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Marching to the New World of Work

Introduction2018 may be a watershed moment with many emerging HR trends converging. Technology and globalisation are significantly

shifting business models in all sectors. With countless reports citing that a third of the skill sets required to perform today’s jobs

will be wholly new by 2020, how should local and global organisations react to create a future-ready workforce? It is no surprise

that outdated organisational norms and institutional inertia still prevail in the market. Therefore, the goal of Talent Management

Asia 2018 has been to bring together HR leaders to develop a common vision for the upcoming issues confronting the

workplace. The next wave is coming – will it be a period of consolidation, innovation or both? Let’s unlock the secret together.

Purpose of Talent Management Asia In this two-day event, Talent Management Asia aims to:

– Recognise the next-generation HR strategies by local and global companies that act as role models or pioneers to other HR

counterparts through thought-leadership and case study presentations.

– Provide a platform for HR decision-makers from local large enterprises to multinational companies to learn from each other

throughout the two-day interactive networking conference.

– Introduce HR leaders and senior HR specialists to established solution providers who will facilitate their future talent

management programmes.


Day 1 Agenda

8:30 Registration

9:00 Opening remarksAnthony Wong, editor, Human Resources Magazine

9:10 Opening Keynote: The future of work - building the next-generation organisation

World top 10 leadership guru Arthur Carmazzi will share his insights on how companies are working differently to succeed in today’s rapidly changing business environment.

• Why are companies reinventing the way we work?• How to cultivate a vision-centered organisational culture in the era of entrepreneurship.• The role of gamification in leadership engagement, performance and measurement.• Building trust in the diversified culture, religion and maturity of people in the Belt and Road regions.

Arthur Carmazzi, bestselling author, World’s top 10 thought leaders in organisational culture and leadership, Global Gurus Top 30, 2017

10:00 Executive Panel: The role of HR in aligning organisational culture with business strategy

• Evolving the desired culture through organisational design and training practices.• Shaping the corporate culture by employee experience.• How to link the styles and values of top leaders with the changing employee demands and landscape.

Moderator:Garrick Lau, CEO, Junior Achievement Hong Kong

Panelists:Thomson Hui, head of corporate HR projects, Crystal International Group LimitedAsli Berberoglu, director, human resources, Wolverine WorldwideCarmen Chan, head of employee engagement and internal communications, group human resources, JTH Group

10:40 Networking tea break

11:00 Leading strategic organization development with the 7 “CHANGES” components

• Defining employee value proposition for talent attraction, retention and development.• How to develop stronger business competence with the strategic framework “CHANGES”.• Examples of how companies could practice each “CHANGES” components in daily operations.

Suprince Ma, director, organisation development and change management, Asia Pacific division, Colgate-Palmolive

11:40 The rise of global background screening – finding the right balance

• The global dilemma – what can and should you include in your screening programme?• What are the current screening methods in Asia Pacific and how they are changing?• How to ensure screening does not compromise employer branding - best practices showcase?• The digital transformation of screening - creating a more enhanced, mobile and transparent candidate experience

Tesh Kaur, director, APAC, HireRight

12:20 The Hire to Retire experience and everything in between

Experience. What a misunderstood and misused word. As we talk about the digital transformation of how people want to work you will often hear quoted the ‘Uber experience’, though what really is that experience? In a nutshell, it is the frictionless delivery of an outcome. A combination of a visually appealing layer of engagement combined with automated processes to deliver that outcome. Is this a reality or myth for managing your talent in a world that you are constrained by multiple, complex front and back end systems? The answer is a resounding yes and this session will discuss how you can use this to attract and retain talent as well contributing to being a company people want to work for.

Peter Doherty, principal solutions consultant APJ, ServiceNow

13:00 Lunch



14:15 Fireside Chat: Recruiting for transformational roles - challenges and opportunities

In this unique fire-side chat, we talk to two senior executives recruiting to drive digital transformation within their current and previous organisations. How did they identify talents capable of work that did not exist? What are the skill sets and what do they see as the biggest challenges and opportunities taking on new and transformational roles within more structured corporate culture?

Moderator:Lauren Berning, group collaboration manager, The Lane Crawford Joyce Group

Panelists:Sudesh Thevasenabathy, head of customer care management, AXA Hong KongAalok Gupta, award-winning speaker, global HRD leader and organisation change and transformation expert

14:55 The evolution of sourcing in the relationship economy

• Best practices in structuring the talent acquisition function to deliver the very best business outcomes.• Sourcing capability transformation under the rising importance of social and digital channels, sourcing tools

and technologies.• The evolution of sourcing in the engagement economy and three steps to implement insight-led sourcing in

your corporation.• A holistic view of the workforce of the future and the talent acquisition strategies to deliver on it

Caleb Baker, managing director, APAC and emerging markets, Alexander Mann Solution


16:00 Case Study: Scaling company-wide success by empowering leadership in the digital world

• What contemporary leaders need to prepare for culture re-invention and nurture digital talents?• How to build a digital culture and developing capabilities that allows deeper integration in a systematic level?• Key steps to prepare the leadership team in making the right choices about the company’s digital transformation.

Peter Hope, global head, leadership academy, Schneider Electric

16:40 Executive Panel: How to develop leaders who can drive strategic change

• What are the gaps throughout the leadership pipeline that needs to be filled?• How to boost the confidence in current leadership to drive change?• Enhancing the global learning and leadership to support the talent pipeline.

Moderator:Anthony Wong, editor, Human Resources Magazine

Panelists:Leigh Stewart, VP of human resources, Amcor Flexibles Asia PacificSinan Atahan, talent acquisition lead, MIS and MSS, human resources, APAC, Moody's Corporation

17:20 Day 1 closing remarks



Day 2 Agenda

8:30 Registration

9:10 Opening remarksAnthony Wong, editor, Human Resources Magazine

9:20 Opening Keynote: Tasks not jobs: workforce design in the age of artificial intelligence and advanced automation

• What do you do when a robot can do your job?• Learn about the impact of A.I., robotics and automation on your workplace and workforce.• Discover how this is affecting your decision-making.• Jobs versus tasks: start with a simple approach to managing the impact of these technologies on your organisation

John Hansen, vice-president, HCM cloud development, JAPAC, Oracle Corporation

10:00 Case Study: New performance development approach for “CREATE THE NEW”

• Introduction of adidas’ brand story• Why adidas developed the new performance development approach.• How did it support the “CREATE THE NEW” strategy in adidas?

Ivory Cai, director, human resources-talent, adidas


11:10 Executive Panel: Applying your customer experience strategy to your employee experience approach

• How important is treating employees as if they were customers by creating needs based segmentation?• Improving the employee experience by establishing the employee journey roadmap.• How to apply data to guide holistic solutions to capture employee voice and evaluate engagement?

Moderator:Akiko Takahashi, executive vice-president, chief officer human resources/corporate social responsibility, Melco Resorts & Entertainment

Panelists:Ivy Leung, head of human resources and administration, Octopus Holdings LimitedIrene Leung, head of HR – talent & organizational development, Matilda International Hospital

11:50 Essential leadership skills for the digital transformation age

• Latest research data for successful leaders in the digital age.• Making the move from transactional to transformational leadership.• The powerful impact of Gen Y on modern leadership.• Collaboration – the essential missing element.

Robin Ball, founder and managing director, Management Development Services (MDS)

12:30 Lunch

13:45 Masterclass: Leading digital transformation (an HR perspective)

• Is digital transformation only about technology?• Have the principles of managing “change, changed”?• How do you lead change in a digital world

Aalok Gupta, award-winning speaker, global HRD leader and organization change and transformation expert



14:35 Data visualisation - making a clear business case

• Challenges of organisations in using data.• The benefits of data visualisation for HR teams.• Converting visualisation to business strategies. Latest research data for successful leaders in the digital age.

Richard Hanson, CEO, Jobable


15:20 Diversity: A back-to-basics approach

• The business context (globalisation, digitalisation & disruption)• Enter diversity! Why diversity? Diversity in the business context.• Diversity - broad and deep (what is diversity? Risks of boxing in diversity and ways to get a broader approach).

Lelia Konyn, head of human resources and corporate affairs, Shun Shing Group

16:00 Nissan factors diversity into its organisational culture, talent acquisition and leadership development

• The diversity of the Asia and Oceania markets and its impact on talent acquisition/leadership development.• Challenges of managing a globalised workforce in today’s inclusive environment.• Nissan’s perspective on gender and cultural diversity.

Gayla Cowie, head of HR, Asia and Oceania, Nissan

16:40 Conference closing remarks



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