Tuesday, april 14, 2026
IN-PERSON EVENT 

Join us at the Beeches in Rome for MVSHRM’s annual ½ day event - A New Season of Growth: Inspiring HR & Business Leaders to Cultivate Stronger Communities

This program has been approved for 2 recertification credit hours with SHRM and HRCI

Join us for 2 engaging sessions! 

Our first session will feature Chamber Executive Directors – Bruce Hairston (Rome), Kari Puleo (Utica) and Kathy Glanovsky (Herkimer) who will share key insights on workforce and labor market trends, education and talent pipelines, employer collaboration, and community attraction strategies.

The second session will include a Legal Update provided by Kristen E. Smith - Member, Bond, Schoeneck & King, providing HR and business leaders with the latest regulatory changes and compliance considerations. https://www.bsk.com/people/kristen-e-smith (note: speaker change)

Together, these perspectives offer practical guidance and fresh momentum for navigating today’s evolving talent landscape.

If you have any questions that you would like the speakers to address, please include those when registering, or e-mail them to [email protected].  We will try to answer all at the event, but if we can't responses will be sent afterwards.

Itinerary

 8:00 - 8:30 am    -   Registration, Networking and Vendors
 8:30 -  9:00 am   -   Vendors, Networking and Breakfast
 9:00 - 10:00 am  -   Breakfast, Speaker Panel of Local Chambers (Rome, Utica and Herkimer)
10:00 - 10:45 am -   Vendors, Break 
10:45 - 11:45 am -   Speaker - K. Smith (BOND) speaker change
11:45 - Noon       -    Business Mtg., Raffles, Snacks to Go!

$5 late registration fee will be imposed if you do not register by March 31. 

Once registered, you are required to provide MVSHRM with at least a 24-hr. cancellation notice.  There will be no reimbursements without this notice and if not already paid, you will be billed as a "no-show."

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

Friends of MVSHRM - 2026 Sponsors:

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Recertification Providers:

This Program which has been submitted for approval for use toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through HRCI. https://www.hrci.org/certifications

 MVSHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC's) for SHRM-CP^®or SHRM SCP^®. This program is valid for the PDC noted above for SHRM-CP^® and SHRM-SCP^®. For more information regarding certification or re-certification contact: http://www.shrmcertification.org/