Program 2012

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REGISTRATION

GLOBAL LEADERSHIP: SHARING BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SECTOR CHALLENGES, PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES

Co-hosting this session will be The Honourable Fumiko Hayashi, Mayor, Yokohama and *Takao Abe, Mayor of Kawasaki, and also taking part will be Japanese leaders from both the private and public sectors

Lunch

WORLDWIDE TRENDS AND THIER IMPACT ON BUSINESS STRATEGIES, AND EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
(Plenary Panel)

Nick Binedell, Professor and Dean, Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa

*Yury Boshyk, GELnetwork, Canada

Aindrila Chatterjee, Indian School of Business, India

*Jim Dowd, Professor, Havard Business School. USA
*Paulo Gallo, Acting Chief Learning Officer, World BAnk, USA

*Fernando Lanzer, Brazil-The Netherlands

*Scott Saslow, Director, Institute of Executive Development, USA

Dominique Turpin, Dean, IMD, Switzerland

Presenters from Japan, Korea, China, Singapore (TBD)

WHAT IS ACTION LEARNING?: HISTORY, EVOLUTION, VARIETIES AND PRACTICES
(Plenary and Small Groups)

Interactive session touching on the History, Evoluition and Practice of Action Learning: Initiating, Designing, Facilitating, Organizing, Coaching and Following Up with Action Learning as well as key dilemmas and issues.

Christine Abbott, *Yury Boshyk, *Lars Cederholm, *K.A. Chang, *Alex Chow, *Ira Cohen, *Chantal Fleuret, Stephen Mercer, *Harold Weinstein, Verna Willis, *Steve Woodward,*K.R. Yoon and others

18:00

Reception and Light Dinner

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SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES IN TURBULENT TIMES: THE HYUNDAI-KIA EXPERIENCE
(Plenary Keynote)

LEADERSHIP AND EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA
(Galleria Walk format)

Danone:
*Zahrah Zaid, Learning Director for Asia, Danone,  on the 'NextGen' program

Exxon Mobil:
*Noritada Agatsuma, ExxonMobil and *Teppei Ikeda, Japan

General Electric:
*Nina Dankfort-Nevel, General Electric, China and *Geok Bee Boon, General Electric, Singapore

*Itochu (presenters to be determined)

Viet Thai International:
*Thiet Nguyen, Viet Thai International, Vietnam

LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
(Galleria Walk Format)

NGOs and Companies Learning Together: Some Lessons Learned
*Anne-Mette Arnkjær, People, Denmark and *Niels Martin Damm Olling, GM, Lundbeck, Japan

Revitalizing Communities in Japan:
*Mitchy Mekata and *Hiroshi Ashida, CEO, Deep Blues, Japan

Community Development in Bosnia Herzegovina and Armenia
*Jeff Munks, Associate, The Institute for Executive Development, and U.S. Partnership for Peace Training and Education, USA

ACTION LEARNING SETS--DOING ACTION LEARNING
(In Plenary and Small Groups)

Aperitif/Dinner
Dinner at the Hotel

The Robert L. Dilworth/Global Forum Awards Ceremony

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EARLY BIRD BREAKFAST SESSION

UPDATES:WHAT HAVE WE DONE AND WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SINCE WE LAST PRESENTED AT THE GLOBAL FORUM?

ABB Update: *Paul Collin, ABB, Switzerland

DuPont Update: *K.R. Yoon, duPont, S. Korea

Eskom Update: *Andrew Johnson, Eskom, South Africa

Unilever Update: *Jacqueline Yew, Unilever, U.K.

Departure by Bus to Sankeien Japanese Garden

ZEN FOUNDATIONS OF JAPANESE CULTURE

(Plenary)

*Shunmyo Masuno, Priest, Kenkoji Temple, renowned Lanscape Architect, Professor at Tama Art University and Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia, (Yokohama)

Venue: Sankeien Garden, Kakusho-kaku building

THE KAWASAKI SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TURNAROUND STORY:
HOW ARE WE DOING IT?
(Plenary)

*The Honourable Takao Abe, Mayor, Kawasaki

Outside-In Discovery Learning Visits: Briefing by *Mitchy Mekata

Lunch in Discovery Learning Visits ambassador-led groups

*Ajinomoto: Innovative nutrition for the elderly

*CIEA: Advanced medical research

*Kirin: Zero emission beer factory

*TEPCO : Mega solar alternative energy

(Galleria Walk format)

HOT TOPICS

Knowledge Management and Leadership Development at the World Bank
*Paulo Gallo, Acting Learning Officer, The World Bank Group, USA

Large-Scale Learning and Development at Prudential
*Thomas Atterstam, Prudential, U.K.

Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Action Learning at Hyundai
*Sam Hur, Hyundai, S. Korea

Students from the following universities will take part:

*Waseda, *Asia Pacific, *Tohoku, *Keio University and *Keio "in-college entrepreuners"

PRESENTATION: 2013 18th GLOBAL FORUM VENUE

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EARLY BIRD BREAKFAST SESSION

CEO Strategy Development and Action Learning at Intel 
Brad Benson, Intel, USA

Maximizing Action Learning and "Post-Program Follow-Up" Throughout the Organization: An Overview of Some International Good Practices 
*Yury Boshyk, GELnetwork, Canada

HOT TOPICS (Plenary)
Debate

EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR BANKERS: IS IT WORTH IT?

*Hans Westerhuis, Bank of Scotland, and *Fernando Lanzer, formerly Banco Real and ABN Amro

Innovation on Demand and Action Learning
*Drew Boyd, University of Cincinnatti, USA

Business Development and Action Learning for Small and Medium-Sized Companies
*Valerie Binner, Executive Vice President HR, Dometic Holding AB, and Gunnar George, Sweden on "Using Business Driven Action Learning to Define Our Market Entry Strategies"; *Ira Cohen, China;

*Satoshi Yamanaka, JGC, Japan

Real and Unusual Commitment—Increasing Budgets and Initiatives for Learning and Development in Turbulent Times—the Wipro Experience and Our B2B Indian Multi-Company Consortium
*Abhijit Bhaduri, Chief Learning Officer, and *Mrityunjay Srivastava, Wipro, India

Executive Coaching Across Cultures:
*Klaus Bodel, BMW and *Karine Remolu-Neumayer, Germany-France

WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE: MY LESSONS LEARNED

Leaders Share Their Wisdom and Lessons Learned

*Lars Cederholm, MiL, Sweden: Leverage the Space In-Between--How can we act ourselves into a new way of thinking?

*George Consolver, former executive with Texas Instruments, USA

*Ake Reinholdsson, fomrer executive with Philips and the City of Stockholm, GELnetwork, Sweden

*Per Wingerup, CBS, USA:  Renewal and Reflection: Taking Time Off--A Year-Long Personal and Family Journey

*Steve Woodward, former executive with SABMiller, USA-South Africa

*Action Learning at Mahindra & Mahindra

(Mahindra & Mahindra, India:  presenters to be determined)

Change and the HR Role in International Organizations: Mission Impossible?
*Veronique Kabongo, World Bank, USA

Characteristics of Successful Global Expatriates
*Barbara Gutmann, Volkswagen, Mexico; *Nandani Lynton, CEIBS, China; *Mark Slade, DHL Japan; *Noritada  Agatsuma, ExxonMobil; *Med Moin, Bosch Japan

Executive Development in Revolutionary Times: A Management Program in Egypt
*Fernando Lanzer, GELnetwork Associate

RETROSPECTIVES:

Interactive session on the learning from the Global Forum and action plans

18:30 - 21:30

Departure to FINAL DINNER AND CRUISE
Bossa Nova Evening
Cruise Ship