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Authoria and Enterprise Customers Showcase Transformational Business Impact of Talent Management at Tenth Annual Customer Conference

Presentations by Aetna, HCA, MDS, Starbucks, Other Authoria Customers Highlight Premier Talent-Management Event

Waltham, MA – March 27, 2008 – 

Authoria, Inc., the leader in integrated talent management solutions, today announced the 2008 Authoria Customer Conference. Featuring a theme of "Rock Your Business, Rock Your World," the event will welcome hundreds of Authoria customers, partners, and prospects, as well as industry experts to the famed Doral Golf Resort in Miami, Florida, April 13-15.

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Conference will feature executive presentations from Authoria customer organizations including Alcon, Aetna, Development Dimensions International, Inc. (DDI), Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), MDS, Inc., Qwest, Regis Corporation, Starbucks, and Wellpoint. A highlight of these company-specific insights and approaches to strategic talent management will be the customer keynote by Mary Federau, Senior Vice President, Talent Management and Global HR Services for MDS, on "Talent Management at MDS: A Signature Quality."

Keynote speakers for the conference will be Tod Loofbourrow, Authoria Chairman and CEO, and Kenny Moore, leadership-development expert and co-author of The CEO and the Monk: One Company's Journey to Profit and Purpose – one of the top-ten best-selling business books on Amazon.com. In his keynote titled "An Alternative Leadership Model for the 21st Century: Keeping your Sanity, Sense of Humor and Soul in the Workplace," Moore will discuss the changing role of leadership in a turbulent and unforgiving business environment.

A special conference track titled "Best Practices for Integrated Talent Management" will be presented by Knowledge Infusion, a recognized consulting authority on human resources, talent management, and emerging technology solutions. Knowledge Infusion CEO Jason Averbook and President Heidi Spirgi will lead a series of sessions on using a holistic people/process/technology approach to ensure that talent-management initiatives drive business results.

"The hallmark of the Authoria Customer Conference has been an open forum for talent-management innovation, best practices, and experiences – and this year's conference is no exception," said Loofbourrow. "With this landmark tenth anniversary conference, Authoria has never been more committed to enabling a rich information exchange among the world's largest and most innovative employers. Featuring learning labs, industry roundtables, and product workshops, this year's event will offer key insights into driving business success."

The 2008 Authoria Customer Conference is sponsored by Authoria partners AliTek Consulting, CDW, DDI, KMS, Knowledge Infusion, MiPro Consulting, SmartPost, and TruCourse. For more information and a complete ACC conference agenda, please visit www.authoria.com/acc.

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, Boeing, and Reuters.