The following presenters will be at RecruitTECH 2009:

Laurel Papworth - Keynote Speaker

Social Network Strategist and Blogger

Laurel is Australia’s leading social network strategist and has been working in online communities, virtual worlds and forums for 20 years. She has been teaching social media marketing at University of Sydney since 2005 and her clients include Middle East Broadcasting in Saudi Arabia, and Ministry of Defense in Singapore. Laurel is a Power150 Marketing Media blogger (one of only 3 Australians on the list) and a top Twitterer. As a workshop facilitator, Laurel has provided courses in Asia, Middle East, Europe and Australia/New Zealand and recently released her courseware under creative commons (free) licence online.

Website: http://laurelpapworth.com - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/silkcharm

Stephen Collins - Keynote Speaker

Social media expert and founder of acidlabs consultancy

Stephen Collins is a thinker and doer in social media and user experience. He’s recognised internationally as an innovator, community builder and engaging public speaker.  Having worked for many years in the Australian public sector and consulting industries, Stephen founded acidlabs in late 2006 to help bring his philosophy of a more open, collaborative and hyperconnected world to his clients. It appears to have worked.  Stephen now works with a range of organisations in the public and private sectors helping them change old corporate culture into a new model - one where conversation, collaboration and community are at the heart of everything they do.

Website: http://www.acidlabs.com.au - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/trib

Ross Clennett - Keynote Speaker

Recruitment Trainer and Principal of RossClennett.com

Ross is a recruitment expert. As a professional recruiter, between 1989 and 2003, Ross screened over 80,000 resumes, interviewed over 3,000 people and successfully placed over 500 people in work. Over this time he worked in London, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne. He has been professionally recognised by the designation, MRCSA (Accredited Recruitment Professional) awarded by the Recruitment & Consulting Services Association (Aus & NZ). Since 2001 Ross’s opinion pieces and skill development articles have been regularly published in recruitment industry magazines and on specialist recruitment websites, both in Australia and in the USA.  Through his speaking, training and coaching business, RossClennett.com, Ross is an in-demand expert on recruitment and the recruitment industry in Australia. This year Ross launched Australia’s first professional development website for recruitment company owners and managers.

Website: http://www.rossclennett.com - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/rossclennett

Brett Iredale

Managing Director, JobAdder.com

Brett is the Managing Director of JobAdder.com, a web based job posting solution that automates the process of advertising job vacancies on multiple web sites.  Brett has a Bachelor of Business in Accounting and Computing and worked as an IT consultant for 7 years before working as an IT recruiter and then launching and building a successful job board business.  Brett started JobAdder in 2005 and has seen the business grow rapidly to become one of Australia’s most well known recruitment software brands.  Outside of work Brett’s passions are his wife Kelly, 18 month old daughter Ruby as well as fishing and golf.

Website: http://www.jobadder.com - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jobadder

Kelly Magowan

Managing Director, Six Figures Executive Jobs Website

Kelly Magowan is the CEO and co-founder of Six Figures, www.sixfigures.com.au the executive job site for $100K+ jobs, contracts and talent. Kelly brings experience as a specialist in human resources management, recruitment and career coaching. Her experience spans general, commercial and corporate HR and recruitment. She has held positions with recruitment specialists (Chandler McLeod and Qudos) and has consulted to leading corporates (including Ernst & Young and GE). Kelly has a Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, a Graduate Certificate in HR Management, a Bachelor of Arts and a Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training. She is a professional Member of the CDAA, AHRI and AIM.

Website: http://www.sixfigures.com.au - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sixfigures

Thomas Shaw

Managing Director, Recruitment Directory

Thomas Shaw MRCSA is one of Australia’s leading Online Recruitment Specialists and Managing Director of Recruitment Directory. With both an IT and HR background, Thomas has trained thousands of Recruiters how to use various online tools for Recruitment. He was the first to launch social networking recruitment applications for Facebook and MySpace.  In addition to various industry media commitments, Thomas regularly consults to Recruitment Agencies, Job Boards and Employers across Australia & New Zealand providing practical and efficient business solutions.

Website: http://www.recruitmentdirectory.com.au - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thomasshaw

Michael Specht

Founder, Inspecht HR technology consultancy

Michael Specht has been involved in the technology industry for over 20 years specialising in the impact that technology has on management practices and organisation. He currently leads an HR technology consulting business, Inspecht looking at how social media can be used by organisations to not just enhance their business but actually attract the best people to work for them and also deliver on shareholder value. Previously he has worked in a multitude of roles ranging from software development to project management both in Australia and overseas. He is a regular speaker on HR technology for the Australian Human Resource Institute and has been convener in their HR Technology Special Interest Group. His blog which discusses HR and recruitment has over 5,000 unique readers every month and one of the top 50 in the world covering HR and Recruitment.

Website: http://www.inspecht.com.au - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mspecht

Kate Sykes

Managing Director, CareerMums.com.au specialist jobs website

Canberra resident Kate Sykes has had over 14 years experience in marketing and communications management roles at Z Corp (BostonUSA), SunSystems, Australian Stock Exchange, and Medicare Australia. In December 2006, Kate launched www.careermums.com.au – Australia’s first dedicated careers centre and jobs board for working parents and parents returning to work. Kate also provides consulting services to businesses wanting to implement flexible workplace policies, and retention strategies to retain parents after parental leave. She is a member NSW EEO Practitioner’s Association, a member of the Talent Leadership Consortium, and the chair of the Canberra Business Council’s Workstyles Committee which focuses on promoting flexible workplace practices in the ACT region.

Website: http://www.careermums.com.au - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/careermums

David Talamelli

Principal Recruiter for Oracle Corporation,Asia Pacific

David Talamelli is a Principal Recruiter for Oracle Corporation in the APAC Region and is based in Melbourne, Australia. David is responsible for end to end recruitment for Oracle across Australia and New Zealand with exposure across other APAC countries.  He has been with Oracle in their APAC Recruitment Division since early 2006. David has 10 years IT Recruitment experience with previous roles onsite at Hewlett-Packard and also at GAP IT Consulting. David has created and run Oracle’s Global Recruitment Blog (http://blogs.oracle.com/jobsatoracle). This blog is instrumental in Oracle’s Web 2.0 Recruitment Strategy and has grown to over 1500+ subscribers in the last 12 months.

http://davidtalamelli.gizapage.com - Twitter: http://twitter.com/DavidTalamelli

Phillip Tusing

Founder, Destination Talent

Phillip studies, analyses and tells stories about ‘talent’. A long-time observer of the global recruitment industry, Phillip’s interests spans workforce demographics, human capital trends, technology role’s in recruitment, storytelling, and everything to do with the attraction, acquisition and retention of talent. For over eight years Phillip has served in various roles ranging from Analyst to Marketing Manager and has authored reports and spoken on remuneration, skills shortage and recruitment subjects.  Phillip is the founder of Destination Talent a portal where employers and talent service providers connect and work together.

Website: http://www.destinationtalent.com.au - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/philliptusing

Riges Younan

Entrepreneur and Recruiting Strategist

Riges’ current company Peerlo is a job referral technology systems developer and recruiting advisory business. He is a career recruiter with over 12 years of experience in executive search and recruiting. Riges has been responsible for 5 successful start-ups in Australia, London and New York such as http://2vouch.com and http://jobgenie.com.au. Riges is an evangelist of Social Recruiting and has a passion for using technology to efficiently drive talent sourcing.

Website: http://www.peerlo.com - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/rigesyounan

Clayton Wehner - Host

Managing Director, CapitalJobs.com.au

Clayton Wehner is the joint founder and managing director of Canberra online jobs board, CapitalJobs.com.au.  An ex-Army officer, Clayton has worked in various fields including the Commonwealth public service, several national intelligence agencies, management consulting and recruitment firms.  He is formerly the CEO of Canberra-based recruitment company Frontier Recruitment.  Clayton currently operates several web-based businesses, including popular Australian online bookstore Boomerang Books, and consults and delivers training on a variety of topics including Enterprise 2.0, social media and search engine optimisation.  Clayton has a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Masters of Management in human resource management.  Clayton speaks Indonesian, loves Australian Football and, when he’s not in front of the computer, enjoys spending time with wife Jodi, daughter Madeleine and Barney the dog. Clayton is the organiser and host of RecruitTECH 2009.

Website: http://www.capitaljobs.com.au and http://www.bluetrainenterprises.com.au - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bluetrain