Over 20,000 set to attend Elevate 2016 online conference

Over 20,000 HR and business leaders are set to attend Thursday’s Elevate 2016 conference - the largest virtual HR conference in the world. 

The event, run by specialist SMB HRMS providers BambooHR, is free and will feature presentations from over 50 industry experts. Keynote presentations will be delivered by Josh Bersin, principal and founder of Bersin by Deloitte, former chief talent officer at Netflix Patty McCord, bestselling author and president of the Wiseman Group Liz Wiseman, and Ben Peterson, CEO and cofounder of BambooHR

Elevate 2016’s virtual attendees can customize their conference around eight session tracks, including leadership, employee engagement, performance, and workplace culture.

Prizes are available for attending sessions, sharing insights from the conference on social media and interacting with virtual sponsor booths, with the most engaged registrant winning a $1,000 vacation experience of their choice.

Other registrants on the leaderboard can win a variety of prizes, including smaller vacation experiences, snack boxes and yoga balls.

BambooHR CEO and cofounder Ben Peterson said “We were thrilled by the overwhelming response of Elevate’s inaugural summit last year.

“This year, we wanted to help even more people do great work and we love that some of the best speakers in the industry have joined the cause.”

Elevate 2016 takes place on November 10, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. PST.

To register, visit bamboohr.com/elevate. Follow the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #elevate2016.