International HR Conference 2012

The International HR Conference 2012, will be held on June 26 and 27 at Waters Edge based on the theme “The Evolving New HR Agenda”. It will feature a number of mini-events including ‘The Great HR Debate’, Business Leaders’ Forum, a Tripartite Forum and the Service Providers Exhibition 2012, together with several technical sessions.

The HR debate will feature finalists NDB Bank and Nations Trust Bank. The final round of ‘The Great HR Debate’ will be telecast live at the venue. Seven teams from HR divisions from top blue chip companies in Sri Lanka have been battling it out over the last few weeks.

The teams were from GlaxoSmithKline, No Limit, Goodhope, NDB Bank, NTB Bank, Hirdarmani. The Conference will host a Business Leaders’ Forum which will feature panelists. Managing Director / CEO, Lanka Harness Company (Pvt) Limited, Rohan Pallewatta, Director Marketing, MJF Group – Dilmah, Dilhan C. Fernando,, Director Janashakthi Insurance PLC, Ramesh Schaffter Joint Managing Director and Brand Strategist, Triad, Dilith Jayaweera. It will be moderated by Head of Human Resources, Royal Ceramics, Neil Bogahalanda.

The Tripartite Forum on the topic 'Moving beyond traditional boundaries' will focus on two key components: labour and capital. The forum will discuss the equilibrium maintained between employers and employees represented by employee organisations and the involvement of the State in this regard. The panel consists of , General Secretary, Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya, Leslie Devendra, Vice President, Ceylon Workers’ Congress,K. Marimuttu, , Chief Organiser, Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya, Suranga Naullage, President, Inter Company Employee Union, Wasantha Samarasinghe and other Trade Union representatives. The moderator will be IPM Past President, Jayanta Jayaratna.

Another feature of the Conference is the HR Service Providers’ Exhibition, which will be held at ‘The Eagle’, at the Waters’ Edge. The exhibition will feature over 30 leading organisations, giving participants an opportunity to interact with the country’s HR fraternity. The Conference’s agenda also includes a Global HR Forum, Business Leaders Forum, a Tripartite Forum, the HR Excellence Awards 2012 and HR Service Providers Exhibition – all focusing on the dynamic quality of the HR discipline.