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!
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