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How CHROs Can Shape Organisational and Workforce Transformation
While many factors are continuing to challenge and transform the way organisations work, forward-looking leaders are already looking to devise innovative strategies that will allow their organisation to navigate the challenges and thrive in 2024.These include formulating key people strategies that will allow them to retain the best talent at a time when employees are deciding on their key priorities and planning for their next career moves. At this event, we will be covering the key trends and addressing the pressing topics on how organisations can build a culture of belonging and equity in the workplace and deploy innovative HR technologies to improve employee experience. Join more than 150 CHROs in your country for high-level networking opportunity, sharing of best practices and learning the latest insights from renowned HR thought leaders to successfully develop your people and organisation strategies for 2024 and steer your organisation towards growth.
Singapore
CHRO AGENDA
AGENDA SUBJECTED TO CHANGES
Singapore
392 Havelock Road Singapore 169663
7 Dec 2023 CHRO - Riverfront Ballroom level 2
9.10am
Welcome Address
Low Yen Ling, Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth; and Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Singapore
9.30am
Opening Keynote Address
Sustaining Success: Navigating HR’s Rebirth Amidst Disruption
As HR has been undergoing a remarkable transformation, the need to sustain this newfound success has become paramount. The convergence of AI’s influence and the shadow of a looming recession serves as a stark reminder that challenges continue to persist.
What core themes should CHROs prioritise to sustain the surge of success ignited during the pandemic and make transformation and reinvention of our function a core and sustainable capability? Join Dr Tanvi Gautam, a globally recognised HR influencer, author, and senior leadership coach, as she shares the themes that deserve our attention for the sake of the continued evolution of the HR function into a stratetic and human-centric function.
Dr Tanvi Gautam, HR Influencer, Keynote Speaker and Transformational Leadership Expert
9.50am
[PANEL DISCUSSION] Challenging The Status Quo: Multi-Dimensional Approach to Supporting Talent Mobility
This panel discussion offers HR leaders a transformative perspective on talent mobility within organisations. Explore the role of innovative, multi-dimensional strategies that transcend gendered norms to drive tangible organisational cultures, and advocating for progressive government policies can unlock the full potential of talent mobility.
Gain actionable insights from industry experts that will help you attract, retain, and maximise the impact of top talent in the era of AI, ultimately fostering organisational excellence and sustained success. Join us to gain a fresh outlook on talent mobility within HR leadership.
Moderator:
Dr Tanvi Gautam, HR Influencer, Keynote Speaker and Transformational Leadership Expert
Panellists:
Sonali Roychowdhury, CHRO, AMEA Kellanova
Ale Ferraro, CHRO, Growth Markets, Accenture
Narelle Burke, CHRO, Human Resources, Insights APAC & Global Consulting, Kantar
10.30am
Morning Coffee and Tea Break
10.50am
Leadership Redefined in A Hybrid World and Its Impact on Talent Management
Increasingly, more employees want flexible working arrangements as they seek better work-life balance. With stress and mental health issues persisting in the workplace, employees are also seeking more support from their managers.
Stressors from all parts of an employee's life, as well as blurring lines between home and work due to remote or hybrid work, are contributing factors to leaders needing to be equipped with the skills to connect and engage with both on-site and hybrid employees.
This session from ADP will provide key insights where organisations need to improve employee-manager relationships by equipping managers with the tips to help them communicate with empathy, and to be able to navigate this new people management territory.
Jessica Zhang, Senior Vice President, APAC, ADP
11.20am
Managing People, Data and Culture in The Modern Organisation
While organisations need stand out products and services to be competitive, more is needed to remain competitive. The “more” includes how organisations manage People, Culture and Data.
In this session, Dr Jaclyn Lee will share about these three fundamental elements of organisational success. This includes the importance of Employee Experience (EX), which needs to be centred around data and supported by a continual mindset and cultural shift from one that is focused only on engagement to cultivating a “purposeful” engagement. She will also share case studies of how successful organisations have managed to integrate the three elements of People, Culture and Data to produce exceptional business results.
Dr Jaclyn Lee, CHRO, Certis
11.50am
Unlocking HR’s potential with Digital Adoption Platforms
This session will focus on the power of digital adoption platforms (DAPs) in addressing the unique challenges HR leaders face today. Whatfix will discuss how DAPs can streamline employee experience, training and onboarding processes, reduce digital fatigue, and enhance employee engagement. You will gain insights from real-world success stories, and the practical strategies for implementing a DAP to help achieve your organisations’ HR goals.
Sameer Mishra, Vice-President, Head of Sales, India and South-East Asia, Whatfix
12.20pm
Networking Lunch
1.20pm
Making Culture Matter and Stick
Why is great culture important to organisations? And what is the true value of getting culture right, making it meaningful and making it stick across the organisation?
In this session by BTS, discover how HR leaders can play a pivotal part in shaping the culture that will reinforce their organisation’s strategy and bring a transformative impact to the business.
Learn from real-world client case studies, where BTS supported organisations in making culture “real” with their advisory approach and to cascade its adoption through a bespoke simulation-based methodology, a narrative designed to raise the bar for learning and development. The methodologies discussed in this session will also empower your organisation to create alignment, shift mindsets, and enhance organisational capabilities.
Gianfranco Di Maira, Senior Vice President, Partner; and Managing Director, BTS Singapore & South-East Asia
1.50pm
Embracing Digital Fluency Through Change Management
In today's fast-paced workplace, digital fluency is imperative as organisations look to harness the power of digital tools to drive higher efficiency and competencies.
With over a century of history, UPS is committed to thriving in the digital age. In this session, learn about UPS’ transformative journey of digital fluency, where employees have been empowered to overcome challenges, celebrate successes, and learn valuable lessons along the way. With a focus on the future, UPS’ ongoing path towards digital fluency is also driving change and accelerating organisational transformation. Find out how and be part of the UPS adventure.
Jennifer Yuan, HRBP Vice President, UPS APAC Region, UPS
2.20pm
Unlocking Employee Wellbeing and Talent Retention: The Secret to Corporate Longevity
In today’s fast-paced business world, the main challenges facing many CHROs are ensuring employee wellbeing while retaining top talent.
Drawing on the Japanese leadership philosophy of Kokorozashi, this session will delve into the secrets of talent retention and how it transcends conventional pillars of salary and promotion to align organisational goals with employees’ life purpose.
Learn how you can leverage on the secret to Japanese corporate longevity to create a holistic approach to talent retention and transform your HR strategy to achieve positive employee wellbeing and organisational success.
Adam Gordon, Director, GLOBIS Corporation
2.50pm
Afternoon Coffee and Tea Break
3.10pm
How Generative AI will Transform the HR Sector
The rise of generative AI (GenAI) and large language models (LLMs) have fundamentally transformed the HR sector.
What strategies can HR teams adopt to leverage GenAI to drive efficiency and productivity? What practical steps must be considered in any GenAI project? How do we manage people readiness, processes, data and budget? While GenAI can help address pain points and challenges in the HR sector, there are also major risk issues in Gen AI that CHROs must manage proactively, including risks related to AI ethics such as explainability/transparency and fairness/impartiality.
In this session, Zaid Hamzah will share industry case studies, including lessons learnt to date as well as the future trajectory of GenAI in the HR sector.
Zaid Hamzah, AI & Data Practitioner, Executive Education Fellow, Advanced Computing for Executives, School of Computing, National University of Singapore
3.40pm
[PANEL DISCUSSION] HR 2024 and Beyond: Building the Future Organisation Today
While many factors are continuing to challenge and transform the way organisations work, forward-looking leaders are already looking to devise innovative strategies to that will allow their organisation to navigate challenges and thrive in 2024 and beyond.
This closing keynote panel discussion will not only analyse the key trends that will shape the way we work but will offer insights into how HR and business leaders can create winning strategies to build future-ready organisations that can thrive in an evolving world of work.
Moderator:
Philippa “Pip” Penfold, Managing Director, Integrating Intelligence
Panellists:
Rashmi Sharma, Head of Talent Management, GovTech Singapore
Virendra Shelar, President, OMRON Asia Pacific and GM, Global Human Resources Strategy, OMRON Corporation
Eddie Lee, HR Consultant (Chief People Officer), Mewah Group
4.40pm
Closing Remarks
ESG MASTERCLASS
Sustainability in Action
for CHROs
In conjunction with the CHRO series, HRM Asia will be launching a Masterclass series which offers HR leaders a chance to learn and hone their skills in special interest topics from experienced industry practitioners. Kicking off the masterclass series, the inaugural masterclass session entitled, "Sustainability in Action for CHROs" will be focusing on ESG to equip HR leaders with a solid perspective on the current ESG standards, pressures and future directions of Sustainability so that they can effectively guide the business and its people to attain the organisational ESG goals.
1 day workshopSingapore
392 Havelock Road Singapore 169663
6 Dec 2023 ESG Masterclass - Veranda III level 2
9am - 9.15am
CHROs and the Sustainability Challenge
- Sustainability and the role of the profession plays in transition to Carbon Neutral
Instructor
Joanne Flinn, Chair of the ESG Institute
9.15am - 10.45am
ESG Masterclass #1: ESG Trends, Issues and Challenges
- What is ESG
- ESG trends and challenges in business
- Implications to Leadership Responsibility
- Understanding the additional duties of your company directors
- Demystify Net Zero, Regenerative and Circularity
- Understand ESG-123™ and how to guide your fellow business leader in sustainability
- What is Sustainability Leadership today?
Instructor
Joanne Flinn, Chair of the ESG Institute
Morning tea
15 mins
11am - 12.30 noon
ESG Masterclass #2: The Environment. Risk, Opportunities and Value
- Science based origin of 'E'
- Understand the 5 principles of ‘E’ related financial disclosure
- Implications of Double Materiality
- Evaluate implications to your Value Chain and what it means to people and culture
- What people can do to reduce sustainability driven business risks
- Principles for KPIs, metrics and measuring E from the HR perspective
Instructor
Kris Wadia, Founder of Humanised Leadership or Jonathan Cheung, CEO the ESG Institute
Lunch
1 hour
1.30pm - 3pm
ESG Masterclass #3: Social and Governance
- Understand 7 elements of Social in the unique context of the HR profession
- Sustainability updates to the 8 elements of good Governance
- Four challenges faced by retail businesses
- Identifying the impact of your business on social
- The value HR brings to staying on customer procurement lists and avoiding greenwashing
Instructor
Leadership or Jonathan Cheung, CEO the ESG Institute
Afternoon tea
15 mins
3.15pm-4.45pm
ESG Masterclass #4: Comply or Transform. Ready for the Future
- Introduction to ESG linked reporting standards
- What banks, insurers and investors are increasingly looking for
- Creating an HR strategy for transformation using the ESG-123 Maturity Model™
- How to select priorities to accelerate business results, your impact and show progress
Instructor
Joanne Flinn, Chair of the ESG Institute
4.45pm-5.30pm
Participants of the full day are eligible to take the ESG-123 foundations Assessment
Successful candidates receive a certificate of achievement, a badge for use on their resume and LinkedIn Profile, and a year’s membership to the ESG Institute as an Associate Member
Online assessment

introduction
Specially designed for CHROs and human resource leaders, this programme will equip you with the most current ESG landscape, identify where your organisation is strong and where critical capacities are needed while getting you up to speed with Sustainability so that you can inspire your organisation, speak powerfully to your CFO on the business value for investing in your people and creating impact.
about the workshop
4 key points.
All in 1 day.
With the pressure for Sustainability and ESG disclosure coming from stakeholders ranging from employees, customers, regulators and investors, this one day workshop drills into 4 challenges leaders in Asia face.
Based on the book Greensight ~ The Sustainability Guide for Company Directors.ESG landscape
Explore and have a clear understanding of the ESG landscape, and how to adequately approach it.
Pressure for change
Identify where and how the pressure for change is coming from, and the urgent need for transformation.
Gain clarity on key capabilities
Gain clarity on key capabilities required in the next 12-18 months
Articulate implications
With these insights, better articulate the implications of these in terms of business opportunities, risks and roles.
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ticket prices and information for Singapore chro
CHRO Singapore 7 Dec 2023 | 1 ticket | 4-10 tickets (per ticket) (SGD) | 11-20 tickets (per ticket) (SGD) | 21-30 tickets (per ticket) (SGD) | 31 tickets and above (per ticket) (SGD) |
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Early Bird (1 Jul to 31 Aug 2023) | S$399 | S$379 | S$369 | S$359 | S$339 |
Advanced Saver (1 Sep to 31 Oct 2023) | S$449 | S$429 | S$409 | S$389 | S$359 |
Regular Price (1 Nov to 7 Dec 2023) | S$499 | S$439 | S$429 | S$419 | S$409 |
ticket prices and information for Singapore ESG masterclass
ESG Masterclass Singapore 6 Dec 2023 | 1 - 3 tickets (SGD) | 4 tickets and above (SGD) |
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Early Bird (1 Jul to 31 Aug 2023) | S$895 | S$799 |
Advanced Saver (1 Sep to 31 Oct 2023) | S$945 | S$819 |
Regular Price (1 Nov to 6 Dec 2023) | S$995 | S$869 |
ticket prices and information for Singapore CHRO + ESG masterclass bundle
CHRO Singapore 7 Dec + ESG Masterclass Singapore 6 Dec 2023 | Bundle pricing (SGD) |
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Early Bird (1 Jul to 31 Aug 2023) | S$1195 |
Advanced Saver (1 Sep to 31 Oct 2023) | S$1295 |
Regular Price (1 Nov to 6 Dec 2023) | S$1395 |
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