IPMAAC Conference News

Kathryn Paget

Haven't made you're reservation yet for this year's IPMAAC Conference?

Well act now to take advantage of this year's exciting program. If this is your first IPMAAC conference this is an ideal opportunity to meet and talk with other selection professionals, share ideas and establish contacts.

The program will kick off on Sunday June 4, 2000 with an address by Dr. Wayne Camera, on the "Implications of the Revised Testing Standards on Personnel Testing Practice". This session will highlight major additions and changes to the Joint Testing Standards that have the most direct implications on the practice of personnel testing and assessment and will also invite audience discussion and questions. Dr. Robert Hogan will start the day on Monday with, "The existential beauty of the validity coefficient." The focus of our keynote session Tuesday will be "Selection Instruments: Which Predict Best" presented by Dr. Harold Goldstein and to complete our conference on Wednesday, Dr. Rick Jacobs, will discuss "Hiring in Today's Labor Market: More (or less) Than Ability.

You will want to be sure to book in advance for one or more of the following pre-conference workshops:

Full-Day Workshop

Developing and Administering Large-Scale Oral Examinations

Half-Day Workshops - Morning

Ensuring Accuracy in All Personnel Assessments
Practical Procedures for Content Validation
In Search of the Great Employee: A Rationale for Quality Job Analysis

Half-Day Workshops - Afternoon

The Basics of Designing an Assessment Center
Developing Employee Selection Systems: How to Choose and Develop Appropriate Measurement Devices
Competency-Based, Behaviorally-Focused Interviewing: A Model Process

In addition, there are 50 presentations during the conference on a number of topics in a variety of formats including paper sessions, tutorials, symposiums and panel discussions. Topics range from tutorials on item analysis and developing in-baskets to symposia on recruitment of IT professionals, innovations in knowledge and ability assessment, alternate ways of scoring in-basket examinations and ways of conducting cost-benefit analysis. Paper topics range from innovations in Internet assessment, development of computer interactive tests, predictors of performance, development of a multi-classification test battery, and ways of establishing cut-offs. There are also a number of panel discussions and unique sessions planned including, a report on the task force on test user qualifications; a presentation on the effect of the Lanning decision on minimum standards, a discussion on the IPMA/HR Competency Model, a panel discussion incorporating a critical look at the assessment center method and a Presidential Forum which will include a discussion of trends in HR Management and the role of the assessment professional.

…Nor have we neglected the social side. Washington, D.C. is a veritable treasure of dining experiences, neighborhoods, historical museums and art treasures. Your "Welcome to Washington" packet will include dining suggestions - every cuisine, from Afghanistan to Zaire, can be found, and we'll tell you how. If you want haute cuisine at Lespinasse or burgers at Johnny Rockets, you'll find it here. If a neighborhood walking tour is your preference, your choices include Old Town Alexandria, Capitol Hill, Georgetown and ethnic-rich Adams-Morgan. Art? Modern, contemporary, the classics, portraits, or photography - your only problem will be choosing where to start. And of course, we have the Smithsonian, which is not just one museum building - it's a rich collection of our history spread around the downtown Mall area in a variety of venues.

And we will have the traditional "nite-out" - this year, it's an informal Monday night at the Crystal City Sports Pub. Sharpen up your pool-sharking and dart-throwing skills, and bring your dancing shoes as well.

(P.S. If you have an extra day or two to spend in Washington, you might want to contact your local House or Senate representative's District Office about gallery passes to Congressional sessions)

Advertising, promotion and marketing opportunities:

Calling all consultants, test developers and automation experts: Do you have a product or service that would be of benefit to professionals in selection and assessment? The IPMAAC conference is an ideal way to advertise the service, consultation, or products that you have to offer. Contact Kathryn Paget for more information on possible marketing opportunities as part of the IPMAAC conference.

Kathryn Paget
(909) 387-5575
Kpaget@hr.co.san-bernardino.ca.us