Back
AMMA Training and education services

Events

 

 

 

­­

 

 

 

Interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at AMMA’s 2008 National Conference?  Find out more here…

Conference Brochure and registration forms

 

Accommodation in Melbourne: Conference deals

 

About the venue: Flemington Events Centre

 

2008 Sponsors and Exhibitors

 

 

Australia’s mining boom is stretching our nation’s human resources to the limit  and the ongoing tight labour market ensures that using best practice methodology to find and retain the most talented and productive workers is more important than ever.

 

The 2008 AMMA National Conference will bring together experts and international case studies on topics, including: 

 

·         How good people management does make ‘a world of difference’ to your business

·         How cultural diversity issues affect workforce management

·         What the increasing global mobility of skilled workers means for your business

·         How Australia’s workplace relations system compares with other countries’ systems

·         The role of HR in mergers and acquisitions

·         Effective management of international recruitment and expatriate assignments

·         And much, much more!

 

Who should attend?

 

Resources sector professionals working in:

 

·         Human Resource Management

·         Employee Relations

·         Occupational Health and Safety

·         Organisational Development and Training

 

Keynote speakers

 

  • Prof Roger Collins is currently a professor at the Australian Graduate School of Management.  In January 2004 Roger was appointed as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for his services to teaching and was awarded the Australian Human Resources Award for Career Long Achievement in HR in 2005.  As the inaugural Chairman of the judging panels for both Australia's and Asia’s Best Employers’ awards, Roger is well placed to offer some insight into employment practices that increase employee engagement. 

 

  • Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for  Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Social Inclusion

 

  • Prof Graeme Hugo is Federation Fellow, Professor of the Discipline of Geographical and Environmental Studies and Director of the National Centre for Social Applications of Geographical Information Systems at the University of Adelaide. He is the author of over two hundred books, articles in scholarly journals and chapters in books, as well as a large number of conference papers and reports. In 2002 he secured a $1.125 million ARC Federation Fellowship over five years for his research project, The new paradigm of international migration to and from Australia: dimensions, causes and implications. Immigration, its changing patterns, causes and implications for social and economic change.

 

  • Justice Geoffrey Giudice will discuss Comparative view on dispute resolution in overseas jurisdictions. Justice Geoffrey Giudice was appointed as President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia on 17 September 1997. At the time of his appointment he was a practicing barrister at the Victorian Bar.

 

·         Professor Helen De Cieri is a Professor of Management and the Director of the Australian Centre for Research in Employment and Work (ACREW) in the Department of Management, Monash University. Helen’s previous work experience includes appointments in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the USA. Helen is an internationally-recognised scholar in the fields of strategic and international human resource management (HRM).  She has researched and consulted with a wide range of organisations in Australia and around the world.  Her publications include a leading Australian text on human resource management and articles on a wide range of topics in highly regarded academic journals.  Her current research projects include: global HRM strategies and challenges; work/life management strategies in multinational companies; the changing role of HRM in China; and HRM in Chinese multinational companies.  

 

Daily stream sessions on the issues important to you

 

The 2008 National Conference will feature stream sessions on each day providing attendees the opportunity to hear from industry experts on specialised topics including:

 

·         International Human Resources Management, including best practice case studies on expatriate management and international remuneration trends.

 

·         Workplace Relations Legislative Framework, including recent developments in Australia

 

·         HR and Technology, including case studies on the role of technology in people management in global enterprises, an interactive session on the brave new world of Facebook, blogs, wiki, YouTube and other online interaction modes and the challenges for the HR professional

 

·         The Role of HR in Mergers and Acquisitions, including case studies on the role of employee relations, corporate culture challenges

 

·         Upskilling your Workforce, including case studies

 

·         Safety, Health and Well-being of Employees, including case studies on a novel approach to managing drug and alcohol dependency of workers

 

 

Conference dinner

 

Don’t miss out on the social event of the year as we celebrate AMMA’s 90th Birthday. AMMA 2008 National Conference Dinner will be an extravaganza celebrating our 90 years of representing Australia’s resource sector employers. Join the who’s who of people management in our industry and have some fun!

Accommodation in Melbourne

If accommodation is required in Melbourne before, during or after the conference, you are expected to organise this yourself. AMMA has negotiated special rates at several hotels. Note that these special rates will only apply if you mention the name of the conference when making your booking! More information about this can be found here. There will be a limited number of rooms available, so delegates are advised to book early as rooms will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

AMMA’s National Conference is a very popular event – Get your bookings locked in now!

 

 

    Back to the Events area homepage

 

 

 

 

 

 


Page Owner: AMMA Admin    Last Updated: 05 Mar 2008

 Send to Colleague     Add to Favorites     Print this document Edit Document    Top

Copyright | Privacy Information