- Hotel Russell, London
Having the right executive talent in place—ready to move to the top when needed—is critical for future business success. But how do you ensure a smooth shift to the next generation of leaders?
Robert Guest, Business Editor at The Economist chairs the Sixth Annual Talent Management Summit on June 14th 2012. The summit looks at human capital management at a strategic level and gathers over 150 HR directors, human resource and talent leaders. Key decision-makers and influential thinkers from a range of industries and academia will meet to discuss top talent and leadership challenges and opportunities.
- How do you attract and retain enough employees at all levels to meet the needs of organic and inorganic growth?
- How do you create a value proposition that appeals to multiple generations?
- How do you develop a robust leadership pipeline and transfer key knowledge and relationships?
- How do you achieve top-level buy-in and what is required by a CEO to get his team onside?
- How do you unlock women’s leadership potential and release the next generation’s brightest talent?
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Liane Hornsey, Vice-president, People Operations, |
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Doug Baillie, Chief HR Officer, Unilever |
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Richard Evans, Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo UK, Ireland and South Africa |
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Burnet Tucker, Global Head of Staffing, Learning and Leadership Development, Bank of America |
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Budaraju Sudhakar, Chief Human Resources Officer, Tata Chemicals |
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Carole Jones, Director, Global Human Resource Strategy and organisational Development, Aviva |
THE 2011 EVENT
Click here for an executive summary of discussions at last year's event.

| 08.15 | REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS |
| 08.50 | CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS Robert Guest, Business Editor, The Economist |
| TALENT MANAGEMENT: AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BUSINESS AGENDA |
| 09.00 | KEYNOTE: THE SECRETS OF SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATING TALENT MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE STRATEGY Doug Baillie, Chief Human Resources Officer, Unilever |
| 09.30 | INTERVIEW: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF THE TOP EXECUTIVE IN STRATEGY-DRIVEN TALENT MANAGEMENT |
| 10.00 | PANEL: THE NEW TALENT LEADERS—and re-positioning HR |
| PREPARING FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP: THE NEXT GENERATION PIPELINE |
| 10.45 | NETWORKING BREAK |
| 11.15 | PANEL: NEW TIMES/NEW MARKETS—leadership styles put to the test |
12.00 | PANEL: WOMEN—reshaping the corporate talent pool by unlocking female leadership potential |
| 12.45 | LUNCH |
| 13.45 | PRESENTATION: THE NET GENERATION—capitalising on unique characteristics |
| 14.25 | STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING—insights into what, who, when and how |
| 15.10 | NETWORKING BREAK |
| BEST PRACTICE: INNOVATIVE TALENT AND LEADERSHIP MODELS |
| 15.30 | WORK GROUP: ENGAGEMENT—does your CEO know what makes your organisation tick? Speaker: Andrew Kakabadse, Professor of International Management Development, Cranfield University School of Management Work Group Leaders: Carole Miller, Partner, Tinder-Box Jason Miller, Partner, Tinder-Box |
| 16.25 | CLOSING KEYNOTE: LEADERSHIP REALITY—where will you take the next generation? Liane Hornsey, Vice-president, People Operations, Google |
| 16.55 | CHAIR'S SUMMARY Robert Guest, Business Editor, The Economist |
| 17.00 | CLOSE OF SUMMIT |
Robert Guest, Business Editor, The Economist
Liane Hornsey, Vice-president, People Operations, Google
Doug Baille, Chief Human Resources Officer, Unilever
Richard Evans, President, PepsiCo UK, Ireland and South Africa
Budaraju Sudhakar, Chief Human Resources Officer, Tata Chemicals
Burnet Tucker, Global Head of Staffing, Learning and Leadership Development, Bank of America
Andrew Kakabadse, Professor of International Management Development, Cranfield University School of Management
Carole Jones, Director, Global Human Resources Strategy and Organisational Development, Aviva
Sue Swanborough, Human Resource Director UK & Ireland, General Mills
Lisa Calvert, Senior Vice-president, Human Resources, Getty Images
Emily Lawson, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Chris Benko, Vice-president, Global Talent Management, Merck
Stevens J Sainte-Rose, Group Human Resource Director, Eurasia Africa Group, The Coca-Cola Company
Yih-Teen Lee, Professor of Managing People in Organisations, IESE Business School
Jason Miller, Partner, Tinder-Box
Vinod Kumar, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Tata Communications
Carole Miller, Partner, Tinder-box
Sharron Gunn, Executive Director, ICAEW
Jon Ingham, Executive Consultant, Strategic Human Capital Management
Melanie Long, Managing Consultant, SHL
Lucian Tarnowski, Co-founder, Brave New Talent

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AN ARRAY OF INSPIRING SPEAKERS: The summit features talent management gurus, leading thinkers and academia who operate in the talent space and provides a wide range of perspectives. Robin Bew, Editorial Director and Chief Economist of the Economist Intelligence Unit will also provide a forecast of future trends.
A SERIES OF INTERACTIVE FORMATS: Appropriate channels to support our content: discussions, heated debates, workshops and inspiring presentations. You'll havve a unique opportunity to interact with speakers and peers.
THE LEADING DEBATE: On the key issues facing the board and HR: the importantce of high-level decisions on talent in driving the corporate agenda and success; the ability to nuture talent to compete in the new world with examples provided of companies whose cultures pave the way for effective talent management.
EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME: By joining forces with its sister organisation, the Economist Intelligence Unit, Economist Conferences is able to present relevant research findings to top CEOs and talent leaders that will support the arguments posed at the summit.
A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE: The summit will challenge and inspire today's leaders of tomorrow's talent to step up to the strategic challenge.
THE 2012 SUMMIT builds on discussions at previous summits and will answer questions frequently asked by talent and HR leaders:
- What type of talent programme does my company need right now and why is it still a strategic issue?
- Does it embrace a larger understanding of the goals and objectives of the CEO and the board?
- How do I articulate and drive future talent strategies?
Now in its sixth year, The Talent Management Summit 2012 will reveal how to construct high-value talent pipelines. We will question existing leadership models and explore how to successfully lead in times of upheaval. We will reveal how to unlock women’s leadership potential and release the next generation’s brightest talent and discuss top-level buy-in and the CEO's talent role.
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| Merck Moorhouse Consulting MorphoSys AG Mundipharma International Ltd National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Nycomed Pfizer Pharmafocus RAND Europe Roche Diagnostics RSA sanofi-aventis Sanofi-Aventis Scrip Intelligence Shire HGT Siren Interactive Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Tessella The Daily Telegraph The Guardian The University of Liverpool The Wall Street Journal Thomson Reuters ViiV Healthcare Vitesse Media WCI Consulting Wockhardt UK Ltd Zambon Company |
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"I do believe The Economist conference is one of the best I have been to" "I was most impressed by the quality of speakers and how professionally the entire conference was run. Thank you and the entire team for a job well done. I truly enjoyed my time there despite it being so short. I appreciate the opportunity to speak at such a distinguished event and the networking that you made available" "The afternoon was great, informative, thought-provoking, entertaining" "Excellent and set programme, not having to change location, great presenters like Robin Bew" "Great speakers with excellent expertise" "Stephen Carver, brilliant - thank you very much!"
"A great opportunity to understand the issues other companies are facing around talent management" "A great overview of where HR stands in shaping or not the bigger business and societal agenda. Excellent mix of speakers" "Interesting and good network opportunities. Well selected speakers and panels", "Fresh thinking, shared insights, lasting relationships" "Great opportunity to learn how UK companies try to develop their employees' talent" "Excellent way of linking leadership issues with companies facing economic turbulence" "Interesting observations, thoughts and opinions, as well as practical examples illustrating the topic" |
Gold sponsors:
IESE Business School, the graduate school of management of the University of Navarra, is consistently ranked among the world's leading business schools. Highly international, the school is committed to the education and development of responsible business leaders worldwide. It offers high calibre degree and executive education programmes, and conducts rigorous research initiatives that are global in scope. In addition to world class campuses in Barcelona and Madrid, the school has a centre in New York City and offices in Munich and Sao Paulo. It also delivers programmes at numerous other locations, including Miami, Dubai and Shanghai. IESE launched Europe's first two-year MBA programme in 1964 under the guidance of Harvard Business School and it also pioneered the concept of executive education for business leaders in Europe. For more information please visit www.iese.edu |
The Open University Business School is the leader in flexible learning and pioneers programmes that enable organisations and individuals to immediately implement their learning into their work. Part of a select group of triple-accredited Schools (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS), they are the only School that specialises in flexible learning. For more information please visit www.openuniversity/business-school |
Silver sponsors:
Cranfield has been at the forefront of executive education for over 40 years and is one of Europe’s leading business schools. We are dedicated to improving business performance whilst inspiring the next generation of business leaders. Our partnerships with industry drive the development of our activities, ensuring that the 7,000 managers who come to Cranfield every year are prepared for the very latest challenges facing global business today. |
| ICAEW is a professional membership organisation, supporting over 138,000 chartered accountants around the world. ICAEW is committed to developing the next generation of business leaders. Our suite of leadership programmes targeted at key career stages, from newly qualified through to the boardroom, support finance professionals in talent management strategies and ensure that finance teams are well equipped and high performing. Because of us, people can do business with confidence. Visit us at www.icaew.com/leadership |
SHL is the leader in talent measurement solutions, driving better business results for clients through superior people intelligence and decisions – from hiring and recruiting, to employee development and succession planning. With a presence in over 50 countries, SHL delivers more than 25 million assessments annually in over 30 languages. For further information please visit www.shl.com |
Exhibitor:
Great brands, Great talent, Superior performance For more information please visit www.brandpie.com |
Taylor Osborne is an Executive Research and Talent Mapping Company that offers an alternative service to traditional search and selection. We work across all industries including Consumer Goods and Services, Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Business and Professional Services, Industrial and Technology, Media and Telecommunications. For more information please visit www.taylorosborne.co.uk |
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