This document contains papers from 39 symposia as well as two town forum presentations and a poster session at the 1999 Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) conference. The town forum papers address certification in the human resource development (HRD) field. Symposium topics are as follows: (1) adult learning in the workplace; (2) advances in distance learning; (3) learning and working in groups; (4) workplace diversity issues; (5) learning organization issues; (6) managers and learning; (7) linking HRD theory and practice; (8) work force issues facing HRD; (9) enhancing employee skills; (10) instructional technology; (11) international HRD perspectives; (12) informal workplace learning; (13) organization structure and strategy; (14) university HRD programs; (15) HRD issues in Asia; (16) knowledge management; (17) facilitating organizational change; (18) evaluation in HRD; (19) new perspectives in HRD; development; (20) integrating learning and performance; (21) individual learning issues; (22) evaluating the impact of HRD; (23) HRD in the United Kingdom; (24) HRD professional development; (25) changing workplace; (26) measurement and research tools; (27) work force development; (28) individual differences in learning; (29) linking HRD practice and research; (30) contextual learning issues; (31) career issues in HRD; (32) assessing employee performance; (33) core directions in HRD; (34) cultural issues in organizations; (35) workplace learning issues; (36) transfer of learning; (37) change processes in organizations; (38) qualitative studies in HRD; and (39) interpersonal dynamics in the workplace. The poster session topic is new models and metaphors for human resource development. (SK)