WORLDCONGRESS 2021
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA

Exalting People Professionals Amidst
a Planetary Pandemic: Explore,Expand and Excel

6th | 7th | 8thDecember 2021

VIRTUAL
EVENTPROSPECTUS

WORLD HR

CONGRESS 2021
The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) in collaboration with the World Federation ofPeople Management Associations (WFPMA) is proud and privileged to present the world’s most premierpeople event, the World HR Congress (WHRC) on December 6th – 8th, 2021 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as avirtual experience. Amid a planetary pandemic where people factor is in the pinnacle of limelight, it isaptly selected the theme: “Exalting People Professionals Amidst a Planetary Pandemic: Explore, Expandand Excel”. The congress will deliberate on digitalization, disruption, diversity, and diligence regarding thedistinct dimensions of human resource management (HRM).
The WHRC has been held since 1986 in seventeen different countries and the next venue is Sri Lanka,
the pearl of the Indian Ocean. The WHRC enables people professionals to build a global community ofpeers, to discuss new developments in HRM, and to network with colleagues from around the world whoface similar complex challenges in HRM. For the first time, it comes to a humanly rich (HR) region which
is South Asia. It will be the pinnacle of the evolution of the premier HR event in South Asia hosted by theCIPM.
The CIPM brought you “In Search of HR Excellence” in 2013 with an overwhelming success. We hosted
the largest even attended HR event of CIPM in 2014 with the theme, “Redefining HR for Boosting Performance”. It further expanded with the theme, “HR for National Prosperity” in 2015. Then, we zoomed into
the aspect of competing as a nation in a global scale in 2016 with the fitting theme, “HR Ecosystem forCompetitiveness”. In 2017, the focus was on “Emerging HR Leaders: High Tech and High Touch”. We have
moved further in 2018 with the novel theme, “Transformation of HR in the Digital World”. In 2019, it tooka dynamic turn with a distinctly different theme, “Radically Reinventing Reality”.
In 2021, the South Asia’s largest HR event is becoming the World HR Congress 2021, in taking a giant
leap. It is coming to you, more enhanced and enriched with an exciting flavor of global, regional, andlocal blend. It also paves the way for a refreshingly rewarding experience of authentic Sri Lankan tourism
for the valued international delegates. It also provides an alternative to be a virtual participant from anywhere around the globe. Do keep December 6 -7, reserved for this engaging and energizing experience,taking place as a virtual event. We will assure you immense insights, initiatives, and implications in linewith an invitation towards transformation.

WHY
ATTEND?
THEGREATEST
VALUE
Exalting People
Professionals

EXPLOREEXPAND

EXCEL

WHRC 2021
invites people
professionals
to participate
in prolificproceedingstowards
exploration

WHRC2021
invites people
professionals
to engagein a cuttingedge learning
endavour towards
expansion

WHRC2021
invites people
professionals toexperience theessentials required
to collectively
move towards
excellence

2+
Days

20+
Panelists

10+
ParallelSessions

100+
Exhibitors

50+
Speakers

2000+
AttendeesINAUGURATIONSPEECHKEY
NOTE

MR. RICH LESSER

PROF. TV RAO

World President
BCG - CPA

Chairman
T.V. Rao Learning Systems (Pvt) Ltd.

PLENARY SESSIONSPLENARY SESSION 1
Strategic HR Response for theCurrent Pandemic

PLENARY SESSION 2
Emerging World of Work in
Post COVID19

MR. JOHNNY TAYLOR

MR. PETER CHEESEPLENARY SESSION 3
New Vistas of Human
Possibilities Management

PLENARY SESSION 4
Leadership, Teamwork and Culturefor High Performance

President/ Chief Executive Officer
SHRM

MR. DREW FERNANDEZ

Global Chief Officer
Coca-Cola Bottling Investments Group

Chief Executive Officer
CIPD

MR. PAUL MILLS

Chief Peopole Officer
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1

MS. FAREHANA HANAPIAH
Senior Vice PresidentGroup Human Resource
Management Petronas

PANELDISCUSSIONSDISRUPTION | COVID 19 Disruption andthe Role of People Professionals
SpeakersMR. PRIYANTHATHALWATTA

Director/
Chief Executive Officer
Nations Trust Bank

MR. SUREN
FERNANDO

Chief Executive Officer
MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd.

MS. SHIROMAL
COORAY
Chairperson
Jetwing Hotels(Pvt) Ltd.

Moderator

MS. ROSEMARYGUYATTGeneral Manager
People and Culture
Australian HR Institute

DR. SAMITHAPERERA

Director/
Chief Executive Officer
CBL Foods International(Pvt) Ltd.

DIGITALISATION | The Influence ofDigitalization on Innovating HRM
Speakers

MR. DAVID LI

MR. SHAH ROUF

Immediate Past President
Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong Institute of HR Group Corporate Solutions
Management
AIA Group

MR. KAPILAARIYARATNE

Director/Chief Executive Officer
Seylan Bank PLC

Moderator

MR. DINESH
SAPARAMADUFounder/ Chairman
hSenid Group ofCompanies

DR. NEIL
BOGAHALANDACouncil Member
Chartered Institute of
Personnel Management(Inc.) SLPANELDISCUSSIONSDIVERSITY | Diversity and Inclusion in theContext of Strategic HRM Practices
Speakers

MS. ROSIE FONG
Vice President
FIJI Human Resource
InstituteMS. DENISE
HARTLEY-WILKINSNational President/
Chartered Fellow
Human Resources
Institute of New Zealand

MR. RAYMOND
JOHN

Moderator

MR. JAMAL
NASIR

Deputy President
President
Papua New Guinea
Pakistan Society of Human
Human Resource Institute Resource Management(PSHRM)

MR. JANAKAKUMARASINGHE
Chief Operating Officer
Kent Ridge (Pvt) Ltd.

DILIGIENCE | Diligence as a Prerequisite for
HRM Best Practices and Best Fit Approaches
Speakers

MR. VISHWESH
KULKARNI

National President
National Institute of
Personnel Management(NIPM), India, Chairman
Yashaswi Group

MR. MOHAMMAD
MASHEQUR
RAHMAN KHAN
President
Bangladesh Societyfor Human Resources
Management (BSHRM)

Moderator

MR. SANJAYAMELVANIManaging Director
Trelleborg Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.

MR. KEN
VIJAYAKUMARDirector HumanResources
Watersedge Ltd.

CONCURRENTSESSIONSCONCURRENT SESSION 1

MR. KM ALI

Lead Consultant
Space Business
Consulting Services

MR. LESTERMASSINGHAMInternational
Management Consultant

DR. ARCHANA
ARCOT

MR. COLIN
BLACKWELL

MS. CLAUDIA
CADINA

MS. DINA LOOMIS

MR. IVAN LIVONIAssociate Vice President/
HR Business Leader
Infosys BPM, Infosys
McCamish, USA

Researcher after receiving
a M.Sc. fromWaseda University

Founder/
Principal Consultant
Thread Advisory

MS. SARAH
MCCANNBARTLETT

DR. PRASANTH
NAIR

MS. PAYAL
NANJIANI

Chief Executive Officer/
Managing Director
Australian HR InstituteCo-FounderAsynithisChief Executive Officer
Success Within
Leadership, USAPresident
South East Asia Speakersand Trainers Bureau, Inc.

Global HR Director
Trelleborg Wheel Systems

CONCURRENT SESSION 2MS. DIVYABALRAJ

MS. LOW PECK
KEM

PROF. DANAMINBAEVA

DR. NAMITARUPAREL

Director
Talent Acquisition

Professor of Strategicand Global Human
Resource Management

President
Singapore Human
Resources Institute

Assistant Professor
HRMR. RAJRAGHAVAN

MR. DOUGSTRYCHARCZYK

MR. ADAMTHILTHORPE

DR. SANTOSH
BHAVE

Senior Vice President/
HR Practitioner/
Head of Human Resources Trainer & Management
Consultant
IndiGoDirector forProfessionalism

Director,Human Resource
Bharat Forge Limited

DR. KAZUOYANOFellow/Corporate Officer
Hitachi Ltd.

DR. ADIL MALIA
Chief Executive
The Firm

CONCURRENT SESSION 3

MS. SHANTHINARESH

Partner
India Business Leader

DR. FANG LEE
COOKEDistinguished Professorof Human Resource
Management (HRM)

MS. SUNITABHUYAN

Violinist and HR
practitioner on
Wellness

MR. SUNIL PURI

Senior Director/ Headof Asia ResearchCenter for Creative
Leadership (CCL)

MS. VIVIAN CRUZ
IECL Executive &Organization Coach

MR. RUPAK ZAIDI

HR Practitioner, Trainer& Management
Consultant

MR. ERIK DEL
CASTILLO

MR. JOHANNESECKOLD

General Manager TalentManagement
ASEAN Human Resources

Director
HCM Transformation,
ASEAN Oracle
CorporationPROF. RODNEYCLARKE

DR. SUBRAMANIAM
MUTHURAMAN

MR. CARSTEN LEY

PROF. JANE
PARKER

Operations and Systems Faculty of Business Studies,
School of Management
Arab Open University,& Marketing
Oman Branch,
Faculty of Business andMuscat
Law
University of Wollongong

CONCURRENT SESSION 4PROF. DANUSHKA
BOLLEGALA

MR. PETERCAPPELLIDR. UDAYAINDRARATNA

Head of Data Mining
and Machine Learning
Department ofComputer Science,
University of Liverpool

Director
Center for HumanResources,
The Wharton School,
Professor of Education University ofPennsylvania

Renown Strategic
Catalyst, Acclaimed
as one of the leadingtransformative
executive coaches inthe world.

DR. JOCELYN PICK

MR. CHRISTIANRANGENMR. ANTHONYTHOMAS

President
The Profiles Group(TPG)

Founder/ CEOStrategy Tools

Global HR Expert
Middle East/Asia

Founder, Experience
OKR & Agile Consultant,
Asia PMO-Web

MS. AI YAT GOH

Principal Course Leader

Human Resource
Management andEmployment Relations
School of Management,
Massey University

MR. NAVEENKUMARFounder/ Managing
Partner
Beacon Advisors LLP

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