Do not miss this unique event on The Talent Challenge, exclusively for CIONET members and CIO’s only.

On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 from 4:00 PM to 7:15 PM (CET)
Luxembourg, Luxembourg | University of Luxembourg | Salle Paul Feidert
6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi | L-1359 Luxembourg

*Seats are limited. An admission process need to be validated (http://www.cionet.com/admission-criteria/)

CERNs other LHC : The Large Hiring Challenge

The CERN’s talent acquisition strategy for its IT & engineering talent
by James Purvis, Head of Talent Acquisition at CERN

James is head of Talent Acquisition at CERN. James has an IT background and over 20 years’ experience in modernisation and process improvement, working with web technologies almost from their inception. James was previously head of the Internet Development Services group where he was responsible for a wide range of innovative web based solutions at CERN. In 2007 he made the move from IT to HR to join the new HR management team in implementing CERN’s modern HR strategy. His initial projects included leading the implementation of Key Performance Indicators for HR. Now as head of Talent Acquisition he strives to modernise, innovate and make a difference in the recruitment process. Achieving great science requires great skills, and James team’s challenge is to help find, attract & select the skills CERN requires for today and tomorrow.About the CERN
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works. At CERN, the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter — the fundamental particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of Nature.

The instruments used at CERN are particle accelerators and detectors. The famous LHC, the Large Hadron Collider, is the largest particle accelerator in the world.

University of Luxembourg: Preparing tomorrow’s Talent

by Pascal Bouvry, Head of the Computer Science Research Unit / Professor at University of Luxembourg

Pascal Bouvry earned his undergraduate degree in Economical & Social Sciences and his Master degree in Computer Science with distinction (‘91) from the University of Namur, Belgium . He went on to obtain his Ph.D. degree (’94) in Computer Science with great distinction at the University of Grenoble (INPG), France. His research at the IMAG laboratory focussed on Mapping and scheduling task graphs onto Distributed Memory Parallel Computers. Next, he performed post-doctoral research on coordination languages and multi-agent evolutionary computing atCWI in Amsterdam.

Dr Bouvry gained industrial experience as manager of the technology consultant team for FICS (SONE) a world leader in electronic financial services. Next, he worked as CEO and CTO ofSDC, a Saigon-based joint venture between SPT (a major telecom operator in Vietnam), Spacebel SA (a Belgian leader in Space, GIS and Healthcare), and IOIT, a public research and training center. After that, Dr Bouvry moved to Montreal as VP Production of Lat45 and Development Director for MetaSolv Software (ORCL), a world-leader in Operation Support Systems for the telecom industry (e.g. AT&T, Worldcom, Bell Canada, etc).

Dr. Bouvry is currently heading the Computer Science and Communications (CSC) research unit of the Faculty of Sciences, Technology and Communications of Luxembourg University, and serving as Professor. Pascal Bouvry is also treasurer & member of the administration board of CRP-Tudor, and member of various scientific committees and technical workgroups (IEEE TCSC GreenIT steering committee, ERCIM WG, ANR, COST TIST,LIASIT, etc.)

Mind the Gap

by Mark Simpson, The Lancelot Network

 

AGENDA :

3.45 : Registration at University of Luxembourg

4.10 : Welcome Address
TBD

4.15 : The Talent Challenge
by Pascal Bouvry – Head of the Computer Science Research Unit / Professor at University of Luxembourg

4.40 : CERNs other LHC : The Large Hiring Challenge – The CERN’s talent acquisition strategy for its IT & engineering talent
by James Purvis – Head of Talent Acquisition at CERN

5:10. CIO Testimonial
Two CIO’s testimonials on their IT talent challenge
– ING Luxembourg, by Bernard Lhermitte, CIO
– BCEE Luxembourg, by Amadeo Travanca, Human Capital, and Jean Hilger, CIO
5:50 : Mind the Gap
by Mark Simpson, The Lancelot Network

6.10 : Q&A
6.30 : Cocktail

*Seats are limited. An admission process need to be validated (http://www.cionet.com/admission-criteria/)