Talent acquisition and retaining, has been the key challenge for the corporate over the years, and shall remain as long as quality work is the focus, hence it becomes imperative to reflect on emerging talent acquisition strategies in the current business landscape. Also discuss the technical scenario in the Asia-Pacific. The multi-dimensional and multi–pronged focus which the hiring and staffing heads, today have to follow, make it necessary to discuss recruitment supply chain efficiencies in terms of cost, productivity and SLAs. The event will also discuss the relevance of concepts such as HR consulting, RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing).

The one day event will bring into discussion the experience and strategy of the IT-BPO sector as well as other growth sectors. The highlight of the event is the panel discussion on, “Campus Compensation and Student Perception Survey” and the CEO Session on ‘Evolving Role of Leadership' as networking event a day prior to the Continuum 2008 conference in each of the locations.

Some of the speakers at the event are:
Professor JK Mitra: Head and Dean of Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi
Dr. Anand Deshpande: Founder and Managing Director of Persistent Systems
N Murlidharan: Public speaker and Member of various management associations and professional bodies
Dr. Helen Lange: Dean Business Management Programmes and Director- U21 Liaison
Sharad Sharma: CEO Software Development Center, India
V Anandkumar:VP, People Supply Chain and Employee Branding, Wipro BPO
Prameela Kalive: Global Head- HR, Zensar Technologies
Narendra Puppala: Senior Vice President, HR, Birlasoft
Binoo Wadhwa: Director- People Success, Sapient Corporation, India
Praneet Mehrish: Country HR Director, ST Microelectronics
Milind Padalkar :Sr. VP Global Resources in Technology, Patni

Continuum, an yearly affair with CareerNet has been successful in terms of bringing the HR fraternity and Academia on the same platform for discussions.