More than 2,000 delegates from 62 countries attended the eighth Human Resources World Congress in Paris.
The four-day event attracted HR professionals from countries as far a field as Venezuela, Singapore, Ghana and Russia. Although the majority of delegates were French, 40 British delegates attended including representatives from the BBC, BP Amoco, and BA.
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Organised by the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations every two years, the next event will be staged in Mexico in 2002. The highlight of the conference was a glittering dinner at Versailles and a closing speech by French president Jacques Chirac.
