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Authoria CEO to Provide Keynote on Succession Management at Two Conference Board Events

Authoria Customers Aetna and Sun Life Financial to Be Featured Speakers

Waltham, MA – September 18, 2008 – 

Authoria, Inc., the leader in comprehensive talent management solutions, today announced that Chairman and CEO Tod Loofbourrow will be a keynote speaker at The Conference Board’s upcoming Succession Management Conference. Loofbourrow will provide actionable insights on how employers can use new approaches, including leveraging social-networking techniques, to meet the challenges of succession management and leadership development.

The Conference Board events, to be held in Chicago and New York, will provide attendees with valuable and thought-provoking discussions on how to identify and develop the next generation of leaders; build functional pools of internal and external talent; and make talent decisions that have real impact on business results.

Joining Loofbourrow as speakers at these events will be senior executives from two distinguished Authoria customers – Aetna, one of the nation's leading diversified healthcare benefits companies, and Sun Life Financial, a leading financial-services organization. The details of the events and speakers include:

• Keynote Presentation: "Building Your Future Workforce Today," Tod Loofbourrow; Friday, September 19, 2008, 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. CT, InterContinental Chicago; Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. ET, Westin New York at Times Square.
• "The Right Person in the Right Position at Aetna," Laurel Ennis, Executive Development, Aetna Business Operations; Friday, September 19, 2008, 3:45 – 5 p.m. CT, InterContinental Chicago.
• "Best Practices in Succession Planning: Engage the Line Manager with a Talent Management Solution," Cathryn Klassen, Vice President, Leadership and Talent Development, Sun Life Financial; Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 3:45-5 p.m. ET, Westin New York at Times Square.

About Authoria
Authoria® helps the world’s most competitive employers achieve superior business results, by optimizing the way they recruit, develop, compensate, retain, and engage top talent. Designed for business managers as well as HR professionals, the company’s talent management solutions enable more effective recruiting, performance management, compensation management, and succession planning across an organization. Authoria serves more than 300 large organizations and 4 million managers and employees with our on-demand Internet-based solutions. Customer companies include Aetna, Alcon and Boeing.