Authoria's Seventh Annual User Conference to be Held in Las Vegas

Authoria, Inc., the leader in integrated strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced that its 7th Annual User Conference will be held April 3-6, 2005 at the Green Valley Ranch and Resort in Las Vegas.  Corporate leaders and HR professionals from world-class organizations will come to hear “tales from the trenches” told by companies such as Caterpillar, Serono, Briggs & Stratton, Kaiser Permanente, Progressive Insurance, MetLife, PETsMART, Fluor Corporation, PepsiAmericas, Safeway and others.  Presentations will also be delivered by Authoria business partners including Iconixx and The Cedar Group.

The conference will include a wide range of in-depth tracks covering the entire Authoria Advisor Series, one-on-one sessions with Authoria experts and partners, focused customer case studies and opportunities for attendees to discuss industry trends and exchange ideas.  Two world-class keynote speakers will address attendees: James Holincheck, the Gartner research director in charge of Workforce and Workplace, and Jamie Clarke, a world-class adventurer who not only climbed to the top of Mt. Everest, but also became the first Westerner in four decades to cross Arabia’s Empty Quarter.

“This year's conference will be our biggest and best ever. Each year Authoria gives the best and brightest HR leaders a forum to learn and share strategies around creating high performance workplaces,” said Tod Loofbourrow, president and CEO of Authoria.  “Most of the leading HR organizations will be there, the case studies are superb, and Jim Holincheck will provide our attendees unique insight into best practices in the workplace and in workforce IT.  This is the event for strategic HR executives and their teams to attend for compensation, performance management, succession planning, and communication.”

Attendees will be able to choose from more than 40 sessions across six tracks, including strategy, compensation and performance management, technical, and employee and manager communication.  Industry experts will lead interactive sessions offering HR best practices while customers will detail how they have used Authoria solutions to improve the business performance of their workforce, reduce administrative costs and gain a competitive advantage through improved retention and development of top talent.

For additional details and registration information, please visit http://www.authoria.com/auc.

About Authoria
Authoria is the leading provider of integrated strategic human capital management (HCM) solutions helping employers increase the business value of their workforce.  The Authoria Advisor Series includes performance and compensation management, succession planning, and benefit and policy communication while providing just-in-time knowledge and coaching for managers and employees.  Through Authoria Choice, applications are delivered as a fully managed on-demand service, or as an on-premise deployment.  Authoria’s award-winning solutions have proven successful for more than 200 large employers, including Boeing, Pfizer, and Unocal.