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Singapore HR Congress & Business-Connect Exposition 2009
“Building
Capabilities for Organisations and Businesses”
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“A strong and
capable HR community can be the catalyst and change agents to
initiate and implement people development efforts in
organisations, and help build stronger capabilities amongst our
business leaders and managers.” |
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PM Lee Hsien
Loong
11th World HR Congress 2006 organised by SHRI |
The Singapore HR
Congress & Business Connect Exposition 2009 was held on 14-15
April at the Raffles City Convention Centre. The Annual
Singapore HR Congress provides the platform for business and HR
Communities to meet annually to find breakthroughs in people
management and concepts, programmes and practices. The two-day
HR Congress attracted some 1000 delegates from the Singapore HR
Community and other parts of the world. 30 exhibitors also took
the chance to present to the delegates their latest and most
innovative HR Solutions.
The Guest-of-Honour for
Singapore HR Congress & Business-Connect Exposition 2009 was Mr Gan Kim
Yong, Minister for Manpower.
Inauguration of
Human Resources (HR) Day 2009
The Inauguration of
Human Resources (HR) Day was held on 14 April 2009. Some 780
participants from more than 50 organisations participated in the HR Walk
with the Guest-of-Honour, Mr Gan Kim Yong at the War Memorial Park,
leading to Raffles City Convention Centre where the Singapore HR
Congress & Business-Connect Exposition 2009 was held.
The programme included a
recitation of the HR Pledge, specially arranged for the HR Day as well
as a minute of silence for the heroes of Singapore.
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Highlights of Congress
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Keynote
Session 1
Building Competitive Corporate DNA for Challenging Times
Professor Wee Chow Hou
Professor and Head
Division of Strategy, Management and Organisation
College of Business (Nanyang Business School)
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
Join Professor Wee as he
shares on building competitive corporate DNA for
challenging times.
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Keynote
Session 2
Risky Business with Risky People
Professor Richard Arvey
Professor and Head
Department of Management and Organisation
National University of Singapore
CEOs,
HR Leaders and professionals regularly make risky
decisions involving people in their organizations.
Professor Arvey will be speaking on the various risks,
the people decisions, and the associated problems. Join
him in discussing a model for achieving better outcomes
against the risks undertaken.
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Keynote
Session 3
The Global Economic Outlook:
How Can Organisations and Business Ride the Crisis?
Darryl Gobbett
Chief Economist
Prescott Securities
Darryl will provide a background to the
current economic crisis and share on the national and
international responses to the crisis in this keynote session. He will
bring the participants through the macro, national and sectoral perspectives
of the economic outlook through 2010. Participants can expect a discussion on the effect of
various business issues: the image, clients, sales,
credit, costs, and human relations. He will also address
how to lead and manage during the economic
downturn, ways of preparing for the recovery and
positioning for generational and expectations change.
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more information >>
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The Future Mandates for
Human Capital Management
Dr William Flexner
Adjunct Professor
Social Medicine, School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In
these turbulent times, it is critical that companies and
organisations
understand how the management of human capital can
best help them be successful. Dr William Flexner will
help lead the attendees in the 2009 HR Congress in an
exploration of the Mandates for Human Capital
Management.
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more information >>
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