CONFERENCE PROGRAMME ASTD 2007

07:45

Registration & Refreshments

08:30

Welcome — Robin Probart, President, ASTD Global Networks South Africaonal Relationships, ASTD USA

Plenary

09:00

Strategic Foresight – The power of standing in the future
Nick Marsh, Managing Director, NEXT Corporation, New Zealand

10:30

Refreshments / View Exhibition

11:00

Socio-Political issues impacting on our Future Wellness
Najwah Allie-Edries, Deputy Director-General: Department of Corporate Services, National Treasury

12:00

Break

Track A

Track B

12:15

13:15

Lunch / View Exhibition

14:15

WORKSHOP A

Emotional Intelligence & Wellness
Dr Pieter van Jaarsveld, CEO, Tandem Training

WORKSHOP B

Promises, PromisesTM — An interaction workshop
on how to align behaviour with culture
Gudrun Höy & Soren Rygaard, Senior Partners, Percepti Global Ltd, Denmark

15:45

Refreshments / View Exhibition

16:15

DISCUSSION FORUM

The Carrots and Curses of Learnerships — Are
learnerships really contributing to the reduction
of South Africa’s skills shortages?
Irene James, Director: Learning Innovation & Quality,
Dionysys Skills Development Initiative (Pty) Ltd

DISCUSSION FORUM

Gender Transformation and BEE. Are
organisations winning and keeping their heads
above water?
Jefferey Nduma, Director BEE, Department of Trade and Industry

17:15

Networking / Drinks

08:00

Refreshments / View Exhibition

Plenary

08:30

International Human Capital Trends
Erum Khan, Senior Manager: International Relationships, ASTD, USA

09:45

Leading Our World Today
Tony Frost, CEO, World Wide Fund for Nature

10:30

Refreshments / View Exhibition

11:00

Lessons from Brazil’s Economic Recovery and Human Capital Challenges
Alfredo Castro, President, MOT – Organizational Change & Training, Brazil

12:00

Break

Track A

Track B

12:15

Wellness in Corporate Governance
Dr Marius Meyer, Senior Lecturer/Programme
Manager: HRD, UNISA

Strategies for Sustainable Change
Dr Robert van Noort & Dr Arne Gillert, Partners, Kessels
& Smit, The Learning Company, The Netherlands

13:15

Lunch / View Exhibition

14:15

WORKSHOP A

Nelson Mandela — From Victim to Victorius
How psychoneuroimmunology can be used to
develop resilience and maintain wellness
André Vermeulen, CEO, Neuro-Link

WORKSHOP B

Mentorship: Raising Giant Killers
Niël Steinmann, Director, People’s Dynamic
Development

15:45

Refreshments / View Exhibition

16:15

DISCUSSION FORUM

Nutritional Wellness - A pre-requisite for organisational wellness
Celynn Erasmus, Complete Nutrition

WORKSHOP

High Impact Training Techniques
Alinda Nortje, Executive Chairperson, Free To Grow

Close

19:30

Gala Dinner at Southern Sun Cape Sun Hotel

08:00

Refreshments / View Exhibition

Plenary

08:30

Future Fitness for Knowledge Professionals
Nick Marsh, CEO, NEXT Corporation, New Zealand

09:30

Competing nations develop competitive mindsets
Dr Hischam El Agamy, IMD, Switzerland

10:30

Refreshments / View Exhibition

11:00

Work-related well-being in South Africa: Distress and Eustress
Prof Ian Rothman, Professor, North-West University

12:00

Break

Track A

Track B

12:15

Innovate or Evaporate
Cherylene De Jager, CheHan Training Consultants

Leading the Traumatised Organisation towards
Wellness
Prof Mias de Klerk, Consultant/Professor, Sasol/Univ of Freestate

13:15

Lunch / View Exhibition

Plenary

14:15

Personal Safety through awareness and action: A practical and theoretical guideline in self protection strategies for personal wellness
Nadine Gurney & Angela Yiannakis, Co-Founders and Facilitators, OMEGAFANG

15:15

Wrap-up and Summary of key issues covered

15:45

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