DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY, 22 MARCH 2023
Registration
Welcome remarks
Aditi Sharma Kalra
Editor-in-Chief
PLENARY SESSIONS
[Opening Keynote]
Wired to become: Weaving purpose into the now of work
With the best intentions, purpose and culture are frequently planned for and talked about in the boardroom. Yet, in the world of HR technology, purpose often falls through the cracks, resulting in disappointing outcomes that fail to support the initial goals. This session will deep dive into specific tactics to ensure purpose is infused throughout the organisation’s HR tech strategy, from planning to deployment and from adoption to making purpose stick. This session will further explore how to leverage the power of purpose to create a sustainable work environment, highly engaged employees and effective leaders, and a positive culture that attracts and retains top talent.
Mohit James
Head of People Development and Learning SAPMENA
L’Oréal
9.55am
[Keynote]
Automate to humanate: Activating the human-centric autonomous future of work
The only way to solve today’s talent crises, labour shortages and employee burnout is with work design that empowers human adaptability. Intelligent technology must also be unleashed to automate ethically. This session will explore how a human-centric design balancing individual, team and business needs will enable organisations today to compete for scarce talent and drive performance for sustainable growth.
Gary Lee
Organisation and Business Partner Director
Dassault Systems
Morning break
10.55am
[Keynote]
Keeping hybrid teams engaged: Exploring the next frontier of employee engagement
Anupam Trehan
Vice President, People & Communities for Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China
Cisco
11.35am
[Keynote]
Roadmap to a hybrid workforce: Bridging the gap in digital transition for an equitable, equipped and agile workforce
Undoubtedly, many of our future decisions will be signposted by our COVID-19 experiences; be it the healthcare crisis, supply chain disruption, or the devastation of the tourism economy, the list goes on. In the human resources space, the buzz is all about making hybrid working work. However, beyond the surface, we observe a tectonic shift in talent management that will likely change the way we look at people and jobs at the workplace. In this session we will learn how UOB is applying these learnings to create balance and inclusion at workplace.
Vikas Verma
Managing Director, Head Strategic HR
UOB
12.15pm
[Panel discussion]
Embedding ESG into corporate culture: Building sustainable businesses in a shifting global economy
HR’s role in driving the sustainability goals of organisations.
This discussion will explore
- How can the People Profession be empowered to drive positive change in the face of a climate emergency?
- What are the proven strategies in engaging employees and leaders in both enterprise environmental and social sustainability initiatives?
- How are organisations working to build a more inclusive and sustainable future and discover how leaders and organisations can transform their approach to sustainability?
- What are the challenges that leaders face in promoting practices such as sustainability-driven decisions and how to overcome them?
Moderator
Tay Wan Ying, PhD
Vice President, Head of Research
Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI)
Panellists
Janicia Wong
Vice President, Group Human Resources & Deputy Head of Corporate Planning
Certis
Annie Lim
VP, Human Resources
Franny Koh
Head of HR – Singapore & Philippines and Central Asia Pacific Key Account Business Segment
Lenovo
12.55pm
Networking lunch
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
TRACK C:
HR tech and people analytics
TRACK D:
Belonging, inclusion and collaboration
1.55pm
HR tech and people analytics
[Case study]
Skills taxonomy in a hybrid world: Improving skills management and retention with data analytics
- Exploring how to effectively collect and analyse data to define the learning programmes needed for workforce upskilling.
- Discovering how to utilise predictive analytics to develop better learning programmes and workforce planning.
- Looking into making employee lifecycle data transferable – from onboarding to retention and offboarding.
Gary Lee
Organisation and Business Partner Director
Dassault Systems
Belonging, inclusion and collaboration
[Case study]
Sustaining team cohesion: Applying the glue that holds your workforce together
- Maximising your team’s cohesion in today’s fragmented working world.
- Overcoming the organisational disruption caused by a high turnover environment.
- Optimising employee frameworks to promote cohesion for a hybrid workforce.
Deepthi Susarla
People & Organisation Director, APAC
DB Schenker
2.35pm
HR tech and people analytics
[Case study]
Tech powered recruitment and HR: Creating a diverse talent pipeline and personalised experience through HR tech
- Looking into AI automation to mitigate unconscious bias in selection process to level out the playing field.
- Exploring the use of AI to humanise and optimise candidate experience through personalisation.
- Achieving high accuracy in predicting a candidate’s future performance and streamlined hiring process.
Anjali Parmar
Senior Director, People Business Partner Asia Pacific & Japan
Zscaler
Belonging, inclusion and collaboration
[Case study]
Leading workplace revolution: Transforming internal communications to keep employees engaged in digital workplace
- Examining in detail the changing employee needs and how and where we can equip them to cater for this workplace revolution.
- Optimising the use of Employee Communications Applications (ECA) tools for effective collaboration and communication.
- Leveraging ECA analytics to gauge employees’ feedback and business impact.
Joanne Low
HR Director, APMEA Region
Aspire Lifestyles
3.15pm
HR tech and people analytics
[Case study]
The journey to HR automation: Unlocking the full potential of people analytics through adoption and data literacy
- Creating a culture of data literacy for improved insights into the employee lifecycle.
- Developing easy-to-use products and a good user experience for higher adoption.
- Establishing (or fixing) data input, processing and preventing bad data entry.
- Exploring the core steps to get high-quality data in HR process automation.
Alvin Goh
Senior Director, HR Transformation
Belonging, inclusion and collaboration
[Fireside chat]
Shifting from designing recognition programmes to building mindsets
- Discovering what truly drives employees’ sense of engagement and belonging in the Great Reflection era.
- Building a recognition mindset into the organisational culture whereby employees feel seen and valued.
- Looking into practical and proven employee rewards strategies with recognition mindset in big and small moments.
Moderator
Aditi Sharma Kalra
Editor-in-Chief
Speaker
Aparna Dhingra
Head of HR, Region Asia-Pacific, Africa, Middle East
BMW Group
3.55pm
Afternoon break
4.15pm
HR tech and people analytics
[Panel discussion]
Data privacy debunked: Supporting your organisation’s business strategy by building employee trust in data practices
- Addressing privacy boundaries and ethical use of data in employee monitoring.
- Exploring how machine learning-based algorithms can be used safely for data-driven decision making for workforce planning.
- Looking into how to make a business case for people analytics for improved talent acquisition and organisational development.
Moderator
Alvin Goh
Senior Director, HR Transformation
Panellists
Daniel Kusmanto
Director, Digital and Analytics
Ng Kian Khar
VP, People Technologies & Transformation
Singapore Telecommunications Limited
Cyl Lin
Human Resources Director & APJ HR Business Partner, MDC & Analytics
Tech Data APAC
Belonging, inclusion and collaboration
[Panel discussion]
Advancing underrepresented talent: Driving DEI outcomes in a hybrid work environment
- Understanding the challenges presented by hybrid work environment for HR leaders to deliver on DEI outcomes.
- Identifying the types of inequalities present in your organisation halting talent development.
- Learning practical tactics for driving inclusion and outlining new steps to accelerate DEI progress in a fragmented world.
Moderator
Preet Grewal
Former Head Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility, JAPAC
Panellists
Annie Lim
VP, Human Resources
Pooja Jhaveri
Head of APAC D&I and Leadership Development
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
Eugene Lam
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
4.55pm