2018 Convention Schedule

Day 1

Super-sized Thursday

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Notions about Negotiations: A Practitioner's guidelines for successful Collective Bargaining
  • Strategies for Reinventing Yourself in an Era of Disruption
  • Organizational ValuesWall Hangers Or Practice ..?
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM - LUNCH @ LEISURE
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Orientation Session

  • Orientation Session: "Your Path-way to Convention 2018"
2:15 PM - 5:15 PM
  • Leading Behaviour how to lead a values based organization
  • Quo Vadis? The Power from Within that makes you transcend ..!!
  • Accelerated Leadership Program (ALP) Crash Course: A Proven Path to Collaboration, Innovation and Growth
  • Communication: Saying it Right to the Right people
Day 1
5:30 AM - 7:00 PM

Expo Opening & Viewing Cocktail

Day 2
5:30 AM - 6:30 PM

Sunrise Fun Run / Walk

8:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Opening Spectacular and Keynote Presentation

  • "Everything Starts With A Conversation"
10:15 AM - 10:45 PM

Coffee Break and EXPO Viewing

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Concurrent Sesssions

  • "When Life Gives You Lemons, Don't make Lemonade"
  • NOT Business as usual: Occupational Safety & Liability Threats to Business
  • Unconscious Bias in the Workplace and its Impact on Decision-Making
  • Excellence in Customer Service: Gaining the Customer Satisfaction Edge
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM - LUNCH @ LEISURE

Executive Women's Forum Luncheon

Day 2
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Concurrent Sesssions

  • The Internet of Things and the Future of Work
  • Leveraging Jamaica's Insolvency Act (2014): Preparing and Stress-Testing Business Rehabilitation Plans
  • Corporate Wellness and You
  • Managing Absenteeism: When Absence Speaks Louder than Words
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

General Sesssions

  • Closing General Session
  • The relevance of the Jamaican Training and Education sector in meeting the needs of a 21st century workforce
Day 3

CEO Saturday

5:30 AM - 6:30 AM - Fun-Time On The Beach
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

General Sesssions

  • Flexible Work Arrangements: Balancing the Work Agenda
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Concurrent Sesssions

  • HR Metrics and Analytics: Creating Value: An Arithmetic approach as part of an HR Management Strategy
  • Embracing Mindful Leadership
  • Strategies for Settling Industrial Disputes
  • Financial Management & The Economy
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
  • The Retirement Planning Game: Are you ready for Retirement
  • EPIDEMICS: The Real Cost
Day 3
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Board Composition and its Effect on Firm Performance: The Case of Jamaica
  • Financial Management & The Economy: Implications for the Growth Agenda
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

LUNCH at Leisure / Luncheon for CEOs

2:45 AM - 4:00 PM

Concurrent Sesssions

  • Detective Work! - how to conduct the best Training Needs Assessments
  • The Critical Errors For Behavioural Interviews: Why They Happen and The Easy Fixes for Job Fit
  • Unpredicted Outcomes: Court Judgments that make Caribbean Employers cringe just a bit
  • Creating Competitive Advantage
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Closing Keynote Session

  • Workforce 2030: Global Trends That Will Re-define the Work, the Workers and the Workplace
Day 4
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

CLOSING PROCEEDINGS