With numerous HR, events organized throughout the year, we see similar sets of speakers, topics, sponsors, exhibitors and audiences. People attend events as they offer Networking, Knowledge sharing, sharing of best and next practices, alternatives, experience sharing and a lot of fun. 6 | Vol. 10 Issue 2 • FEBRUARY 2019, Delhi NCR It is a hyped and mostly a talk with too many invitees, offering not many differences, No new learning; it is more like downloading the content, not being connected with reality – a marketing pitch by sponsors. However, people attend events as they offer Networking, Knowledge sharing, sharing of best and next practices, alternatives, experience sharing and a lot of fun. CHRO Roundtable outlined the expectation of a CHRO from a corporate event relevant to the HR fraternity. CHRO’s from various industries participated in the roundtable and shared their perspectives around the topic: Boom of events – Boon or Bane.