11:15 am - 11:25 am
11:30 am - 11:45 am
CEO & Editor-in-Chief, People Matters
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
In a world where talent needs to constantly up-skill and transform to maintain relevance, understanding the urgency and methods to change is a valuable skill. As Einstein said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results". Come learn how to plan to reach out of your comfort zone and transform yourself to achieve the best of your potential.
Organisational & Cross-Cultural Psychologist, Brandeis
12:15 pm - 12:35 pm
As we emerge from the disruption of the past two years, organizations are re-modelling what their workplaces look like, onboarding a slew of new people and grappling with how to reignite an inclusive, authentic and productive culture. There is an opportunity to reset and create a fresh start. How do we engage our employees in this new journey? Join Dr. Summer Salomonsen, Global VP of Content Product & Head of Cornerstone Studies, as she shares how the past two years have actually changed workplace learning for the better and how organizations can take advantage of this tectonic shift to build a fresh learning strategy that leverages more engaging, skills-forward content as a strategic investment.
VP of Content Product and Head of Cornerstone Studios, Cornerstone OnDemand
12:40 pm - 01:10 pm
With the onset of remote and hybrid working, new ways of working have had to emerge to support the workforce in this transition. Learning and development is no exception. With L&D, not only the classroom setting had to be changed, the entire mindset and approach also had to be transformed. This requires more than the HR and L&D leadership to be involved - CEOs and other C-suite leaders as well. Join us as we ask business leaders how they’re tackling this paradigm shift in the learning space and learn about the best practices that you should look out for.
Senior Director, GovTech Singapore
CEO, Fujifilm Business Innovation
01:15 pm - 01:35 pm
The last two decades have seen unprecedented technological advancements, and one of the most significant advantages of having so much technology on our hands is its ability to collect data. Now with xAPI, LRS’s, and various data collection and visualisation tools at our disposal, we have more ways than ever to measure the effectiveness of our learning programmes. However, all the data in the world becomes useless if it doesn’t tell a compelling story. In this session, we’ll explore the ways in which we can harness the value of data, and how this is critical to taking action from the trends we are seeing across Asia Pacific & Japan in 2022. Learn how to translate data analytics into a compelling story to demonstrate the ROI of your learning initiatives to external stakeholders and company executives, and how to align corporate objectives with the objectives and strategy of your training function.
Head of of Employee Experience, Solutions & Strategy, Qualtrics
01:35 pm - 01:50 pm
01:50 pm - 02:10 pm
Digital coaching is a crucial solution to driving not simply the skilling agenda but to enable a culture of continuous learning within organisations. In an increasingly digitally transformed world, offering learning opportunities which are accessible, flexible as well as open to personalisation enables employees to embark on a holistic learning journey and tends to deliver a greater impact. Growth opportunities must be made available to employees throughout their life cycle and digital coaching plays a unique role in the L&D facet of organisations by streamlining personal as well as organisational growth.
With the intention of driving the agenda for learning and growth forward, In this session we will talk how digital coaching can become the solution for the success of your organisation by delving in-depth into the following topics:
Why the need for digital coaching in the hybrid workplace?
What is the impact it delivers at various levels of the organisation?
How can digital coaching align with your company’s growth strategy?
Practical steps for leaders to measure the impact of digital coaching to achieve desirable results.
Senior Behavioural Scientist, CoachHub
02:15 pm - 02:35 pm
With the Future of Work well and truly top of mind for organisations around the world, L&D leaders have the opportunity to transform their organisations. We are all aware of the new skill requirements required for the workforce of tomorrow, but are you considering all of the factors required to enable employees easy access to learning? Learn about some of the unspoken factors you might need to consider to ensure you have a highly engaged learning program that meets the expectations of both employees and business stakeholders.
Senior Vice President of Sales - APAC, Go1
02:40 pm - 03:00 pm
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) is one of Australia's largest banks with more than 7,000 employees across more than 500 locations. They have adopted an LXP to help shift the culture of learning to one that encourages curiosity, self-led learning and discovery, and supports learning delivery in the flow of work. In this session, David Maiolo and David Madisson will share how the adoption of this technology has supported the sustainable growth of the business and digital transformation.
Regional VP, EdCast
Learning Transformation Lead, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
03:05 pm - 03:35 pm
Both traditional education and training programmes often focus on time-based results. What happens when organisations switch over to an open environment in which the function and application is the focus? Come learn about the benefits and methods of employing an outcome-focused L&D strategy.
Deputy Director Digital Academy, GovTech Singapore
APAC Future Skills Head APAC Future Skills Head, JLL
Manager, Stories of Asia
03:35 pm - 04:15 pm
04:15 pm - 04:55 pm
How do organisations stay ahead of the demand curve and create L&D programmes that future-proof their workforce? How does an organisation balance between upskilling and reskilling internally versus hiring externally? Come learn from our panel of experts how to navigate this landscape.
Global Head of Reskilling, People Capability, Standard Chartered Bank
Head, Centre for Innovation in Learning, National Institute of Education
Senior Editor, People Matters
Managing Director, India & APAC, Coursera
Head of Global Talent & Leadership Development, Gojek
05:00 pm - 05:20 pm
We know AI & Machine Learning is transforming the world of work. COVID 19 accelerated this transformation. One thing is imminent; you need to adapt, quickly. While there is a steep decline in physical skills, higher cognitive, social & emotional skills are on the rise. As organizations strive to build an inclusive organization, resilience, collaboration, and managing uncertainty are high on any employer's wish-list. Future skills and how best to engrain in the cultural DNA of an organization are the key. Personalization and giving learning a digital dimension are where we see the best way forward on how organizations can unlock their organization’s true potential.
Vice President, Infopro Learning
Executive Vice President, Infopro Learning
05:25 pm - 05:45 pm
In this post-pandemic landscape, the phrase 'culture of upskilling' has been on the lips of both business and L&D leaders. What has changed to make such a culture critical to the success of organisations? What are the different building blocks, behavioural nudges that L&D leaders can use to sustain such a culture?
Chief Talent & Learning Officer, Jardine Matheson
05:50 pm - 06:10 pm
Communicative competence can be the difference between the success or failure of mergers, product rollouts and customer relations. As companies from the APAC region are increasingly integrating into global business networks and supply chains, teams are growing increasingly diverse. In this talk, Learnship VP Learning Sciences, Rob Szabo, views the core business challenges faced by these companies as a complex applied linguistics puzzle. He introduces key theoretical principles and applies them to a concrete communication scenario. Learn to see critical communication incidents through this lens and discover how they can be amended.
Vice President, Learning Sciences, Learnship
06:10 pm - 06:30 pm
06:30 pm - 06:50 pm
VP - Learning and Leadership Partner, Walmart
06:55 pm - 07:15 pm
Over the past two years, more than ever before, we’ve all been called to do our best to address the challenges that have arisen as a result of a once-in-a-lifetime time of great change and uncertainty. Certainly, we all have much to celebrate and much to contemplate – about the choices that we’ve made, the challenges ahead, and the opportunities that we have to meaningfully contribute to our communities and organizations.
Join Kraft Heinz Chief Learning and Diversity Officer and author of “Let’s Learn Our Way Through It, Shall We?,” Pamay Bassey as she shares lessons learned from her experiences creating, nurturing, and transforming her personal and organizational learning culture, and how those lessons can help us to inform how we harness learning as a “superpower” to grow as leaders in an ever changing world.
Chief Learning & Diversity Officer, The Kraft Heinz Company
07:20 pm - 07:50 pm
In this exciting, interactive session, Nick Shackleton-Jones, CEO at Shackleton Consulting, will set out the challenge of shifting from tired, ineffective educational rituals to engaging, impactful approaches to learning. Nick will share his insights on:
- The ‘resources not courses’ philosophy
- How learning really works
- Examples of world-class digital performance support
- Examples of award-winning experience design
- Human centered learning design (5Di)
CEO, Shackleton Consulting
08:15 pm - 08:30 pm
01:50 pm - 02:30 pm
As the competition for talent increases, every organization needs to effectively upskill and reskill their existing talent. In addition, having a culture of learning can help you attract and retain younger employees who highly value opportunities to grow. Discover several strategies you can implement immediately.
CEO, 7th Mind
02:35 pm - 02:50 pm
With an increased focus on digitalisation and rapid technology adoption, digital skills are often prioritised to meet business needs. However, leadership skills are equally, or if not more important for the sustainability of organizations in the long run. Leadership development, whether on a personal, team or organizational level, is now a top priority for future success.
Head of Asia - Sales, Coursera
02:55 pm - 03:15 pm
In this tactical workshop, the Qualtrics team will take a deeper dive into the technology you can leverage to create a positive learning experience in your organisation. Learn how to transform your L&D programs with Qualtrics’ Learning Experience Assessment and listen in on some case studies on how global organisations such as Standard Chartered Bank, Telstra and Singtel are transforming their employee experience programs with Qualtrics.
Head of of Employee Experience, Solutions & Strategy, Qualtrics
03:20 pm - 03:40 pm
Navigating the current landscape with all its emerging challenges, including hybrid working and 'The Great Resignation' can be complex for many organisations today. In such a scenario what is our (Talent and Leadership leaders) new role and what should be our re-considered approach? Join us in this session to understand how to optimise and develop an integrated, post-pandemic point of view about talent and leadership development.
Global Head - Org Dev, Uber
04:05 pm - 04:35 pm
With the proliferation of the phenomenon of ‘The Great Resignation’ across the globe, organisations are seeing an overhaul of their workforce like never before. Add to the fact that the demographics of the workforce are changing across the metrics of age, geography, full-time vs gig, with learners demanding more autonomy and personalisation in their learning journey, L&D leaders have their hands full with developing the optimal strategy. Come hear from our esteemed speakers how they are solving these challenges at their organisations.
Senior Editor, People Matters
Chief Talent Officer, Singapore & Southeast Asia, Publicis Groupe
Head of L&OD, GlobalFoundries
Regional Director for APAC, Whatfix
04:40 pm - 05:00 pm
As we migrate to the new normal, many of our workplaces are now in a hybrid situation, and the reality around how we learn has also evolved. In this case study, Christina Wong will share the journey on how Google pivoted their executive development strategy to support a hybrid workforce, including what factors to consider, what the users want, and learnings around what worked well and what didn't. While this case study focuses on executive development as an example, the process and learnings can be applied to a variety of different L&D contexts.
Global Executive Development Strategist, Google
05:05 pm - 05:45 pm
According to a 2021 McKinsey & Company survey, the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the pace of organisations, as it has created new vulnerabilities, especially to their profit structures, ability to bundle products, and operations. Most companies will need to build new digital businesses to stay economically viable and many respondents recognise that their companies’ business models are becoming obsolete. Whether you’re experiencing difficulties adjusting to a transition, employee development, customer experience or workflow, coaching helps build actionable plans that enable growth and impact.
In this session, you will get insights on:
- How to use coaching to address current and future challenges
- An overview of digital coaching and it's ROI
- CoachHub's holistic approach & evaluation
Senior Vice President Asia-Pacific, Coachhub
05:50 pm - 06:10 pm
Microlearning has been prevalent in the education space for some time now, and with statistics showing shorter attention spans, as well as the need for remote and hybrid working, could microlearning now have a place in L&D programmes?
Learning and Development Lead, Resorts World Sentosa
Senior Editor, People Matters
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Organisational & Cross-Cultural Psychologist, Brandeis
01:40 pm - 01:50 pm
Head of of Employee Experience, Solutions & Strategy, Qualtrics
05:00 pm - 05:20 pm
Senior Solution Consultant, Cornerstone OnDemand
05:05 pm - 05:15 pm
Global Executive Development Strategist, Google
05:50 pm - 06:00 pm
Chief Talent & Learning Officer, Jardine Matheson
07:20 pm - 07:30 pm
Chief Learning & Diversity Officer, The Kraft Heinz Company
07:55 pm - 08:05 pm
CEO, Shackleton Consulting
02:45 pm - 04:00 pm
08:15 am - 08:25 am
08:30 am - 08:45 am
CEO & Editor-in-Chief, People Matters
08:50 am - 09:10 am
In a world where talent needs to constantly up-skill and transform to maintain relevance, understanding the urgency and methods to change is a valuable skill. As Einstein said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results". Come learn how to plan to reach out of your comfort zone and transform yourself to achieve the best of your potential.
Organisational & Cross-Cultural Psychologist, Brandeis
09:15 am - 09:35 am
As we emerge from the disruption of the past two years, organizations are re-modelling what their workplaces look like, onboarding a slew of new people and grappling with how to reignite an inclusive, authentic and productive culture. There is an opportunity to reset and create a fresh start. How do we engage our employees in this new journey? Join Dr. Summer Salomonsen, Global VP of Content Product & Head of Cornerstone Studies, as she shares how the past two years have actually changed workplace learning for the better and how organizations can take advantage of this tectonic shift to build a fresh learning strategy that leverages more engaging, skills-forward content as a strategic investment.
VP of Content Product and Head of Cornerstone Studios, Cornerstone OnDemand
09:40 am - 10:10 am
With the onset of remote and hybrid working, new ways of working have had to emerge to support the workforce in this transition. Learning and development is no exception. With L&D, not only the classroom setting had to be changed, the entire mindset and approach also had to be transformed. This requires more than the HR and L&D leadership to be involved - CEOs and other C-suite leaders as well. Join us as we ask business leaders how they’re tackling this paradigm shift in the learning space and learn about the best practices that you should look out for.
Senior Director, GovTech Singapore
CEO, Fujifilm Business Innovation
10:15 am - 10:35 am
The last two decades have seen unprecedented technological advancements, and one of the most significant advantages of having so much technology on our hands is its ability to collect data. Now with xAPI, LRS’s, and various data collection and visualisation tools at our disposal, we have more ways than ever to measure the effectiveness of our learning programmes. However, all the data in the world becomes useless if it doesn’t tell a compelling story. In this session, we’ll explore the ways in which we can harness the value of data, and how this is critical to taking action from the trends we are seeing across Asia Pacific & Japan in 2022. Learn how to translate data analytics into a compelling story to demonstrate the ROI of your learning initiatives to external stakeholders and company executives, and how to align corporate objectives with the objectives and strategy of your training function.
Head of of Employee Experience, Solutions & Strategy, Qualtrics
10:35 am - 10:50 am
10:50 am - 11:10 am
Digital coaching is a crucial solution to driving not simply the skilling agenda but to enable a culture of continuous learning within organisations. In an increasingly digitally transformed world, offering learning opportunities which are accessible, flexible as well as open to personalisation enables employees to embark on a holistic learning journey and tends to deliver a greater impact. Growth opportunities must be made available to employees throughout their life cycle and digital coaching plays a unique role in the L&D facet of organisations by streamlining personal as well as organisational growth.
With the intention of driving the agenda for learning and growth forward, In this session we will talk how digital coaching can become the solution for the success of your organisation by delving in-depth into the following topics:
Why the need for digital coaching in the hybrid workplace?
What is the impact it delivers at various levels of the organisation?
How can digital coaching align with your company’s growth strategy?
Practical steps for leaders to measure the impact of digital coaching to achieve desirable results.
Senior Behavioural Scientist, CoachHub
11:15 am - 11:35 am
With the Future of Work well and truly top of mind for organisations around the world, L&D leaders have the opportunity to transform their organisations. We are all aware of the new skill requirements required for the workforce of tomorrow, but are you considering all of the factors required to enable employees easy access to learning? Learn about some of the unspoken factors you might need to consider to ensure you have a highly engaged learning program that meets the expectations of both employees and business stakeholders.
Senior Vice President of Sales - APAC, Go1
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) is one of Australia's largest banks with more than 7,000 employees across more than 500 locations. They have adopted an LXP to help shift the culture of learning to one that encourages curiosity, self-led learning and discovery, and supports learning delivery in the flow of work. In this session, David Maiolo and David Madisson will share how the adoption of this technology has supported the sustainable growth of the business and digital transformation.
Regional VP, EdCast
Learning Transformation Lead, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
12:05 pm - 12:35 pm
Both traditional education and training programmes often focus on time-based results. What happens when organisations switch over to an open environment in which the function and application is the focus? Come learn about the benefits and methods of employing an outcome-focused L&D strategy.
Deputy Director Digital Academy, GovTech Singapore
APAC Future Skills Head APAC Future Skills Head, JLL
Manager, Stories of Asia
12:35 pm - 01:15 pm
01:15 pm - 01:55 pm
How do organisations stay ahead of the demand curve and create L&D programmes that future-proof their workforce? How does an organisation balance between upskilling and reskilling internally versus hiring externally? Come learn from our panel of experts how to navigate this landscape.
Global Head of Reskilling, People Capability, Standard Chartered Bank
Head, Centre for Innovation in Learning, National Institute of Education
Senior Editor, People Matters
Managing Director, India & APAC, Coursera
Head of Global Talent & Leadership Development, Gojek
02:00 pm - 02:20 pm
We know AI & Machine Learning is transforming the world of work. COVID 19 accelerated this transformation. One thing is imminent; you need to adapt, quickly. While there is a steep decline in physical skills, higher cognitive, social & emotional skills are on the rise. As organizations strive to build an inclusive organization, resilience, collaboration, and managing uncertainty are high on any employer's wish-list. Future skills and how best to engrain in the cultural DNA of an organization are the key. Personalization and giving learning a digital dimension are where we see the best way forward on how organizations can unlock their organization’s true potential.
Vice President, Infopro Learning
Executive Vice President, Infopro Learning
02:25 pm - 02:45 pm
In this post-pandemic landscape, the phrase 'culture of upskilling' has been on the lips of both business and L&D leaders. What has changed to make such a culture critical to the success of organisations? What are the different building blocks, behavioural nudges that L&D leaders can use to sustain such a culture?
Chief Talent & Learning Officer, Jardine Matheson
02:50 pm - 03:10 pm
Communicative competence can be the difference between the success or failure of mergers, product rollouts and customer relations. As companies from the APAC region are increasingly integrating into global business networks and supply chains, teams are growing increasingly diverse. In this talk, Learnship VP Learning Sciences, Rob Szabo, views the core business challenges faced by these companies as a complex applied linguistics puzzle. He introduces key theoretical principles and applies them to a concrete communication scenario. Learn to see critical communication incidents through this lens and discover how they can be amended.
Vice President, Learning Sciences, Learnship
03:10 pm - 03:30 pm
03:30 pm - 03:50 pm
VP - Learning and Leadership Partner, Walmart
03:55 pm - 04:15 pm
Over the past two years, more than ever before, we’ve all been called to do our best to address the challenges that have arisen as a result of a once-in-a-lifetime time of great change and uncertainty. Certainly, we all have much to celebrate and much to contemplate – about the choices that we’ve made, the challenges ahead, and the opportunities that we have to meaningfully contribute to our communities and organizations.
Join Kraft Heinz Chief Learning and Diversity Officer and author of “Let’s Learn Our Way Through It, Shall We?,” Pamay Bassey as she shares lessons learned from her experiences creating, nurturing, and transforming her personal and organizational learning culture, and how those lessons can help us to inform how we harness learning as a “superpower” to grow as leaders in an ever changing world.
Chief Learning & Diversity Officer, The Kraft Heinz Company
04:20 pm - 04:50 pm
In this exciting, interactive session, Nick Shackleton-Jones, CEO at Shackleton Consulting, will set out the challenge of shifting from tired, ineffective educational rituals to engaging, impactful approaches to learning. Nick will share his insights on:
- The ‘resources not courses’ philosophy
- How learning really works
- Examples of world-class digital performance support
- Examples of award-winning experience design
- Human centered learning design (5Di)
CEO, Shackleton Consulting
05:15 pm - 05:30 pm
10:50 am - 11:30 am
As the competition for talent increases, every organization needs to effectively upskill and reskill their existing talent. In addition, having a culture of learning can help you attract and retain younger employees who highly value opportunities to grow. Discover several strategies you can implement immediately.
CEO, 7th Mind
11:35 am - 11:50 am
With an increased focus on digitalisation and rapid technology adoption, digital skills are often prioritised to meet business needs. However, leadership skills are equally, or if not more important for the sustainability of organizations in the long run. Leadership development, whether on a personal, team or organizational level, is now a top priority for future success.
Head of Asia - Sales, Coursera
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
In this tactical workshop, the Qualtrics team will take a deeper dive into the technology you can leverage to create a positive learning experience in your organisation. Learn how to transform your L&D programs with Qualtrics’ Learning Experience Assessment and listen in on some case studies on how global organisations such as Standard Chartered Bank, Telstra and Singtel are transforming their employee experience programs with Qualtrics.
Head of of Employee Experience, Solutions & Strategy, Qualtrics
12:20 pm - 12:40 pm
Navigating the current landscape with all its emerging challenges, including hybrid working and 'The Great Resignation' can be complex for many organisations today. In such a scenario what is our (Talent and Leadership leaders) new role and what should be our re-considered approach? Join us in this session to understand how to optimise and develop an integrated, post-pandemic point of view about talent and leadership development.
Global Head - Org Dev, Uber
01:05 pm - 01:35 pm
With the proliferation of the phenomenon of ‘The Great Resignation’ across the globe, organisations are seeing an overhaul of their workforce like never before. Add to the fact that the demographics of the workforce are changing across the metrics of age, geography, full-time vs gig, with learners demanding more autonomy and personalisation in their learning journey, L&D leaders have their hands full with developing the optimal strategy. Come hear from our esteemed speakers how they are solving these challenges at their organisations.
Senior Editor, People Matters
Chief Talent Officer, Singapore & Southeast Asia, Publicis Groupe
Head of L&OD, GlobalFoundries
Regional Director for APAC, Whatfix
01:40 pm - 02:00 pm
As we migrate to the new normal, many of our workplaces are now in a hybrid situation, and the reality around how we learn has also evolved. In this case study, Christina Wong will share the journey on how Google pivoted their executive development strategy to support a hybrid workforce, including what factors to consider, what the users want, and learnings around what worked well and what didn't. While this case study focuses on executive development as an example, the process and learnings can be applied to a variety of different L&D contexts.
Global Executive Development Strategist, Google
02:05 pm - 02:45 pm
According to a 2021 McKinsey & Company survey, the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the pace of organisations, as it has created new vulnerabilities, especially to their profit structures, ability to bundle products, and operations. Most companies will need to build new digital businesses to stay economically viable and many respondents recognise that their companies’ business models are becoming obsolete. Whether you’re experiencing difficulties adjusting to a transition, employee development, customer experience or workflow, coaching helps build actionable plans that enable growth and impact.
In this session, you will get insights on:
- How to use coaching to address current and future challenges
- An overview of digital coaching and it's ROI
- CoachHub's holistic approach & evaluation
Senior Vice President Asia-Pacific, Coachhub
02:50 pm - 03:10 pm
Microlearning has been prevalent in the education space for some time now, and with statistics showing shorter attention spans, as well as the need for remote and hybrid working, could microlearning now have a place in L&D programmes?
Learning and Development Lead, Resorts World Sentosa
Senior Editor, People Matters
09:15 am - 09:25 am
Organisational & Cross-Cultural Psychologist, Brandeis
10:40 am - 10:50 am
Head of of Employee Experience, Solutions & Strategy, Qualtrics
02:00 pm - 02:20 pm
Senior Solution Consultant, Cornerstone OnDemand
02:05 pm - 02:15 pm
Global Executive Development Strategist, Google
02:50 pm - 03:00 pm
Chief Talent & Learning Officer, Jardine Matheson
04:20 pm - 04:30 pm
Chief Learning & Diversity Officer, The Kraft Heinz Company
04:55 pm - 05:05 pm
CEO, Shackleton Consulting
11:45 am - 01:00 pm
*The sessions are subject to change. Please stay tuned with this page for the latest updates.
