Next week the 'HR Tech´ show (or as it's formally known HR Executives 8th Annual Human Resources Technology Conference and Exposition) is taking place at the McCormick Place in Chicago. Every year for the last 8 years Bill Kutik has been organizing an event that brings together all the technology vendors (or at least as many as he can squeeze in to the facility) in one place.

There are also a number of daily sessions dedicated to education and almost as many after hours functions for vendors and HR professionals alike. This is my 5th year in a row (the two most recent years as an HR.com representative) and every show seems to offer something just different enough to keep you coming back.

I´m looking forward to another great show and hope to spend as much time as I can in sessions when I´m not being cornered in the Press Room to do yet another debriefing with a vendor. Don´t get me wrong I appreciate the vendors taking the time to meet with us but I also need to get out there and listen to what the HR community is talking about. And there is no better way than to speak with them and interact with them at these sessions. We know this because at our own annual conference we get great feedback from our attendees and it´s not different at HR Tech.

If you happen to spot me on the floor or in a session or in the Press Room please feel free to

stop by and say hello. I´ll be the one looking like I´m in the advanced stages of information overload gripping as tightly to what´s left of reality as my grip on my water bottle and blackberry.