​Customize the #SIOP19 Conference Experience

The 34th Annual SIOP Conference, April 4-6, 2019 at the spacious Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington DC/National Harbor will feature new research and best practices on just about every I-O psychology subject, with special emphasis on topics like diversity and inclusion and the future of work that are the focus of attention right now. Researchers, educators, and practitioners from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa gather to network and share experiences with colleagues.

​SIOP Foundation Launches 1st Ever Visionary Circle

The SIOP Foundation, Inc. launches their first ever Visionary Circle to fund innovative research on industrial and organizational psychology science and practice that will have a lasting impact in the workplace. Operated in collaboration with the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. (SIOP), the SIOP Visionary Circle is a charitable program of the SIOP Foundation, and the program’s goal is to secure at least $100,000 to fund a grant in 2020.

​SIOP 2019 Machine Learning Competition Registration Opens

There are lots of ways data are being used in business processes, but one of the most exciting is machine learning. SIOP will be bringing the challenge of machine learning front and center for this year’s annual conference with an open competition to test the ability to work with unstructured data.

Registration is open now for the free 2nd Annual SIOP Machine Learning Competition and will conclude with a presentation by the winners at  the 2019 Annual Conference in National Harbor, Maryland just outside of Washington, DC, April 4-6, 2019. Participants may enter at any time, and winners will be announced by March 21.

McGuire brings lengthy experience with Capitol Hill, executive branch, private sector

WASHINGTON – The American Psychological Association has named Katherine B. McGuire its first chief advocacy officer, responsible for implementing a unified, strategic vision for the association’s government relations efforts and coordinating APA’s broader advocacy initiatives in non-governmental sectors.

With more than 25 years of senior-level policy experience in Congress, the executive branch and the private sector, McGuire was most recently assistant secretary for congressional and intergovernmental affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor.

Hop on board for the SIOP 2019 Brewery Tour and see two of National Harbor's breweries with City Brew Tours.

The tour includes:

• Hellbender Brewing Company
   
• DC Brau Brewing Company